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Prof. Baining Guo
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Microsoft Research
Keywords: computer graphics, visual computing, virtual reality
Induction Year: 2025
Baining Guo is a world-leading computer graphics researcher whose work focuses on deep neural network models for 3D graphics and imaging, statistical models for textures and appearances, and geometric modeling. He is widely acknowledged for his groundbreaking research on vision transformers, texture synthesis, and 3D shape deformation. He has invented graphics and video gaming technologies used by tens of millions of people worldwide.
Baining Guo est un chercheur de premier plan dans le domaine de l’infographie, dont les travaux portent sur les modèles de réseaux neuronaux profonds pour les graphiques et l’imagerie 3 D, les modèles statistiques pour les textures et les apparences, et la modélisation géométrique. Il est largement reconnu pour ses recherches novatrices sur les transformateurs de vision, la synthèse des textures et la déformation des formes en 3 D. Il a inventé des technologies graphiques et de jeux vidéo utilisées par des dizaines de millions de personnes dans le monde.
Prof. Hong Guo
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Quantum transport theory, nano-electronics, computational physics
Long Citation
Hong Guo is internationally renowned for his pioneering contributions to theoretical and computational modeling of quantum transport in nanoelectronic systems. His research spans and influences several fields of condensed matter theory, including quantum transport theory and modeling for nanoelectronic devices, mesoscopic physics, strongly correlated electrons in quantum dots, density functional theory and computational physics, polymer theory, materials physics and statistical physics.
Short Citation
Hong Guo is internationally renowned for his pioneering contributions to theoretical and computational modeling of quantum transport in nanoelectronic systems. His research influences several fields including quantum transport theory and modeling for nanoelectronic devices, mesoscopic physics, strongly correlated electrons in quantum dots, density functional theory and computational physics, polymer theory, materials physics and statistical physics.
Dr. Sepali Guruge
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Toronto Metropolitan University
Keywords: Immigrant’s health; women’s health; gender, violence, and health; health (in)equity; and global health
Induction Year: 2014
Sepali Guruge has significantly advanced knowledge about immigrants’ health through her innovative Nursing research program, and is widely known for her contributions to addressing violence against women in Canadian immigrant communities. Her commitment to applying a global health perspective to the topic has led to collaborations with colleagues in Asia, Africa, Europe, and South and North America. She has published in five languages, making her work accessible beyond English-speaking audiences.
Sepali Guruge a fait avancer de manière significative les connaissances sur la santé des immigrants grâce à son programme innovant de recherche en sciences infirmières. Elle est largement reconnue pour ses contributions à la lutte contre les violences faites aux femmes dans les communautés canadiennes d’immigrants. Son engagement à appliquer une perspective sanitaire mondiale à son sujet a donné naissance à des collaborations avec des collègues en Asie, en Afrique, en Europe et en Amérique du Sud et du Nord. Elle a été publiée dans cinq langues, rendant ainsi ses travaux accessibles aux publics non anglophones.
Prof. Adrian Guta
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University of Windsor
Induction Year: 2021
Adrian Guta is a social worker and health researcher committed to promoting social justice through community-engaged research. He conducts interdisciplinary research that examines the social, cultural, and ethical implications of health issues, biomedical technologies, and medical and public health practices. His work has advanced theorizing in the health sciences and informed policy and programing at partner organizations.
Adrian Guta est travailleur social et chercheur dans le domaine de la santé. Engagé à promouvoir la justice sociale à l’aide de la recherche communautaire, ses recherches sont interdisciplinaires et portent sur les aspects sociaux, culturels et éthiques d’enjeux de santé, des technologies biomédicales et des pratiques médicales et de santé publique. Ses travaux font progresser la théorisation en sciences de la santé et éclairent les politiques et programmes d’organismes partenaires.
Dr. Roderick Guthrie
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Strip casting of non-ferrous, ferrous and amorphous (glassy) alloys
Roderick I.L. Guthrie, Macdonald Professor of Metallurgy and Director of McGill's Metals Processing Centre, is a scientific leader in the application of advanced heat, mass, and fluid flow theory to the analysis, improvement, and design of a wide range of metallurgical processing operations. His pioneering research on liquid,metals, for instance, spans such topics as gas bubbling/jetting systems, filtration of inclusions, melting and mixing phenomena of alloy additions, and complex three-dimensional metal flows in furnaces, ladles, tundishes, and strip-casting machines. The author of two acclaimed textbooks and a prolific inventor, he is co-inventor of the LIMCA inclusion detector now in routine use for process optimization and quality assurance of melts of aluminum.
Prof. Stephen Guy-Bray
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Induction Year: 2021
Stephen Guy-Bray was one of the first Canadian scholars working in what was then Gay and Lesbian Studies; he has continued to make significant contributions in this field for the last thirty years. He specializes in Renaissance poetry and in poetics. He has been instrumental in extending queer theory to a consideration of how queerness inheres in literariness and in poetics.
Stephen Guy-Bray a été l’un des premiers chercheurs canadiens à travailler au sein de ce qui s’appelait à l’époque études gaies et lesbiennes. Cela fait maintenant trente ans qu’il y fait d’importantes contributions. Il se concentre particulièrement sur la poésie de la renaissance et sur la poétique. Une de ses plus grandes contributions a été d’étendre la théorie queer jusqu’à la valorisation d’un aspect queer qui est inhérent à la littérarité et à la poétique.
Dr. Gordon Guyatt
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McMaster University
Keywords: clinical practical guidelines, values and preferences, randomized trials, health status measurement, systematic reviews
Induction Year: 2012
GUYATT, Gordon H. - Department of Clinical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, McMaster University
In 1990, Gordon Guyatt coined the term “evidence based medicine” (EBM). Since then, he has championed evidence-based approaches to clinical decision making, including enormous contributions in clinical research, training hundreds of clinicians-educators and dozens of clinician scientists. His Users’ Guides to the Medical Literature laid the groundwork for subsequent EBM writings. His contributions include seminal work in methodology underlying randomized trials, systematic reviews, health status measurement, and clinical practice guidelines.
GUYATT, Gordon H. - Département d’épidémiologie clinique et de biostatistique, McMaster University
En 1990, Gordon Guyatt a créé l’expression « médecine basée sur les faits » (Evidence based medicine). Depuis, il s’est fait le champion d’approches factuelles dans le processus décisionnel clinique, contribuant ainsi à l’avancement de la recherche clinique, formant des centaines de cliniciens-éducateurs, et des dizaines de chercheurs cliniciens. Ses guides de l’utilisateur de la littérature médicale ont servi de bases à de nombreux écrits dans le domaine. On compte au nombre de ses contributions, des travaux de recherche précurseurs sur la méthodologie des essais aléatoires, des révisions systématiques, de la mesure de l’état de santé et des guides de pratique clinique.
Prof. Michael Gänzle
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Induction Year: 2023
Dr. Gänzle is a world-renowned scientist and Canada Research Chair in Food Microbiology and Probiotics, whose discoveries in such areas as the metabolism of different microorganisms, food fermentations, and food safety have had global and local impacts, ranging from fundamental science to the improvement of people’s everyday lives. As a global leader, and his findings have improved food industry practices, created healthier foods, and improved food safety practices and regulations.
M. Gänzle est un scientifique de renommée mondiale et titulaire d'une Chaire de recherche du Canada en microbiologie alimentaire et en probiotiques. Ses découvertes dans des domaines tels que le métabolisme de différents micro-organismes, les fermentations alimentaires et la sécurité alimentaire ont eu des répercussions mondiales et locales, allant de la recherche fondamentale à l'amélioration des conditions de vie quotidienne de la population. En tant que leader mondial, ses découvertes ont permis d'améliorer les pratiques de l'industrie alimentaire, de créer des aliments plus sains et d'améliorer les pratiques et les réglementations en matière de sécurité alimentaire.
Prof. Diane Gérin-Lajoie
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Induction Year: 2020
Diane Gérin-Lajoie is recognized for her scholarship on official language minorities in Canada and their schools. Her expertise in the areas of identity and youth in minority language schools, as well as teacher identity in those schools make her a pioneer in the comparative analysis of Canada`s two official linguistic minority groups. Recipient of multiple research funds, Diane Gérin-Lajoie makes a significant contribution to the study of official language minorities in Canada.
Diane Gérin-Lajoie est reconnue pour ses travaux sur les minorités de langue officielle au Canada et leurs écoles. Son expertise dans les domaines du rapport à l’identité chez les jeunes et chez les enseignantes et enseignants des écoles de la minorité font d’elle une pionnière dans l’analyse comparative des deux groupes linguistiques. Récipiendaire de multiples fonds de recherche, Diane Gérin-Lajoie se distingue par sa contribution significative à l’étude des minorités de langue officielle au Canada.
Prof. Carl Haas
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Induction Year: 2022
Carl Haas has contributed seminal new knowledge in the principles behind, the interdependencies among and the circular economic applications of computer vision, mixed reality, building information modeling and human-robotic-systems. Key barriers in the way of moving toward a circular economy in the built environment include the scale, complexity, and uncertainty associated with constructing, maintaining and deconstructing our built environment. His contributions improve complex, built environment systems’ performance.
Carl Haas a apporté de nouvelles connaissances fondamentales sur les principes, les interdépendances et les applications liées à l’économie circulaire de la vision par ordinateur, de la réalité mixte, de la modélisation des informations sur les bâtiments et des systèmes humain-robot. Les principaux obstacles à l’évolution vers une économie circulaire dans l’environnement bâti sont l’échelle, la complexité et l’incertitude associées à la construction, à l’entretien et à la déconstruction de notre environnement bâti. Ses contributions améliorent la performance des systèmes complexes de l’environnement bâti.
Prof. Wagdi George Habashi
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Computational Fluid Dynamics, Finite Element Methods, In-Flight Icing Simulation, Mesh Optimization, Super computing
HABASHI, Wagdi George - Department of Mechanical Engineering, McGill University
Wagdi Habashi is widely recognized for the formulation, modeling and application of finite
element methods to Computational Fluid Dynamics (CFD). He has developed efficient applied
mathematics solutions to a wide range of complex aerospace problems for aircraft, rotorcraft and
jet engines. In the in-flight icing area, his unique formulation has resulted in a code widely used
throughout the aerospace industry, worldwide.
Wagdi Habashi est reconnu pour la formulation, la modélisation et l'application de méthodes d'éléments finis à la dynamique des fluides computationnelle (CFD). Il a développé des approches de mathématiques appliquées pour résoudre un large éventail de problèmes complexes dans le domaine de l’aéronautique, soit pour les aéronefs, les giravions et les moteurs à réaction. Dans le domaine du givrage en vol, sa formulation unique a abouti à un code utilisé mondialement dans l'industrie aérospatiale.
Prof. Vladimir Hachinski
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Western University
Keywords: stroke, dementia, prevention, Neurology
Induction Year: 2014
HACHINSKI, Vladimir – Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University Vladimir Hachinski co-founded the world’s first successful acute stroke unit, discovered the brain region involved in sudden death following stroke, and helped expound the stroke-Alzheimer disease connection. The concepts brain attack, multi-infarct dementia, leukoaraiosis, vascular cognitive impairment and the Hachinski Ischemic Score are his own. He has been Editor of STROKE, President of the World Federation of Neurology and created the World Brain Alliance, World Stroke Day and the World Stroke Agenda. He leads an Integral Brain Health Implementation Strategy (IBHIS).
HACHINSKI, Vladimir – Department of Clinical Neurological Sciences, Western University
Vladimir Hachinski a co-fondé la première unité réussite de l’accident vasculair cérébral. Il a découvert la
région du cerveau impliqué dans la mort subite après un AVC et il a contribué à exposer la connexion
entre l’AVC et la maladie d’Alzheimer. Les concepts d’attaque cérébrale (brain attack) la démence par
infarctus multiples, la leucoaraïose, le déclin cognitif vasculaire et le score ischémique sont les siens. Il a été rédacteur
en chef du journal STROKE, président de la Fédération Mondiale de Neurologie (World Federation of Neurology),
et il a créé les World Brain Alliance, World Stroke Day et World Stroke Agenda.
Dr. Ian Hacking
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Toronto
lan Hacking's reinterpretations of the history of the most fundamental aspects of philosophical and scientific thought combine keenness of philosophical penetration with boldness of historical interpretation. His books on the logical foundations of statistical inference and of the historical conditions that made it possible for philosophers to take probability seriously have been recognized as making profound and lasting contributions to their subject. His more recent work on the changing significance of language in philosophy and of the relation between experiment and theory confirms his position as one of the leading figures in the philosophy of science today. He is Professor, University of Toronto, in Philosophy and in the History of Philosophy of Science of Technology.
Dr. Peter Hackett
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Science policy, innovation policy, nanotechnology, genomics, chemistry
Long Citation
Peter Hackett made major contributions while at NRC in chemical physics that led to improved synthesis of vitamin D and isotopic enrichment via infrared multiphoton dissociation. He developed methods now widely used to study reactions at metal centers and was among the first to delineate potential revolutionary chemical properties of nanoscale metal clusters. He was pivotal in establishing the National Institute for Nanotechnology, a ground-breaking university-government collaboration. His vision and leadership has positioned Canada at the forefront of emerging fields such as nanotechnology, photonics, genomics and information technologies, and challenged Canadians to work together to develop technologies to raise the standards of living in developing countries.
Short Citation
Peter Hackett made major contributions in chemical physics. He developed methods now widely used to study reactions at metal centers and was among the first to delineate chemical properties of nanoscale metal clusters. His vision and leadership has positioned Canada at the forefront of emerging fields such as nanotechnology and challenged Canadians to work together to develop technologies to raise the standards of living in developing countries.
Thomas Hadjistavropoulos
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Regina
Induction Year: 2025
Michael Hadley
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Keywords: Submarine warfare, german submarines, german literature, naval history, restorative justice
Michael Hadley, Department of Germanic Studies, University of Victoria, is an internationally renowned author of books dealing with German literature, popular culture, and naval history. Eighteenth-century novels are his first research area, and he has written major studies on the German gothic novel, the German novel in 1790, and the German novel from 1750 to 1800. More recently, Hadley has turned his attention to naval history and seagoing missionaries, writing prize-winning (and translated into German) books on U-boats against Canada, Canadian naval forces and German sea raiders 1880-1918, and the popular image of the German submarine. In his current work, Hadley has turned his skills toward yet another field: civic values in conflict, and the spiritual roots of restorative justice.
Dr. R. Haering
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Although by inclination and interest primarily a theoretical physicist, Professor Haering also does excellent experimental work and his papers are characterized by a lively interplay between theory and experiment. He is best known for his work on the Zeeman effect in Germanium. ultrasonics in metals and his prediction of the existence of a Doppler-shifted cyclotron resonance in metals which was later detected by Kirsch and Redfield. At Simon Fraser University, his energy, enthusiasm and ability to stimulate others has enabled him, in a few years, to develop one of the strongest solid state physics groups in Canada.
M. Taïeb Hafsi
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: HEC Montréal
Keywords: stratégie-management-théorie organisations
Induction Year: 2018
HAFSI, Taieb - Département de management, HEC Montréal
Taïeb Hafsi apporte des contributions de classe mondiale dans cinq aspects du management stratégique : le management, la stratégie, le changement, la gouvernance et la performance sociale d’organisations complexes comme les entreprises diversifiées, les entreprises publiques, les sociétés d’État, les grandes fondations, les OBNL et les États. Ses travaux sont originaux, pionniers, influents, marquants par leur ampleur, leur profondeur. Ses résultats de recherche lui ont valu un grand rayonnement international.
Dr. John Hagan
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Although the author of five books, the themes that best distinguish the work of Professor Hagan are
reflected in two editions of "The Disreputable Pleasures: Crime and Deviance in Canada" (1977, 1984), one of the most widely read books in this field in Canada, in "Modern Criminology: Crime,
Criminal Behavior and its Control" (1985) and in articles which have appeared in leading journals in Canada, the United States and Britain. The work is highly original and extensively cited for the ways in which it brings the concepts of power and social structure to the study of social control, including crime control and the causes of criminal and delinquent behavior. His work is internationally recognized, as reflected by election to the prestigious international membership (200 members worldwide) of the Sociological Research Association, and appointment as the youngest and as only the third Canadian based Fellow of the American Society of Criminology.
Prof. Daryl Haggard
RSC College Member
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: astrophysics, black holes, neutron stars, Galactic centre, Sgr A*, gravitational waves, sources, multi-wavelength, multi-messenger, time domain
Induction Year: 2021
Daryl Haggard is a world-expert in observational studies of black holes, including Sagittarius A*, the supermassive black hole in our Milky Way Galaxy. She uses radio, submillimeter, infrared, and X-ray telescopes to probe exotic black hole environments, where strong gravity plays a key role. She is also internationally known for her contributions to multi-messenger astrophysics, including the joint discovery of X-ray and gravitational wave emission from the first known collision of two neutron stars.
Daryl Haggard est une experte mondiale dans les études observationnelles des trous noirs, notamment Sagittarius A*, le trou noir supermassif au coeur de la Voie lactée. Elle utilise des télescopes radio, submillimétriques, infrarouges et à rayons X pour sonder les environnements exotiques des trous noirs, où la forte gravité joue un rôle clé. Elle est également connue au niveau international pour ses contributions à l'astrophysique multi-messagers, notamment la découverte conjointe d'émissions de rayons X et d'ondes gravitationnelles provenant de la première collision connue de deux étoiles à neutrons.
Prof. Benjamin Haibe-Kains
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University Health Network
Induction Year: 2022
Benjamin Haibe-Kains is an international leader in Bioinformatics—the development of computational methods based on statistics and machine learning to analyze large, complex biomedical data. His work is improving the prediction of disease progression and therapy response, cornerstones of precision medicine. He is a champion of transparent and reproducible research, exploring how cloud computing and software virtualization can improve the way data, analytical tools and findings are disseminated.
Benjamin Haibe-Kains, Département de Biophysique Médicale, Université de Toronto
Benjamin Haibe-Kains est reconnu internationalement pour son expertise en bioinformatique, particulièrement pour le développement de méthodes computationnelles basées sur l’apprentissage automatique pour analyser de grandes bases de données biomédicales. Son travail vise à améliorer la prédiction de la progression des cancers et de leurs réponses aux traitements. Il explore comment les nouvelles technologies d’informatique nuagique et virtuelle peuvent améliorer la transparence et la reproductibilité de la recherche biomédicale.
Prof. Celia Haig-Brown
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: Indigenous
Induction Year: 2022
Celia Haig-Brown, an Anglo-Canadian scholar, has spent her career committed to respectful and reciprocal research and practice working closely with Indigenous collaborators from Secwépemc territory to the Naskapi Nation. Her 1988 book, based on testimonies of Indian residential school survivors, has served as the basis for two films and a 2022 version with Indigenous contributions. Her next SSHRC-funded film: Rodeo Women: Behind the Scenes is in post-production.
Celia Haig-Brown, universitaire anglo-canadienne, a consacré sa carrière à la recherche et à une pratique respectueuses et réciproques en travaillant en étroite collaboration avec des collaborateurs autochtones issus de régions allant du territoire Secwépemc à la Nation Naskapi. Son livre de 1988, basé sur les témoignages de survivants des pensionnats indiens, a servi de base à deux films et à une version de 2022 à laquelle ont contribué des Autochtones. Son prochain film financé par le CRSH, Rodeo Women: Behind the Scenes est en cours de postproduction.
Prof. Jess Haines
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Induction Year: 2020
Jess Haines’s research bridges epidemiologic research on the determinants of child health behaviour with effective and scalable family-based health promotion interventions. She prioritizes an integrated knowledge translation (iKT) approach that engages key knowledge users in the research process and works to mobilize results to effect real, lasting change to benefit the health of children and families.
Jess Haines fait le pont entre la recherche épidémiologique sur les déterminants du comportement des enfants en matière de santé avec des interventions de promotion de la santé efficaces et réalistes pour les familles. Elle privilégie une approche intégrée de transfert de connaissances en impliquant les principaux utilisateurs de connaissances dans tout le processus de recherche. Elle dissémine les résultats afin d’apporter des changements qui perdurent et dont les enfants et les familles peuvent réellement bénéficier.
Prof. John Hall
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: nationalism, empire, war
Induction Year: 2012
HALL, John A. - Department of Sociology, McGill University
John A. Hall has made important scholarly contributions in a prolific career in the areas of nationalism, liberalism, state theory and international relations. He has been the recipient of the Marcel Vincent Prize from Quebec. He served as Dean of the Faculty of Arts during a crucial period of renewal. He is currently completing a book on nations, states and empires.
HALL, John A. - Département de sociologie, Université McGill
Durant sa prolifique carrière, John A. Hall a apporté une contribution importante au savoir académique en matière de nationalisme, de libéralisme, de théorie de l’État et de relations internationales. Le Gouvernement du Québec lui a attribué le prix Marcel Vincent. À l’université, il a occupé le poste de recteur de la Faculté des arts au cours d’une période de renouvellement cruciale. À l’heure actuelle, il met la dernière main à la rédaction d’un ouvrage sur les nations, les états et les empires.






