Updated July 22, 2015 Professor, Department of Medicine, University of British Columbia Robert C Brunham is a Professor Emeritus in the Department of Medicine at the University of British Columbia. He has measurably improved human health through research into the treatment and prevention of infectious diseases such as Chlamydia, SARS, AIDS, and TB. His contributions to human health have been internationally recognized.

Updated July 22, 2015 Robert C Brunham est professeur émérite au Département de médecine de l'Université de la Colombie-Britannique. Il a amélioré de façon mesurable la santé humaine par la recherche dans le traitement et la prévention des maladies infectieuses telles que la chlamydia, le SRAS, le sida et la tuberculose. Ses contributions à la santé humaine ont été internationalement reconnues.

BRUNO-JOFRÉ, Rosa – Faculty of Education & Department of History, Queen’s University Rosa Bruno-Jofré is internationally acclaimed for her research into the history of education, the development of large interdisciplinary projects, and her futuristic view of outreach. She has contributed innovative approaches to the study of Catholic history (with an emphasis on the history of female Catholic teaching congregations and social Catholic thinkers), the reception of John Dewey’s theories, popular education and Paulo Freire, and extensive analysis of Ivan Illich.

Rosa Bruno-Jofré est reconnue à l’échelle internationale pour ses recherches sur l’histoire de l’éducation, pour l’élaboration de grands projets interdisciplinaires et pour sa vision futuriste du travail de proximité. Elle a contribué au développement d’approches novatrices dans le domaine de l’étude de l’histoire catholique, avec une attention particulière sur l’histoire des congrégations d’enseignantes catholiques et des penseurs sociaux catholiques, de l’accueil des théories de John Dewey, de l’éducation populaire et de Paulo Freire, ainsi que de l’analyse approfondie d’Ivan Illich.

Dr. Bruton's research contributions are in the field of signal processing with emphasis on the synthesis, design and implementation of analog and digital filters for microelectronic circuits. He has invented the Frequency Dependent Negative Resistance (FDNR) filter and the Lossless Discrete Integrator (LDI) filter, both of which are widely used in telecommunications systems, and he currently carries out research on multidimensional filter theory and design. Dr. Bruton won the principal Manning Award in 1991.

Long Citation David Brydges is an outstanding mathematical physicist with a sustained record spanning thirty years of inventive and highly creative achievements in the fields of constructive quantum field theory and mathematical statistical mechanics. He is particularly known for his introduction of new techniques, including random walk representations in spin systems, the lace expansion, and mathematically rigorous non-perturbative implementations of the renormalization group. His work on quantum field theories, self-avoiding walks, branched polymers and Coulomb systems established many of the fundamental properties of these systems and laid the foundation for much important subsequent work by him and others. Short Citation David Brydges is an outstanding mathematical physicist with a sustained record spanning thirty years of inventive and highly creative achievements in the fields of constructive quantum field theory and mathematical statistical mechanics. He is particularly known for his introduction of new techniques, including random walk representations in spin systems, the lace expansion, and mathematically rigorous non-perturbative implementations of the renormalization group.

Updated September 11, 2014 Robert Brym is the SD Clark Professor of Sociology at the University of Toronto. A widely published and internationally recognized authority on the sociology of intellectuals, Jews in Russia and the former Soviet Union, Canadian social movements, and intolerance and violence in the Middle East, he is the recipient of U of T’s Northrop Frye and President’s Teaching Awards and the Outstanding Contribution Award of the Canadian Sociological Association.

Long Citation Vit Bubenik is a master of several Humanities disciplines: Classics, Indology, Slavic, Semitic, Medieval Studies, Comparative and Historical Linguistics, who has added a new dimension to such studies. His monographs The Phonological Interpretation of Ancient Greek and Hellenistic and Roman Greek as a Sociolinguistic Area present new sociolinguistic insights to the study of ancient languages, based on the extensive corpora of Ancient Greek inscriptions, product of the massive archaeological work of the 19th and 20th centuries. He has established that linguistic idiosyncrasies recorded on long-buried stones can yield important new information on life and languages of the past. Short Citation Vit Bubenik is a master of several Humanities disciplines. His monographs The Phonological Interpretation of Ancient Greek and Hellenistic and Roman Greek as a Sociolinguistic Area present new sociolinguistic insights to the study of ancient languages and he has established that linguistic idiosyncrasies recorded on long-buried stones can yield important new information on life and languages of the past.

DAVID REGINALD BUNDLE, Professor, Department of Chemistry, University of Alberta, has led in the field of glycobiology - that life science concerned with the role of complex carbohydrate structures (oligosaccharide ligands) in cell biology. He pioneered the synthesis of both bacterial cell-surface oligosaccharides and structural analogs for systematic physical studies of their recognition by specific monoclonal antibodies. He was uniquely capable of bringing to bear a whole array of the most sophisticated modern methods (including hybridoma technology, protein engineering, X-ray crystallography microcalorimetry, molecular modelling and H- and C-NMR spectroscopy) for structural and thermodynamic studies of oligosaccharide of protein interactions that are of broad and crucial importance to cellular life.

Dr. Ann Burchell is Canada Research Chair in Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) Prevention, Scientist at Unity Health Toronto, and Associate Professor in the University of Toronto Department of Family and Community Medicine and Dalla Lana School of Public Health. She leads internationally-recognized research on how to improve STI prevention and care, and reduce complications from STIs. Her findings are incorporated in national and international STI prevention and control guidelines.

Ann Burchell est titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur la prévention des infections sexuellement transmissibles (IST), scientifique au sein de Unity Health Toronto et professeure agrégée au sein du département de médecine familiale et communautaire et à l'école de santé publique Dalla Lana de l'Université de Toronto. Elle mène des recherches reconnues sur le plan international sur les moyens d'améliorer la prévention et les soins des IST et de réduire les complications liées à ces maladies. Ses conclusions sont intégrées dans les lignes directrices nationales et internationales en matière de prévention et de contrôle des IST.

BURGE, John – School of Music, Queen’s University John Burge is an award-winning composer and champion of the arts in Canada. Exceptional in his ability to write successfully for the entire gamut of vocal and instrumental combinations, his outstanding musical output breaks new ground both technically and expressively. Drawing inspiration from Canada’s magnificent and diverse landscape, history, and culture, Burge’s works have a distinctly Canadian flavour that has contributed greatly to his international recognition.

BURGE, John – School of Music, Queen’s University John Burge est un compositeur récipiendaire de plusieurs prix et un défenseur des arts au Canada. Sa capacité de composer avec succès pour toute une gamme de combinaisons vocales et instrumentales est remarquable et sa production musicale exceptionnelle innove à la fois sur le plan de la technique et de l’expression. S’inspirant du magnifique paysage diversifié canadien, de l’histoire et de la culture du Canada, ses oeuvres présentent un attrait typiquement canadien qui a grandement contribué à la reconnaissance de Burge à l’échelle internationale.

Long Citation (for publication and press release) Clifford Burgess is a theoretical physicist who has made an impact over an unusually broad range of fields during his twenty years of research in Canada. His contributions span superstring theory, early universe cosmology, particle phenomenology, astrophysics and condensed matter physics. His innovative constructions of cosmological inflation based on string theory opened new areas of research and brought string theory to a stage where it may be tested by experimental observations. He is a renowned expert in the applications of effective field theory. With over 120 published articles, he is one of Canada's most prolific and highly cited particle theorists. Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony) Clifford Burgess is a renowned expert in the applications of effective field theory. As a theoretical physicist he has had an impact on an unusually broad range of fields including superstring theory, early universe cosmology, particle phenomenology, astrophysics and condensed matter physics. With over 120 published articles, he is one of Canada's most prolific and highly cited particle theorists.

Dr. Burke has created new knowledge on the role of lipid signalling in pathogen infections and in cancers. He develops cutting-edge methods and infrastructure to study lipid signalling proteins and their role in human health and is developing novel therapeutics for cancer, malaria and viral infection. He has established extensive international collaborative networks to advance translational research towards novel therapeutics.

Dr. Burke a créé des nouvelles connaissances sur le rôle de signalisation lipidique dans les infections pathogéniques et dans les cancers. Il a développé de nouvelles méthodes et de l'infrastructure pour étudier les protéines de signalisation lipidique et leur rôle dans la santé humaine, et il développe des thérapeutiques nouvelles contre les cancers, le paludisme, et les infections virales. Il a établi de vastes reseaux internationaux collaboratifs pour avancer la recherche translationnelle vers de nouvelles thérapies.