Aurélien Boivin, professeur titulaire au département des littératures de l'Université Laval, est un pionnier de la recherche en littérature québécoise. Spécialiste du corpus et de la sociologie de la littérature, il a contribué, par ses travaux sur le récit bref en particulier, publiés en volume (« Le conte littéraire québécois au XIXe siècle ») et dans des revues savantes d'ici et d'ailleurs, à enrichir le patrimoine littéraire et à proposer une réinterprétation de l'imaginaire des écrivains du siècle dernier. Membre de l'équipe du « Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec », il est le seul chercheur à avoir participé à la rédaction des six tomes publiés. Il dirigera le septième tome. Ses nombreuses connaissances du corpus ont attiré l'attention des spécialistes du Québec et du monde entier, qui ont réclamé sa participation à des revues savantes et qui l'ont invité à des colloques et des congrès, voire à effectuer des missions d'enseignement en France, Belgique, Allemagne, Côte d'Ivoire, Algérie et Thaïlande. Rédacteur en chef de l'équipe littéraire et membre du collectif de la revue « Québec français » depuis 1974, il a publié plus de 300 textes dans cette revue de renommée internationale. Il prépare l'édition critique des « Anciens Canadiens » de Philippe Aubert de Gaspé.

Lawrence Arthur Boland is an economist whose interests primarily centre on methodology and microeconomic theory. His research examines the foundational assumptions, interpretations and applications of neoclassical microeconomic theory. Many of his recent publications call into question the blind application of microeconomic theory and econometric methods seen in much social science research.

Long Citation Dr. Roberto Bolli is a world leader in the field of cardiovascular medicine. He was elected as Secretary General and then as President-Elect of the International Society for Heart Research as well as Chairman of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences of the American Heart Association. He is a well established and superior scientist in the field of cardiovascular research as his fundamental and innovative work has shaped our understanding of cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury. His pioneering work on the mechanisms of myocardial stunning and ischemic preconditioning has paved the way for the development of novel cardioprotective therapies. Short Citation Dr. Roberto Bolli is a world leader in the field of cardiovascular medicine. He is a well established and superior scientist in the field of cardiovascular research as his fundamental and innovative work has shaped our understanding of cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury. His pioneering work on the mechanisms of myocardial stunning and ischemic preconditioning has paved the way for the development of novel cardioprotective therapies.

John Richard Bond, Professor in the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Toronto and Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, is distinguished for broad and fundamental contributions to physical cosmology and other areas of astrophysics. He has led the development of the theory of Gaussian random fields as a tool for the study of structure formation in the Universe. He has created powerful theoretical machinery for interpreting observations of fluctuations in the cosmic background radiation, the most powerful cosmological probe to emerge in the last decade. He has also made seminal contributions to our understanding of supermassive objects, dark matter, the intergalactic medium, and the infrared background radiation.

Long Citation (for publication and press release) Arend Bonen is an international scientific leader in the regulation of energy metabolism in skeletal muscle under normal and pathological conditions. He has identified the important role of muscle activity in regulating glucose utilization, and the molecular mechanisms controlling the entry of fatty acids into skeletal and cardiac muscle. These studies have led to the understanding that physical activity is a valuable prophylactic/therapeutic aid in treating insulin resistance, and that the molecular dysregulation of fatty acid entry into muscle cells, in obesity and type 2 diabetes, represents a key therapeutic target. His extensive work has influenced research in diverse fields. Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony) Arend Bonen is an international scientific leader in the regulation of energy metabolism in skeletal muscle, under normal and pathological conditions. His studies have led to the understanding that physical activity is a valuable prophylactic/therapeutic aid in treating insulin resistance, and that the molecular dysregulation of fatty acid entry into muscle cells, in obesity and type 2 diabetes, represents a key therapeutic target.

LONG CITATION Prof. Bonn has done pioneering work in unraveling the properties of the electronic states in high temperature superconductors. This work provides the experimental basis for our present understanding of the quasiparticle dynamics, which constitutes a key step in establishing the unusual nature of the superconductivity in these materials. Dr. Bonn has also made important contributions to the production of high quality copper oxide crystals at UBC, which have been central to a wide range of key experiments on high temperature superconductivity at laboratories in Canada and around the world. SHORT CITATION Prof. Bonn has done pioneering work using microwave conductivity in unraveling the properties of high temperature superconductors in the cuprates. Dr. Bonn has also made important contributions at UBC to the growth of high quality copper oxide crystals, which have been central to a wide range of key experiments at laboratories in Canada and around the world.

Sonja Boon is an award-winning researcher, writer, and teacher whose work addresses the complex issues of migration, memory, gender, bodily experience, and identity, as these are lived and experienced. An inter- and multi-disciplinarian, Boon’s scholarship has been lauded for its methodological innovation and its theoretical contributions. Her ground-breaking research has been praised as being “extraordinary”, “valuable”, and “critical” to gender studies and beyond.

Sonja Boon est une chercheuse, écrivaine et enseignante primée dont les travaux abordent les questions complexes de la migration, de la mémoire, du genre, de l’expérience corporelle et de l’identité, telles qu’elles sont vécues et expérimentées. Interdisciplinaires et pluridisciplinaires, ses recherches ont été saluées pour les innovations méthodologiques et les contributions théoriques qu’elles ont apportées. Ses travaux novateurs ont été qualifiés d’« extraordinaires », de « précieux » et d’« essentiels » pour les études sur le genre et d’autres sujets.

Her pioneering work unearthed novel modes by which cancer cells hijack genetic information, by subverting messenger RNA (mRNA) metabolism. Her landmark studies revolutionized our view of central tenets of mRNA biology. Her atomic snapshots transformed our understanding of the mechanics of these processes. Her ground-breaking clinical studies demonstrated that these processes can be targeted in humans providing promising avenues for therapeutic development.

Ses découvertes pionnières ont mis au jour de nouveaux modes par lesquels les cellules cancéreuses détournent l'information génétique, en subvertissant le métabolisme de l'ARN messager (ARNm). Ses études marquantes ont révolutionné notre vision des principes centraux de la biologie des ARNm et transformé au niveau atomique notre compréhension de ces processus. Ses études cliniques révolutionnaires ont démontré que ces processus peuvent être ciblés chez l’humain de façon thérapeutique.

Stephanie Borgland is an Associate Professor at the University of Calgary and an internationally recognized leader in the neurobiology of motivated behaviour. She has made exciting discoveries on how satiety-promoting hormones modulate plasticity within the mesolimbic circuit and how obesity or drugs of abuse rewire circuits involved in motivated behaviour and reward valuation. Her innovative research is illuminating the neurobiological factors underlying disordered eating or addiction.

Stephanie Borgland est professeure associée à l’Université de Calgary et jouit d’une réputation internationale dans le domaine de la neurobiologie des comportements motivés. Ses recherches stimulantes ont permis de découvrir les mécanismes de modulation de la plasticité dans le système mésolimbique par les hormones favorisant la satiété. La Prof. Borgland a également mis au jour la manière dont l’obésité ou la toxicomanie reconnecte les circuits impliqués dans le comportement motivé et l’évaluation de la récompense. Ses recherches innovantes mettent en lumière les facteurs neurobiologiques sous-jacents aux troubles alimentaires ou aux toxicomanies.

Long Citation Professor Borrows is widely regarded as the leading Aboriginal legal academic in Canada. He is a recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award for his work in law and justice. He holds five degrees and the Law Foundation Chair in Aboriginal Justice at UVIC. He is a prolific scholar. His Recovering Canada: The Resurgence of Indigenous Law, was awarded the Donald Smiley Prize by the Canadian Political Science Association 2002. His Aboriginal Legal Issues: Cases, Materials and Commentary is used in almost every law school in Canada and his articles are frequently cited by the Supreme and other Courts. He works tirelessly with the Department of Justice, inquiries, treaty and mediation negotiators, and Aboriginal organizations to promote dialogue among Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal peoples in Canada and internationally. Short Citation Professor Borrows is widely regarded as the leading Aboriginal legal academic in Canada. He is a recipient of a National Aboriginal Achievement Award for his work in law and justice and holds five degrees and the Law Foundation Chair in Aboriginal Justice at UVIC. His Aboriginal Legal Issues: Cases, Materials and Commentary is used in almost every law school in Canada and his articles are frequently cited by the Supreme and other Courts.

Robert Bothwell of the History Department of the University of Toronto is one of the major figures in the writing of Canadian History. A formidable researcher, a master of the telling phrase, Bothwell's books on Lester Pearson and C.D. Howe, on Canada 1900-45 and 1945 to the present, and on Atomic Energy of Canada and Eldorado Nuclear have established his reputation. His expertise extends from business history to foreign policy and from Ontario provincial history to biography, but everything he writes is marked by the same high quality of prose and research.