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Dr. Garnet Woonton
Deceased Date: 1980-03-24
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Dr. Keith Worsley
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Statistics, neuroscience, mathematics, brain mapping
Deceased Date: 2009-02-27
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Keith Worsley has made basic contributions to mathematics, probability, statistics and neuroscience. His work has caught the attention of scientists world-wide. He is the outstanding researcher on statistical problems of brain imaging, his methods providing a theoretical basis for work on PET and MRI studies. His formal results have surprised both topologists and probabilists. Dr. Worsley continues the fine tradition of innovative neuroscience work that Montreal is known for as well as giving Canada's statistical community prominence around the world.
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Keith Worsley has made fundamental contributions to mathematics, probability, statistics and neuroscience. His work has caught the attention of scientists world-wide and surprised both topologists and probabilists. He is the outstanding researcher on statistical problems of brain imaging, his methods providing a theoretical basis for PET and MRI studies.
Dr. R. Ramsay Wright
Deceased Date: 1933-09-05
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Dr. James Wright
Affiliation: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Keywords: Prehistory
Archaeology
Culture history
Chronology
Anthropology
Deceased Date: 2004-05-02
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James V. Wright has tirelessly pursued a programme of archaeological survey, excavation, and synthesis that has contributed outstandingly to an understanding of the cultural development of the boreal forest and eastern woodland areas of Canada in prehistoric times. He has also played a major role in promoting archaeological research in Canada, coordinating the work of amateur and professional archaeologists, increasing public awareness of the need to conserve our country's prehistoric cultural heritage, and communicating to the general public an accurate understanding of Canadian prehistory.
Dr. Kenneth Wright
Deceased Date: 2002-07-25
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Dr. George Wright
Deceased Date: 1976-01-30
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Dr. John Wright
Deceased Date: 1974-09-28
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Dr. William Wright
Deceased Date: 1983-04-07
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Dr. George Wrong
Deceased Date: 1948-06-28
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Dr. Ta-You Wu
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Dr. Gerard Wyatt
Affiliation: Queen's University
Keywords: Insects, molecular biology, endocrinology, juvenile hormone
Deceased Date: 2019-03-28
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An international authority on the hormonal regulation of insect development and reproduction, he is recognized as a leader for his extensive studies of the Juvenile Hormone and its control of protein synthesis and gene activity in insects. Discoverer of the sugar, trehalose, as the principal blood sugar of insects, and the mechanisms for its regulation. Of his many publications, a notably high proportion are invited contributions to prestige monographs, symposia, and consortia in Europe, America, and Japan. His high standards have inspired many graduate students and research associates.
Mr. Paul Wyczynski
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Keywords: Littérature comparée, textologie, question de poésie, vie et oeuvre de Nelligan, relations culturelles entre la Canada et la Pologue
Deceased Date: 2008-12-06
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Monsieur Wyczynski est :
- professeur titulaire de littérature française à l'Université d'Ottawa,
- directeur du Centre de recherches de littérature canadienne-française de l'Université d'Ottawa,
- rédacteur en chef des Archives des lettres canadiennes,
- membre du comité consultatif au service des lettres au ministère des Affaires culturelles du Québec,
- membre de plusieurs associations littéraires,
- membre de la Commission royale d'enquête sur le bilinguisme et le biculturalisme.
Dr. Max Wyman
Deceased Date: 1991-02-09
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Dr. A. M. Wynne
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Dr. Vero Wynne-Edwards
Deceased Date: 1997-01-05
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Dr. Hugh Wynne-Edwards
Affiliation: Terracy Inc.
Keywords: Innovation, scientific and engineering research, science policy
Deceased Date: 2013-05-22
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Hugh Wynne-Edwards has had a profound influence on our understanding of Canadian Precambrian rocks. His modification and expansion of the concept of flow folding, his novel hypothesis on the emplacement of granitic rocks, and his challenging new ideas on the tectonic history of the Grenville Province, based on rigorous field and laboratory studies, has stimulated constructive controversy among Canadian Precambrian geologists and has drawn international attention to the problems of our deep zone metamorphic rocks. In addition, despite his youth, he has acquired an enviable reputation as an interdisciplinary research manager and also as an educator and lecturer.
Dr. Gunter Wyszecki
Deceased Date: 1985-06-22
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Dr. Léo Yaffe
Deceased Date: 1997-05-14
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Dr. Peter Yates
Deceased Date: 1992-11-16
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Dr. Keith Yates
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Physical and theoretical organic chemistry
Deceased Date: 2006-12-01
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Yates has made major contributions to many areas of physical and theoretical organic chemistry. These include acidity functions, where he introduced the important concept of excess acidity, and the equilibria, rates and mechanisms of organic reactions in acidic media; the mechanism of electrophilic addition reactions, where he has elucidated the relative importance of open and bridged species; the role of vinyl cation intermediates in electrophilic addition and nucleophilic solvolytic reactions; theoretical studies of organic reaction mechanisms using molecular orbital and least-motion calculations; acid-catalyzed reactions of excited states, where he has discovered the first example of general acid catalysis in a photochemical reaction.
Dr. Arthur Yates
Deceased Date: 1949-05-10
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Dr. Jui Yen
Deceased Date: 1993-05-30
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Dr. Cecil Yip
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Peptide hormone receptors
Deceased Date: 2007-11-27
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In a research career that spans three decades, Dr. Cecil Yip has published seminal papers that illuminate the structure and mechanism of the action of insulin and the insulin receptor. Among his contributions are the discovery of pre-proinsulin, proinsulin, and the insulin c-peptide. A three-dimensional reconstruction of the dimeric insulin receptor bound to insulin was his crowning achievement.
Dr. Derek York
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Deceased Date: 2007-08-09
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Professor York's contributions to the field of potassium-argon age determination have given his laboratory an international reputation in geochronology. He and his students have consistently been in the forefront of research in this area, particularly in developing the 40Ar/ 39Ar technique and applying it to the dating of very young rocks, the application of laser melting for the release of argon from small and well-defined areas in rocks, and the use of the 40Ar/39Ar method for the direct dating of sulphide minerals. In addition to his work on geochronology, Dr. York has also made significant contributions to other areas, including seismology, plate tectonics, and linear regression analysis. Since his arrival in Canada, Dr. York's scientific career has consisted of innovative and productive research, and the stimulation of many graduate and undergraduate students through his writing, his attention to detail and his highly effective style as a teacher and lecturer in Physics and Geophysics.