Dr. Templeton's measurements of the Fermi surfaces of the alkali metals, his elegant determination of the pressure dependence of the Fermi surfaces of the alkali and noble metals, studies of both Fermi surfaces and electron scattering effects in dilute noble metal alloys, determination of the phase of dHvA oscillations at infinite field (verification of fundamental theory) and recent improvement by two orders of magnitude of the precision with which dHvA oscillations can be measured, greatly enhance the international reputation which he earlier achieved together with D. K. C. MacDonald and W. B. Pearson through his classic researches on thermoelectricity. He can well be recognized as Canada's leading low temperature physicist.

TEPASS, Ulrich – Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Ulrich Tepass is an international leader in the analysis of epithelial cell polarity and cell adhesion using the genetic model organism, the fruit fly. He was among first to characterize an epithelial polarity factor in 1990, and since then has made numerous seminal contributions to our understanding of the molecular regulation of cell polarity and adhesion and the developmental significance of these processes. The fundamental insights that this work has generated are relevant for our understanding of human disease, including blindness and most forms of cancer.

TEPASS, Ulrich – Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Ulrich Tepass est un leader international dans l’analyse de la polarité des cellules épithéliales et l’adhésion cellulaire en utilisant l’organisme modelé génétique, la mouche des fruits. Il fut le premier à caractériser un facteur de polarité épithéliale en 1990, et depuis, a fait de nombreuses contributions majeures à notre compréhension de la régulation moléculaire de la polarité cellulaire et l’adhérence et la signification du développement de ces processus. Les idées fondamentales que ce travail a générés sont pertinent pour notre compréhension des maladies humaines, y compris la cécité et la plupart des formes de cancer.

Mark Terry is an internationally-recognized digital media innovator. His remediation of the documentary film known as the Geo-Doc is currently being used within various divisions of the United Nations as a data delivery system, a new communications tool that bridges the gap between science and policy. His pioneering work with multilinear, non-fiction narratives has been recognized by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television with their Humanitarian Award in 2011. His work in documenting polar research has also been recognized by decorations with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) and The Explorers Club’s Stefansson Medal (2010).

Mark Terry est reconnu sur le plan international pour ses innovations dans le domaine des médias numériques. Sa version du film documentaire connu sous le nom de Geo-Doc est actuellement utilisée au sein de diverses divisions des Nations Unies comme système de transmission de données, un nouvel outil de communication qui comble le fossé entre la science et la politique. Son travail novateur sur les récits documentaires multilinéaires a été reconnu en 2011 par l’Académie canadienne du cinéma et de la télévision avec son prix humanitaire. Son travail de documentation sur la recherche polaire a également été reconnu par la Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine (2013) et la Médaille Stefansson du Explorers Club (2010).

Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Departments of Anatomy and of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California, San Francisco, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of axonal pathfinding in mammals. He identified a chemoattractant activity that organizes axons in the spinal cord, purified the proteins responsible for this activity and cloned the relevant genes. He has called these proteins netrins. Netrin-1 is an attractant for commissural axons and a repellant for trochlear motor axons. This ability of mammalian netrins is reminiscent of UNC-6, and has led to a model for axon guidance involving the combined use of positive and negative cues. Tessier-Lavigne characterized two families of potential netrin receptors in mammals and demonstrated their role in axon guidance. His research has provided us with critical molecular determinants that control formation of the vertebrate nervous system.

Paul Thagard, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, is one of Canada's leading philosophers of science. He has a brilliant academic career and has been working intensively in the philosophy of artificial intelligence and cognitive of science for the past twenty years. His work is marked by many distinctions, most recently by a Killam award for the years 1997-1999 to work on a project entitled "Making Sense: Coherence in Thought and Action". His new book on the philosophy of science as applied to medicine is entitled "How Scientists Explain Disease".

Dr. Thewalt achieved wide acclaim when his PhD research settled a raging international controversy over the existence and properties of bound multiexciton complexes. His unique spectroscopic methods have yielded deep insights into the nature of excitons and biexcitons, as fundamental to the understanding of semiconductor physics as the hydrogen atom H and molecule H2 are to atomic physics. The existence of polyexcitons, analogous to H3, H4, etc., was conjectured in 1972. Dr. Thewalt provided confirmation in 1987 using his newly developed, ultrasensitive experimental techniques. His remarkable successes in applying these techniques to problems of industrial relevance also are well recognized.

David Thomas, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, is one of Canada's foremost molecular cell biologists. He has used the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiaeto achieve fundamental insights into how eukaryotic cells function. His work has included the discovery of mitochondrial DNA recombination, the proof that beta and gamma subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins can activate downstream effector members of signaling pathways, and the discovery of Ste20p, the founding member of the GTPase activated kinase family. In collaboration with Howard Bussey he identified Kex1p, a protease involved in the secretion of signaling peptides; subsequent collaborations with colleagues allowed him to determine the crystal structure of this carboxypeptidase. In collaboration with John Bergeron, he uncovered the chaperone calnexin, involved in quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum. Thomas has ensured that these scientific advances have had practical applications.

John Thompson is recognized nationally and internationally for his distinguished contributions to the understanding of plant senescence. His pioneering work in this field has established that membrane deterioration plays a pivotal role in the aging process. Through a combined biochemical and biophysical approach, he and his students have elucidated a sequence of changes in the molecular organization of membrane lipids during senescence that leads to destabilization of the bilayer and ensuing loss of membrane function. They have characterized various manifestations of this destabilization including lipid phase separations in the bilayer. bulk lipid rigidification and the formation of non-bilayer lipid. Their studies of the biochemical basis for these changes and of the physiological implications of a destabilized bilayer have significantly enhanced our understanding of the mechanisms underlying capitulation to aging (and certain types of environmental stress). Indeed, Dr. Thompson's contributions have provided a new and exciting dimension to the field of plant senescence that have gained him wide respect as a leader and genuine innovator.

Updated July 21, 2015 THOMPSON, Judith, College of Arts, University of Guelph Professor Judith Thompson is one of the best and most produced playwrights in the English-speaking world. A formal innovator, she established that reputation by giving voice to people who are rarely heard, recording the experiences of the disenfranchised, and by speaking the rarely acknowledged truths of the human condition. A playwright, director, dramaturg, teacher, mentor, Judith Thompson is unsurpassed in her contribution to the arts in Canada.

Updated July 21, 2015 Professeur Judith Thompson est l'un des meilleurs et des plus produits dramaturges dans le monde anglo-saxon. Un innovateur formelle, elle a créé cette réputation en donnant la parole aux personnes qui sont rarement entendus, relatant les expériences des laissés, et en parlant rarement reconnu la vérité de la condition humaine. Un dramaturge, metteur en scène, enseignant, mentor, Judith Thompson est inégalée dans sa contribution aux arts au Canada.

Long Citation Mary Thompson's research spans an exceptionally broad range of areas in statistical science, including pure and applied probability, mathematical statistics, the theory of sample surveys, and several areas of application. Her seminal work on optimality and the foundations of inference for finite populations, optimal estimating functions, and inference for stochastic processes has had a major impact. This has been combined with important applied contributions in other disciplines, including hydrology, gerontology, public health, and sociology. Short Citation Mary Thompson's research spans an exceptionally broad range of areas in statistical science, including pure and applied probability, mathematical statistics, the theory of sample surveys, and several areas of application. Her seminal work on optimality and the foundations of inference for finite populations, optimal estimating functions, and inference for stochastic processes has had a major impact and has been combined with important applied contributions in other disciplines.

R. Paul Thompson has an international reputation in philosophy of biology, especially the mathematical/logical structure of biological theories, explanation and experimental design. He had made seminal contributions to understanding an evolutionary-based social contract account of morality, and has made internationally influential contributions to evolutionary theory, philosophy of medicine, and the benefits of genetic modification of organisms in medicine and agriculture. He has served extensively on committees advising governments and industry.

R. Paul Thompson jouit d'une réputation internationale dans le domaine de la philosophie de la biologie, notamment en ce qui concerne la structure mathématique/logique des théories biologiques, l'explication et la conception expérimentale. Il a contribué de manière décisive à la compréhension d'un contrat social de moralité basé sur l'évolution, et a apporté des contributions influentes au niveau international à la théorie de l'évolution, à la philosophie de la médecine et aux avantages de la modification génétique des organismes dans la médecine et l'agriculture. Il a participé à de nombreux comités consultatifs pour différentes autorités et l'industrie.