Dr. Scobie is a distinguished critic of Canadian literature, and is also a recipient of the Governor-General's award for poetry. Much of his work concentrates on areas where literature intersects with other forms of discourse, including Cubist painting, popular song, and the writings of the theoretician, Jacques Derrida. In five important book-length studies, Dr. Scobie deals with a wide range of Canadian authors, whom he places in an international context through a comprehensive vision of developments in modem culture since the 1920's. There is a strong coherence between his criticism and the eighteen volumes of poetry he has published to date. He is also an energetic and effective ambassador for Canadian literature, especially in Europe.

Professor Stephen Scott from Queen’s University is a world leader in the computational, neural, mechanical and behavioural aspects of voluntary motor control. He invented Kinarm, interactive robotic technologies that provide unprecedented experimental control over arm motor function, which he has used to transform our understanding of the intimate link between cortical circuits and limb biomechanics. Kinarm robots are now widely used around the world to quantify brain function and dysfunction.

Le professeur Stephen Scott de l’Université Queen’s est un chef de file mondial dans les domaines computationnel, neural, mécanique et comportemental du contrôle moteur volontaire. Il a inventé Kinarm, des technologies robotiques interactives qui fournissent un contrôle expérimental sans précédent sur la fonction motrice du bras, qu'il a utilisé pour transformer notre compréhension du lien intime entre les circuits corticaux et la biomécanique des membres. Les robots Kinarm sont maintenant largement utilisés dans le monde pour quantifier les fonctions cérébrales et les dysfonctionnements.

Geoffrey Scudder is the world's authority on the lygaeid bugs, a family of insects that includes some of the world's most damaging agricultural pests. He has studied these insects in all the major museums, and has himself collected them on four continents. This work in systematics and distribution is only part of the much broader interest in the mechanism of organic evolution, where his studies include the adaptive mechanism of corixid bugs living in saline lakes, the functional morphology of the flight muscles, and the evolutionary significance of cardiac glycosides - brightly coloured poisonous compounds which some bugs sequester from plants and use as warning colours. Professor Scudder is recognized as an outstanding and knowledgeable teacher both in the University and community; he is one of Canada's most dedicated and productive zoologists.

LONG Adel Sedra is internationally recognized for his scientific contributions to the field of microelectronics and in particular for his seminal research work on the design of analog filters used in communications and signal processing systems. By applying powerful analysis techniques to practical industrial applications, Dr. Sedra has helped to create new circuits and structures that are used in industry worldwide. Some of his notable achievements include the co-invention of the current conveyor, the development of low sensitivity structures for both active-RC and switched capacitor filters, and the development of a widely used filter design software package. In addition he has co-authored an internationally acclaimed microelectronics textbook. SHORT Adel Sedra is internationally recognized in the field of microelectronics and in particular for his seminal research on the design of analog filters used in communications and signal processing systems. Dr. Sedra has helped to create new circuits and structures that are used in industry worldwide. His achievements include the development of low sensitivity structures for both active-RC and switched capacitor filters.

Dr. Nabil Seidah was trained at Georgetown University in physical chemistry before joining the Institute first as as post-doctoral fellow and then as director of the laboratory on biochemical neuroendocrinology. Dr. Seidah is the co-discoverer of human beta-endorphin and has worked on its biosynthesis for four to five years demonstrating in particular the exact sites of cleavage during pulse-chase experiments. For this work, he received the Clarke Institute Award in 1978 (Toronto). He was the first to develop, in collaboration with the late Margaret Dayhoff, (in the mid 1970's) computer programs to identify protein fragments from data of partial sequence at 10-15 M range. Since 1979, he has tackled one of the most crucial and central aspects of brain chemistry which is the characterization of the enzymatic systems for the cleavage of precursors at pairs of basic amino acid residues. Only a few scientists have had the courage and the determination to tackle this complicated problem. He, Donald Steiner, Peng Loh and J. Thorner are the main leaders in the field. Even though the international competition was very high, Dr. Seidah is the first to have identified a new family of enzymes by reverse genetics which has all the properties of the cleavage enzyme. Dr. Seidah is a superb protein biochemist and he has added molecular biology to his wide expertise by spending one year sabbatical at the Pasteur Institute in Paris in 1987. He is now working on the protein aspect of his discovery and he is superbly prepared to bring it to fruition. Dr. Seidah is a chemist who has become an excellent biochemist and a world leader in his field. The new enzymes he discovered, called convertases, are at the crossroads of the new chemistry of the brain i.e. the neuropeptides. The cleavage of their precursors is a universal phenomenon which helps the brain to produce the tens of thousands of molecules it needs to insure his numerous and varied functions.

SELMAN, Jan - Department of Drama, University of Alberta Jan Selman is a theatre director, dramaturg, editor and scholar who is recognized in Canada and internationally as a founder of the Popular Theatre Movement. Her research emerges from innovative practice. In her productive career, she investigates and develops ways of making theatre a potent agent of social change.

SELMAN, Jan - Département d’art dramatique, University of Alberta Jan Selman est une directrice de théâtre, une dramaturge, une éditrice et une érudite reconnue au Canada et dans le monde entier comme étant l’une des fondatrices du mouvement du théâtre populaire. Ses recherches émergent de pratiques innovantes. Au cours de sa carrière fructueuse, elle a étudié et développé différentes façons pour que le théâtre joue un rôle majeur dans le changement social.

Dr. Christina Semeniuk is an internationally recognized predictive ecologist who applies integrative methodologies to theories of adaptive capacity in complex systems to forecast human and wildlife responses to rapid environmental change. Her pioneering contributions are developing leading-edge interdisciplinary solutions for conservation science within coupled human-and-animal systems in conflict over resources. She embraces social justice and EDI measures to innovate responsible scientific and knowledge exchange to ensure successful conservation for all.

Christina Semeniuk est une écologiste prédictive de renommée internationale qui applique des méthodologies intégratives aux théories de la capacité d'adaptation dans les systèmes complexes afin de prévoir les réactions humaine et animale aux changements environnementaux rapides. Ses contributions pionnières consistent à développer des solutions interdisciplinaires de pointe pour la science de la conservation au sein de systèmes couplés humains-animaux en conflit par rapport aux ressources. Elle intègre la justice sociale et les mesures EDI pour innover en matière d'échanges scientifiques et de connaissances responsables afin d'assurer une conservation réussie pour tous.

Josias Semujanga’s research focuses on the relationship between literature, linguistics, anthropology, and history. His main areas of research are literary genre theory, the novel, social discourse and the history of criticism and accounts of genocide. He has published numerous leading works on the Francophone literature of Africa and the Caribbean.

Les recherches de Josias Semujanga portent sur les relations entre la littérature, la linguistique, l’anthropologie et l’histoire. Ses principaux domaines de recherche sont la théorie des genres littéraires, le roman, le discours social et l’histoire de la critique et des récits de génocide. Il a publié de nombreux ouvrages sur les littératures francophones d’Afrique et de la Caraïbe qui font autorité en la matière.

Dr. Charlene Senn applies social psychological theory and conducts rigorous research to better understand violence against women and girls and possible solutions. Her novel approach and expansion of sexual assault resistance education for young women to include sexuality education has produced the only intervention proven to dramatically reduce sexual violence experienced by women students. Her ground-breaking work has changed what comprehensive sexual violence prevention means on campuses in Canada and beyond.

Charlene Senn applique la théorie de la psychologie sociale et mène des recherches rigoureuses pour mieux comprendre la violence commise à l’égard des femmes et des filles et les solutions qui peuvent être apportées à ce problème. Son approche novatrice et son élargissement de l’éducation à la résistance aux agressions sexuelles pour les jeunes femmes afin d’y inclure l’éducation sexuelle ont donné lieu à la seule intervention dont il a été prouvé qu’elle réduisait considérablement la violence sexuelle subie par les étudiantes. Ses travaux novateurs ont changé la prévention globale de la violence sexuelle sur les campus du Canada et d’ailleurs.

Apostolos Serletis is President of the Society for Economic Measurement and one of the world’s most eminent economists. His methodological and empirical innovations have advanced scholarship in several areas in the fields of macroeconomics and monetary economics. The result has been better measures of aggregated monetary services, better measures of productivity growth, and better estimation methods.

Apostolos Serletis est le président de la Society for Economic Measurement et l'un des économistes les plus éminents du monde. Ses innovations méthodologiques et empiriques ont fait progresser la recherche dans plusieurs domaines de la macroéconomie et de l'économie monétaire et ont permis le développement de meilleures mesures des services monétaires agrégés, de meilleures mesures de la croissance de la productivité et de meilleures méthodes d'estimation.

Suresh P. Sethi, Eugene McDermott Professor of Operations Management and Director of the Center for Intelligent Supply Networks at The University of Texas at Dallas, has established a distinguished international reputation in a number of distinct scientific communities. Within the broad discipline of management, he has made pathbreaking contributions toward improving decision making in the functional areas of operations management, marketing, and finance, respectively, for his work in production planning and scheduling in manufacturing systems and inventory problem with incomplete information, dynamic control models in advertising and optimal consumption/investment problems. Within the broad discipline of industrial and systems engineering, he is world-renowned for his significant research on decision and forecast horizons in dynamic optimization problems, and on the development and use of optimal control theory to resolve important issues in management sciences. He has written 7 books and published nearly 400 research papers in the fields of manufacturing and operations management, finance and economics, marketing, and optimization theory. He initiated and developed the doctoral programs in operations management at both University of Texas at Dallas and University of Toronto. He serves on the editorial boards of several journals including Production and Operations Management and SIAM Journal on Control and Optimization. Sethi is a polymath and his contributions to knowledge have been recognized by honors that include General Motors Research Professorship at University of Toronto (1988-92), Erskin Fellow (New Zealand, 1991), C. Y. O'Connor Fellow (Australia, 1998), Fellow of The Royal Society of Canada (1994), Award of Merit of the Canadian Operational Research Society (1996), NYAS Fellow (1999), IC2 Institute Senior Research Fellow (2000), IEEE Fellow (2001), INFORMS Fellow (2003), AAAS Fellow (2003), POMS Fellow (2005), Distinguished Alum of Indian Institute of Technology, Bombay (2008), SIAM Fellow (2009), POMS President (2012), Alumni Achievement Award , Tepper School of Business, Carnegie Mellon University (2015). Two conferences were organized and two books edited in his honor in 2005 and 2006.