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Marc-André Éthier
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Induction Year: 2025
Prof. M. Tamer Özsu
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Keywords: database systems, distributed systems, Computer Science
Induction Year: 2016
ÖZSU, M. Tamer – David R. Cheriton School of Computer Science, University of Waterloo
Tamer Özsu is considered a world leader and pioneer in distributed data management – a field he contributed to and shaped since its early days. He has written the classical textbook that is widely referenced and translated into Chinese and Portuguese. He has also made pioneering contributions to the application of database technology to non-traditional data types such as images, video, graphs and web data.
En matière de gestion de bases de données réparties, Tamer Özsu fait figure de chef de file et d’innovateur sur la scène mondiale. Il a façonné ce domaine depuis ses débuts et il y a largement contribué. Il est l’auteur du manuel de référence sur ce sujet, manuel qui a été traduit en chinois et en portugais. Il a également été l’un des fers de lance de l’utilisation de la technologie des bases de données à des types non conventionnels de données, tels que l’image, la vidéo, le graphe et les données Web.
Dr. Irving M. Abella
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: Labour, Jewish, immigration, multi-culturalism, social and immigration history
Deceased Date: 2022-07-03
It has been said of Irving Abella that he has carried out three careers at the same time, and has been an outstanding success in each; as a university professor, as a specialist of Canadian history and as a participant in the transformation of Canada.
While his publications on certain aspects of Jewish history in Canada have now become reference material, his work on labour has also shaped our understanding of Canada. He is now one of the major historians of Jewish life in Canada.
Dr. David Aberle
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Deceased Date: 2004-09-23
Dr. David Aberle is one of the most respected anthropologists in North America for his scholarly creativity, diligence and rigour. At present Professor Emeritus in The University of British Columbia, where he has taught since 1967, Aberle received his doctorate from Columbia under the direction of the late Ruth Benedict. Among his first publications were classical contributions to Mongol studies, carried out through documentary research. He has since published some 65 studies, frequently cited, mostly on Navaho and Athapaskan field enquiries, which are fondamental points of reference for theoretical considerations of wider matters, such as kinship, lexical reconstruction, and millenarian movements, and his research continues.
Dr. János Aczél
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Keywords: Functional equations, applications to the social sciences, applications to the behavioral sciences, dimensional analysis, theory of measurement
Deceased Date: 2020-01-01
Professor Aczél is an internationally known authority on functional equations. A number of his many papers have become standard references which every mathematician working on this subject uses repeatedly. He continues to be very active as can be seen from his list of publications. He recently published two books on functional equations. He was one of the founders of the new mathematical journal, "Aequationes Mathematicae" of which he is now Honorary Editor-in-Chief. He was also one of the founders of Comptes Rendus Math Reports of the Academy of Science (R.S.C.).
He has been working recently on applications of functional equations to the social and behavioral sciences, in particular to aggreation and utility theory.
Dr. G. Philip Akrigg
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Deceased Date: 2001-02-08
An indefatigable scholar, as his work attests. His book "Jacobean Pageant or the Court of King James I" is a beautifully integrated structure in which the results of research are combined into a kind of monument. His "Shakespeare and the Earl of Southampton" is a brilliant analysis of a relation that had long been obscure. He is now launched upon the sea of James I's papers, which extends to about a quarter of a million words. His nearly unrivalled knowledge of Jacobean sources makes him an ideal
man for the task.
Dr. Charles Alcock
RSC Fellow,
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Deceased Date: 2001-12-29
Professor Alcock is a distinguished scientist. His work in the thermodynamics of metallic compounds and solutions, as well as in the kinetics of high-temperature processes has earned him an international reputation. He has published about 110 papers, mostly in these two areas, and is the author of a book and co-author of another. Recognition of his high profile by his peers is also attested by the number of important activities (international commissions, committees and research projects) which he has directed in the immediate past. His well-known interests in the arts, combined with a very pleasant personality, make him a well rounded fellow.
Dr. Michael Ames
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Deceased Date: 2006-02-20
Dr. Michael Ames is a foremost example of the creative scholar who seriously and methodically exerts an influence on the professional standards of conduct within his discipline. His research has enlightened anthropology through the analysis of Buddhism in practice, and of the social and cultural influences which shape the destiny of peoples embarking upon industrial innovation and migration to new lands. His commitment and selflessness have enabled him to exercise a respected influence as the profession has developed in Canada, to forge links of cooperation between India and Canada, and for 23 years to guide the destinies of a university Museum designed to serve scholars and public through imaginative innovation.