Adrien Thério est né à Saint-Modeste, près de Rivière-du-Loup, en 1925, mais a vécu toute son enfance au Chemin Taché à Saint-Cyprien. Romancier, nouvelliste, traducteur, dramaturge et essayiste, il a publié une trentaine de livres au cours de sa carrière. Professeur émérite de l'Université d'Ottawa, il a aussi enseigné aux Etats-Unis et au Collège militaire de Kingston. Adrien Thério est le fondateur de « Livres et auteurs canadiens » en 1961, qui devint « Livres et auteurs québécois » en 1969. Il a dirigé ce mensuel jusqu'en 1972. Il a fondé en 1976 « Lettres québécoises », revue qu'il a dirigée jusqu'en 1990.

Dr. Toguri has made distinguished contributions to the science of extractive metallurgy which have received international recognition. His research activities involving thermodynamic and kinetic studies of interfacial reactions between gases, liquid metals, molten oxides and sulphides, have been conducted under the extremely demanding experimental conditions associated with high temperature metallurgical chemistry. He has made significant contributions to the theory of concentrated solutions. His success in transferring science to industry is exemplified by his pioneering work on the environmental aspects of gold processing. Within three years of the initial experiments this novel patented technology was in full production at the Royal Canadian mint.

Geo. H. Tomlinson has been a particularly successful industrial chemist and administrator. The development of two chemical processes leading to volume production of byproducts (vanillin and arborite) from the normal effluent of paper mills, is a most substantial achievement particularly when these are in addition to several improved processes for the production of the normal product. His position in one of Canada's major chemical companies reflects sound judgment in addition to scientific competence.

E.T. Tozer has made a special study of Mesozoic rocks and faunas of Canada; his research on Triassic ammonites has made him internationally known and provides a firm basis for the zonation of the Triassic rocks of Canada. His active field work during the last decade has elucidated the complex stratigraphy of the Arctic Islands. Much sought as a speaker, he has toured as a distinguished lecturer for the American Association of Petroleum Geologists and holds the Medal of Merit of the Alberta Society of Petroleum Geologists. His work on committees and compilation projects has contributed greatly to the advancement of geological science.

From Nubia to Muskoka, from Meroitic linguistics to Iroquoian settlements and University of Toronto history - all have been topics for Bruce Trigger's prolific pen, and all have been illuminated by it. Educated in Stratford and at the University of Toronto he realised how the archaeology of settlement sites provided insights into Ontario social history, augmenting documentary sources. During Ph.D. studies at Yale he participated in the Aswan Dam salvage archaeology, by outstanding excavations, and used the same insights to re-interpret Meroitic history. Since returning to Canada In 1964, to McGill, has reconstructed the history of the Hurons before and after contact with Europeans, has published major studies of methods of inference from archaeological data, and has shown how Canadian academic controversies influenced those methods in the nineteenth century. His important contribution to Canadian studies is, however dwarfed by his contribution to international archaeology and the development of it as a social science.