Dr. Thomas A. Brzustowski has made distinctive and lasting contributions to science and technology in Canada via activities in: scholarly research, teaching and academic administration; public policy on postsecondary education and knowledge based economic renewal; and outstanding leadership to the university research community as President of the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council (NSERC). An aeronautical and mechanical engineer, Dr. Brzustowski achieved international recognition for his pioneering research on combustion processes and flames. In October 1987, he joined the government of Ontario as Deputy Minister of Colleges and Universities, the senior civil servant in charge of postsecondary education. His success led to a new and important role as Deputy Minister for the Premier's Council on Economic Renewal. He joined NSERC as president in 1995.

Dr. Buck's work in epidemiology began thirty-five years ago and has received international recognition. She has served on numerous councils and Government committees in Canada and the United States, has been a member of the Science Council and a consultant to the Rockefeller Foundation. In 1978 the Government of Australia invited her to report on the state of teaching and research in epidemiology in that country. Dr. Buck is an associate editor of the Am.J.Epidemiology and on the board of editors of the International J. Epidemiology. She has served a three year term as President of the International Epidemiological Association and has travelled in Africa, South-East Asia and Europe on their behalf.

LONG Jack Bumsted is one of the most wide-ranging, widely published, and widely read historians in Canada today. His work is characterized by a remarkable range of subject and chronology. His publications cross many fields of specialty and illustrate the breadth of his vision. Over fourteen books, several of them prize winners, deal with colonial America, Scotland, the Scots in Canada, eighteenth-century Prince Edward Island, Manitoba, the West, and Canada in general. In addition, he has published over 95 articles in academic journals and popular serials. As General Editor of the Selkirk Papers Project and the Manitoba Record Society, he has worked to gather and disseminate Canada's historical record. His monographs have advanced the knowledge of Canada's history while his more general works have attracted the public to greater awareness of the nation's historical richness. He has been recognized by visiting appointments in Scotland, Germany, England, and India. SHORT Jack Bumsted is one of the most wide-ranging, widely published, and widely read historians in Canada today. He has worked to gather and disseminate Canada's historical record. His monographs have advanced the knowledge of Canada's history while his more general works have attracted the public to greater awareness of the nation's historical richness.

Mario Bunge is the most able and prolific expositor of scientific philosophy in the world today. He tries to explain our world as 'A World of Systems'. As a philosophical colleague Bunge stands for exact philosophy, classical liberal social philosophy, rationality and enlightenment. His prodigious output has been translated in part to most major languages, bringing international academic renown to Canadian philosophy. Robust and forceful in argument, not deterred by the fact that his views differ from those of other advanced thinkers, he has won world-wide respect and appreciation, including from those who share his views only to a degree, who relish or are critical of his brisk manner, who respond to his intellectual seriousness and provocative approach.

Bushuk's early work with Winkler at McGill produced new information on the role of H bonds in dough structure and rheology. With Benoit of Strasbourg, he developed the theory for the relationship of copolymer composition and its light scattering properties. His work on gliadin has led to a method for 'fingerprinting' wheat varieties for identification required in registration and wheat grading. He led the team that discovered the high milling yield and exceptional blending capacity of Glenlea - Canada's first utility wheat.