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

David Vocadlo’s multidisciplinary research into the biological roles of carbohydrates bridges the junction of chemistry and biology. By combining disparate methods, his creative research is yielding surprising discoveries, driving revision of dominant paradigms and broadening our understanding of one of Nature’s key building blocks. His work is enabling researchers around the world and stimulating the pursuit of new potential therapeutic strategies for dreaded diseases including cancer and Alzheimer disease.

Les recherches multidisciplinaires de David Vocadlo sur les rôles biologiques des glucides consolident le lien entre chimie et biologie. Fondées sur des méthodes diverses, ses recherches créatives ont donné naissance à des découvertes étonnantes, ont favorisé la révision de paradigmes dominants et ont accru notre compréhension de l’un des composants de base de la nature. Ses travaux enrichissent ceux de chercheurs du monde entier et encouragent le développement de nouvelles stratégies thérapeutiques pour des pathologies redoutées telles que le cancer ou la maladie d’Alzheimer.

The Information Superhighway consists of interconnecting computer network. It could not be built until a methodology of designing and testing protocols had evolved. Professor Gregor Bochmann is recognized internationally for having created the field of 'protocol engineering'. In a seminal 1977 paper he proposed a formal model for specifying and designing communication protocols, and followed it with major papers enlarging upon the concepts. Later developments include testing protocol implementations and using an extended Finite State Machine model for partially-defined and non-deterministic specifications. More generally, the technique is applicable to software engineering of distributed and discrete-event systems.

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.

Peter Waite's career an a Canadian historian has marched forward with steady distinction. Ten years after his appointment to the Department of History at Dalhousie in 1951, he became a full professor and head of the Department. His scholarly output already totals five books and a score of articles, and he has edited three volumes of parliamentary debates for the Queen's Printer, Ottawa. His peers elected him president of the Canadian Historical Association in 1968-69, and chairman of the Humanities Research Council in 1968-70. He was the Nova Scotia member of the Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada, 1968-77.

Alan Walker, a graduate of the Guildhall School of Music and of the University of Durham, is professor of music at McMaster University. A skillful programme innovator, Dr. Walker since 1971 has brought new eminence to his department, has launched a programme in music criticism at the graduate level, and has prompted musical appreciation and performance vigorously in the community. His research in musical criticism, in the life and works of Chopin, Liszt, and Schumann, has won him recognition and distinction in the international scene. His present major work is a three-volume biography of Franz Liszt; the first volume, now published, has received great praise. In 1980 the Liszt Society of Hungary awarded him its Franz Liszt Memorial Medal.

Gordon A. H . Walker is a gifted experimental astronomer whose scientific accomplishments have been widely recognized by astronomers at both the national and international levels. He was one of the first to demonstrate that the interstellar extinction curve shows many small scale irregularities, often related to the diffused interstellar absorption features. His measurements of the rotational velocities and equivalent widths of two helium lines still provide the most extensive and homogeneous data of this type available. His particular expertise is ancillary astronomical instrumentation, particularly the use of photoelectronic detectors and solid state sensors. He has developed a compact, four-channel, five-colour photoelectric digital photometer which has been used to measure thousands of stars. He is currently playing a major role in the Canada-France-Hawaii telescope development.