Dr. Christina Semeniuk is an internationally recognized predictive ecologist who applies integrative methodologies to theories of adaptive capacity in complex systems to forecast human and wildlife responses to rapid environmental change. Her pioneering contributions are developing leading-edge interdisciplinary solutions for conservation science within coupled human-and-animal systems in conflict over resources. She embraces social justice and EDI measures to innovate responsible scientific and knowledge exchange to ensure successful conservation for all.

Christina Semeniuk est une écologiste prédictive de renommée internationale qui applique des méthodologies intégratives aux théories de la capacité d'adaptation dans les systèmes complexes afin de prévoir les réactions humaine et animale aux changements environnementaux rapides. Ses contributions pionnières consistent à développer des solutions interdisciplinaires de pointe pour la science de la conservation au sein de systèmes couplés humains-animaux en conflit par rapport aux ressources. Elle intègre la justice sociale et les mesures EDI pour innover en matière d'échanges scientifiques et de connaissances responsables afin d'assurer une conservation réussie pour tous.

Josias Semujanga’s research focuses on the relationship between literature, linguistics, anthropology, and history. His main areas of research are literary genre theory, the novel, social discourse and the history of criticism and accounts of genocide. He has published numerous leading works on the Francophone literature of Africa and the Caribbean.

Les recherches de Josias Semujanga portent sur les relations entre la littérature, la linguistique, l’anthropologie et l’histoire. Ses principaux domaines de recherche sont la théorie des genres littéraires, le roman, le discours social et l’histoire de la critique et des récits de génocide. Il a publié de nombreux ouvrages sur les littératures francophones d’Afrique et de la Caraïbe qui font autorité en la matière.

Dr. Charlene Senn applies social psychological theory and conducts rigorous research to better understand violence against women and girls and possible solutions. Her novel approach and expansion of sexual assault resistance education for young women to include sexuality education has produced the only intervention proven to dramatically reduce sexual violence experienced by women students. Her ground-breaking work has changed what comprehensive sexual violence prevention means on campuses in Canada and beyond.

Charlene Senn applique la théorie de la psychologie sociale et mène des recherches rigoureuses pour mieux comprendre la violence commise à l’égard des femmes et des filles et les solutions qui peuvent être apportées à ce problème. Son approche novatrice et son élargissement de l’éducation à la résistance aux agressions sexuelles pour les jeunes femmes afin d’y inclure l’éducation sexuelle ont donné lieu à la seule intervention dont il a été prouvé qu’elle réduisait considérablement la violence sexuelle subie par les étudiantes. Ses travaux novateurs ont changé la prévention globale de la violence sexuelle sur les campus du Canada et d’ailleurs.

Apostolos Serletis is President of the Society for Economic Measurement and one of the world’s most eminent economists. His methodological and empirical innovations have advanced scholarship in several areas in the fields of macroeconomics and monetary economics. The result has been better measures of aggregated monetary services, better measures of productivity growth, and better estimation methods.

Apostolos Serletis est le président de la Society for Economic Measurement et l'un des économistes les plus éminents du monde. Ses innovations méthodologiques et empiriques ont fait progresser la recherche dans plusieurs domaines de la macroéconomie et de l'économie monétaire et ont permis le développement de meilleures mesures des services monétaires agrégés, de meilleures mesures de la croissance de la productivité et de meilleures méthodes d'estimation.

Suresh P. Sethi, Eugene McDermott Professor of Operations Management and Director of the Center for Intelligent Supply Networks at The University of Texas at Dallas, has established a distinguished international reputation in a number of distinct scientific communities. Within the broad discipline of management, he has made pathbreaking contributions toward improving decision making in the functional areas of operations management, marketing, and finance, respectively, for his work in production planning and scheduling in manufacturing systems and inventory problem with incomplete information, dynamic control models in advertising and optimal consumption/investment problems. Within the broad discipline of industrial and systems engineering, he is world-renowned for his significant research on decision and forecast horizons in dynamic optimization problems, and on the development and use of optimal control theory to resolve important issues in management sciences. He has written 7 books and published nearly 400 research papers in the fields of manufacturing and operations management, finance and economics, marketing, and optimization theory. He initiated and developed the doctoral programs in operations management at both University of Texas at Dallas and University of Toronto. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Production and Operations Management and SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. Sethi is a polymath and his contributions to knowledge have been recognized by honors that include General Motors Research Professorship at University of Toronto (1988-92), Erskin Fellow (New Zealand, 1991), C. Y. O'Connor Fellow (Australia, 1998), Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada (1994), Award of Merit of the Canadian Operational Research Society (1996), NYAS Fellow (1999), IC2 Institute Senior Research Fellow (2000), IEEE Fellow (2001), INFORMS Fellow (2003), AAAS Fellow (2003), POMS Fellow (2005), Distinguished Alum of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2008), SIAM Fellow (2009), POMS President (2012), Alumni Achievement Award , Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (2015). Two conferences were organized and two books edited in his honor in 2005 and 2006.

SHACHAR, Ayelet – Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Ayelet Shachar has achieved international recognition for her innovative scholarship on citizenship and multiculturalism. Her award-winning work combines methods and insights from law and political theory with concrete, problem-solving institutional design. It has inspired a whole new generation of thinking about how best to mitigate tensions between religious diversity and gender equality, as well as between citizenship and global justice, and has proved influential in public policy debates in Canada and abroad.

HACHAR, Ayelet – Faculty of Law, University of Toronto Ayelet Shachar a acquis une réputation internationale pour ses travaux sur la citoyenneté et le multiculturalisme. Ces travaux, qui lui ont valu plusieurs distinctions, associent des méthodes et des points de vue empruntés à la théorie du droit et de la politique et sont orientés vers la solution de problèmes concrets au sein des institutions. Ils ont inspiré toute une nouvelle génération de chercheurs en renouvelant la façon d’apaiser les tensions que provoquent la diversité religieuse et le principe d’égalité hommesfemmes, de même que les relations entre les citoyens et le système judiciaire. Enfin, les travaux du professeure Shachar se sont révélés utiles tant au Canada qu’à l’étranger lors des débats publics portant sur l’élaboration de politiques.

Jai Shah is Associate Professor at the Douglas Hospital and McGill University. Working with a range of stakeholders, he is an international leader in understanding trajectories from early phases of mental health problems to severe mental illnesses such as psychosis. His efforts have advanced transdiagnostic perspectives and clinical staging in psychiatry, and are influencing the design of early intervention and youth mental health service systems in Canada and beyond.

Jai Shah, MD FRCPC, est professeur agrégé du Douglas Hospital et de l’Université McGill. En collaboration avec divers intervenants, il est un chef de file international dans la compréhension des trajectoires depuis les phases précoces des problèmes de santé mentale jusqu’aux maladies mentales graves telles que la psychose. Ses travaux ont fait progresser les perspectives transdiagnostiques et la stadification clinique en psychiatrie, et influencent la conception des systèmes d’intervention précoce et des services de santé mentale pour les jeunes au Canada et ailleurs.

Keith Sharkey has made outstanding contributions to understanding the neural control of the gastrointestinal tract and the brain-gut connection. His innovative research on enteric glia, and enteric neuroplasticity is recognized internationally and has led to new insights into the etiology of inflammatory bowel disease. He has made transformative discoveries on the role of the endocannabinoid system in the brain-gut axis. His findings will improve our ability to treat gastrointestinal disorders.

Keith Sharkey a apporté une contribution exceptionnelle à la compréhension du contrôle neuronal du tractus gastro- intestinal et du lien entre le cerveau et l’intestin. Ses recherches novatrices sur la glie entérique et la neuroplasticité entérique sont reconnues au niveau international et ont permis de mieux comprendre l’étiologie des maladies inflammatoires de l’intestin. Il a fait des découvertes révolutionnaires sur le rôle du système endocannabinoïde dans l’axe cerveau-intestin. Ses découvertes amélioreront notre capacité à traiter les troubles gastro-intestinaux.

As a scholar, teacher and litigator with an international reputation, Robert Sharpe is one of the foremost legal academics in Canada. He is the author or editor of seven books, including "The Law of Habeas Corpus", widely used throughout the common-law world, the award-winning "Injunctions and Specific Performance", and an historical work, "The Last Day, The Last Hour: The Currie Libel Trial". Robert Sharpe's reputation as a dedicated teacher is formidable. He has also appeared in numerous civil rights cases, often representing the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. Robert Sharpe was appointed to the Ontario Court of Jusitice (General Division) in 1995 and to the Court of Appeal for Ontario in 1999.

Bhavin Shastri, a Canada Research Chair in Neuromorphic Photonic Computing, explores new forms of computing by integrating photonics, artificial intelligence, and quantum information. He serves as Co-Director of NUCLEUS, a pan- Canadian photonic computing program funded by NSERC CREATE. He received the 2022 SPIE Early Career Award and the 2020 IUPAP Young Scientist Prize in Optics “for his pioneering contributions to neuromorphic photonics,” a term he co-coined.

Bhavin Shastri, titulaire d’une chaire de recherche du Canada en informatique photonique neuromorphique, explore de nouvelles formes d’informatique en intégrant la photonique, l’intelligence artificielle et l’information quantique. Il est codirecteur de NUCLEUS, un programme pancanadien d’informatique photonique financé par le programme CREATE du CRSNG. Il a reçu le prix SPIE Early Career 2022 et le prix IUPAP Young Scientist in Optics 2020 « pour ses contributions pionnières à la photonique neuromorphique », un terme qu’il a co-défini.