Hani Naguib is a leading scientist in smart materials development and their applications. He is best known for his development of smart skins based on electro-active polymers, which can be used for flexible electronic sensors and storage devices in biomedical and energy applications. He has also developed novel smart-based hybrid actuators based on shape memory materials, for use as prosthetic limbs or as active porous membranes for drug delivery systems.

Hani Naguib est un professeur et un scientifique de pointe dans le domaine des matériaux intelligents et multifonctionnels. Il est reconnu pour avoir développé des technologies portables comme des peaux intelligentes et des muscles artificiels à l’aide de matériaux électroactifs et à mémoire de forme. Ces technologies sont appliquées pour des capteurs, des actionneurs et des dispositifs de stockage flexibles dans les secteurs de la biomédecine, du transport et de l’énergie. Le programme de recherche de Naguib nourrit de nombreuses collaborations nationales et internationales avec des établissements universitaires, des hôpitaux et des partenaires de l’industrie.

Val Napoleon is Professor and Law Foundation Chair of Indigenous Justice and Governance at the University of Victoria. She researches, publishes, and mobilizes knowledge about Indigenous legal traditions in relation to questions of feminism, citizenship, self-determination, lands, and governance. She leads Canada’s Indigenous Law Research Unit, which works with communities and organizations across Canada, to restore Indigenous laws and legal processes. She co-founded the JD/JID (dual law degree program in Indigenous law and Canadian law), and she is leading a new major initiative to holistically rebuild Indigenous legal orders.

Val Napoleon est doyenne par intérim, professeure et professeure de justice et de gouvernance autochtones de la Fondation du droit à l’Université de Victoria. Elle effectue des recherches, publie et mobilise des connaissances sur les traditions juridiques autochtones relatives aux questions de féminisme, de citoyenneté, d’autodétermination et de gouvernance. Elle dirige l’Unité de recherche sur le droit autochtone du Canada, qui travaille avec les communautés et les organismes à travers le Canada, y compris la Commission vérité et réconciliation et l’Association du Barreau autochtone.

NARBONNE, Jean-Marc - Faculté de Philosophie, Université Laval Jean-Marc Narbonne est un spécialiste mondialement reconnu dans le domaine de l’histoire de la pensée antique et de la tradition platonicienne en particulier. Ses recherches sur les dimensions critiques de l’Antiquité l’ont conduit à des hypothèses très neuves sur la transition de la pensée grecque à la Modernité, et notamment sur l’émergence des modèles démocratiques dans la pensée occidentale.

Jan Narveson, after publishing in his book "Morality and Utility" (1967) one of the most considerable arguments for utilitarianism offered in a philosophical climate often hostile to that view, has become an equally considerable philosophical spokesman (in a host of articles and reviews) for libertarianism. He is a very sophisticated philosopher renowned for the vigor of his critical powers.

Hossein Nassaji is internationally renowned for his pioneering work in classroom discourse, second language (L2) reading and vocabulary learning, form-focused instruction, and the application of socio-cultural theory to L2 learning. His research has reshaped our understanding of what L2 learning is, how it is developed, and what impact instruction has on its acquisition. He has transformed both theory and practice in these areas.

Hossein Nassaji est internationalement reconnu pour son travail de pionnier dans le domaine du discours en classe, de la lecture et de l'apprentissage du vocabulaire en langue seconde (L2), de l'enseignement centré sur la forme et de l'application de la théorie socioculturelle à l'apprentissage des L2. Ses recherches ont remodelé notre compréhension de l'apprentissage d'une L2, de la manière dont il se développe et de l'impact de l'enseignement sur son acquisition. Il a transformé à la fois la théorie et la pratique dans ces domaines.

Musicologue de renommée internationale, M. Jean-Jacques Nattiez a développé des recherches de pointe en sémiologie musicale. Parmi ses nombreuses publications, signalons ses livres : « Fondements d'une sémiologie de la musique » (1975); « Tétralogies Wagner, Boulez, Chéreau » (1983); « Proust musicien » (1984); « Musicologie générale et sémiologie » (1987); « De la sémiologie à la musique » (1987), « Le combat de Chronos et d'Orphée » (1993). Il a remporté le Grand prix international du disque, d'abord pour son enregistrement des jeux de gorge des Inuits, puis pour sa réédition de la Collection universelle de Musique populaire. Il a partagé avec Pierre Boulez la direction de la collection « Musique/passé/présent » aux éditions Christian Bourgois à Paris.

LONG David Naylor is a world leader in health services research. Founder of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, Naylor spearheaded the development of novel 'atlases' illustrating profound regional and institutional variations in health status and services. His pioneering work has also had an international influence on the assessment and management of queues for specialized health services. Naylor's other lines of research have shed new light on issues such as the marginal returns of investments in tertiary services, the impact of socio-economic factors on access and outcomes in our health system, and the uptake of research evidence into clinical practice. SHORT David Naylor is a world leader in health services research. Founder of the Institute for Clinical Evaluative Sciences, he spearheaded the development of novel 'atlases' illustrating profound regional and institutional variations in health status and services. His pioneering work has also had an international influence on the assessment and management of queues for specialized health services.

Long Citation (for publication and press release) Kenneth Neale is a prolific researcher whose work reflects broad interests in a wide range of fields covering solid mechanics, the mechanics of materials, metal forming processes, composite materials, and structural engineering. In mechanics and materials, he has made major original contributions spanning numerous topics such as the large deformation behavior of metals and polymers, structural instability theory, material formability analysis, the modeling of microstructural phenomena, advanced numerical modeling, and the optimization of metal forming processes. In structural engineering he has made pioneering contributions to the development and modeling of innovative rehabilitation technologies using advanced fibre composites. Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony) Kenneth Neale is a prolific researcher whose work reflects broad interests in a wide range of fields covering solid mechanics, the mechanics of materials, metal forming processes, composite materials, and structural engineering. He has made major original and pioneering contributions to both mechanics and materials and structural engineering.

Updated July 23, 2015 NEELIN, David, Department of Atmospheric and Oceanic Sciences, University of California, Los Angeles David Neelin is an international leader in the study of the interaction between and the dynamics of the atmosphere and ocean. He has contributed pioneering work towards developing an understanding of the mechanisms that create the El Nino/Southern Oscillation phenomenon and impact its predictability. He has further published numerous seminal studies on tropical atmospheric dynamics and climate interactions.

Updated July 23, 2015 David Neelin est un leader internationalement reconnu dans le domaine de l’étude la dynamique et des interactions entre l'atmosphère et les océans. Il a mené des travaux fondateurs pour la compréhension des mécanismes qui sont à l’origine de l’oscillation australe et le phénomène El Niño, ainsi que déterminants pour leur prédictibilité. En outre, Pr. Neelin a publié de nombreuses études séminales sur la dynamique de l’atmosphère dans les tropiques et ses interactions avec le climat.

Catherine Neish is a planetary scientist who studies the geologic processes that shape the worlds in our solar system. She is the leading expert in impact cratering on Saturn’s moon Titan. Her work on the production of biological molecules on Titan’s surface was one of the driving motivations for NASA’s newly selected Dragonfly mission. As a Co-Investigator on that mission, she will use a quadcopter to investigate prebiotic chemistry on Titan.

Catherine Neish est une scientifique qui étudie les processus géologiques façonnant les mondes de notre système solaire. Elle est la principale spécialiste de la formation de cratères par impact sur Titan, le satellite de Saturne. Ses travaux sur la production de molécules biologiques à la surface de Titan ont été l'une des principales motivations de la mission Dragonfly, récemment sélectionnée par la NASA. En tant que co-investigatrice de cette mission, elle utilisera un quadricoptère pour étudier la chimie prébiotique sur Titan.

Long Citation Professor Erle Nelson is an internationally recognized authority on radiocarbon dating, the categorization of archaeological artifacts by chemical, isotopic and mineralogical methods, and the application of stable isotope methods to the identification of the diets of animals and ancient peoples. Simultaneously with another Canadian physicist, he was responsible for the invention of the Accelerator Mass Spectrometer technique for small sample radiometric dating, which is now widely used around the world in many branches of earth and environmental sciences, physics and medicine. Short Citation Erle Nelson is an internationally recognized authority on radiocarbon dating. Simultaneously with another Canadian physicist, he was responsible for the invention of the Accelerator Mass Spectrometer technique for small sample radiometric dating, which is now widely used around the world in many branches of earth and environmental sciences, physics and medicine.