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Lori Burns
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Induction Year: 2025
Dr. Ian Burton
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Climate change, adaptation, risk assessment, policy, international development
Howard Bussey
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Genomics, genetic networks
Dr. Howard Bussey, Professor of Biology, McGill University, is an internationally renowned yeast molecular geneticist. His early studies on the killer toxin produced by certain yeast showed that it, like mammalian neuropeptides, is cut out from a larger precursor protein by a Golgi-located peptidase. Dr. Bussey's discovery that the killer receptor contains a B-glucan component led him to an important series of discoveries on B-glucan synthesis and secretion. Recently, Dr. Bussey has published the complete sequence of chromosome I of yeast. He is a member of an international team of collaborators who are sequencing all 16 chromosomes of yeast. When complete, this will be the first time the entire genome of an eukaryotic organism is known. This knowledge will have profound implications for our understanding of eukaryotic cell function.
Dr. R. Bustin
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: CBM Solutions
Keywords: Gas shales, petroleum, coal, coalbed methane
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Marc Bustin is a leading coal and petroleum geologist who has gained international recognition for his pioneering research into the formation and preservation of carbon-rich rocks, the chemical and physical properties of such rocks, and the accumulation of modern peat deposits. He has laid the critical foundation for our understanding of the factors that control the commercial recovery of methane from coal beds and the potential sequestration of waste gases by coals. His work is rapidly leading to the development of new technologies for storing greenhouse gases, notably carbon dioxide, in underground coal repositories.
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Marc Bustin is a leading coal and petroleum geologist who has gained international recognition for his pioneering research into the formation and preservation of carbon-rich rocks, as well as the chemical and physical properties of such rocks. He has laid the critical foundation for our understanding of the factors that control the commercial recovery of methane from coal beds.
Prof. Benjamin Butterfield
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Keywords: Singer, VoiceTeacher,
Induction Year: 2019
BUTTERFILED, Benjamin - School of Music, University of Victoria
An internationally recognized tenor, Benjamin Butterfield has performed in opera concert and recital throughout North America, Europe, the Middle East, Asia and New Zealand. His repertoire spans music from the renaissance to the present day, and he has performed in many of the world’s most recognized venues with the world’s finest ensembles and conductors. He is featured on over 30 CD recordings, several DVDs and regularly on CBC Radio.
Prof. E. Sandra Byers
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of New Brunswick
Induction Year: 2018
BYERS, E. Sandra - Department of Psychology, University of New Brunswick
Dr. E. Sandra Byers is a renowned clinical psychologist who is one of the most important, influential, and esteemed human sexuality researchers world-wide. Her extensive scholarly contributions have transformed understanding of sexual well-being, including of members of vulnerable groups. She is widely acknowledged as the word expert on sexual satisfaction. Her work has not only transformed her field of research, it has enhanced the lives of thousands of people.
Sandra Byers est une psychologue clinicienne de renom et l’un des plus importants, influents et estimés chercheurs en sexualité humaine au monde. Ses nombreuses contributions savantes ont changé la compréhension du bien-être sexuel, y compris des membres de groupes vulnérables. Elle est considérée comme l’experte mondiale en matière de satisfaction sexuelle. Ses travaux ont contribué à transformer son domaine de recherche et à améliorer la vie de milliers de personnes.
Mr. Mario Béland
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Musée National des Beaux-Arts du Québec
Keywords: Peinture, sculpture, photographie anciennes du Quebec
Induction Year: 2009
Conservateur au Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Mario Béland est considéré comme l'un des grands spécialistes de l'art ancien du Québec. Par ses diverses et nombreuses expositions, publications et communications, il a grandement contribué à la connaissance, à la mise en valeur et à la diffusion d'un volet essentiel de l'art canadien.
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Dr. Daniel Béland
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: social policy federalism nationalism ideas
Induction Year: 2025
Daniel Béland’s work has illuminated public policy debates in Canada while reshaping the international scholarship on the role of ideas, policy feedback, territorial politics, and federalism. Widely cited internationally, his work has helped move the study of ideas to the forefront of the international field of comparative public and social policy research.
Les travaux de Daniel Béland ont éclairé les débats sur les politiques publiques au Canada tout en exerçant une influence directe sur la recherche internationale concernant le rôle des idées, l’effet-retour des politiques publiques, les enjeux politiques territoriaux et le fédéralisme. Largement cité dans le monde entier, ses travaux ont contribué à placer l’étude des idées au premier plan de la recherche internationale et comparative sur les politiques publiques et sociales.
Mr. André-Jacques Bélanger
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Sociologie politique historique, politique comparée, théorie politique
André-Jacques Bélanger est professeur titulaire en science politique à l'Université de Montréal.
Il est l'auteur de quatre importants ouvrages : « L'apolitisme des idéologies québécoises, le grand tournant de 1934-36 »; « Ruptures et constantes, quatre idéologies du Québec en éclatement sur la "Relève", la J.E.C., "Cité Libre" et "Parti pris" », « Framework for a Political Sociology » qui propose une problématique fondée sur la diffusion et le maintien des modèles de contrôles par le truchement de la communication et de l'autorité politique et « The Ethics of catholicism and the consecration of the Intellectual » sur la place de l'intellectuel dans la cité.
Ces quatre ouvrages ont bénéficié d'une subvention du Conseil de recherches en sciences humaines du Canada. Il a également écrit, avec Vincent Lemieux, « Introduction à l'analyse politique ».
Gérard Bélanger
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université Laval
Keywords: Economique - sante, secteur public, Québec
Gérard Bélanger, du département d'économique de l'Université Laval, est l'un des économistes québécois les plus penétrants de l'heure au Canada français, comme ses contributions écrites en font foi. Comme critique de politiques et comme analyste de la société en général, il peut se classer parmi ceux qui ont le plus contribué à la connaissance scientifique du milieu et du secteur public canadien et québécois en particulier. Ses nombreux articles didactiques ont paru dans des revues scientifiques américaines, françaises, italiennes aussi bien que canadiennes. Il a publié ses ouvrages en français et anglais. Son regard critique et sa démarche rigoureuse on touché des domaines aussi divers que la santé, l'éducation, le fédéralisme, le transport, les « régulations » d'Etat et les budgets en général. Nombre de ses récentes contributions s'inscrivent dans la jeune tradition dite des « nouveaux économistes », nettement sous-représentée au Canada français, et qui s'emploie à évaluer les institutions et les mécanismes non marchands à la lumière de la méthodologie économique. Il a ainsi contribué à jeter un éclairage original sur la dynamique d'institutions comme l'université, l'hôpital à but non lucratif, le syndicalisme, la bureaucratie publique.
Prof. Stéphanie Anne Helene Bélanger
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Royal Military College of Canada
Keywords: testimony of war, military ethics, soldier identity
Induction Year: 2016
As a specialist in the testimony of war, soldier identity, and military ethics, Stéphanie Bélanger has made a unique contribution to the international research community, not only in her field of study, but in many others. She has developed the largest collection of modern war testimony. She ensures the impact of her research as the Associate Scientific Director of the Canadian Institute for Military and Veteran Health Research.
Spécialiste du témoignage de la guerre, de l’identité du soldat et de l’éthique militaire, Stéphanie Bélanger a apporté une contribution unique à la communauté de recherche internationale, non seulement dans son domaine d’étude, mais dans bien d’autres domaines également. Elle a développé la plus grande collection de témoignages modernes de la guerre. Son poste de directrice scientifique adjointe de l’Institut canadien de recherche sur la santé des militaires et des vétérans lui permet de s’assurer que ses recherches sont entendues.
Guy Bélanger
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Keywords: Accumulateur, hydrocene, electrolyse, electroanalyse, energie
To recognize Guy Bélanger's considerable original contributions to several areas of applied electrochemistry and electrochemical engineering, e.g.; innovative electrochemical gas monitors (e.g., Hydran 201), electrode reactions in Hydrogen electrolyzers and fuel cells, and, new electroanalytical techniques used in power engineering dielectrics such as the transformer oils.
Prof. Éric Bélanger
RSC College Member
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: elections, voting behaviour, voter choice, accountability
Induction Year: 2017
Éric Bélanger’s core research focuses on the motivations that explain voting behaviour. He provides new insights into variations in economic voting and challenges conventional wisdom on the question of issue ownership. His work on the circumstances under which minor parties achieve electoral success and disrupt the normal patterns of party competition in advanced democracies highlights the role the rise of public cynicism towards politics plays worldwide.
Éric Bélanger cherche dans ses travaux à expliquer les choix électoraux. Il présente de nouvelles avenues pour expliquer les variations du vote économique et de l’influence croissante des enjeux sur le vote au moyen de la théorie de l’issue ownership. Ses recherches concernant l’impact du cynisme politique sur le succès des petits partis permettent aussi de mieux comprendre en quoi ce nouveau contexte contribue à l’éclatement de la compétition partisane traditionnelle.
Prof. Christian Bök
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Charles Darwin University
Keywords: poetry; conceptual poetry; literary studies; operant poetry
Induction Year: 2016
BÖK, Christian – Department of English, University of Calgary
Christian Bök is an experimental poet in Canada. Recognized internationally as a very influential writer, Bök explores the music of language, often using scientific mechanisms to create poetry. His book Eunoia (2001), the best-selling book of Canadian poetry, has won the Griffin Prize in 2002. His most recent work, The Xenotext (2015), contributes not only to poetic practice, but also to molecular biology and cellular genetics.
Christian Bök est un poète expérimental au Canada. Reconnu internationalement comme un écrivain très influent, Bök explore la musique de la langue, en utilisant souvent les mécanismes scientifiques pour créer de la poésie. Son livre Eunoia (2001), le best-seller de la poésie canadienne, a remporté le Prix Griffin en 2002. Son œuvre la plus récente, Le Xenotext (2015), contribue non seulement à la pratique poétique, mais aussi à la biologie moléculaire et la génétique cellulaire.
Dr. Louis Cabri
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Cabri Consulting Inc.
Keywords: Precious metals, mineralogy, trace analyses
Louis J. Cabri is a scientist who has attained international eminence for his work on sulphides and tellurides, on the platinum-group minerals, and more recently, for pioneering mineralogical applications of micro-beam trace-element analytical techniques such as micro-Proton-induced X-ray emission (PIXE) and Secondary-Ion Mass Spectrometry (SIMS). His fundamental work on the platinum-group minerals has brought order and understanding to a previously chaotic field of knowledge. All his work is characterized by innovative experimental approaches that have pioneered micro-beam precious-metal analysis, greatly advancing our knowledge and understanding of the behaviour of precious metals in Earth systems.
Geneviève Cadieux
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Concordia University
Keywords: Photography, installations, media arts, visual arts
Induction Year: 2014
CADIEUX, Geneviève – Faculté des beaux-arts, Université Concordia
Known internationally as an influential figure in Canadian photographic art since the 1980’s, Geneviève
Cadieux’s poignant photographic works and large-scale installations test the limits of the medium while
addressing the themes of the human body and the landscape in their mutual implication. In 2011, she
received a Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts for the excellence of her artistic accomplishments.
CADIEUX, Geneviève – Faculté des beaux-arts, Université Concordia
Reconnue à l’échelle internationale comme une artiste de grande importance dans l’art photographique
canadien depuis les années 1980, les oeuvres photographiques poignants et les installations à grande
échelle de Geneviève Cadieux repoussent les limites du médium tout en abordant les thèmes du corps
humain et du paysage dans leur implication mutuelle. En 2011, elle a reçu le Prix du Gouverneur général en arts
visuels et en arts médiatiques pour l’excellence de ses réalisations artistiques.
Prof. Marc Cadotte
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Ecology, Biodiversity, Conservation, Urban environments, Restoration, Invasive species
Induction Year: 2020
Marc Cadotte is an internationally recognized ecologist who examines fundamental questions about biological diversity in ecosystems and how human activities impact ecosystem health. He has pioneered biodiversity measures that quantify species differences using genetic and trait-based information to better understand the links between biodiversity and ecosystem function, predict and control invasive species, and how environmental changes influence the delivery of ecosystem services, especially in the places where we live.
Marc Cadotte est un écologiste de renommée internationale s’intéressant à des questions fondamentales sur la diversité biologique et l’impact de l’activité humaine sur la santé des écosystèmes. Il est un pionnier dans le développement d’indices de biodiversité qui quantifient les différences génétiques et fonctionnelles des espèces permettant de mieux comprendre les liens entre la biodiversité et le fonctionnement écosystémique, ainsi que de prévoir et lutter contre les espèces envahissantes, particulièrement en milieu habité.
Lindsay Cahill
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Memorial University of Newfoundland
Keywords: biomedical imaging, pregnancy, neuroscience, animal models of human disease
Induction Year: 2025
Lindsay Cahill’s research has led to novel insights into the impact of environmental pollutants on pregnancy and young children. Her innovative use of biomedical imaging to study placental and fetal metabolism and brain development is highly collaborative and has revealed key facets of disease. She is recognized as an emerging international leader for her work on microplastics, linking exposure to pregnancy outcomes such as fetal growth restriction.
Les recherches de Lindsay Cahill ont permis de mieux comprendre l’impact des polluants environnementaux sur les grossesses et sur les jeunes enfants. Son utilisation novatrice de l’imagerie biomédicale pour étudier le métabolisme placentaire et fœtal ainsi que le développement cérébral s’inscrit dans une démarche hautement collaborative et a permis de mettre en évidence plusieurs aspects essentiels de certaines maladies. Elle est reconnue comme une chef de file internationale émergente pour ses travaux sur les microplastiques, qui établissent un lien entre l’exposition à ces substances et certains problèmes de grossesse, comme le retard de croissance fœtal.
Dr. Lin Cai
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Keywords: wireless communications and networking, Internet of Things, multimedia services, Drupal User
Induction Year: 2024
Lin Cai is an outstanding and internationally renowned researcher for her ground-breaking work on the development and analysis of wireless technologies supporting Internet-of-Things and multimedia applications. Her contributions have assisted the industry partners for product and standard development. She has been recognized by many national and international prizes, most recently an NSERC E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship (2019), and by her elevation to IEEE Fellow (2020).
Lin Cai est une chercheuse exceptionnelle et de renommée internationale reconnue pour ses travaux révolutionnaires sur le développement et l’analyse des technologies sans fil soutenant l’Internet des objets et les applications multimédia. Ses contributions ont aidé les partenaires industriels à développer des produits et des normes. Elle a reçu de nombreux prix nationaux et internationaux, dont récemment la Bourse commémorative E.W.R. Steacie du CRSNG (2019), et a été sacrée IEEE Fellow (2020).
Mr. Alain Caillé
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: recherche sur les structures de la matière molles, développement des nouvelles technologies issues despercées scientifiques : nanotechnologies, biocarburants, pharmacogénomique
Alain Caillé is a leading theoretician in condensed matter physics who has predicted a number of very different effects in complicated systems on the basis of simple models he has developed. These have ranged from the prediction of a type of long-range order in smectic liquid crystals which was contrary to much of the established wisdom of the time but is now observed experimentally, to the more recent prediction of novel behaviour in lateral diffusion near the melting transition of lipid bilayers. His use of simple models to gain understanding of physical systems is an exceptional talent.
Dr. Peter Caines
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Systems and control theory, stochastic systems, dynamical systems, adaptive systems, optimization and estimation
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Peter Caines has made major contributions to control theory, in particular the estimation of the dynamics of systems operating in randomly disturbed environments and adaptive control wherein estimation and feedback control occur simultaneously. The latter work has been officially recognized as among the most important contributions to control theory in the twentieth century. His contributions to the study of complex systems include control based concepts of state aggregation that have led to new methods in optimal control. Dr. Caines is the author of a standard text on stochastic systems.
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Peter Caines has made major contributions to control theory, in particular the estimation of the dynamics of systems operating in randomly disturbed environments and adaptive control wherein estimation and feedback control occur simultaneously. His contributions to the study of complex systems include control-based concepts of state aggregation that have led to new methods in optimal control.
Dr. Debra Cairns
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: conducting, technique, gesture, sound, rehearsal, performance, music-choral conducting and literature
Induction Year: 2013
Debra Cairns’ extraordinary contributions to choral music over the past 23 years span the full spectrum of research and creative activity. An award-winning conductor and an internationally published scholar, Dr. Cairns has received recognition in both the performance and academic domains through CD publications, national broadcast recordings and competition prizes with her chamber choir i Coristi, as well as articles, a scholarly edition of a Renaissance mass, and a book.
La contribution exceptionnelle de Debra Cairns à la musique chorale au cours des 23 dernières années couvre l’ensemble des activités de recherche et de création. À la fois chef d’orchestre et chercheuse de renommée mondiale, son excellence a été reconnue tant dans les milieux professionnels qu’universitaires. Son œuvre comprend l’enregistrement de CD et d’émissions diffusées à l’échelle nationale, la publication d’articles, d’un ouvrage et d’une édition savante d’une messe datant de la Renaissance. Elle a aussi remportés des concours avec son ensemble vocal I Coristi.
Dr. GREGORY Cairncross
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Brain tumour, glioma, genetics, treatment, imaging
Induction Year: 2009
In 1988, Dr. Gregory Cairncross discovered that oligodendrogliomas, a type of brain cancer, are sensitive to chemotherapy. In 1998, he discovered a molecular marker of chemosensitivity and long survival in this cancer. Testing for loss of chromosomes Ip and 19q is used worldwide to assist in the diagnosis and care of patients with oligodendrogliomas.
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CAIRNCROSS, J. Gregory –Department of Clinical Neurosciences, University of Calgary
In 1988, Dr. Gregory Cairncross discovered that oligodendrogliomas, a type of brain cancer, are sensitive to chemotherapy. In 1998, he discovered a molecular marker of chemosensitivity and long survival in this cancer. Testing for loss of chromosomes Ip and 19q is used worldwide to assist in the diagnosis and care of patients with oligodendrogliomas. This finding provided a new framework for basic research and clinical trials in his field. In 2008, he reported that life is prolonged by giving chemotherapy for this disease.
Prof. Georges Calas
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Sorbonne Université CNRS Paris
Keywords: geochemistry, spectroscopy, synchrotron methods, X-ray absorption spectroscopy, mineralogy, environmental geochemistry
Induction Year: 2014
CALAS, Georges – Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics and Cosmochemistry, University
Pierre and Marie Curie
Georges Calas is a pioneer in integrating spectroscopic and structural methods to understand, at a
molecular scale, disordered materials, including structure-property relationships in natural minerals and
synthetic materials. His work has had major impact on the crystal chemistry of minor elements in minerals, the
structure and properties of glasses, radiation damage and radiogenic waste, and environmental mineralogy. He has
shown great ingenuity and a command of experimental techniques that is second to none worldwide.
CALAS, Georges – Institute of Mineralogy, Materials Physics and Cosmochemistry, University
Pierre and Marie Curie
Georges Calas est un pionnier de l’intégration des méthodes spectroscopiques et structurales pour
comprendre, à une échelle moléculaire, les matériaux désordonnés, ce qui comprend les relations entre les
structures et les propriétés dans les minéraux naturels et les matériaux synthétiques. Son travail a eu un impact
majeur sur la cristallochimie des impuretés dans les minéraux, la science des verres, les dégâts d’irradiation, les
déchets nucléaires, et la minéralogie environnementale. Il a fait preuve de beaucoup d’ingéniosité et d’une maîtrise
des techniques expérimentales sans équivalent dans le monde.





