Timothy Barnes' publication list and the reviews of his books speak for themselves. His work on Roman History, both Christian and pagan, has ranged over the whole imperial period from Augustus to the 5th Century A.D., but his most important contributions to date deal with the relations between political and ecclesiastical history and with complex matters of historiography. In particular his magisterial "New Empire" will be a standard work for decades and provides much of the necessary raw material for serious research on the crucial reign of Constantine. Internationally, Barnes is at the top of his field.

Professor Batts has enhanced our understanding of medieval German literature through critical editions, monographs, and numerous articles. His book on Gottfried von Straßburg displays his skill as a mediator between the poetry of medieval Germany and the modern English reader. His monumental edition of the Nibelungenlied has provided a firm basis for the study of the most famous of German epics. He is serving the world of learning as a bibliographer, as an inspiring teacher, as the Head of the Department of German at The University of British Columbia, and as the editor of the only Canadian journal devoted to Germanic studies.

Janet Beavin Bavelas has shaped interdisciplinary research on human dialogue, both theoretically and experimentally. Beginning with a crucial theoretical contribution in 1967, she has long been an internationally recognized leader in her field, whose work has been translated into seven languages. Her continuing program of research is aimed at the unique features of language use in face-to-face dialogue and has thus far radically changed our understanding of nonverbal communication and of hitherto intractable puzzles such as motor mimicry and equivocation. This is due in no small measure to her highly original experimental work on the subtle microprocesses of face-to-face dialogue.

J. Murray Beck is a distinguished and active scholar, with nine books, forty-nine biographies for the "Dictionary of Canadian Biography", and fifty other articles ranging across both scholarly and popular themes. One article on Joseph Howe he read to this society in 1964. His best known scholarly work is "The Government of Nova Scotia" (University of Toronto Press, 1957). In a more popular genre is his "Pendulum of Power: Canada's Federal Elections" (Scarborough, 1968); this wonderfully readable, even amusing book, is a work of considerable value, and in some important respects, a work of research in itself. Beck's scholarship is distinguished by an apparently effortless mastery of tangled and difficult issues, and to this analytical capacity is joined a remarkable flair for writing graceful and readable English. He completed a major two-volume biography of his fellow Nova Scotian, Jospeh Howe, in 1983 and a two-volume "Politics of Nova Scotia" in 1988.

Professor Gerald Eades Bentley, Jr., of the Department of English, University of Toronto, (retired 1996), has distinguished himself as editor, bibliographer, biographer and critic. In 1964 he was one of the founders of the annual Toronto Conference on Editorial Problems and he has been its mainstay ever since. His many contributions to our knowledge of the poet and painter William Blake have culminated in three massive books -- "Blake Records" (1969), "Blake Books" (1977), and "William Blake's Writings" 1978) -- and have established him as one of the world's leading authorities in this active and difficult field.

Professor Carl Berger's research and writing in the field of modern Canadian history has opened up new paths of enquiry and revised our understanding of the Canadian past. His major interest, intellectual and cultural history, was in its infancy when he set out to examine the ideology of Canadian 'imperialists' in the years between 1867 and 1914. His published study, "The Sense of Power: Studies in the Ideas of Canadian Imperialism", (1970), established his reputation as a perceptive historical analyst and a fine stylist. The skill with which he uses his sources and the subtlety of his argument is further illustrated in his recent "History and Canadian Culture" (1976), an analysis of historical writing in Canada. Carl Berger has clearly established himself as a leading interpreter of the Canadian past.

R. Albert Berry, Department of Economics, University of Toronto, has made profound contributions to the understanding of economic development processes, especially those in Latin America. His analyses of agricultural change, the functioning of labour markets and income distribution in Latin America have been highly influential in the elaboration of policies for development. His principal impact has been through his demonstration that small- and medium-scale enterprises are likely to contribute not only to greater equity but also to greater efficiency both in agriculture and in industry in developing countries.

Professor Richard Bird is an eminent scholar who has made significant contributions in the field of public finance as they apply both to advanced countries, especially Canada, and to the developing world, especially in Latin America. His scholarly work has had great impact on policy because of its quality, but also because of his concern for practical issues and his conviction that scholars should contribute to the solution of problems of policy. Professor Bird is not only a creative scholar in his own work, he is also able to co-ordinate and manage research projects of major dimensions involving other scholars. Professor Bird's scholarly standing and personal qualities of judgement and imagination are reflected in his membership on the governing bodies of important scientific organizations and on the boards of editors of several major learned journals.

Bliss' contributions to Canadian historical scholarship are outstanding for originality, analytical pcwer and narrative force. In "A Living Profit" (1974) he examined the beliefs and motives of businessmen in the age of Canada's industrialization and in his biography of Sir Joseph Flavelle (1978) he brilliantly assessed a turn of the century capitalist, the cultural matrix in which he lived, and the complex -and often surprising - interplay of religion, success and social obligation. This is one of the finest of Canadian biographies and was awarded the Macdonald prize of the Canadian Historical Association and the University of British Columbia medal for biography. In "The Discovery of Insulin" (1982), which won the Royal Society's Hannah Medal, Bliss reconstructed the complicated inner history of the research that led to a remedy for diabetes: this is a brilliant book in the history of medicine; it is no less compelling as a study of human ambitions and conflicts within science. He has continued to make scholarly contributions with such works as "Northern Enterprise" (1987), "Plague" (1991), "Right Honourable Men" (1994), and "William Osler" (1999). He is a Member of the Order of Canada.

Poet, translator, medievalist and pioneer of Comparative Canadian Literature, E. D. Blodgett of the University of Alberta has taught English, French, Canadian and Comparative Literature, and distinguished himself through numerous books and articles. As a scholar, editor, teacher, and administrator, he has been prominent in the development of the discipline of Comparative Literature in Canada and has exercised a seminal and methodologically innovative influence on the development of the comparative study of Canadian literatures and their national and international relations. His contribution to Canadian poetry is distinguished.

John Francis Bosher is an historian who has established a reputation in both Canada and Europe through his writings on eighteenth century France. His two books, "The Single Duty Project"1965) and "French Finances 1770-1795" (1970), and a large number of scholarly articles have opened up, in an imaginative and pioneering way, the study of the pre-revolutionary public administration of France. His research has been resourceful and thorough, his writing style elegant and his interpretation of the critical subject widely praised. His studies of the administration of New France and the relations between France and New France have been of great importance to students of Canadian history. Professor Bosher's international standing as an historian is testimony to the seriousness with which he approaches scholarship and the magnitude of his achievement.