Stephen Smith is one of the world’s leading private-law scholars. Through his ground-breaking and influential publications (including Contract Theory and Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices) on the theory of contract law, concept of unjust enrichment, methodology of legal scholarship, and nature of judicial remedies, he has transformed our understanding of the law governing private interactions and of the courts’ role in resolving disputes arising from those interactions.

Stephen Smith est l’une des sommités mondiales en droit privé. Ses publications novatrices et remarquées, dont Contract Theory et Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices, abordant la théorie du droit des contrats, l’enrichissement injuste, la méthodologie de la recherche juridique, et la nature des recours judiciaires, ont mené à une nouvelle compréhension du droit des relations entre personnes et du rôle des tribunaux dans la résolution de différends qui s’y rapportent.

David Smith is an outstanding analyst of prairie politics, and by concentrating on a subject substantially neglected by scholars he has altered Canadian perspectives on the west. Dr. Smith has contributed to a variety of journals on a variety of topics, and his first major book is a comprehensive history of the Liberal party in Saskatchewan. His subsequent research has taken him into a broader study of the party's role in the prairie region, and its regional role in the nation; seven chapters of a new book are completed. Dr. Smith has also served on important local and national committees.

Dr. Michael Smith is a Career Investigator of the Medical Research Council of Canada and University Killam Professor, Peter Wall Distinguished Professor of Biotechnology and Professor of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Emeritus at the University of British Columbia. He is Director of the Genome Sequence Centre at the British Columbia Cancer Research Centre. He is one of Canada's premier molecular biologists, having made major research contributions in such areas as: the development of simple methods for synthesis of oligodeoxy-ribonucleotides; the use of synthetic oligodeoxy-ribonucleotides in gene isolation, in DNA and RNA sequence determination, and in specific mutagenesis; the sequence of parvovirus and yeast DNA; the isolation of new restriction enzymes; and the developmental biochemistry of the salmonid testis. These studies have been described in some 94 substantive papers. The innovative and highly productive nature of this work has resulted in Dr. Smith being sought out as an active collaborator with several leading American and European molecular biologists. In addition to his outstanding research contributions, Michael Smith's judgment on both professional and scientific issues is always critical and mature and his standards are extremely high, with the result that his counsel is regularly solicited and respected by both research granting agencies and his colleagues. He is also a superb teacher and he lectures with an enthusiasm and appreciation for his subject that is infectious to students and collaborators alike.

LONG CITATION The term “Renaissance man” is greatly overused, but admirably fits Michael Snow for his international reputation as a filmmaker, painter, draughtsman, photographer, sculptor, media artist, writer and jazz musician. One of the world’s most highly acclaimed experimental filmmakers, Snow is a central figure of the American avant-garde starting with his 1967 film Wavelength. His paintings, sculptures, photoworks, and holography are part of major North American, European, and Asian museum collections including extensive holdings by the National Gallery of Canada. Musically, he has performed in Canada, the United States, Europe and Japan, and recorded extensively. Snow is an Officer of the Order of Canada (1981). SHORT CITATION Michael Snow is one of Canada’s best known artists, being a most accomplished painter, draughtsman, photographer, sculptor, media artist, writer, jazz musician, and a highly acclaimed experimental filmmaker. His art works are part of major Canadian and international collections including extensive holdings by the National Gallery of Canada.

Dr. Solomon is one of the world's leading steroid biochemists. Graduates from his laboratory have raised the standard of steroid research in several Canadian universities. He was first to propose the l7a-hydroxy progesterone pathway for estrogen and androgen synthesis in the ovary, and first to identify 20a-hydroxy cholesterol as an intermediate between cholesterol and pregnenolone in hormone biosynthesis. His studies of foetal-placental endocrinology have aided the development of tests for foetal viability. His research on steroid metabolism in several diseases has contributed significantly to clinical science. Dr. Solomon has served a number of academic functions at McGill University. He has accepted scientific responsiblity on international congress committees and councils, on Medical Research Council committees and as a consultant to hospitals and industry. He is currently associate editor of two journals and has been on the editorial board of Endocrinology since 1961. In the last 20 years, he has been working on the biochemistry of peptide hormones and he and his group isolated a new family of peptides which he called corticostatins because they inhibited ACTH acteon at the adrenal gland by competing for binding actes. These peptides also degranulated mast cells with the release of histamine, turned on L-type Ca++ channels had many other intesting physiologic effects. Dr. Solomon obtained the rank of Officer of the Order of Canada, the McLaughlin medal of the Royal Society of Canada and Sarrazin Prize of Quebec clinical Research Society.

Dr. Mary Spencer is internationally known for her leading studies of the biosynthesis and metabolism of ethylene and for demonstrating its affect on basic cellular mechanisms for energy conservation and utilization. She is equally well known for her many contributions to Canadian science through service on major committees of the National Research Council. Dr. Spencer is currently serving a second term as a member of the National Research Council. She was a member of the Alberta Government Commission on Educational Planning and Canadian delegate to the 15th Assembly of the International Council of Scientific Unions. In 1968 she was awarded a Distinguished Scientist Travelling Fellowship by the National Research Council. She is a highly productive research Scientist and an excellent university teacher.