Karina Vernon is a Professor of English at the University of Toronto Scarborough. Her rigorous archival research and public intellectual work has made a groundbreaking contribution to Canadian literature by defining a new field of Black prairie writing. Her recovered archive transformed public understandings of the prairies, and is extensively taught and written about in national and international contexts. Vernon’s publications redefined principles for engagement with Black communities, art, and archives.

Karina Vernon est professeure d’anglais à la University of Toronto à Scarborough. Ses recherches archivistiques rigoureuses et son travail intellectuel public ont apporté une contribution révolutionnaire à la littérature canadienne en établissant le nouveau domaine de l’écriture noire des Prairies. Les archives qu’elle a recueillies ont transformé la perception du public à l’égard des Prairies et ont fait l’objet de nombreux enseignements et publications à l’échelle nationale et internationale. Ses publications ont redéfini les principes des interactions avec les communautés noires, leur art et leurs documents d’archives.

LONG Jill Vickers's scholarship has stretched the boundaries of disciplinary inquiry and mapped new research fields in Political Science, Women's Studies and Canadian Studies. Her work on women and politics laid the groundwork for the transformation of Political Science, through the incorporation of a feminist perspective, as the decision of the Canadian Political Science Association to name an annual prize in gender and politics after her attests. Her writings on interdisciplinarity have influenced the development of Canadian Studies, and her studies on nationalism, federalism and public policy have integrated considerations of gender and race into these fields. SHORT Jill Vickers has stretched the boundaries of disciplinary inquiry and mapped new research fields in Political Science, Women's Studies and Canadian Studies. Her work on women and politics laid the groundwork for the establishment of feminist Political Science. Her studies on nationalism, federalism and public policy have integrated considerations of gender and race into these fields.

Dr. Vijh's research has earned him world-wide reputation in electrochemistry. His insight in adopting and adapting concepts and methodologies from solid state physics, applied from a physical chemistry perspective, has allowed him to make an extraordinary number of original and innovative contributions. His research has led to over 300 publications and he has served as editor for several volumes. His best known work is his monograph "Electrochemistry of Metals and Semiconductors", published in 1973. This book received wide acclaim and won him the Lash Miller award of the Electrochemical Society. The list of prizes and other distinctions of Ashok Vijh is far too long to reproduce here. We can only mention some: the Noranda Lecture Award of the Chemical Institute of Canada (1979), the Urgel-Archambault prize of I'Association canadienne-française pour l'avancement des sciences (1984), Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Québec (1987), the Izaak Walton Killam Memorial prize (1987), Doctor honoris causa of Concordia University (1989) and University of Waterloo (1993), the Thomas W. Eadie Medal of the Royal Society of Canada (1989). The Chemical Institute of Canada Medal (1990); Officer of the Order of Canada (1990); Compagnon de Lavoisier (Order of Chemists of Quebec, 1995); Director, Mathematical and Physical Sciences Division of the Academy of Science, The Royal Society of Canada (1994-97).

Professeur titulaire de médecine et de physiologie à l'Université de Montréal, Patrick Vinay est un néphrologue-chercheur de grand talent. Ses excellentes contributions à l'étude du métabolisme intermédiaire du rein et l'originalité de son approche expérimentale lui ont valu une reconnaissance à l'échelle internationale. Il a été un pionnier dans l'utilisation de tubules rénaux isolés pour l'étude du métabolisme de divers segments du néphron. Il s'est signalé par plusieurs autres travaux, dont ses études du profile métabolique rénal chez le chien et le rat au cours de désordres acido-basiques. Un esprit inventif, un enthousiasme intarissable et une capacité de travail peu commune l'ont fait reconnaître par tous ses collègues comme un chercheur exceptionnel.

Warwick Vincent is a world leader in polar microbial ecology. He has pioneered unique insights into microbial interactions that link the structure and functions of communities at the base of food chains in the Subarctic, Arctic and Antarctica. His research and ability to synthesize studies from different parts of the world are having a major influence in international polar science.

VINET, Luc - Département de physique, Université de Montréal Luc Vinet’s work has a deep impact in our understanding of the role of symmetry in quantum mechanics, ranging from the role of supersymmetry in many basic quantum mechanical systems, to a much deeper comprehension of the structure of many important systems of special functions, simply by viewing them in terms of their algebra of symmetries. This latter work has had far ranging impact, notably in algebraic combinatorics

Balint Virag is one of the world’s foremost experts in probability theory. He has made groundbreaking contributions in a wide range of areas, including geometric group theory, random analytic functions, random matrix theory, and KPZ universality. The elegance and depth of his ideas continues to have a profound influence on current research activity throughout the field of probability.

Balint Virag est l’un des plus grands spécialistes mondiaux de la théorie des probabilités. Il a apporté des contributions novatrices dans un large éventail de domaines, notamment la théorie des groupes géométriques, les fonctions analytiques aléatoires, la théorie des matrices aléatoires et l’universalité de KPZ. L’élégance et la profondeur de ses idées continuent d’avoir une influence profonde sur les activités de recherche actuelles dans le domaine des probabilités.

VOGEL, Hans J. - Department of Biological Sciences, University of Calgary Dr. Hans Vogel is one of Canada’s leading biochemists, who have made numerous contributions to our understanding of metalloproteins. His research also focuses on antimicrobial and host-defense proteins that are integral to the innate immune defense that protects us against various diseases. Recently his group has also started to work on “metabolomics” attempting to develop new diagnostic and prognostic methods in the areas of cancer and infectious or inflammatory diseases.

VOGEL, Hans J. - Département des sciences biologiques, University of Calgary Hans Vogel est l’un des plus éminents biochimistes du Canada. Il a grandement contribué à notre connaissance des métalloprotéines. Ses recherches s’intéressent aussi aux protéines antimicrobiennes et aux mécanismes de défense des hôtes faisant partie intégrante du système immunitaire qui nous protège de maladies variées. Plus récemment, son groupe de recherche a commencé à travailler sur le concept de « métabolomique », pour tenter de mettre au point de nouvelles méthodes diagnostiques et prévisionnelles dans les domaines du cancer et des maladies infectieuses ou inflammatoires.

Stéfanie von Hlatky est titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur le genre, la sécurité et les forces armées, professeure titulaire, et Fellow de la Fondation Pierre Elliott Trudeau. Son expertise sur l’égalité des genres dans les forces armées a contribué à l’adoption de réformes au sein des Forces armées canadiennes et de l’OTAN, notamment grâce à son livre publié par Oxford University Press, Deploying Feminism (deuxième édition en 2025), et à son rôle de représentante canadienne à la Commission consultative de la société civile de l’OTAN.

Dr. Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic is a pioneer of tissue engineering. She developed methods to grow functional bone, cartilage and heart muscle starting from patient cells and biomaterials scaffolds using bioreactor cultivation. She is recognized for impactful innovations in technologies to generate, understand and utilize functional human tissues, mentoring and supporting the next generation of diverse scientists and continuous support of Canadian research enterprise in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Gordana Vunjak-Novakovic est une pionnière de l’ingénierie tissulaire. Elle a mis au point des méthodes permettant de cultiver de l’os, du cartilage et des muscles cardiaques fonctionnels à partir de cellules de patients et d’échafaudages de biomatériaux à l’aide d’un bioréacteur. Elle est reconnue pour les innovations technologiques percutantes qu’elle a réalisées pour générer, comprendre et utiliser des tissus humains fonctionnels, pour le mentorat et le soutien qu’elle fournit à la prochaine génération de scientifiques et pour son soutien continu à la recherche canadienne en ingénierie tissulaire et en médecine régénératrice.

Long Citation W.A. (Bill) Waiser combines an impressive record of scholarly publication with effective communication of scholarship to the general public and service to his professional peers to make a profound contribution both to the academic world and Canada's general citizenry. His scholarship always ties the western region on which it is focused to the wider concerns and interests of the nation of which the West is a part, and he regularly communicates his findings to the general public through television and the press. These practices extend Waiser's valuable scholarship from the ivory tower to the public square. Short Citation Bill Waiser combines an impressive record of scholarly publication with effective communication of scholarship to the general public and service to his professional peers to make a profound contribution both to the academic world and Canada's general citizenry. His work always ties the western region on which it is focused to the wider concerns and interests of the nation of which the West is a part.