Jay Newman's research and writing focus primarily on philosophical issues related to religious tolerance and pluralism. Jay Newman's books on religious tolerance and pluralism have made Jay Newman one of the world's principal authorities on the subject. In "Foundations of Religious Tolerance", Jay Newman analyzes the nature of religious tolerance and strategies for promoting religious tolerance. "Fanatics and Hypocrites" considers the perversions of commitment in their relation to sound, constructive religious commitment. "Competition in Religious Life" combines philosophical analysis with theological and historical studies to shed light on methods of dealing with enduring social problems of destructive conflict. "On Religious Freedom" provides sophisticated philosophical analyses of religious liberty and religious liberalism. "Religion vs. Television" and "Religion and Technology" deal with social problems arising from religion's relation fo other cultural forms. Jay Newman also has explored ethical and cultural issues related to mass communications and public opinion formation in such books as "The Journal in Plato's Cave" and "Inauthentic Culture and Its Philosophical Critics".

During a long career, with segments at Imperial College London, the University of Western Ontario, and York University, the principal thrust of Dr. Nicholls' researches, and those of his many students and collaborators has been the diagnostic interpretation of intensity profiles of emission and absorption molecular spectra, from laboratory, atmospheric, space and astrophysical sources in terms of the physical conditions which exist in them and the energy transfer processes which maintain them. The experimental/observational aspects of this work has involved the study of laboratory spectra excited in shock tubes, ion beams and combustion sources as well as with the participation in Canadian and International rocket and satellite projects. The theoretical aspects of the work has involved extensive quantal studies of many properties of space molecules to provide definitive molecular transition probability data needed for diagnostic purposes.

Kai Nielsen has been and continues to be a prodigiously prolific contributor to contemporary philosophy, chiefly on ethics, political philosophy, and the philosophy of religion; and maintains an international reputation for proficiency and resourcefulness. His recent book (preceded by a number of others) "Equality and Liberty" (1984) has attracted especially wide attention as an uncommonly substantial defence of egalitarianism.

David NORTON has, on the strength of his numerous publications, been recognized, both in America and in Europe, as one of the outstanding historians of Eighteenth century British philosophy. In particular, he is a leading authority on the thought of David Hume, both as a historical and a philosophical writer. He has been entrusted with the preparation of the new critical edition of Hume's works, to be published in 8 volumes by Oxford University Press. His textual studies, his interpretation of Hume's moral philosophy, his comments on the traditional emphasis on Hume's epistemology are characterized by the strictest attention to detail, the mastery of previous research, a sharp critical sense, the originality of his approach and the soundness of his conclusions. The same features distinguish his presentation of Scottish common-sense philosophy.

Graduating from the University of British Columbia in 1940, Edward Wilfred Nuffield came to the University of Toronto for his Ph.D. and remained on the staff in Geological Sciences. As a teacher of mineralogy and crystallography he has instilled in his students ideals of careful and precise work, quantitative thinking, and scientific honesty as exemplified in his many research papers. He is a fellow and member of the Council of the Mineralogical Society of America and a member of the Mineralogical Society of Great Britain; he played a leading role in organizing the Mineralogical Association of Canada, of which he was president from 1956 to 1958.

Dr. Ann Oaks is a scientist who has established an international reputation for her studies on nitrogen metabolism in plants. She has contributed much to our understanding of the mode of action of nitrate reductase in plants, and to the metabolism of amino acids in developing maize kernels. She has published extensively in journals of high repute, and also contributed important review chapters on several aspects of her research areas. She has been invited to present seminars or to teach at many universities in Canada and abroad, and her expertise is sought as a reviewer for leading journals in plant physiology. She is an accomplished and distinguished plant physiologist.