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Prof. Kathy McCoy
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Innate and adaptive immunity, microbiome, immune development
Induction Year: 2021
Kathy McCoy is an internationally recognized leader in the field of microbiome and health research. She has made fundamental discoveries highlighting how the maternal and early life microbiome instructs development and function of the immune system. Her basic discoveries have also been instrumental in defining the mechanisms by which the microbiome regulates immune responsiveness during cancer immunotherapy.
Kathy McCoy est une chercheuse de renommée internationale dans les domaines du microbiome et de la santé. Ses découvertes fondamentales ont démontré le rôle déterminant du microbiome maternel et néonatal dans le développement et le fonctionnement du système immunitaire. De plus, ses études novatrices sur le rôle du microbiome dans la réponse aux traitements anticancéreux ont permis d’élucider des mécanismes fondamentaux par lesquels le microbiome module et régit la réponse à l’immunothérapie.
Dr. Margaret McCully
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: CSIRO Plant Industry
Keywords: Roots, rhizospheres, wheat, canola, microscopy
Dr. Margaret McCully is a plant scientist with an international reutation for outstanding research in the fields of plant histology and plant development. Her work on the fine structure of the brown algae and the developmental histology of maize roots is first class and she has contributed many histochemical techniques for improving plant microscopy. Especially notable is her recent study of the morphology and functioning of maize roots and their rhizospheres in field grown situations, which has provided much new information on root: soil: microorganism interrelationships. Dr. McCully has published extensively in international journals of the highest repute and is co-author of two excellent books dealing with 'Plant Structure and Development'. She is an outstanding scientist who has contributed significantly to plant science in Canada and is eminently worthy of election to a Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada.
Dr. Susan McDaniel
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Keywords: Family, aging, women, social policy, lifecourse
Susan A McDaniel has transformed sociology in Canada. She has devoted her considerable scholarly energies to rethinking, reconceptualizing and realigning the ways in which social structural constraints impinge on human social life most intimately. She has been a pioneer in studying arenas of human activity: illegal abortion, sexual assault and harassment, childbearing from women's point of view, women's work-related health issues, women's participation in technological innovation. Her most important contribution, however, is in her involved, passionate, and yet sharply analytical frameworks, frameworks which are generating unconsidered research hypotheses.
Dr. Ian McDiarmid
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: National Research Council
Dr. McDiarmid has made many contributions to the advancement of knowledge about the behaviour of energetic particles in the solar atmosphere and those trapped in the earth's magnetic field. This work followed naturally form his earlier research on energetic nuclear reactions using cosmic rays as the source of energetic particles. He has taken full advantage of the use of rockets and artificial earth satellites to study the interplanetary plasma, the solar wind, and cosmic rays outside the earth's atmosphere. Such studies, beyond the influence of the earth's atmosphere are essential to get information on the environment in which the earth moves, an environment that is strongly influenced by interactions between the solar wind and the earth's magnetic field. In these investigations his work has been recognized in the world of space physics. This type of investigation requires wide cooperation among interested groups and extensive organizing ability. Dr. McDiarmid's leadership is unquestioned.
Dr. Art McDonald
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Queen's University
Arthur Bruce McDonald, Professor of Physics, Queen's University, has long been interested in the basic interactions between particles inside the atomic nucleus. He has performed many experiments designed to reveal the charge independence of nuclear forces in light nuclei. His interest in reflection symmetry led to a more precise determination of nuclear weak forces. He is now addressing the solar neutrino problem - too few neutrinos from the sun - by directing the construction of a major laboratory to detect neutrinos deep underground in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory. His good judgement in choosing research endeavors, his exceptional skill in devising and building apparatus for difficult experiments, and his ability to encourage colleagues has long been recognized in Canada and internationally.
Dr. Lynn McDonald
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: gerontology
Induction Year: 2017
McDonald, Lynn - Faculty of Social Work, University of Toronto
Dr. McDonald is a Canadian pioneer in gerontology who has led the national dialogue on aging for over thirty years. Her research focuses on applying academic knowledge to policy and practice in order to improve the care, treatment and quality of life of older adults. She is a leading policy expert on retirement, marginalized populations, and is considered one of the world’s leading authorities in elder abuse and mistreatment.
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Dr. Christie McDonald
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Harvard University
Christie McDonald has made major contributions to the theory and practice of both critical theory and interdisciplinary studies within the humanities. Based in the literary domain (as a respected expert in eighteenth-century French literature), she has consistently related her textual analyses to larger theoretical concerns, particularly in the fields of philosophy and music. Her recent work brings together anthropology, art history, political science, and the 'everyday' in a complex and important theorizing of the notion of 'change' in our culture.
Prof. Jeffrey McDonnell
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Keywords: Hydrology, Watershed; Stable Isotope; Runoff
Induction Year: 2016
Updated July 20, 2015
MCDONNELL, Jeffrey, Global Institute for Water Security and School of Environment and Sustainability, University of Saskatchewan.
Jeffrey McDonnell is Professor of Hydrology at the University of Saskatchewan and internationally recognized scholar in watershed science. He has made fundamental contributions to the measurement, modelling and understanding of streamflow generation, the role of plants in the hydrological cycle and the application of stable isotopes to water tracing in the hydrosphere.
Updated July 20, 2015
Jeffrey McDonnell est professeur d'hydrologie à l'Université de la Saskatchewan et chercheur renommée internationale dans la science des bassins versants. Il a apporté des contributions fondamentales à la mesure, la modélisation et la compréhension de la génération des débits, le rôle des plantes dans le cycle hydrologique et l'application des isotopes stables pour le traçage de l'eau dans l'hydrosphère .
Dr. Ronald McElhaney
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Biophysics, biological membranes, lipids, transmembrane proteins, antimicrobial peptides
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Ronald McElhaney is an international leader in research on the roles of lipids in biological membranes. He demonstrated that physical properties of lipids determine the permeability of membranes and modulate the activity of proteins. His work on the phase behaviour of lipids has direct relevance to the role of lipid rafts in cell signalling. His research has provided key insights into the mechanisms by which antimicrobial peptides disrupt bacterial membranes providing the basis for design of effective antimicrobial agents. He is a Fellow of the Biophysical Society (USA) and received the prestigious Avanti Award in Lipids from the Biophysical Society.
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Ronald McElhaney, an international leader in research on the roles of lipids in biological membranes, has demonstrated that physical properties of lipids determine the permeability of membranes and modulate the activity of proteins. His research has provided key insights into the mechanisms by which antimicrobial peptides disrupt bacterial membranes providing the basis for design of effective antimicrobial agents.
Dr. Charles Thomas (Tom) Thomas McElroy
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: Atmospheric Chemistry, Remote Sounding, Ozone, Spectroscopy
Induction Year: 2009
Dr. McElroy is one of Canada's foremost atmospheric scientists. He is a co-inventor of the Brewer ozone spectrophotometer, now used for ozone measurements world-wide, and the UV index, which is used to inform the public of the safety of remaining outside in sunlight.
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McELROY, Charles Thomas –Environment Canada
Dr. McElroy is one of Canada's foremost atmospheric scientists. He is a co-inventor of the Brewer ozone spectrophotometer, now used for ozone measurements world-wide, and the UV index, which is used to inform the public of the safety of remaining outside in sunlight. He has developed techniques for measuring ozone and other gases from the ground, from aircraft and from space. He has developed instruments used by astronauts on the space shuttle and the MAESTRO instrument on Canada's SCISAT satellite. He has sat on numerous national and international committees, and received numerous awards.
Dr. Grant McFadden
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Florida
Keywords: Poxviruses, immune evasion, molecular virology, viral pathogenesis, bioterrorism
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Dr. Grant McFadden is one of the most prominent figures in his field of virology, a view shared not only by many colleagues in Canada but by eminent virologists worldwide. His numerous scientific contributions and his many novel insights, shared so generously with colleagues, have had a huge impact on fundamental understanding of the molecular biology of DNA viruses and on virus and host-cell interactions. The four areas of his most significant contributions might be summarized as: (1) The discovery and analysis of multiple classes of virus-encoded virokines and viroceptors, (2) The discovery of inhibitors of apoptosis encoded by poxviruses, (3) The analysis of poxvirus molecular biology, and (4) The discovery of novel anti-immune mechanisms of poxviruses. His work and the numerous accolades it has generated have focused an international spotlight on Canadian biological science and, more generally, on Canadian research accomplishments.
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Grant McFadden is one of the most prominent figures in the field of virology. His scientific contributions include the discovery and analysis of multiple classes of virus-encoded virokines and viroceptors, the discovery of inhibitors of apoptosis encoded by poxviruses and the discovery of a novel anti-immune mechanisms of poxviruses.
Prof. John F. McGarry
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Queen's University
Keywords: Power-sharing, federalism, conflict, resolution
Induction Year: 2010
MCGARRY, John - Department of Political Studies, Queen's University
Professor McGarry is acknowledged as one of the world's top authorities on power-sharing and federalism. His contributions to the social sciences have not only revolutionized academic thinking on this important topic, they have helped to create new possibilities for peace and democracy around the world. The tremendous practical value of his work was recognized by his appointment, in 2008 as the first “Senior Advisor on Power-Sharing” to the United Nations.
John McGarry est reconnu comme une des autorités mondiales en matière de fédéralisme et de partage des pouvoirs. Son apport aux sciences sociales a non seulement révolutionné la pensée universitaire dans cet important domaine, mais il a aussi ouvert de nouvelles voies vers la paix et la démocratie dans l’ensemble du monde. Sa désignation par les Nations Unies, en 2008, au titre de premier « Conseiller principal sur le partage des pouvoirs » témoigne de l’immense valeur pratique de ses travaux.
Dr. Robert McGhee
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Canadian Museum of Civilization
Keywords: Archaeology, prehistory, arctic
Robert McGhee of the Canadian Museum of Civilization, is Canada's leading authority on arctic prehistory. His research and publications on Palaeo-Eskimo and recent Inuit prehistory and early history, as well as the peregrinations of Norsemen in Canada, have won acclaim from professional archaeologists and the general public alike. He has carried out fieldwork from the MacKenzie Delta to the High Arctic to southern Labrador. His research has been reported in many books and monographs as well as papers and articles. They reflect the scholarship and imaginative approach of a researcher and writer whose distinguished international reputation is richly deserved.
Dr. Mark McGowan
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Migration, settlement, history, Irish, Catholics, Famine
Induction Year: 2024
Historian Mark G McGowan is internationally recognized as the leading expert on Irish migration and settlement in Canada. His original and innovative research methodology has resulted
in pioneering publications on the Irish diaspora in the North Atlantic world, sectarian relations, religious education, and Irish Famine orphans. His research has prompted diplomats, scholars, educators, and religious leaders, to seek him as an advisor, principal investigator on special projects, and research collaborator.
L’historien Mark G McGowan est reconnu sur le plan international comme le principal expert de la migration et
de l’établissement des Irlandais au Canada. Sa méthodologie de recherche originale et innovante a donné lieu
à des publications pionnières sur la diaspora irlandaise dans le monde de l’Atlantique Nord, les relations sectaires, l’éducation religieuse et les orphelins de la famine irlandaise. Ses recherches ont incité des diplomates, des chercheurs, des éducateurs et des chefs religieux
à le solliciter en tant que conseiller, chercheur principal pour des projets spéciaux et collaborateur de recherche.
Dr. Sean McGrath
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Keywords: continental philosophy, religion, psychoanalysis, German studies, cultural studies, history of ideas
Induction Year: 2014
Sean J. McGrath’s works in the philosophy of religion and continental philosophy include internationally recognized contributions to Heidegger studies, German Idealism, and the history of ideas. His writings probe the close relationship between Christian theology and modern secularism, demonstrating that, far from being opposed to Christianity, secularism depends upon it.
Les travaux de Sean J. McGrath en philosophie de la religion et en philosophie continentale incluent des contributions reconnues dans le monde entier aux études sur Heidegger, l’idéalisme allemand et l’histoire des idées. Ses écrits analysent la relation étroite entre la théologie chrétienne et le laïcisme moderne, en démontrant que la laïcité ne fait pas qu’émerger de la chrétienté, mais qu’elle maintient également avec elle une relation essentielle.
Dr. Patrick McGrath
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Dalhousie University
Keywords: Psychology, child, pediatric, pain, health
PATRICK JOHN MCGRATH, Professor, Departments of Psychology, Pediatrics and Psychiatry, Dalhousie University has contributed significantly to the understanding of pain in children in several areas. His landmark work on measurement of pain in children has been the standard against which other measures are compared and has allowed for the evaluation of treatment of childhood pain. He has also made significant contributions to our understanding of postoperative pain, headache, cancer pain and recurrent abdominal pain. Hs recent work has expanded our view of children's understanding of pain and reaction to everyday pain. Hs works on children's pain for parents have been translated and distributed world-wide.
Prof. Joanna Lynn McGrenere
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: human-computer interaction, personalized interfaces, individual differences
Induction Year: 2025
Joanna McGrenere examines personalized interfaces for software that capture individual differences in needs and preferences for specific users, including at-risk and vulnerable groups such as those with cognitive or motor impairments, older users, and children, using qualitative and quantitative observational methods grounded in theoretical models of human performance and rapid prototyping iterative design.
Joanna McGrenere fait porter ses recherches sur les interfaces personnalisées des logiciels qui captent les différences individuelles concernant les besoins et les préférences de groupes données d’utilisateurs comme les groupes à risque et les groupes vulnérables tels que ceux qui sont atteints de déficiences cognitives ou motrices, les personnes âgées et les enfants. La chercheuse utilise des méthodes d’observation qualitatives et quantitatives basées sur des modèles théoriques de performance humaine et de prototypage rapide de conception itérative.
Prof. Alison P McGuigan
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: tissue engineering, regenerative medicine, cancer, microfabrication
Induction Year: 2018
Alison McGuigan is an Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering and Applied Chemistry and the Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering at the University of Toronto and the Erwin Edward Hart Professor of Chemical Engineering. Dr. McGuigan has developed creative strategies to assemble and organize complex engineering tissues for understanding fundamental tissue biology and identifying novel disease mechanisms. With pharmaceutical partners, she is using these platforms to develop novel disease therapies.
Alison McGuigan est professeure associée en génie chimique et chimie appliquée à l’Institute for Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering de l’Université de Toronto et professeure Erwin Edward Hart en génie chimique. Le Dr. McGuigan a élaboré des stratégies créatives pour assembler et organiser des tissus d’ingénierie complexes afin de comprendre la biologie fondamentale des tissus et d’identifier de nouveaux mécanismes pathologiques. Avec des partenaires pharmaceutiques, elle utilise ces plateformes pour développer de nouvelles thérapies contre les maladies.
Prof. Roderick McInnes
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Homeobox genes, retinal and neurodevelopment, retinal degeneration, birth defects, human molecular genetics
Roderick McInnes is an internationally recognized human geneticist and a world leader in the fields of eye development and inherited eye disease. His discoveries include identification of major regulatory genes of eye development, association of these genes with inherited blindness, and the recognition that degenerating neurons often display exponential death kinetics. He is the inaugural Scientific Director of the Institute of Genetics of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research.
Prof. Onowa McIvor
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Induction Year: 2023
Dr. Onowa McIvor is maskékow-ininiw (Swampy Cree) and Scottish-Canadian. She is a lifelong learner of nēhinawēwin (her maternal language) and a grateful occupant in lək̓ʷəŋən and W̱SÁNEĆ territories. Dr. McIvor is a Professor and President’s Research Chair in Indigenous Education at the University of Victoria. She leads the national NEȾOLṈEW̱ Research Partnership, a seven-year project working to understand and enhance Indigenous adults’ contributions to reviving Indigenous languages in Canada.
Onowa McIvor est maskékow-ininiw (Cri des marais) et canado-écossaise. Elle a appris toute sa vie le nēhinawēwin (sa langue maternelle) et occupe avec reconnaissance les territoires de lək̓ʷəŋən et de W̱SÁNEĆ. Mme McIvor est professeure et titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du président en éducation autochtone au sein de la University of Victoria. Elle dirige le partenariat national de recherche NEȾOLṈEW̱, un projet de sept ans visant à comprendre et à améliorer les contributions des adultes autochtones à la revitalisation des langues autochtones au Canada.
Ian McKay
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: McMaster University
Keywords: tourism left history, public history
Induction Year: 2014
McKAY, Ian – Department of History, Queen’s University
Ian McKay, a highly respected scholar, a brilliant analyst and an award-winning author, is credited with
changing not just conventional views of Canadian history, but the basic concepts of the field itself. His
investigations into Canadian working-class culture, politics and Canadian historical theory have
uncovered broader historical patterns and political frameworks that continue to inform the work of historians and
social scientists, both in Canada and abroad, today.
McKAY, Ian – Department of History, Queen’s University
Ian McKay, chercheur très respecté, brillant analyste et auteur récipiendaire de nombreux prix, est
reconnu comme ayant changé non seulement les points de vues classiques sur l’histoire du Canada, mais
aussi les concepts de base de ce domaine d’étude lui-même. Ses recherches sur la culture de la classe
ouvrière canadienne, sur la politique et la théorie historique canadiennes ont permis de découvrir des tendances
historiques et des cadres politiques plus vastes qui continuent encore aujourd’hui à guider le travail des historiens et
des chercheurs en sciences sociales, aussi bien au Canada qu’à l’étranger.
Dr. A. Robert McKellar
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: National Research Council
Keywords: Spectroscopy, molecules, infrared
Dr. McKellar has carried out distinguished work in many areas of high resolution infrared spectroscopy. He has studied can der Waals complexes of H2 and the rare gases, providing precise information on their inter-molecular potentials. Recently he obtained the first experimental verification of the presence of hydrogen dimers on Jupiter. He has developed the techniques of laser magnetic resonance and laser Stark spectroscopy using CO and CO2 lasers and has obtained infrared spectra of many free radicals e.g. FO, CH2, NH2, as well as molecular ions e.g. H3+, HCO+, HN2+. His work on the experimental determination of the singlet-triplet splitting in CH2 is especially noteworthy.
Marcia D. McKenzie
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Keywords: Environment, Sustainability, Educational Policy
Induction Year: 2017
Marcia McKenzie is a leading authority worldwide on environmental and sustainability education. A Professor at the University of Saskatchewan and the Director of the award-winning Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN), Dr. McKenzie works to improve sustainability policies and practices in education systems. The author of numerous articles, chapters, and books, Dr. McKenzie has written influential studies at the intersections of environment and education in relation to public policy and research.
Marcia McKenzie est une experte internationale de l’éducation sur l’environnement et le développement durable. Professeure à l’University of Saskatchewan et directrice du réseau primé Sustainability and Education Policy Network (SEPN), la Prof. McKenzie s’attache à améliorer les politiques et les pratiques en matière de développement durable dans les systèmes éducatifs. Auteure de nombreux articles, chapitres et ouvrages, elle a réalisé des études marquantes faisant intervenir à la fois l’environnement et la formation aux politiques publiques et à la recherche.
A. Brian McKillop
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Carleton University
Keywords: History
Ideas
Culture
Education
Religion
Brian McKillop has shown that Canadian intellectual history is not an oxymoron. In A Disciplined Intelligence and in a number of perceptive essays, he has analyzed the varied responses of Canadians to the challenge which Darwinism presented to traditional religious and humanist values. In Matters of the Mind, McKillop shifted his attention to the university as a central social institution and showed how Ontario universities have reflected and have also shaped social and intellectual ideas. McKillop has conveyed his careful scholarship and his perceptive insights in a clear and accessible prose, seasoned with irony and wit.






