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Hervé Carrier, s.j.
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: UQAC
Deceased Date: 2014-08-02
Par la qualité de ses recherches en sociologie et par ses nombreuses publications, notamment en sociologie religieuse, Hervé Carrier s'est distingué parmi cette première génération de sociologues qui, au Canada français, a marché sur les traces du grand précurseur que fut Léon Gérin, ancien président général de la Société royale et sur l'oeuvre duquel il a publié un ouvrage.
Quelques-unes de ses publications, comme « La Psycho-sociologie de l'appartenance religieuse », sont devenues des classiques et demeurent des modèles du genre.
Après avoir enseigné plusieurs années les sciences sociales à l'Université grégorienne de Rome, il en est maintenant le recteur. Même s'il oeuvre surtout à l'étranger, il tient à passer environ deux mois tous les ans au Canada, afin de suivre de plus près l'évolution des événements, en particulier de la sociologie d'ici.
Par son enseignement, par ses écrits et par les hautes fonctions universitaires qu'il remplit actuellement, il fait grand honneur à son pays et à sa province d'origine.
Dr. Allan Ian Carswell
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: Lidar, atmospheric optics, Mars atmospheric measurements (NASA/CSA 2007 Mars Mission "Pheonix"), 3-D laser imaging
Deceased Date: 2026-03-29
Dr. Carswell has an impressive international research reputation in Plasma Physics and microwave interactions with plasmas, Gas-Phase (He-Ne,N2 and CO2) Lasers and their applications, LIDAR (Laser-Radar) and fundamental aspects of atmospheric optics, particularly light scattering phenomena in clouds, and cloud physics. He is in continual demand as an invited speaker at International meetings. He is a continuing member of the NASA working group on LIDAR applications on Space Shuttle. He is currently chairman of the NSERC Physics Grant Selection Committee. In addition to these activities in Physics (at York University, and previously at the RCA Research Labs in Montreal), he has built up a very well regarded high technology company, OPTECH, which has an excellent reputation in 'state of the art' LIDAR instrumentation for the Canadian and International market.
Dr. C. Caskey
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Baylor College of Medicine
Keywords: Genome science, drug development, personalized medicine
Deceased Date: 2022-01-13
Caskey, C.Thomas - Medical Sciences - University of Texas
C. Thomas Caskey made discovery of triplet nucleotide repeat expansion as cause of the fragile X and myotonic dystrophy diseases which explained the increasing severity generation to generation, anticipation.
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Caskey, C.Thomas - Medical Sciences - University of Texas
C. Thomas Caskey, has made major contributions to understanding the universality of the genetic code for living organisms. He discovered the mechanism of peptide chain termination, identified the genetic basis of several heritable diseases, and opened the understanding of triplet repeat diseases (Fragile X, myotonic, dystrophy and others). His patent for automation of forensic science use of repeat sequences developed the method of DNA-based personal identification (now used worldwide) for forensic studies, and enabled database sharing for crime and terrorism investigation. Dr. Caskey has been a strong advocate for science in the US, Canada, and internationally.
The Honourable Claude Castonguay
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: None
Deceased Date: 2020-12-12
Claude CASTONGUAY a été l'un des penseurs importants de la Révolution tranquille au Québec. Il a été non seulement un technocrate aux compétences multiples qui a aidé à dessiner un bon nombre d'institutions fondamentales de la société civile québécoise comme l'assurance-maladie, le régime de rentes, le régime d'aide sociale, la politique urbaine etc., mais il aussi été un homme politique qui, au dessus des combats et respecté de tous, a contribué à mettre en place les institutions qui ont accompli ces idées. Son travail a eu des effets d'écho sur les institutions pan-canadiennes dans tous les secteurs.
Claude CASTONGUAY demeure aujourd'hui la personne qui incarne le mieux l'ensemble des succès de la révolution sociale qui a transformé le Québec dans l'après guerre : il est l'un des architectes les plus importants du Québec moderne.
Dr. Thomas Cavalier-Smith
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Oxford
Keywords: Evolution, protozoa, cell evolution, protist taxonomy, protozoan ecology
Deceased Date: 2021-03-19
Tom Cavalier-Smith is a world leader in cellular evolution. His work links cell and molecular biology with phylogeny, evolution and protistan macrosystematics.
He proposed major theories for intron origins, for evolution of eukaryote genome size, and for RNA editing by mutation pressure and forced major rethinking about eukaryote group relationships. He argued that Archaebacteria are sisters, not ancestors of eukaryotes; developed theories on cell and organelle origins; resolved the kingdom Chromista from plants; and redefined the kingdom Fungi. He has responded to both support and challenge with rigorous assessment and modification where appropriate, thereby giving his field continuing forward momentum.
Dr. Petr Cerny
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Keywords: Mineralogy, crystal chemistry, geochemistry, igneous petrology, rare-metal exploration
Deceased Date: 2018-04-07
Dr. Petr Cerny is without doubt the world's leading expert on pegmatites. His expertise spans all aspects of this complex and important group of rocks, from mineralogy, petrology and petrogenesis to geochemistry, economic geology and exploration techniques. His tremendous enthusiasm and scientific insight, coupled with his encyclopedic grasp of all topics in Earth sciences pertaining to pegmatites, has revolutionized both our understanding and the commercial exploitation of these rocks over the past 25 years. This individual effort is widely recognized throughout the world, and is virtually the sole cause of Canada's leading position in this area today.
Dr. John Chalk
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Deceased Date: 2004-06-28
John Chalk is distinguished for his researches in the theory of numbers, especially the geometry of numbers, and in the theory of convex bodies. He stressed the importance of the 'basic minimum' of an algebraic form with respect to a lattice, and has obtained the best upper bounds for these minima available to-day. His work has greatly added to our geometrical understanding of convex bodies. Recently, he has made valuable contributions to the theory of discrete subgroups of classical groups.
Prof. J.K. K Chambers
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Socio-Linguistics, English Dialects, Jazz
Induction Year: 2009
Deceased Date: 2026-03-02
Jack Chambers is a professor of Sociolinguistics at the University of Toronto. He is the author of Sociolinguistic Theory (2009) and Dialectology (1998) and many other books and articles. He maintains a parallel vocation in jazz criticism, with the biographies of Miles Davis (1998) and Richard Twardzik (2008), as well as scores of articles.
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CHAMBERS, J.K. (Jack) –Department of Linguistics, University of Toronto
J.K. (Jack) Chambers is Professor of Linguistics at the University of Toronto. He is author of Sociolinguistic Theory (3rd ed 2009) and Dialectology (with Peter Trudgill, 2nd ed. 1998), first editor of The Handbook of Language Variation and Change (2002), and other books. His articles include "Canadian Raising" (1973), "Dialect Acquisition" (1992), "Sociolinguistics of Immigration" (2003), "Canadian Dainty" (2004) and "Sociolinguistics and the Language Faculty" (2005). He maintains a parallel vocation in jazz criticism, including the biographies Milestones: The Music and Times of Miles Davis (Da Capo 1998) and Bouncin' with Bartok: The Incomplete Works of Richard Twardzik (Mercury 2008).
Dr. D. Chant
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Biological control, ecology, systematics, evolution, taxonomy
Deceased Date: 2007-12-23
Doctor Chant is known for his work on control of agricultural pests using ecological principles and biotic agents, on the quantitative ecology and classification of phytoseiid mites, and latterly as a pioneer in bringing scientific knowledge and the public conscience into closer contact in the struggle to preserve our environment. He has been a dynamic administrator in the Public Service of Canada and in U.S. and Canadian universities. He has served, inter alia, as consultant to the FAO, to the U.S. National
Science Foundation and to the Science Council of Canada. He is a member of the Fisheries Research Board.
Prof. Chia-Ying Chao-Yeh
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Deceased Date: 2024-11-24
Chia-ying CHAO-YEH is a world-renowned authority on Chinese poetry from the Tang and Song periods (7th to 13th centuries AD), particularly the tz'u (ci) or lyric form. She has published twenty books on this topic as well as fifty-eight articles, not counting encyclopedia entries. Her work is highly acclaimed in China, Taiwan and the West. She is an honorary professor at six Chinese universities, and has given invited lectures at universities in China, Taiwan, the United States and Japan. Through public talks, poetic recitations, and interviews in China she has helped revive interest in traditional poetry in its homeland. Professor Chao-Yeh eminently deserves to be elected a Fellow of the Society.
Mr. Jean-Charles Chebat
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Psychologie, environnementage, persuasion
Deceased Date: 2019-05-21
Prof. Jean-Charles W. (Shlomi) Chebat is Research Professor Emeritus at HEC-Montreal (ranked 27th best Business School in the world by www.eduniversal-ranking.com in 2010), the Business School of the University of Montreal (ranked 92nd best University). He was the holder of the ECSC Research Chair at HEC Montreal before he made alyah in 2013. He’s the author/coauthor of some 200 research articles published in top journals in consumer psychology, social psychology, environmental psychology, economic psychology. He has published six books, eleven book chapters and some 150 conference papers. He is regularly invited as a guest speaker and as visiting scholar at conferences and universities throughout the world (China, Japan, Australia, Israel, France).He is a Fellow of several prestigious academies and academic associations ( the Royal Society of Canada, the Academy of Marketing Science, the Society for Marketing Advances and the American Psychological Association). He is or was a member of some 15 Editorial Boards of academic journals. He supervised some 120 M.S. and Ph.D. dissertations. He was the first researcher of his discipline ever elected as a Fellow of the Royal Society. He was elected President of the Academy I of the Royal Society of Canada (RSC).He was elected member of the Hall of Fame of the École Supérieure de Commerce de Paris (ranked as the fifth best European Business School). He was awarded twice the "Best Researcher" award from his School. He was also awarded the "Best Teacher" award for his 43-year long academic carreer. Carleton University recognized him twice as a Leader in Business Research He received 15 Best Paper Awards in the US, the UK, Canada and Europe. He was awarded two research medals for his multidisciplinary research (the Jacques-Rousseau Medal for Best Interdisciplinary Researcher and the Sir Dawson Medal of the Royal Society of Canada). He was knighted by the Prime Minister of Quebec in 2004 and he received an Honorary Doctorate from University of Rennes I (France) in 2005.
He published some 400 articles, book chapters or books, that are abundantly cited (about 8000 times) in about 200 different academic journals, in addition to a variety of textbooks and books (G-impact score=85; h-index= 41). Eight articles are cited more than 200 times; 23 more than 100 times. The articles appear in journals such as the Journal of Retailing, Journal of Service Research, Journal of Business Research, Psychology and Markeing, the International Journal of Research in Marketing, Journal of Macromarketing, Industrial Marketing Management, Journal of Marketing Management, Journal of Service Marketing,Journal of Gambling Studies, Environment & Behavior, Perceptual & Motor Skills, Journal of Social Psychology, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Applied Social Psychology, Journal of Economic Psychology, Ars Semeiotica, Cybernetica. His research is related to a wide variety of fields: services marketing, retailing, environmental psychology, time psychology, personality traits, voice and persuasion, attribution processes, family decision processes, methodology, political and societal marketing, economic psychology, semiotics and rhetoric.