LONG James Curtis’ work has been significant to defining an indigenous Canadian sociology while also inspiring future generations of scholars. His research spans an array of topics, including religion, sport, social inequality, gender, aging, voluntary association activity, social values and voting, while at the same time being broadly centered on the study of civil society. Among his many contributions is work over several decades comparing Canadian-American values which has served to challenge the conventional thesis of Canadians being more “elitist” and less “achievement oriented” than Americans. This has been the basis for a central debate within sociology and political science. Professor Curtis is author of numerous texts helping to define sociology to students in Canadian terms. SHORT James Curtis’ work has defined an indigenous Canadian sociology for both scholars and students. His study of our civil society treats religion, sport, social inequality, gender, aging, voluntary activity, social values and voting. Comparing Canadian-American values, he has challenged the conventional thesis of Canadians being more “elitist” and less “achievement oriented” than Americans sparking a central debate within sociology and political science.

Antonio D'Andrea has given a powerful impulse and a new direction to Italian studies in Canada. His approach to language and literature is distinguished by a thorough familiarity both with classical scholarship and with philosophy; it is marked, moreover, by the manner in which literary production is viewed in its interplay with religious and political factors. His work has shed new light on the reception of Machiavelli at the hands of the Elizabethan dramatists; with these studies, and with his monumental edition of Innocent Gentillett's "Discours contre Machiavel", he has made one of the foremost contributions to the history of Machiavellism in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. His publications, which range from essays on Dante and on Petrarch to the interpretation of Pirandello and of Croce, indicate an incisive and original mind, productive also in the field of aesthetic theory. Finally, as joint founder and co-editor of the international "Yearbook of Italian Studies", he has acquired further merit in advancing the cause of his discipline.

Antione D'Iorio has been responsible for important advances in adrenal biochemistry and physiology. A large part if his contributions have been concerned with the chemical constitution of the Chromaffine granules. He has established that in these microscopic units, catecholamines exist as a salt of ATP which in turn, is bound to a protein moiety. His latest achievement has been the study of the metabolism of Dopa which led to the discovery and characterization of catechol-o-transferase, one of the most important inactivating agents for catecholamines. He has now purified this enzyme and studied its inhibition by a number of compounds.

Dr. Jack Dainty has successfully combined careers in two discipline areas, nuclear physics and plant biology. He has made an outstanding research contribution to the general area of biophysics, with particular reference to membrane transport and the water relations of plants. He has had wide experience as an administrator of science and is a gifted teacher at both undergraduate and graduate levels. He returned to Canada as Chairman of the Department of Botany at the University of Toronto in 1971. He was appointed University Professor in 1976.

Roger Willis Daley, Chief Scientist of the Canadian Climate Centre in Downsview, Ontario, is a dynamic meteorologist who has made major contributions to the development of numerical weather prediction models. In the 1970s Dr. Daley's group at the Canadian Meteorological Centre produced the first operational forecast models using the spectral technique and finite elements. Variations of these models form the basis for virtually all global forecasting in the world today. More recently, Dr. Daley has made important advances in atmospheric data assimilation - the combination of model forecasts and observations to optimally estimate the state of the atmosphere. His 1991 book "Atmospheric Data Analysis" is regarded as a definitive text in this field.