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Prof. Raymond Siemens
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Induction Year: 2022
Ray Siemens is Distinguished Professor at the University of Victoria, in English with cross-appointment in Computer Science. His research has revised our understanding of early English poetic tradition and has enriched the academic ecosystem by exploring, testing, and proving the value of emerging digital research, dissemination and collaborative engagement methods – advancing the important mission of the humanities within the academy and in the many communities that humanistic work serves.
Ray Siemens est professeur distingué d’anglais à l’Université de Victoria, où il est également titulaire d’un poste d’enseignement en informatique. Ses recherches ont permis de réviser notre compréhension de la tradition poétique anglaise ancienne et d’enrichir l’écosystème universitaire en explorant, en mettant à l’épreuve et en démontrant l’utilité de nouvelles méthodes numériques de recherche, de diffusion et de mobilisation collaborative – faisant ainsi progresser l’importante mission des sciences humaines au sein du milieu universitaire et dans les nombreuses communautés desservies par les travaux humanistes.
Prof. Winfried Siemerling
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: University of Waterloo
Keywords: North American transnational literatures; Canadian literature; literary theory
Induction Year: 2020
SIEMERLING, Winfried – Department of English Language & Literature, University of Waterloo
Winfried Siemerling is internationally recognized for his pioneering work on Canadian and other North American literatures and cultures in comparative and transnational perspectives. Critically acclaimed for his incisive theorization of English, French and black Canadian writing, Siemerling has influentially repositioned Canadian cultural achievement within broader North American, hemispheric, and transatlantic contexts, breaking new ground with prize-winning works like The New North American Studies (2005) and The Black Atlantic Reconsidered (2015).
Winfried Siemerling est reconnu mondialement pour son analyse novatrice de la littérature canadienne et des autres littératures nord-américaines dans une perspective comparative et transnationale. Salué par la critique pour sa théorisation éclairante des ouvrages en anglais et en français, de même que ceux issus de la communauté noire au Canada, Siemerling a joué un rôle majeur dans le repositionnement des contributions culturelles canadiennes dans le contexte plus vaste nord-américain, hémisphérique et transatlantique, en innovant avec des ouvrages primés tels The New North American Studies (2005) et The Black Atlantic Reconsidered (2015).
Dr. Israel Sigal
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Schrödinger equation, scattering, radiation, quantum stability, resonances
Israel Michael Sigal is one of Canada's most distinguished mathematicians. His most spectacular achievement has been his proof (with Soffer) of the asymptotic completeness of multiparticle systems. This work solved a fundamental problem in mathematical physics which had been studied by some of the world's leading mathematicians in both quantum mechanics and differential equations. Sigal's many other important contributions to mathematical physics include theoretical limits on the number of electrons a nucleus can bind, a theory of bound states in multiparticle systems, and the solution (with Ivrii) of a long open problem on the ground state energy of molecules.
Prof. Patricia Silveira
RSC College Member
Affiliation: McGill University
Induction Year: 2022
Patricia Pelufo Silveira MD, MSc, PhD is the scientific director of the Genomics and Epigenetics Pillar of the Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics & Mental Health, based at the Douglas Research Centre, and an associate professor at the Department of Psychiatry, Faculty of Medicine and Health Sciences at McGill University. She
is a pediatrician specialized in Neonatal Follow Up and a neuroscientist.
Patricia Pelufo Silveira, médecin, M. Sc., Ph. D., est directrice scientifique du Genomics and Epigenetics Pillar du Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health basé au Centre de recherche Douglas, et professeure agrégée au Département de psychiatrie de la Faculté de médecine et des sciences de la santé de l’Université McGill. Elle
est une pédiatre spécialisée dans le suivi néonatal et une neuroscientifique.
Prof. Jacques Simard
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Université Laval
Induction Year: 2021
Jacques Simard’s international research contributed to the discovery of breast, ovarian and prostate cancer susceptibility genes BRCA1 and BRCA2, resulting in a genetic predisposition test used worldwide. His international studies on deciphering the genetic architecture of breast cancer, provided the long-awaited knowledge to develop personalized risk assessment tools to improve prevention and early detection of the disease, targeting women most likely to benefit, especially through a populational risk stratified screening approach.
Les études internationales de Jacques Simard sur le décryptage des risques génétiques du cancer du sein furent déterminantes pour le développement des outils d’évaluation des risques de la maladie afin d'améliorer la prévention et la détection précoce du cancer, ciblant les femmes les plus susceptibles d'en bénéficier, notamment grâce à un test de prédisposition génétique pour les gènes BRCA1 et BRCA2 pour les femmes à risque élevé ainsi que d’une approche de dépistage personnalisée pour les femmes de la population en général.
Prof. Jean-Jacques Simard
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université Laval
Keywords: Modernité, identité, Autochtones, Québec
Notice académique longue
Jean-Jacques Simard, sociologue, est un incurable généraliste dans un univers de spécialistes. II affirme « travailler comme un plombier, sur appel ». II a publié des ouvrages majeurs qui font désormais autorité : La longue marche des technocrates (1979), sur la Révolution tranquille et le développement régional au Québec; Tendances nordiques, Les changements sociaux chez les Cris et Inuit du Québec, 1970-1990 (1996); La Réduction, L’Autochtone inventé et les Amérindiens d'aujourd'hui, qui s'est mérité le prestigieux Prix du Gouverneur général du Canada en 2004; et L'Éclosion, De l'Ethnie-cité canadienne-française à la société québécoise (Québec, 2005).
Notice académique courte
Jean-Jacques Simard, sociologue, est un incurable généraliste dans un univers de spécialistes. Il a publié des ouvrages majeurs qui font désormais autorité, y compris La Réduction, L’Autochtone inventé et les Amérindiens d'aujourd'hui, qui s'est mérité le prestigieux Prix du Gouverneur général du Canada en 2004; et L'Éclosion, De l'Ethnie-cité canadienne-française à la société québécoise (Québec, 2005).
Prof. Alain Simard
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Northern Ontario School of Medicine
Keywords: neuroimmunologie; maladies neurodégénératives; système cholinergique; modulation de la réponse inflammatoire
Induction Year: 2014
Alain Simard has demonstrated exceptional accomplishments in his early career. His innovative research focuses on the central nervous system, namely on interactions between nerve and inflammatory cells. His work has been published in the top journals and has earned him grants and awards from the most prestigious organizations. He contributes to important scientific advances in the understanding and treatment of neurodegenerative and inflammatory diseases.
Alain Simard mène un programme de recherche novateur axé sur le système nerveux central, en particulier les interactions entre les neurones et les cellules immunitaires. Publiés dans les meilleures revues, ses travaux lui ont également valu des subventions et distinctions de prestigieux organismes. Ce jeune chercheur exceptionnel participe à d’importants progrès scientifiques en matière de compréhension et de traitement des maladies neurodégénératives et inflammatoires.
Mr. Cyril Simard
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Société internationale des enteprises ÉCONOMUSÉE
Keywords: patrimoine tangible et entangible, architecture, economuseé, muséologie
Cyril Simard, architecte, designer et ethnologue, est président-directeur général de la Société des entreprises ECONOMUSEE. Docteur en histoire, il est pionnier de la redécouverte et de la mise en valeur de patrimoine.
Il a réalisé le premier inventaire exhaustif de l'artisanat québécois, en quatre volumes qui demeurent référence de base. Il a développé et assuré la reconnaissance internationale du concept des « économusées », des établissements qui marient le rôle traditionnel des musées à la revivification d'entreprises artisanales; il en a créé le réseau québécois et guide sa mise en oeuvre dans les autres provinces du Canada.
Ses plus récents travaux et publications portent sur la diffusion du patrimoine architectural québécois, des métiers et savoir-faire du Canada.
Jean Simard
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Université Laval
Keywords: Patrimoine religieux, art religieux, art populaire, religion populaire, iconographie
Pionnier des études sur l'iconographie et l'imagerie religieuses comparées, Jean Simard s'est fait remarquer par ses nombreux travaux sur l'art et la religion populaires : neuf ouvrages, une cinquantaine d'articles scientifiques, plus de cinquante communications et conférences, qu'il a transposés en cinq films et autant d'expositions destinées à un large public.
Reconnu par ses pairs dans le vaste champ du patrimoine culturel, il fut sollicité en 1984 pour organiser l'exposition « Le Grand Héritage », tenue au Musée du Québec à l'occasion de la visite du pape Jean-Paul II au Canada, alors qu'en 1989 on lui décema la médaille Luc-Lacourcière, qui couronne le meilleur ouvrage sur l'ethnologie des francophones en Amérique du Nord.
Mr. René Simard
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Biotechnologie, science et technologie, bioethique
René Simard, de l'Université de Montréal, est reconnu internationalement pour ses travaux de recherche sur le nucléole cellulaire et les effets des infections virales sur la matrice nucléaire. Il eut, de plus, une grande influence sur le développement de la recherche biomédicale au Québec et au Canada.
Dr. Katherine Siminovitch
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Induction Year: 2014
Dr. Siminovitch’s discoveries of genetic and molecular pathways underpinning immunologic diseases have elucidated new paradigms of signal transduction and cell biology, illuminating the mechanisms whereby selected classes of signal transducting effectors link extracellular stimuli to cytoskeletal-driven cell responses or to the attenuation of cell responses required for homeostasis. Her discoveries of molecular pathways responsible for autoimmune disease have also profoundly advanced understanding and potential to ameliorate these common debilitating diseases.
Dr. Sherry Simon
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Concordia University
Keywords: Traduction, Villes multilingues, histoire culturelle, Montréal, Littérature canadienne et indienne.
Notice académique longue (pour publications et communiqués de presse)
Par sa participation au débat sur l’identité culturelle et la diversité au Québec, et par la manière dont elle a ouvert le champ de réflexion sur la traduction- montrant le potentiel de la traduction pour révéler les transformations en cours dans les rapports entre nations et communautés- Sherry Simon a fait une contribution immense à la vie des idées au Canada. Son travail récent sur Montréal renouvelle notre vision de cette ville, en en faisant un laboratoire d'identités et d’imaginaires. Parmi ses publications : Le Trafic des langues (Boréal, 1994), Gender in Translation (Routledge, 1996), Hybridité Culturelle, (Editions Ile de la Tortue, Montréal, 1999) et Translating Montreal. Episode in the Life of a Divided City (McGill-Queen’s 1006) qui paraîtra en 2008 en traduction française chez Fidès. Elle a également assuré la direction de plusieurs volumes, dont New Readings of Yiddish Montreal-Traduire le Montéal Yiddish, Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2007.
Prof. Slobodan Simonovic
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Western University
Induction Year: 2020
Slobodan P. Simonovic has made seminal contributions to the development of systems engineering approaches to the planning, designing and managing of complex water resources systems in the search for sustainable and robust physical and societal solutions, based on stakeholders’ value systems and ethical principles. He has utilized multiple approaches for addressing subjective and objective uncertainties in managing water resources systems.
Slobodan P. Simonovic a apporté des contributions fondamentales au développement d’approches d’ingénierie relatives à la planification, la conception et la gestion de systèmes complexes de ressources en eau. Ses travaux ont été accomplis dans une perspective de recherche de solutions physiques et sociétales durables et robustes, en tenant compte des systèmes de valeurs et des principes éthiques des parties prenantes. Il a également utilisé plusieurs approches pour aborder les incertitudes subjectives et objectives dans la gestion des systèmes de ressources en eau.
Myrna Simpson
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto Scarborough
Induction Year: 2025
Dr. Claudine Simson
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Freescale Semiconductor, Inc.
Keywords: Telecommunications, information technology, microelectronics, optoelectronics, intellectual property
Dr. Claudine Simson has made significant and innovative contributions to the fields of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Intellectual Property. She provided technical leadership in Canada's largest Research and Development organization, and was a key figure in leading critical Intellectual Property initiatives and establishing Advanced Research Programs world wide, particularly with universities, government laboratories, research consortia and research institutions.
Prof. Nathalie Sinclair
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Simon Fraser University
Keywords: mathematics, education, technology, geometry, embodied cognition, aesthetics
Induction Year: 2017
Nathalie Sinclair, the Canada Research Chair in Tangible Mathematics Learning since 2011, is fascinated by the potential of technology both to bring mathematics to vibrant life and to transform how teachers and learners can approach the subject. Her research focuses primarily on how to make mathematics more learnable, by enabling children to engage with concepts in tangible and dynamic ways that facilitate both a deeper and a more fluent understanding.
Nathalie Sinclair, titulaire d’une Chaire de recherche du Canada sur l’apprentissage des mathématiques concrètes depuis 2011, est fascinée par le potentiel offert par la technologie. Celle-ci peut à la fois dynamiser l’apprentissage des mathématiques et transformer la façon dont les enseignants et les apprenants peuvent aborder le sujet. Ses recherches portent principalement sur une meilleure assimilation des mathématiques, en permettant aux enfants de comprendre les concepts de façon tangible et dynamique.
Dr. David Sinclair
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Carleton University
Keywords: Nuclear physics, particle physics, astrophysics
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David Sinclair is an outstanding Canadian physicist with an international reputation for his work in nuclear and particle physics, particularly his leadership in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) project. He is the Deputy Director of SNO and the leader of a new International Facility for Underground Science that will maintain Canada's leading role in Particle Astrophysics. His scientific leadership and technical accomplishments in experimental design and ultra-low radioactivity systems were crucial to the major scientific success of SNO. He is a Professor of Physics at Carleton University and a Senior Research Scientist at TRIUMF.
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David Sinclair is an outstanding Canadian physicist with an international reputation for his work in nuclear and particle physics, particularly his leadership in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) project. He is the leader of a new International Facility for Underground Science that will maintain Canada's leading role in Particle Astrophysics.
Prof. Anthony Sinclair
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Ecology, conservation, ecosystems, mammals
Dr. Anthony Sinclair's intellectual and scientific activities are almost without bounds. At one end of the spectrum, he is a pivotal part of an innovative interdisciplinary study (ranging from molecular biology to ecology) aimed at biological control of pest populations. As far as we know, this study is the only one of its kind in the world and it is visionary applied biology. At the other extreme, he is one of the world's leading experts on population regulation of both animals and humans. His work on east African large mammals - extending over three decades of time - has broadened into analysis of long-term ecosystem dynamics, including the role of humans in African ecosystems and sets new standards for the field, while his work on the boreal forests of the Yukon has opened up new avenues into the chemical ecology of plants and the population dynamics of their herbivores. Most recently, he is engaged in a biodiversity initiative, probably the largest and most comprehensive in Canada, involving universities, governments, and society at large. It is not surprising that Dr. Anthony Sinclair is widely acknowledged to be a world leader in his field.
Dr. Pekka Sinervo, C.M.
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: High energy physics, quarks and leptons, matter and anti-matter
Pekka K. Sinervo, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, was a leader of the team credited with discovering the top quark, one of the 12 fundamental building blocks of nature. He has made precise measurements of the properties of top and bottom quarks and is currently a proponent of the ATLAS experiment to unveil the origins of mass in our world. He has played important roles in the cultivation and advancement of physics research and education in Canada, e.g., by chairing the NSERC/Canadian Association of Physicists review of Canadian subatomic physics and the NSERC Reallocation Steering Committee on Subatomic Physics.
Dr. Peter Singer
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Global health
Long Citation
Peter Singer, an internationally recognized bioethicist and expert in science policy and global health, has been recognized by the nation's highest health research awards including the CIHR Distinguished Investigator and Michael Smith finalist awards. Singer has published over 225 articles, obtained over $50 million in research grants, trained over 50 graduate students and fellows, and made important, original contributions in transplant ethics, end-of-life care, resource allocation, bioethics teaching, public health ethics and global health. He has advised the Gates Foundation and the United Nations, and founded the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics, one of the world's leading bioethics centres.
Short Citation
Peter Singer, an internationally recognized bioethicist and expert in science policy and global health, has been recognized by the nation's highest health research awards. He has published over 225 articles, obtained over $50 million in research grants, trained over 50 graduate students and fellows, and made important, original contributions in transplant ethics, end-of-life care, resource allocation, bioethics teaching, public health ethics and global health.
Dr. Bhagirath Singh
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Western University
Keywords: Immunology, immunotherapy, autoimmune disease, diabetes, infections
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Dr. Bhagirath Singh has made outstanding contributions to immunology and autoimmunity that have allowed a better understanding of the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus and its therapy. Dr. Singh delineated the fundamental role of antigenic protein processing and presentation in the initiation of T lymphcyte-dependent adaptive immune responses. He also demonstrated the preventative and therapeutic potentials of modulating the cytokine environment in the initiation and progression of autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic islet cells and the establishment of diabetes mellitus.
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Bhagirath Singh has made outstanding contributions to immunology and autoimmunity. He demonstrated the preventative and therapeutic potentials of modulating the cytokine environment in the initiation and progression of autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic islet cells and the establishment of diabetes mellitus.
Sheila Singh
RSC College Member
Affiliation: McMaster University
Keywords: neurosurgery, stem cell, cancer, biology, brain tumour
Induction Year: 2017
Sheila Singh is a highly accomplished clinician scientist and internationally recognized scholar in the area of stem cell biology and cancer research. She has achieved critical research advances that have led to innovative new cancer therapies; she provides exceptional and compassionate care for many children and families afflicted by cancer; and, she exemplifies a commitment to excellence in clinical scholarship and pedagogy by mentoring a new generation of surgeon scientists.
Sheila Singh est une scientifique accomplie, clinicienne et chercheuse internationalement reconnue dans le domaine de la biologie des cellules souches et de la recherche sur le cancer. Elle a contribué à des progrès essentiels en matière de recherche, y compris de nouvelles thérapies innovantes contre le cancer. Elle fournit des soins très attentionnés et avec d’empathie à de nombreux enfants et de nombreuses familles aux prises avec le cancer. De plus, elle incarne l’excellence dans la recherche clinique et la pédagogie grâce à son mentorat d’une nouvelle génération de chirurgiens.
Prof. David Sinton
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Fluids, energy, microfluidics, nanofluidics, optofluidics, lab-on-a-chip, bioenergy
Induction Year: 2022
David Sinton pioneered the area of microfluidics for energy applications, inventing (i) the microfluidic fuel cell with flow-through porous electrodes providing class-leading power densities, (ii) microfluidic methods to quantify transport and reactivity in CO2 sequestration and oil recovery, and (iii) the dense cultivation of photosynthetic biofilms on optical waveguides for bioenergy. He also solved long-standing biomedical challenges in transport to biosensors and the selection of sperm with high DNA integrity.
David Sinton est un pionnier de la microfluidique pour l’énergie, ayant inventé (i) une pile à combustible microfluidique à haute densité énergétique, (ii) une méthode microfluidique pour quantifier le transport/réactivité pour la séquestration du CO2 et la récupération du pétrole, et (iii) la cultivation dense de biofilms photosynthétiques en bioénergie. Il a résolu des défis biomédicaux vis-à-vis le transport aux biosenseurs et la sélection de sperme à haute qualité.




