Akira Hirose, Department of Physics and Engineering Physics, University of Saskatchewan, is one of Canada's leading researchers in the field of plasma physics. He has gained international recognition for his sustained and prolific contributions to achieving controlled thermonuclear fusion. He has carried out important experiments that have direct relevance to improving the performance of large plasma confinement machines, and also ground-breaking theoretical work on plasma stability and heating

Keith Hobson is one of the world’s leading scientists in the field of isotope ecology. He has conducted pioneering and award winning research on the application of isotopic techniques to global animal migration and into food web and contaminant studies. His research on animal migration has resulted in new tools to track animal movement at global and regional scales, in order to solve scientific questions that were previously intractable with conventional mark-recapture methods. His scientific productivity of over 390 papers and a book, all within an 20-year period, is evidence of superior creativity, exceptional knowledge and dedicated work.

Keith Hobson est l’un des plus grands scientifiques au monde dans le domaine de l’écologie isotope. Ses recherches originales sur l’application de techniques isotopiques à la migration animale et ses études sur le réseau alimentaire et les contaminants lui ont valu plusieurs prix. Ses travaux sont à l’origine de nouveaux outils permettant de suivre les mouvements migratoires des animaux à l’échelle régionale ou mondiale. Grâce à ces outils, il est désormais possible de répondre à des questions scientifiques auxquelles les méthodes traditionnelles de marquage et de recapture d’animaux ne permettaient pas de répondre . S’échelonnant sur une période de 20 ans, la production scientifique de Keithy Hobson se compose de plus de 390 articles et d’un ouvrage. Elle témoigne de l’immense créativité de ce chercheur, de l’étendue de ses connaissances et de son travail acharné.

John Humphrey Hodgson is a geophysicist, a specialist in seismology. His experience in the field for oil companies, in teaching at the University of Toronto, and in research on the staff of the Dominion Astronomer has culminated in his appointment as Chief of the Division of Seismology of the Dominion Observatories. He is particularly well known for his work on the direction of faulting as related to earthquakes. Recognition of his work is found in his appointments as a director of the Seismological Society of America and as Chairman of a Canadian committee of the International Union of Geodesy and Geophysics.

Dr. Hans Hofmann is one of the world's leading experts on Precambrian life. He has developed techniques and criteria for distinguishing between biologically and physico-chemically produced structures in very ancient rocks, of potential value in future extra-terrestrial space exploration. His names for the subdivisions for the Precambrian time scale have been accepted by the International Union of Geological Sciences.

An outstanding scholar and teacher of national and international repute. An author who has contributed in a unique way to the development and understanding of the Canadian Constitution especially the new Charter of Rights. In his numerous writings he has presented new approaches to the law which have influenced the attitudes of the courts in Canada and Australia. As a teacher his thought-provoking ideas have been a challenge for the new generations of students and lawyers who attended his lectures.

Dr. Holling is an ecologist of international reputation, whose studies of predation have been of major significance to the concepts of modern systems ecology. His analysis of ecological processes as composed of mechanisms which can be separately modelled on the basis of experiment, is already recognized as a major contribution. The subsequent possibilities for synthesis of the component mechanisms into models of ecological processes are being widely explored. They promise to produce concepts of wide generality and usefulness in man's manipulation of his biological environment. Dr. Holling is widely consulted as one of the most distinguished ecologists in the world today.

Dr. Hollenberg has achieved international recognition for work in two areas of lipid metabolism. Firstly, he has elucidated the mechanisms of uptake of fat into adipose tissue for storage and its transfer therefrom in times of muscle energy need. In particular, he has clarified the role of insulin in fat mobilization. His work is the foundation of much present knowledge of fat storage and utilization. Secondly, from his studies of DNA synthesis in fat cells, he has demonstrated that these cells can replicate. These studies greatly clarify the genesis of obesity and have stimulated work on the replication and differentiation of fat cells.