James Maurice Stockford Careless is Professor and Chairman of the Department of History at the University of Toronto. A graduate of Toronto and Harvard universities, he served at Canadian Naval headquarters in the Naval Historical Section and in the Department of External Affairs during the Second World War. In 1945 he joined the Department of History at Toronto, where his interests have been increasingly concentrated upon teaching and research in Canadian history. He is Past President of the Ontario Historical Society and Vice-Chairman of the Archaeological and Historic Sites Board of Ontario. His general history, "Canada: a Story of Challenge", won the Governor-General's Award for Academic Non-fiction in 1953. In 1959 he published "Brown of the Globe: The Voice of Upper Canada", the first of a two-volume study of George Brown, which won the University of British Columbia's medal for biography. Though his academic career is still in its early stages, Dr. Careless has already given exceptionally distinguished service to the cause of Canadian historical studies.

Par la qualité de ses recherches en sociologie et par ses nombreuses publications, notamment en sociologie religieuse, Hervé Carrier s'est distingué parmi cette première génération de sociologues qui, au Canada français, a marché sur les traces du grand précurseur que fut Léon Gérin, ancien président général de la Société royale et sur l'oeuvre duquel il a publié un ouvrage. Quelques-unes de ses publications, comme « La Psycho-sociologie de l'appartenance religieuse », sont devenues des classiques et demeurent des modèles du genre. Après avoir enseigné plusieurs années les sciences sociales à l'Université grégorienne de Rome, il en est maintenant le recteur. Même s'il oeuvre surtout à l'étranger, il tient à passer environ deux mois tous les ans au Canada, afin de suivre de plus près l'évolution des événements, en particulier de la sociologie d'ici. Par son enseignement, par ses écrits et par les hautes fonctions universitaires qu'il remplit actuellement, il fait grand honneur à son pays et à sa province d'origine.

Caskey, C.Thomas - Medical Sciences - University of Texas C. Thomas Caskey made discovery of triplet nucleotide repeat expansion as cause of the fragile X and myotonic dystrophy diseases which explained the increasing severity generation to generation, anticipation. ------------------ Caskey, C.Thomas - Medical Sciences - University of Texas C. Thomas Caskey, has made major contributions to understanding the universality of the genetic code for living organisms. He discovered the mechanism of peptide chain termination, identified the genetic basis of several heritable diseases, and opened the understanding of triplet repeat diseases (Fragile X, myotonic, dystrophy and others). His patent for automation of forensic science use of repeat sequences developed the method of DNA-based personal identification (now used worldwide) for forensic studies, and enabled database sharing for crime and terrorism investigation. Dr. Caskey has been a strong advocate for science in the US, Canada, and internationally.

Tom Cavalier-Smith is a world leader in cellular evolution. His work links cell and molecular biology with phylogeny, evolution and protistan macrosystematics. He proposed major theories for intron origins, for evolution of eukaryote genome size, and for RNA editing by mutation pressure and forced major rethinking about eukaryote group relationships. He argued that Archaebacteria are sisters, not ancestors of eukaryotes; developed theories on cell and organelle origins; resolved the kingdom Chromista from plants; and redefined the kingdom Fungi. He has responded to both support and challenge with rigorous assessment and modification where appropriate, thereby giving his field continuing forward momentum.

Dr. Petr Cerny is without doubt the world's leading expert on pegmatites. His expertise spans all aspects of this complex and important group of rocks, from mineralogy, petrology and petrogenesis to geochemistry, economic geology and exploration techniques. His tremendous enthusiasm and scientific insight, coupled with his encyclopedic grasp of all topics in Earth sciences pertaining to pegmatites, has revolutionized both our understanding and the commercial exploitation of these rocks over the past 25 years. This individual effort is widely recognized throughout the world, and is virtually the sole cause of Canada's leading position in this area today.

John Chalk is distinguished for his researches in the theory of numbers, especially the geometry of numbers, and in the theory of convex bodies. He stressed the importance of the 'basic minimum' of an algebraic form with respect to a lattice, and has obtained the best upper bounds for these minima available to-day. His work has greatly added to our geometrical understanding of convex bodies. Recently, he has made valuable contributions to the theory of discrete subgroups of classical groups.

Doctor Chant is known for his work on control of agricultural pests using ecological principles and biotic agents, on the quantitative ecology and classification of phytoseiid mites, and latterly as a pioneer in bringing scientific knowledge and the public conscience into closer contact in the struggle to preserve our environment. He has been a dynamic administrator in the Public Service of Canada and in U.S. and Canadian universities. He has served, inter alia, as consultant to the FAO, to the U.S. National Science Foundation and to the Science Council of Canada. He is a member of the Fisheries Research Board.