Blake Brown is one of Canada’s leading legal historians whose research tackles vital questions in the history of law and public policy. Author or co-author of three books, including A Trying Question: The Jury in Nineteenth-Century Canada and the award-winning Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada, he is a publicly engaged commentator on policy issues, promoting a nuanced understanding of the interaction between law and society.

Blake Brown est l’un des historiens du droit les plus éminents du Canada, dont les recherches portent sur des questions essentielles de l’histoire du droit et des politiques publiques. Auteur ou coauteur de trois livres, dont A Trying Question: The Jury in Nineteenth-Century Canada et le primé Arming and Disarming: A History of Gun Control in Canada, il est un commentateur engagé publiquement sur les questions de politique, favorisant une compréhension nuancée de l’interaction entre le droit et la société.

Long Citation (for publication and press release) Jennifer S.H. Brown is one of North America's most outstanding ethnohistorians. Her studies of the fur trade and Northern Algonquian and Metis communities over four decades have transformed scholarly understanding of the complex encounters and relationships between Aboriginal peoples and colonial newcomers. Her illumination of the ways that familial and personal identities interact with cultural constructs of gender, religion, and ethnicity has inspired historians and anthropologists. As a Canada Research Chair in Aboriginal Peoples, she has demonstrated just how profoundly border-crossing,[delete comma] of both ethnic and geographical boundaries, has influenced the evolution of Canada and the United States. As well as influencing other scholars, Dr. Brown has worked intensively with Aboriginal North Americans as they set about their own recovery of the shared history of a continent. Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony) Jennifer Brown is one of the most outstanding ethnohistorians. Her studies of the fur trade and Northern Algonquian and Metis communities over four decades have transformed scholarly understanding of the complex encounters and relationships between Aboriginal peoples and colonial newcomers. Her illumination of the ways that familial and personal identities interact with cultural constructs of gender, religion, and ethnicity has inspired historians and anthropologists.

BRUBAKER, Patricia – Department of Physiology, University of Toronto Patricia Brubaker is Professor of Physiology at the University of Toronto, and known internationally for her pioneering studies illuminating how regulatory peptides are synthesized and secreted from specialized endocrine cells within the gastrointestinal tract. Her discoveries have provided multiple new models for analysis of GLP-1 and GLP-2 secretion, and provided a scientific rationale for development of new peptide analogues for the therapy of diabetes, obesity, and short bowel syndrome.

Patricia Brubaker est professeure de physiologie à la University of Toronto, et elle est connue internationalement pour ses études pionnières éclairant la manière dont les peptides régulateurs sont synthétisés et sécrétés à partir des cellules endocrines spécialisées dans le tractus gastro-intestinal. Ses découvertes ont fourni plusieurs nouveaux modèles pour l’analyse de la sécrétion de GLP-1 et GLP-2, et ont fourni une justification scientifique pour le développement de nouveaux analogues peptidiques pour le traitement du diabète, l’obésité et le syndrome du côlon court.

Yves Brun is an international leader in microbiology. His methods have revolutionized the study of bacterial cell wall synthesis and surface adhesion. His combination of phylogenetic information with state-of-the-art cell biology techniques has revolutionized our understanding of cell wall synthesis and has put classical comparative morphology on a firm molecular basis. His multidisciplinary research has played a leading role in understanding bacterial adhesive structures, surface sensing, adhesion mechanisms, and biofilms.

Yves Brun est un leader international en microbiologie. Ses méthodes ont révolutionné l'étude de la synthèse de la paroi cellulaire bactérienne et de l'adhésion aux surface. Sa combinaison d'informations phylogénétiques et de techniques de pointe en biologie cellulaire a révolutionné notre compréhension de la synthèse de la paroi cellulaire et a placé la morphologie comparative classique sur une base moléculaire solide. Ses recherches multidisciplinaires ont joué un rôle de premier plan dans la compréhension des structures adhésives bactériennes, de la détection de surface, et des mécanismes d'adhésion et de formation de biofilms.

Jutta Brunnée is among the world’s most influential scholars in international environmental law, international law, and international legal theory. She has made ground-breaking contributions to the understanding of environmental treaty design, including lawmaking and compliance processes, and international climate change law. Her award-winning work on “interactional law” advances a novel theory of international legal obligation and offers profound new insights into how international law influences international actors.

Jutta Brunnée est une autorité mondiale dans le domaine du droit environnemental, du droit international et de la doctrine internationale. Elle a profondément modifié la manière dont s’élaborent les traités relatifs à l’environnement, en particulier les processus législatifs et de vérification de conformité, de même que la législation internationale relative au changement climatique. Ses travaux de « droit interactionnel » proposent une nouvelle théorie en matière d’obligation juridique internationale et offrent une démonstration éclatante de la manière dont le droit international influe sur les acteurs de la scène internationale.

Updated July 20, 2015 BRUSH, Kathryn, Department of Visual Arts, Western University Professor Kathryn Brush is an internationally recognized art historian of remarkable intellectual scope and impact. An influential scholar of medieval art, she has also authored seminal books on European and North American art historiography, the history of museums, and medievalism in Canada. Professor Brush’s sustained creativity and leadership in both the scholarly and curatorial realms has significantly enlarged—and revised—the critical study of art and cultural history in Europe, the United States, and Canada.

Updated July 20, 2015 Professeure Kathryn Brush, historienne de l’art, est reconnue mondialement pour la portée remarquable de sa pensée. Chercheure influente en art médiéval, elle est aussi l’auteure de livres fondateurs sur l'historiographie de l’art européen et nord-américain, sur l'histoire des musées et sur le médiévisme au Canada. Sa créativité et son leadership soutenu en tant qu’universitaire et commissaire d’expositions a conduit à élargir et réviser l’étude critique de l'art et d’histoire culturelle en Europe, aux États-Unis et au Canada.

One of Canada’s most creative and prolific physical chemists, David Bryce is an internationally renowned authority on nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy and electrophilic interactions in solids. His paradigmshifting discoveries in the analysis and interpretation of spectral data have led to breakthroughs in our understanding of solid materials, pharmaceuticals, and biomolecules. An inspirational mentor, Prof. Bryce is also known for bringing a passionate voice to the national discussion on science funding priorities.

David Bryce, l’un des chimistes physiques les plus créatifs et les plus prolifiques du Canada, est une sommité de renommée internationale en matière de spectroscopie de résonance magnétique nucléaire et d’interactions électrophiles dans les solides. Ses découvertes révolutionnaires dans le domaine de l’analyse et de l’interprétation des données spectrales ont permis de mieux comprendre les matériaux solides, les produits pharmaceutiques et les biomolécules. Mentor inspirant, Prof. Bryce est également connu pour sa contribution passionnée au débat national sur les priorités de financement de la science.

Diana Brydon is a literary critic known internationally for her multifaceted and ground-breaking contributions to postcolonial literary and cultural studies, Australian and Canadian literary studies - including co-editing the first book analyzing Shakespeare in Canada- and the pioneering of collaborative, interdisciplinary research across the humanities and social sciences. She has become a key figure in postcolonial and now globalization studies because of her commitment to the re-¬conceptualisation of the humanities and their relation to globalization. She has a strong record of bringing people together in collective projects that are shifting the terrain of knowledge production.

BUBELA, Tania – Faculty of Health Sciences, Simon Fraser University Tania Bubela is an internationally recognized scholar of the ethical, legal, economic, and social implications of novel health biotechnologies. Her interdisciplinary, empirically-grounded research has advanced understanding of global innovation ecosystems; collective action and governance challenges in data and biomaterials sharing; and regulatory and policy reforms for research and development of cost-effective diagnostics and biotherapies that have positive health impacts. Her international knowledge translation activities engage patients, clinicians and health decision-makers.

Tania Bubela est reconnue à l’échelle internationale pour son expertise avec les enjeux éthiques, juridiques, économiques et sociaux entourant les nouvelles biotechnologies de la santé. Ses recherches interdisciplinaires et empiriques ont permis de mieux comprendre les écosystèmes d’innovation au plan mondial; les actions collectives et les enjeux de la gouvernance liés au partage de données et de biomatériaux; et les réformes réglementaires et politiques portant sur la recherche et le développement d’outils diagnostics et de biothérapies efficaces ayant des effets positifs sur la santé. Ses activités de transfert de connaissances à l’international engagent les patients, les médecins et les décideurs en matière de santé.

Dr. Manuel Buchwald merits recognition for his biochemical and molecular studies directed to the understanding of two human genetic diseases, cystic fibrosis (CF) and Fanconi's anemia (FA). He and his colleagues were the first to localize the gene for CF, a finding which eventually led to the cloning of the gene. In addition to his studies on defining complementation groups for FA, Dr. Buchwald has recently succeeded in cloning the gene for one group of patients with defects in this gene, studies which should be the forerunners for curative modalities for such patients.