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Dr. Harold Coxeter
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Coxeter Groups
Inversive distance
Crystallographic groups
Regular polytopes
Deceased Date: 2003-03-31
Prof. Walter Craig
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McMaster University
Keywords: mathematical physics, partial differential equations, dynamical systems, wave propagation
Deceased Date: 2019-01-18
Long Citation
Walter Craig is one of the world leaders in nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) and their applications, particularly as they apply to the mathematical study of water waves. He has made deep and lasting contributions to others areas of PDEs which are among the milestones in the field including Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theory for Hamiltonian PDEs through his work on the small divisor problem, and progress on the Navier-Stokes and Boltzmann equations. He is the Director of the Applied and Industrial Mathematics Laboratory at McMaster and has provided mentorship to an enormous number of young mathematicians through his academic leadership.
Short Citation
Walter Craig is one of the world leaders in nonlinear partial differential equations and their applications, particularly as they apply to the mathematical study of water waves. He has made lasting contributions, considered milestones in the field, to others areas of partial differential equations, including Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theory for Hamiltonian PDEs. He is also responsible for mentoring an enormous number of young mathematicians.
Michael Craton
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Deceased Date: 2016-09-21
Michael Craton's scholarship has been profound, voluminous and pioneering. Over thirty years he has helped recast Caribbean and slave historiography. Younger scholars now ask different questions - and adopt different approaches - because of his work. The most eminent scholar in Caribbean history of his generation, he is respected internationally for his imaginative lines of enquiry and precise scholarly reconstruction. 1997 will see the publication of the second volume of his definitive "History of the Bahamian People", but his eight books, together with more than fifty other scholarly publications, have already established his place among the elite of Canadian historians.
Mr. Paul-André Crépeau
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Droit-civil, droit-privé international, , droit-comparé, linguistique juridique, thèorie du droit-privé
Deceased Date: 2011-07-07
Monsieur le professeur Paul Crépeau est un éminent juriste et un universitaire de grande envergure. Considéré comme l'un des plus grands civilistes au Canada, il fut président de l'Office de révision du
Code civil du Québec (1956-77) et mena à terme la tâche immense qui lui fut confiée. Diplômé des universités d'Ottawa, de Montréal, d'Oxford, de Paris et de Strasbourg, M. Paul-André Crépeau est
également un comparatiste dans le domaine du droit. Il fut élu président de l'Académie internationale de droit comparé (1990-1998).
Il est l'auteur de plusieurs ouvrages et articles dans le domaine du droit privé et du droit commercial international. Sa reputation de juriste et d'universitaire a depuis plusieurs années dépassé les frontières du Canada.
Dr. William Cullen
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: biochemistry and geochemistry of arsenic
Deceased Date: 2019-12-01
Cullen has been on the Canadian Inorganic Chemistry scene for 30 years, and has served it well in many official capacities; he has pioneered research in fluorocarbon-organometallic and organoarsenic chemistries, the former yielding early examples of the now fashionable clusters. The latter area has led to major advances in the understanding of the biochemistry of arsenic. Work on chiral ferrocenyl phosphine ligands and associated Rh catalytic systems (hydrogenation and hydrosilylation) has widened the scope of effective asymmetric synthesis. Cullen was instrumental in establishing a bioinorganic group at UBC via an NRC Negotiated Development Grant, and chairs a group project that has developed the effective asymmetric reduction of imines, which is important industrially.
Dr. Frank Cunningham
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Democratic theory, urban philosophy
Deceased Date: 2022-02-04
Frank Cunningham is one of Canada's leading political philosophers. Having first made a name for himself for his work on objectivity in the social sciences, Professor Cunningham next turned to Marxist scholarship, producing widely respected interpretations of classic texts, popularizations of Marxism, and creative adaptations of Marxist theories and ideas to current problems. His most recent work, on democratic theory, is also his best known. Professor Cunningham is currently Canada's most prominent democratic theorist, both at home and abroad. Widely respected in his own country, he has also been one of Canada's most durable intellectual exports to the world.
Dr. Balfour Currie
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Deceased Date: 1981-01-08
Dr. James Curtis
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Keywords: Canada-US comparative, civil society, social inequality, sociology of knowledge, sociology of health
Deceased Date: 2005-05-27
LONG
James Curtis’ work has been significant to defining an indigenous Canadian sociology while also inspiring future generations of scholars. His research spans an array of topics, including religion, sport, social inequality, gender, aging, voluntary association activity, social values and voting, while at the same time being broadly centered on the study of civil society. Among his many contributions is work over several decades comparing Canadian-American values which has served to challenge the conventional thesis of Canadians being more “elitist” and less “achievement oriented” than Americans. This has been the basis for a central debate within sociology and political science. Professor Curtis is author of numerous texts helping to define sociology to students in Canadian terms.
SHORT
James Curtis’ work has defined an indigenous Canadian sociology for both scholars and students. His study of our civil society treats religion, sport, social inequality, gender, aging, voluntary activity, social values and voting. Comparing Canadian-American values, he has challenged the conventional thesis of Canadians being more “elitist” and less “achievement oriented” than Americans sparking a central debate within sociology and political science.