Ses publications et sa participation aux travaux de sociétés savantes, culturelles, professionnelles, philanthropiques et de commissions des gouvernements du Canada et du Québec, s'échelonnent sur une période de vingt ans. Sa contribution à la Commission royale d'enquête sur l'enseignement au Québec est remarquable. Il est l'auteur de l'« Introduction à la sociologie générale » dont les trois tomes, publiés à Montréal et à Paris, ont été traduits en anglais, en espagnol et en portugais. Il est Vice-président du Conseil des arts du Canada et ancien membre du Bureau des gouverneurs de la Radiodiffusion.

Long Citation Ronald Rompkey's achievements in literary studies reflect a diversity of interests in Eighteenth-century British literature, Newfoundland and Labrador studies, and medical life writing. A master of biography, his sub-specialty is the scholarly editing of the personal narrative. Rompkey's work situates the people and places of his literary investigation in their historical, cultural, social and political contexts. His recent anthology of French travel literature on Newfoundland has opened up a new field of enquiry. His scholarship has been heralded as informative and entertaining, bringing national awareness to regional arts. Short Citation Ronald Rompkey's achievements in literary studies reflect a diversity of interests in Eighteenth-century British literature, Newfoundland and Labrador studies, and medical life writing. A master of biography, his sub-specialty is the scholarly editing of the personal narrative. His work situates people and places of his literary investigation in their historical, cultural, social and political contexts and his recent anthology of French travel literature on Newfoundland has opened up a new field of enquiry.

Fred Roots is Canada's most versatile environmental scientist, with a world reputation well supported by his curriculum vitae. He has a remarkable command over the major field sciences, most especially in northern and alpine areas. His work in environmental policy-making has been influential, and is based on a deep intellectual grasp of the underlying sciences, including the relevant social sciences.

Through his several books and many articles Professor Gideon Rosenbluth has established an international reputation as a specialist in industrial organization and as a statistician and econometrician. He is an economist with great technical competence and the highest of standards who never loses sight of the prime role of the of the social scientist to illuminate our understanding of society. He is particularly known for his books and articles on industrial concentration. He has made his contributions in association with Stanford University, Queen's University, the National Bureau of Economic Research, and latterly, the University of British Columbia. As an initiator of the special statistics conferences of the Canadian Economics Association he made an invaluable contribution to the improvement in the provision and use of economic statistics. His academic colleagues across the country recognized his outstanding qualities as a clear thinking forthright spokesman for the academic community by making him president of the Canadian Association of University Teachers, a position he filled with his usual distinction.