Dr. Tony Pawson is undoubtedly one of Canada's and the world's leaders in the study of the molecular basis of cancer and cell signalling. He is internationally recognized for identifying a 90-100 amino acid protein domain, the SH2 domain, that is critical in transducing extracellular signals from cell surface receptors to intracellular signal transducing proteins. In 1990, two of his papers were amongst the top 10 most cited papers in the world in all areas of biomedical research. Since Dr. Pawson's original discovery of SH2 domains, many laboratories have gone on to identify novel proteins with SH2 domains that are involved in cell signalling events in development, hormone action, and malignancy in species as evolutionarily distant as the worm, fruitfly and humans. Thus, Dr. Pawson's contributions have had wide and important implications for many diverse areas of biology and medicine.

Updated July 6, 2015 Benoît Pelletier is an internationally renowned constitutional expert who has contributed to the advancement of law through his thinking, writings and media involvement. His published works are essential references in the field. He is a recognized educator with an ability to make complex issues accessible. He also had a political career marked by numerous achievements.

Updated July 6, 2015 PELLETIER, Benoît, Faculté de droit, Université d'Ottawa Benoît Pelletier est un constitutionnaliste reconnu internationalement. Par ses réflexions, ses écrits et même ses interventions médiatiques, il a indéniablement contribué à l'avancement du droit. Il a publié des ouvrages et manuscrits qui sont des références incontournables dans son domaine. Il est reconnu pour ses talents de pédagogue et vulgarisateur. Il a aussi eu une carrière politique marquée par maintes réalisations.

George Pemberton is one of the world's experts in ichnology. He is a skilled clastic sedimentologist, palaeontologist, sequence stratigrapher, and petroleum geologist. The main thrust of his research is on the application of ichnology to petroleum exploration and exploitation and its use in sequence stratigraphy. Recent work includes the application of ichnology to the flow of fluids through reservoirs in both clastic and carbonate settings.

Guy Perreault est né à Amos dans la province de Québec, où il poursuivit ses études universitaires à l'École Polytechnique, et en suite à l'Université de Toronto vers le doctorat. Il a travaillé au terrain en Québec et à Labrador où il commença sa carrière en minéralogie qui le mena vers sa position actuelle de professeur de minéralogie à l'École Polytechnique. Ses recherches sur les minéraux des étranges gites métallifères d'Oka sont bien connues, et on le considère comme autorité dans le champ d'analyse instrumentale des minéraux. Il a été nommé président du Mineralogical Association of Canada en 1967 et resta dans ce poste jusqu'en 1968. M. Perreault est un pédagogue renommé, il participe et contribue à de nombreuses organisations professionelles qui s'occupent des questions d'enseignement scientifiques aux niveaux spécialisés et populaires dans sa province natale et dans le pays entier. Le Prix Scientifique du Québec, accordé une fois par an à savant renommé, lui a été décerné en 1970.

Dr. M. B. Perry has established an outstanding record of research in carbohydrate chemistry. His major contributions have been structural studies of microbial polysaccharides and the development of the analytical and synthetic methods that were necessary for the success of those studies. He was among the first to work out biosynthetic pathways of some unusual sugars found in bacterial polysaccharides and was the first to prove, by isolation, analysis and synthesis, the presence of 3-deoxyD-manno-octulosonic acid (KDO) as a key component of lipopolysaccharides. His recent and extensive work on 'Neisseria gonorrhoeae' has established Dr. Perry as a world authority on the immunology and immunochemistry of this important species.