John William McConkey, Department of Physics, University of Windsor, is a physicist who has consistently demonstrated creativity and skill in designing and carrying out leading edge experiments involving electron-atom (molecule) collisions. He is recognized internationally as a world leader, and his data, covering many different types of electron interactions, are regarded as standards in the field. His work has demonstrated a keen awareness of the needs of the wider scientific community in addition to being carefully chosen to have maximum impact on the development of understanding in his own field at the most basic level. Recently, he has developed novel techniques to study the fragmentation of atmospherically important molecules via very specific dissociation channels.

Peter Joseph McCormick, Professor, Department of Philosophy, at the University of Ottawa, has made significant scholarly contributions in two areas of critical reflection on the perennially strained relations between philosophy and the arts. His books on rational interpretation, modernity and aesthetics, philosophical problems of poetics, and the appraisal of claims about the nature of language in modern poetry have substantially clarified the cognitive, affective, and pragmatic aspects of literary works of art. Conversely, these books have also demonstrated how understanding some literary artworks forces major conceptual revisions in many antecedent philosophical accounts of knowledge, emotion, and action.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Long Citation 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. Short Citation 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.

LONG 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. SHORT 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.

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.

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.

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.