Xing-Fang Li is an internationally recognized expert in analytical chemistry and water research. Her innovative techniques enabled ultrasensitive detection of environmental contaminants, microbial pathogens, and biomolecular interactions. Her discovery of new classes of water disinfection byproducts, of toxicological significance, opens a vital new direction of research. Her patented technological innovations and research findings contribute greatly to public health protection in Canada and the world.

Xing-Fang Li est une experte reconnue sur le plan international dans le domaine de la chimie analytique et de la recherche hydrologique. Ses techniques novatrices ont permis la détection ultrasensible de contaminants environnementaux, d'agents pathogènes microbiens et d'interactions biomoléculaires. Sa découverte de nouvelles classes de sous-produits de désinfection de l'eau, ayant une importance toxicologique, ouvre une nouvelle perspective de recherche essentielle. Ses innovations technologiques brevetées et ses travaux contribuent grandement à la protection de la santé publique au Canada et dans le monde.

Long Citation Dr. Li is a leading expert on Kolmogorov complexity, the dominant modern theory of randomness and information. His work has led to a new method for proving lower bounds and analyzing average-case complexity of algorithms, and to the solution of a number of long standing major open questions in computer science. Dr. Li is also an influential international leader in the development of bioinformatics algorithms and software. He and his coauthors have produced theorems, algorithms, and proofs that are included in major computational biology books, as well as software packages used widely. Short Citation Ming Li is a leading expert on Kolmogorov complexity. His work has led to a new method for proving lower bounds and analyzing average-case complexity of algorithms and to the solution of a number of long standing major open questions in computer science. He is an influential international leader in the development of bioinformatics algorithms and software who, along with his coauthors, has produced theorems, algorithms, and proofs that are included in major computational biology books and software packages used widely.

Kai Li is the world’s leading expert in empirical corporate finance research. Her groundbreaking critical analysis of corporate governance and innovation has transformed research on executive compensation design, shareholder monitoring, and corporate innovation. Her research on human capital and technological synergies in corporate takeovers has profound policy implications for fostering creative breakthroughs, while her pioneering approach to measuring organizational cultures has reinvigorated research on their influence on business decision-making.

Kai Li est la plus éminente spécialiste au monde de la recherche empirique sur la finance d’entreprise. Son analyse critique avant-gardiste de la gouvernance et de l’innovation des entreprises a transformé la recherche sur la conception de la rémunération des dirigeants, la surveillance des actionnaires et l’innovation des entreprises. Ses recherches sur le capital humain et les synergies technologiques dans l’acquisition d’entreprises ont eu de profondes répercussions sur les politiques visant à encourager les percées créatives, tandis que son approche novatrice en matière de mesure des cultures organisationnelles a revigoré la recherche sur leur influence sur la prise de décision des entreprises.

Dr. Ren-Ke Li is a Senior Scientist at University Health Network and a Professor in the Department of Surgery at University of Toronto. He is the Canadian Research Chair in Cardiac Regeneration (Tier-1) and Fellow of Canadian Academy of Health Sciences. His pivotal contributions include discovering stem cell therapy for cardiac regeneration and developing conductive biomaterials to treat arrhythmia. He has published over 270 papers and has four granted patents.

Prof. Ren-Ke Li est maître de recherches au sein du University Health Network et professeur au département de chirurgie de l’Université de Toronto. Il est titulaire de la chaire de recherche du Canada sur la régénération cardiaque (niveau 1) et membre de l’Académie canadienne des sciences de la santé. Ses contributions essentielles comprennent la découverte de la thérapie par cellules souches pour la régénération cardiaque et le développement de biomatériaux conducteurs pour traiter l’arythmie. Il a publié plus de 270 articles et a obtenu quatre brevets.

Sheryl Lightfoot, Canada Research Chair of Global Indigenous Rights and Politics, is internationally recognized for her expertise and groundbreaking research on the United Nations Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples and its implementation as well as its wider impacts on theory and practice at the international level. A globally recognized expert in international Indigenous politics, her research addresses the complex issues underlying the claims and negotiation of the rights of Indigenous peoples in various political spaces.

Sheryl Lightfoot, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada des droits et les politiques mondiale des peuples autochtones, est reconnue à l'échelle internationale pour son expertise et ses travaux de recherche novateurs portant sur la Déclaration des Nations Unies sur les droits des peuples autochtones, sa mise en œuvre ainsi que de ses impacts plus larges sur la théorie et la pratique au niveau international. Experte mondialement reconnue également en politique autochtone internationale, ses recherches traitent des enjeux complexes sous jacents à la revendication et la négociation des droits des peuples autochtones dans divers espaces politiques.

LILBURN, Timothy – Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria Tim Lilburn is one of the world’s leading poets and essayists on poetics. His works employ early Western contemplative traditions to elucidate our relationship to landscapes and their ecologies, and to offer paths forward to living ethically within these relationships. He has received numerous honours for his works, including the Governor General’s Award, and has gained international recognition with translations in Mexico, Poland, France, Germany, and especially China.

LILBURN, Timothy – Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Victoria Tim Lilburn est l’un des plus grands poètes et essayistes en poétique au niveau international. Ses oeuvres font appel aux premières traditions contemplatives occidentales afin de comprendre notre relation aux paysages et à leurs écologies, et d’ouvrir des voies qui permettraient de vivre de manière éthique au sein de ces relations. Il a reçu de nombreux prix pour ses oeuvres, dont le Prix du Gouverneur général, et il a acquis une reconnaissance internationale grâce à la traduction de ses oeuvres au Mexique, en Pologne, en France, en Allemagne, et tout particulièrement en Chine.

M. Limoges est un spécialiste d'histoire et de sociopolitique des sciences à l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Il a enseigné à Johns Hopkins et à Harvard en sus de son enseignement dans les universités de Montréal. Il a de plus fait un séjour de cinq ans dans l'administration publique et a été sous-ministre de l'enseignement supérieur, de la science et de la technologie au Québec. Il a publié plus de 90 livres, articles ou communications en histoire des sciences ou dans le domaine de l'évaluation sociale des technologies, deux secteurs dans lesquels il est devenu un leader au plan mondial.

Tracey Lindberg is one of Canada’s foremost scholars in Indigenous laws and legal orders, Indigenous governance, and Indigenous education. She seeks to replace shallow political and legal categorizations of Indigenous people with nuanced understandings of Indigenous knowledge and traditions, reinvigorated by the active participation of Indigenous societies. She is also the author of the acclaimed 2015 novel, Birdie, a story grounded in both her research and her lived experiences.

Tracey Lindberg est l’une des plus éminentes chercheuses au Canada en matière de lois et d’ordres juridiques autochtones, de gouvernance et d’éducation autochtones. Elle vise à remplacer les catégorisations politiques et juridiques creuses appliquées aux peuples autochtones par des définitions nuancées et éclairées du savoir et des traditions autochtones, revitalisées par la participation active des sociétés autochtones. Elle est également l’auteure du roman à succès publié en 2015, Birdie, dont l’histoire se fonde à la fois sur ses recherches et ses expériences vécues.

C.C. Lindsey's claims for Fellowship in the royal Society of Canada rest on his distinction as a research scholar, his dedication to University teaching and his contributions to Canada's International Program of Aid to Developing Countries. Dr. Lindsey is internationally known for his studies of the meristic variation of fishes and for his research papers and books on the fish fauna of the Canadian North West. He has given generously of his time to both undergraduate and graduate students. A generation of Fish Biologists - now located in many parts of the world - remember him for his stimulating lectures, his lively wit, his humanity and his humility. He has served under Canada's External Aid Office in Singapore, Karachi, East Pakistan and Fiji; his contributions have been positive and practical wherever he has gone.

LINSKY, Bernard – Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta Bernard Linsky is one of the world’s foremost historians of the foundations of mathematical logic in the early 20th century. His incisive analyses have led to an extensive reconsideration of the received view of the way logic has impacted mathematics and philosophy. His innovative manuscript research has also opened, for the first time, essential works in the history of mathematical logic to direct study by anyone versed in modern logic.

LINSKY, Bernard – Department of Philosophy, University of Alberta Bernard Linsky est un des plus éminents historiens des fondements de la logique mathématique du début du XXe siècle. Ses analyses pénétrantes ont conduit à une importante réévaluation des interprétations traditionnelles de l’impact de la logique sur les mathématiques et la philosophie. Ses recherches novatrices de manuscrits ont également permises, pour la première fois, l’étude d’oeuvres essentielles de l’histoire de la logique mathématique par des spécialistes de la logique moderne.

LONG Professor Jacek Lipkowski is nominated for his extensively recognized, ground-breaking research in the area of electrochemical surface science. The foundations of his work go back some 30 years when he developed sensitive methods for the electrochemical-thermodynamic evaluation of the adsorption of small organic molecules at mercury and gold electrodes. Continuation of his work, in the recent years, has put his research at the cutting-edge of modern surface chemistry, for example in his studies at well-ordered single-crystal surfaces of metals where sensitive measurements of effects of electrode potential on adsorption have added a new dimension to the field of surface science. This work has been recognized by scientists, world-wide, a situation that has led him to be selected a few years ago as the editor of the prestigious publication, Journal of Electroanalytical Chemistry and Interfacial Chemistry, previously edited for 35 years by Professor Roger Parsons, FRS. In recent years he has turned part of his research activities towards biophysical-chemistry and has published exceptionally original papers on the structure and properties of bio-membranes by means of an outstandingly original procedure of neutron reflection from thin membrane films and infrared radiation reflection absorption spectroscopy. Various areas of his research have been recognized by internationally significant awards. SHORT Jacek Lipkowski has done ground-breaking research in the area of electrochemical surface chemistry. He developed sensitive methods for the electrochemical-thermodynamic evaluation of the adsorption of small organic molecules at mercury and gold electrodes. He has also examined the structure and properties of bio-membranes using neutron reflection from thin membrane films.