Long Citation Dr. Keir Pearson is a leading authority on the neurobiology of locomotion. His research has identified key principles related to the neural control of walking in invertebrates and vertebrates. These contributions have been germane for developing strategies for enhancing functional recovery after spinal cord injury and for the design of walking robots. Dr. Pearson has written many influential manuscripts and book chapters, and is recognized internationally for his ability to communicate science to a wide audience. He holds a Canada Research Chair in movement physiology, and is Director of the Centre for Neuroscience at the University of Alberta. Short Citation Keir Pearson is a leading authority on the neurobiology of locomotion. His research has identified key principles related to the neural control of walking in invertebrates and vertebrates. These contributions have been germane for developing strategies for enhancing functional recovery after spinal cord injury and for the design of walking robots. Dr. Pearson has written many influential manuscripts and book chapters, and is recognized internationally.

Jamie Peck of the University of British Columbia is one of the most prolific and highly cited geographers in the world, with over 200 publications including 13 books. His main contributions have been in labour studies, urban political economy, critical policy analysis and neoliberalism and they have been highly influential in sociology and urban studies as well as in geography. He is a leading advocate for spatially-sensitive analysis across the economic sciences. His work has been widely reprinted and translated into more than a dozen languages.

Isabel Pedersen is Canada Research Chair in Digital Life, Media, and Culture (tier II). Her work broadly questions the way in which future-proposed technology affects human identity and culture. Digital technologies are often predicted, invented, adopted and even celebrated before we fully understand their societal impacts. While most research in the realm of digital media investigates the technological aspects of digital innovation, Dr. Pedersen’s work uniquely focuses on understanding the impacts of the digital age on our lives, culture, art, and social practices.

Isabel Pedersen est titulaire d’une Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la vie numérique, les médias et la culture (niveau 2). Ses travaux remettent en question la façon dont les nouvelles technologies affectent l’identité et la culture humaines. Bien souvent, les technologies numériques sont anticipées, inventées, adoptées et même célébrées avant même que nous comprenions pleinement leur impact sur la société. Tandis que la plupart des recherches menées dans le domaine des médias numériques étudient les aspects technologiques de l’innovation numérique, les travaux de la Dre Pedersen se concentrent exclusivement sur la compréhension des impacts de l’ère numérique sur nos vies, notre culture, l’art et les pratiques sociales.

Jim Peebles has been the key person responsible for the recent development of the study of the early universe into a science. He has developed key tools in the development of observational tests of theories of the early universe, from the 3 degree microwave background to large scale correlations in the structure of the universe. His books and papers have been masterful in their presentation of the ideas in terms of simple, but penetrating physical arguments. His work has been largely responsible for the current explosion of interest in physical cosmology.

Andrew Pelling is a highly creative leader in the field of mechanobiology. His internationally acclaimed research has illuminated previously unknown biological pathways which enable living cells and tissues to be controlled and regulated through physical cues. These achievements have been well recognized with numerous distinctions and awards. Andrew has also established several start-up companies which are translating his fundamental research into biomedical applications in healthcare, tissue engineering and regenerative medicine.

Andrew Pelling s’est imposé comme figure de proue dand le domaine de la mécanobiologie, secteur auquel il apporte sa vaste créativité. Ses recherches de renommée internationale ont révélé des voies biologiques encore inconnues qui permettent de contrôler et de réguler des cellules et des tissus vivants à l’aide de signaux physiques, réalisations qui ont été récompensées par de multiples prix et distinctions. Andrew Pelling a également fondé plusieurs petites entreprises dédiées aux applications biomédicales de ses recherches fondamentales dans les domaines de la santé, du génie tissulaire et de la médecine régénérative.

Dr. Pelletier published the first localization of hypothalamic peptides, namely LHRH (luteinizing hormone-releasing hormone) and somatostatin in the brain using immunohistochemical techniques at the electron microscope level. He has since then described the presence of a large series of peptides in different nerve pathways in the rat as well as in human brain. He has also acquired the highest reputation for his work on the morphology and mechanisms of exocytosis in the median eminence and anterior pituitary gland.

Fanie Pelletier holds a Canada Research Chair in Evolutionary Demography and Conservation in the Department of Biology at the Université de Sherbrooke. Author of more than 120 peer-reviewed publications, her research focuses on the evolutionary ecology of vertebrates including life-history evolution, reproductive strategies, and population dynamics. She has used innovative methods to demonstrate how human activities affect wild populations.

Fanie Pelletier est titulaire d’une Chaire de recherche du Canada en démographie évolutive et conservation au Département de biologie de l’Université de Sherbrooke. Auteure de plus de 120 publications, ses recherches portent sur l’écologie évolutive des vertébrés, incluant l’évolution des histoires de la vie, les stratégies reproductives et la dynamique des populations. Elle a utilisé des méthodes originales pour démontrer l’influence des activités humaines sur les populations sauvages.

"In recognition of his broad, pioneering fundamental and applied contributions to chemical thermodynamics which have resulted in the development of databases, computational procedures for phase diagrams and equilibria in multicomponent solutions and the world's most powerful user-friendly system (F*A*C*T) to tackle thermochemical problems In far flung fields ranging from geology to materials science and petrochemistry".

Professor Ue-Li Pen is one of the most original and enterprising theoretical astrophysicists working today. He pioneered the rapidly growing field of 21-cm cosmology. His work culminated in Canada’s preeminent astronomical achievements of the last decade, the CHIME and CHIME-FRB experiments, and led to new dedicated telescopes in China, South Africa and Brazil. More recently, his innovative use of cosmic plasma as a giant billion-kilometre-sized telescope spawned the new field of scintillometry.

Le professeur Ue-Li Pen est l’un des astrophysiciens théoriciens les plus originaux et les plus entreprenants à l’œuvre aujourd’hui. Il a été le pionnier du domaine en plein essor de la cosmologie à 21 cm. Ses travaux ont abouti aux plus éminentes réalisations astronomiques canadiennes de la dernière décennie, les expériences CHIME et CHIME FRB, et ont conduit à la construction de nouveaux télescopes spécialisés en Chine, en Afrique du Sud et au Brésil. Plus récemment, son utilisation novatrice du plasma cosmique comme télescope géant d’une taille d’un milliard de kilomètres a donné naissance au nouveau domaine de la scintillométrie.

Ito Peng’s groundbreaking research on gender, care and migration policies and the global care economy established her as an internationally acknowledged thought leader on issues of gender equality, care work, transnational care migration, and the multidimensional and interlocking dependencies between the Global North and South through the work of care and the migration of care workers. Backgrounded by the pandemic, her work is now in critical demand.

Les recherches de pointe d’Ito Peng sur les politiques du genre, des soins et de la migration et sur l’économie mondiale des soins ont fait d’elle une leader d’opinion reconnue internationalement sur les questions liées à l’égalité des genres, au travail dans le domaine des soins, à la migration transnationale des soins ainsi qu’aux dépendances multidimensionnelles et imbriquées qui se sont établies entre le Nord et le Sud par le biais du travail dans les soins et la migration des travailleurs soignants. Quelque peu relégués à l’arrière-plan par la pandémie, ses travaux font aujourd’hui l’objet d’une demande aiguë.