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Prof. Daniel Trefler
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Induction Year: 2025
Daniel Trefler engages in fundamental research on international trade, innovation, inequality, and AI. He also contributes to policy debates surrounding trade agreements and global governance, including advising Canada on CETA, USMCA, and China. His awards include the Killam Prize, the Bank of Canada Fellowship, and the Canada Research Chair. His work has been cited by the Nobel Committee, the WTO, New York Times, Newsweek, Wall Street Journal, and The Economist.
Daniel Trefler mène des recherches fondamentales sur le commerce international, l’innovation, les inégalités et l’IA. Il contribue également aux débats politiques sur les accords commerciaux et la gouvernance mondiale, notamment en conseillant le Canada sur l’ALE, l’ACEUM et la Chine. Il a reçu le prix Killam, la bourse de la Banque du Canada et la Chaire de recherche du Canada. Ses travaux ont été cités par le comité Nobel, l’OMC, le New York Times, Newsweek, le Wall Street Journal et The Economist.
Dr. Scott Tremaine
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Institute for Advanced Study
Keywords: Galactic structure, solar system dynamics, stellar dynamics
Scott Tremaine is probably best known for his prediction (confirmed by Voyager) that shepherding satellites must play a major role in maintaining the stability of planetary rings. Tremaine has also made major contributions to studies of the stability of the solar system, the origin of short-period comets, and the dynamical evolution of massive galaxies in clusters. In recent years he has been the dynamic director of the highly successful Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics (CITA).
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université TELUQ
Induction Year: 2023
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, École des sciences de l’administration, Université TÉLUQ, is an internationally renowned expert in the socio-economics of work, who has developed innovative approaches to the institutionalist theory applied to the organization of work and work-family balance. She has applied them in research in partnership with various professional communities and has received several prestigious distinctions from scientific and professional associations.
Diane-Gabrielle Tremblay, École des sciences de l’administration, Université TÉLUQ , est une spécialiste en socio-économie du travail de renommée internationale qui a développé des approches innovantes sur la théorie institutionnaliste appliquée à l’organisation du travail et à la conciliation travail-famille. Elle les a appliquées dans des recherches en partenariat avec divers milieux professionnels et a reçu plusieurs distinctions prestigieuses d’associations scientifiques et professionnelles.
Dr. Michel L. Tremblay
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Signaling, transgenic animal, cancer, tyrosine phosphatase, biochemistry
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Le professeur Michel L. Tremblay est un expert mondial des protéines tyrosines phosphatases ( les PTP). Ses travaux remarquables sur cette importante classe d’enzymes en ont démontré le rôle dans une grand nombre de fonctions essentielles à la vie. Il a réalisé ces découvertes majeures par l’utilisation avant-gardiste des souris transgéniques afin d’étudier leurs fonctions. Dans son article majeur sur l’inactivation du PTP-lB, publié dans Science, il a démontré qu’elle jouait un rôle important dans la progression du diabète, de l’obésité et récemment dans le cancer. Plus de 40 sociétés pharmaceutiques dans le monde entier ont maintenant un programme de recherche sur les médicaments à base de PTP-lB, ce qui illustre de façon éloquente l’impact de ces recherches sur la santé humaine. Michel L. Tremblay a élargi cette approche fructueuse à d’autres membres de la famille des protéines tyrosine phosphatases. Par exemple, la PTPsigma joue un rôle dans la réparation de la moelle épinière, une découverte majeure et prometteuse pour les personnes atteintes de lésions médullaires. La PTP-TC est également importante dans les réponses du système immunitaire et dans la formation des cellules souches. Les recherches du professeur Tremblay ont ouvert de nouvelles avenues thérapeutiques. Il est un véritable pionnier de la science. Son approche entrepreneuriale et enthousiaste envers la recherche fondamentale et ses impacts sur la santé humaine est une source d’inspiration pour nous tous.
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Le professeur Michel L. Tremblay est un expert mondial des protéines tyrosine phosphatases. Ses travaux remarquables sur cette importante classe d’enzymes en ont démontré le rôle dans le traitement du cancer, du diabète, et de l'obésité. Il est un véritable pionnier de la science. Son approche entrepreneuriale et enthousiaste envers la recherche fondamentale et ses impacts sur la santé humaine est une source d’inspiration pour nous tous.
Mr. André-Marie Tremblay
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Sherbrooke
Keywords: Electrons corrélés, matériaux quantiques, supraconducteurs à haute température, problème à N-corps, simulations numèriques
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M. Tremblay est théoricien de la manière condensée, un des plus connus au Canada. Il a aidé à construire un groupe de recherche de haut calibre dans le domaine des matériaux quantiques et de l'informatique quantique à Sherbrooke. Il a été un chef de fil canadien qui a combiné les simulations numériques à grande échelle avec le développement de nouvelles approches analytiques pour les systèmes d’électrons fortement corrélés. Son travail a éclairci des questions fondamentales dans le domaine de la supraconductivité à haute température. Il a aussi supervisé un grand nombre d’étudiants et de chercheurs postdoctoraux, en plus d’assumer de lourdes tâches administratives.
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Andre-Marie Tremblay is one of Canada’s preeminent condensed matter theorists. He has been a Canadian leader in the Physics of strongly correlated electron systems. His work has shed light on the fundamental questions in the field of high-Tc superconductivity.
Mr. Richard Tremblay
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Enfance inadaptée, développement de l'enfant, relations parent-enfant, agressivité, prévention, délinquance
Richard E. Tremblay est un chercheur de renommée internationale dans le domaine du développement des enfants. Depuis 20 ans, il a suivi plus de 30 000 enfants canadiens pour comprendre les facteurs qui influencent leur adaptation sociale et pour expérimenter des interventions préventives.
Il est reconnu pour avoir démontré que les comportements des enfants à l'entrée dans le système scolaire permettent de prédire les difficultés de rendement scolaire, d'adaptation sociale et de santé jusqu'à la fin de l'adolescence. Il a également dirigé l'une des rares interventions expérimentales montrant des effets bénéfiques à long terme pour la socialisation des jeunes garçons disruptifs.
Dr. Marie-Ève Tremblay
RSC College Member
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Induction Year: 2023
Marie-Ève Tremblay is the Canada Research Chair in Neurobiology of Aging and Cognition. She is a world expert on microglia, the brain's immune cells. Her research aims to develop innovative therapies promoting brain resilience and healthy cognitive aging. She strongly advocates equity, diversity and inclusion, and collaboration via training. With her international research team, she has contributed to multi-disciplinary endeavours across fields, including reproduction, development, neuroscience, nutrition, immunometabolism, and aging.
Marie-Ève Tremblay est titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en neurobiologie du vieillissement et de la cognition. Elle est une experte mondiale de la microglie, les cellules immunitaires du cerveau. Ses recherches visent à mettre au point des thérapies novatrices qui favorisent la résilience du cerveau et le vieillissement cognitif en santé. Elle est une fervente défenseuse de l'équité, de la diversité et de l'inclusion, ainsi que de la collaboration par la formation. Avec son équipe de recherche internationale, elle a contribué à des projets multidisciplinaires dans des domaines tels que la reproduction, le développement, les neurosciences, la nutrition, l'immunométabolisme et le vieillissement.
Prof. Andrea Tricco
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Unity Health Toronto
Keywords: Knowledge synthesis, rapid reviews, scoping reviews, network meta-analysis, knowledge translation, patient engagement
Induction Year: 2021
Accessing up-to-date research is imperative for decision-making by patients, clinicians, and policymakers. But the vast, complex available research is often inconsistent in findings and conclusions, making it impossible to use for decision-making. Dr. Tricco is advancing the science of knowledge syntheses within health to meet this challenge. Her research is used to inform Canadian and international knowledge synthesis groups on how to provide relevant, timely and high-quality information to decision-makers.
L’accès aux recherches à jour est un facteur impératif dans la prise de décision chez les patients, les cliniciens et les décideurs politiques. Cependant, les résultats et les conclusions de ces recherches vastes et complexes sont souvent incohérents, donc elles deviennent impossibles à exploiter dans la prise de décision. Afin de relever ce défi, Dr. Tricco fait progresser la science de la synthèse des connaissances au sein des soins de santé. En effet, ses recherches servent à informer les groupes de synthèse de connaissance, tant à l’échelle nationale qu’internationale, sur la manière de fournir de l’information jugée pertinente, à point et de haute qualité aux décideurs.
Dr. William Trimble
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Synaptic vesicle, membrane fusion, cytokinesis, neurotranmission, cancer
Long Citation
Dr. Trimble has made important discoveries that help to explain how cells in the brain communicate for each other. Communication is achieved through the release of small packets of chemicals by their fusion with the cell membrane. This discovery has impacted all fields of biology since it is now known that these same mechanisms are used for membrane fusion in all cell types and in all organisms. He has also discovered a new group of proteins that participate both in brain communication and cellular division, and may provide insights into how cancer develops.
Short Citation
William Trimble has made important discoveries that help to explain how cells in the brain communicate for each other. This discovery has impacted all fields of biology since it is now known that these same mechanisms are used for membrane fusion in all cell types and in all organisms. Dr. Trimble has also discovered a new group of proteins that participate both in brain communication and cellular division, and may provide insights into how cancer develops.
M. Nico Trocme
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Social Work, child welfare, child abuse and neglect, foster care
Induction Year: 2017
TROCMÉ, Nicolas, School of Social Work, McGill University
Nico Trocmé has dedicated his career to child welfare and is a leading voice for ensuring that governments provide young people under their responsibility with the highest standards of care. The principal investigator for the Canadian Incidence Study (CIS) of Reported Child Abuse and Neglect, he also leads a Provincial-Territorial initiative to develop a common set of National Outcomes Measures (NOM) in child welfare.
Dr. James Trotter
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Crystallography, chemical crystallography, X-ray diffraction, crystal structure analysis
Dr. James Trotter has displayed outstanding originality and productivity in his contribution to the elucidation of the crystal and molecular structure of a wide variety of chemical compounds by X-ray crystallographic methods. His recent researches on large organic molecules, many of which are of great biological importance, have for the first time led to the determination of the complete structures and absolute configurations of such complex molecular systems. Likewise his work on inorganic and organometallic compounds has provided structural information considered to be of the utmost importance in understanding the nature of chemical bonding in these substances.
Mr. Gilles Trudeau
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Droit du travail, relations industrielles
Induction Year: 2025
Gilles Trudeau holds a doctorate (S.J.D.) in labour law from Harvard Law School (1985) and he is member of the Quebec Bar Association (1981). He taught labour law and industrial relations at the School of Industrial Relations (École de relations industrielles) of the Université de Montreal for more than twenty years and he served as director of that institution from 1995 to 1999. Dr Trudeau is currently professor of labour law at the Faculty of Law (Faculté de droit) of the same university, Faculty of which he was dean from 2008 to 2012. He is also member of the Inter-University Research Centre on Globalization and Work (CRIMT). His major fields of research and publication include labour and employment law in general and its recent evolution in the context of globalization. Gilles Trudeau acted as a labour arbitrator for more than twenty years in Quebec and in the federal jurisdiction.
Docteur en droit du travail du Harvard Law School (1985), Gilles Trudeau est aussi bachelier en relations industrielles (1976), licencié en droit de l'Université de Montréal (1979) et membre du Barreau du Québec (1981). Professeur à l'Université de Montréal depuis 1979, il publie des travaux qui font autorité dans divers domaines du droit du travail encore inexplorés : l'obligation pour le travailleur d'obéir et ses limites, les mesures disciplinaires et leur nature, la réintégration du travailleur injustement congédié et le droit de refuser un travail jugé dangereux. Depuis une vingtaine d'années, il s'intéresse aussi aux sources du droit du travail et à leur évolution dans le cadre de l'intégration économique mondiale. Ses travaux s'inscrivent dans le cadre du Centre de recherche interuniversitaire sur la mondialisation et le travail (CRIMT) dont il est un des membres fondateurs.
Au cours de sa carrière universitaire, Gilles Trudeau a exercé plusieurs mandats de direction. Il a notamment été directeur de l'École de relations industrielles (1995 à 1999) et doyen de la Faculté de droit (2008 à 2012) de l'Université de Montréal. Il a par ailleurs agi pendant plus de 20 ans comme arbitre de griefs au Québec et dans la compétence fédérale.
M. Pierre Trudel
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: Université de Montréal
Keywords: Cyberespace, Droit des communications, Communication, Droit
Induction Year: 2017
Pierre Trudel is full professor at the Public Law Research Center, University of Montreal, Law School. His work has made a significant contribution to knowledge of information law in Canada and around the world. He has been a pioneer in the structuring and theorizing of law relating to the production and circulation of information in analog environments as well as in digital and networked environments.
TRUDEL, Pierre - Faculté de droit Université de Montréal
Pierre Trudel est professeur au Centre de recherche en droit public de la Faculté de droit de l’Université de Montréal. Ses travaux ont contribué significativement à la connaissance du droit de l’information au Canada et dans le monde. Il a fait œuvre de pionnier dans la structuration et la théorisation du droit relatif à la production et à la circulation de l’information aussi bien dans les environnements analogiques que numériques.
Catherine Trudelle
RSC College Member
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal
Keywords: géographie sociale, sociologie urbaine, aménagement territoire
Induction Year: 2015
Catherine Trudelle holds the Canada Research Chair on Socioterritorial Conflict and Local Governance and is a geography professor at l’Université du Québec à Montréal. She initiated the development of a field of research on the feedback dynamic between conflicts and the social and physical dimensions of living environments. Her works on the modeling of conflicts allow to account for the different dimensions of these conflicts, including the dynamics that mark their spatiotemporal evolution and the sequential study of their networks.
Catherine Trudelle, titulaire de la Chaire de recherche sur les conflits socio-territoriaux et la gouvernance locale et professeure de géographie de l’UQAM, a inauguré l’étude des rapports de rétroaction entre les conflits et les dimensions sociales et physiques des milieux de vie. Ses travaux sur la modélisation des conflits permettent de rendre compte de leurs différentes dimensions, des dynamiques qui marquent leur évolution spatiotemporelle ainsi que de l’étude séquentielle de leurs réseaux.
Trevor Trust
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: AstraZeneca R & D Boston
Keywords: Antibacterials, drug discovery, drug development
T.J. Trevor was amongst the very first microbiologists to recognize the importance of bacteria surface arrays (S-layers) as virulence factors in disease. He was also amongst the first to apply modem molecular genetics to solve their synthetic, translation and self-assembly pathways. As a result of his research the fish pathogen, 'Aeromonas salmonicida', is the best defined disease agent of all S-layered bacteria. He has also been instrumental in helping solve the infective mechanisms of two important human pathogens, 'Campylobacter fetus' and 'Helicobacter pylori'.
Esther Trépanier
RSC Fellow, Academy of the Arts and Humanities
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal
Keywords: modernité, art canadien québécois, histoire de l'art
Induction Year: 2011
Esther Trépanier conceptualized the subject of modernity in Quebec art from the inter-war period, highlighted the contribution of women to Quebec art, and those of Anglophone and Jewish artists to modern Montreal painting.
Esther Trépanier a conceptualisé la question de la modernité dans l’art québécois de l’entre-deux guerres, mis en lumière la contribution des femmes dans l’art québécois et celle des artistes anglophones et juifs dans la peinture moderne montréalaise.
Dr. Ming Tsao
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Induction Year: 2020
Ming-Sound Tsao is an internationally recognized leader in lung cancer translational and biomarker research. His work contributed to the establishment of molecular prognostic and predictive biomarkers in personalized medicine and precision cancer therapy. He is a recognized authority in the standardization of biomarker assays in lung cancer and their clinical implementation. He also pioneered the development of novel experimental models using patient tumours to study cancer biology and new therapies.
Ming-Sound Tsao est un chef de file reconnu sur le plan international pour ses recherches translationnelles et ses travaux sur les biomarqueurs relatifs au cancer du poumon. Ses travaux ont contribué à la mise en place de biomarqueurs moléculaires pronostiques et prédictifs en médecine personnalisée et en thérapie ciblée. Il est un expert reconnu dans la standardisation des dosages des biomarqueurs et de leur mise en œuvre en milieu clinique. Il est également pionnier dans la mise en place de nouveaux modèles expérimentaux utilisant des tumeurs de patients pour étudier la biologie du cancer et de nouvelles thérapies.
Dr. John Tse
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Keywords: high pressure, synchrotron science, condensed matters
John Tse is a scientific leader, nationally and internationally, in the application of sophisticated computational and experimental methods to determine the relation between structure and properties of complex solids. His fundamental work on phase transformations in ice, and on the structure and thermal properties of natural and synthetic gas hydrates (clathrates), is of great potential significance for the eventual exploitation of this immense resource. He has applied computer simulations, synchrotron radiation techniques and neutron scattering with great success to a wide range of subjects including the elucidation of structure, bonding and superconductivity in high pressure solids, and alloys for batteries and aerospace materials.
Dr. Sasha Tsenkova
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Induction Year: 2022
Dr. Sasha Tsenkova is one of the world’s prominent scholars in urbanism, focusing on the nexus of planning, design and policy. She is the leading authority in Canada on housing and planning policies in Eastern Europe, and an internationally recognised expert on comparative urban and housing research. Her innovative and impactful work on resilience focuses on housing and planning strategies to design sustainable, livable and equitable cities.
Sasha Tsenkova est l’une des plus éminentes spécialistes mondiales de l’urbanisme. Ses travaux portent principalement sur les liens entre la planification, la conception et les politiques. Elle est la principale autorité au Canada en matière de politiques de logement et d’urbanisme en Europe de l’Est et une experte de renommée internationale en recherche comparative sur l’urbanisme et le logement. Ses travaux novateurs et percutants sur la résilience sont axés sur les stratégies de logement et d’urbanisme qui permettent de concevoir des villes durables, vivables et équitables.
Dr. John Tsotsos
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: Computational vision, human vision, visual attention, robotics, artificial intelligence
Induction Year: 2010
(Fellow citation)
Tsotsos, John - Mathematics and Computer Sciences - York University
John Tsotsos is Canada’s premiere interdisciplinary vision scientist. His research addresses how the human brain processes what the eyes see as well as how to use that knowledge to develop innovative robotic systems that can see and understand the visual world in the performance of complex tasks. One of his major achievements is to define the Selective Tuning theory of vision: it has inspired new discoveries regarding the function of the human visual system as well as a new autonomous, intelligent, wheelchair for the physically challenged. His leadership in Canada is second to none, having built world-class vision groups and networks, and leading major scientific activities internationally in both computer and human vision science.
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(2015 Dawson Medal citation)
Tsotsos, John - Mathematics and Computer Sciences - York University
John Tsotsos is Canada’s premiere interdisciplinary vision scientist, spanning computer and human vision. An international leader in active vision and computational models of vision and attention, he provided the first formal theorems regarding the complexity of human vision. Using these, he defined a neural architecture and theory of human visual attention, including counterintuitive predictions. These predictions have been strongly supported experimentally, now forming a new basis for vision science. His leadership in Canada is second to none, having built world-class vision groups and networks, and leading major scientific activities internationally in both computer and human vision science.
Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: University of Hong Kong
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Professor Lap-Chee Tsui is the Founding President of the Academy of Sciences of Hong Kong. He is also President of Victor and William Fung Foundation, Hong Kong, and Director of Qiushi Academy for Advanced Studies, Zhejiang University, China. He was the immediate-past Vice Chancellor of The University of Hong Kong and, prior to which, he was Geneticist-in-Chief at the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto and University Professor at University of Toronto, Canada.
Professor Tsui received his Bachelor and Master degrees from the Chinese University of Hong Kong and his PhD from University of Pittsburgh in 1979. He is world renowned for his research work in human genetics and genomics, notably theidentification of the gene for Cystic Fibrosis in 1989 and, later,other human genetic diseases while conducting a comprehensive characterization of human chromosome 7. He is also noted for his significant contribution to fighting the SARS coronavirus in 2003 and his role in leading the Hong Kong consortium in the international effort in completing the first comprehensive catalogue of human genome variations.
Dr. Tsui has over 300 peer-reviewed scientific publications and 65 invited book chapters. He is the recipient of many national and international prizes, and a Fellow of Royal Society of Canada, Fellow of Royal Society of London, Fellow of Academia Sinica, Foreign Associate of the National Academy of Sciences USA, Foreign Member of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, and Laureate of the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. He has received many awards over the years, including 15honorary doctoral degrees from universities around the world,the Order of Canada, the Order of Ontario, Knight of the Légiond'Honneur of France, the Gold Bauhinia Star and Justice of the Peace from the Hong Kong SAR Government
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Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui has made major contributions in two areas of medical science. He and his colleagues have been instrumental in delineating the mechanisms of control of the formation of y-crystallin, a critical functional protein of the ocular lens. More recently, Dr. Tsui was the leader of a team which succeeded in the localization and clonal isolation of the gene for cystic fibrosis, a highly prevalent and debilitating human genetic disease. This work represents one of the most significant and remarkable achievements of molecular biology and human genetics in recent years. It will almost surely lead to preventive and curative strategies in the near future for a disease that affects a significant fraction of the human population.
Dr. James Tuck
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
James A. Tuck received his Ph.D. in Anthropology in 1968 from Syracuse University. He joined the Department of Anthropology, Memorial University of Newfoundland in 1967 and also served as Provincial Archaeologist of Newfoundland and Labrador from 1967 to 1972. Dr. Tuck has played a dominant role in synthesizing the complex prehistory of eastern Canada and adjacent regions. One-third of both his six books and 40 articles are written for a non-specialist readership. The subject matter of these publications is exceptionally eclectic, including Onondaga settlement patterns, the entire 9,000 years of prehistory in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and a 16th century Basque whaling station in Labrador.
Prof. Nathalie Tufenkji
RSC Fellow, Academy of Sciences
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: sustainable nanotechnology, water protection, natural antimicrobials
Induction Year: 2024
Nathalie Tufenkji is the Canada Research Chair in Biocolloids and Surfaces in the Department of Chemical Engineering at McGill University. She is internationally renowned for her work on water protection, development of safe nanotechnology, and natural antimicrobials. Her impressive record of contributions integrating chemical engineering, nanotechnology and biology are helping to position Canada at the forefront of innovative research that has implications for protection of the environment and public health.
Nathalie Tufenkji tient la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les Biocolloides et les surfaces dans le Département de génie chimique à l’Université McGill. Elle est reconnue à l'échelle internationale pour son travail sur la protection de l'eau, le développement de la nanotechnologie sûre, et les antimicrobiens naturels. Son nombre impressionnant de contributions intégrant génie chimique, la nanotechnologie et la biologie, contribue à positionner le Canada à l'avant-garde de la recherche novatrice ayant des implications importantes pour la protection de l'environnement et la santé publique.
Prof. James Tully
RSC Fellow, Academy of Social Sciences
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Keywords: Political philosophy or theory, history of political thought
Professor Tully is internationally recognized as one of the leading political theorists. His reputation is based on his scholarship in the history of European and North American political theory, contemporary political theory, and Canadian political and constitutional theory. In the history of political thought, he is widely acknowledged to be one of the foremost scholars of the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries and especially of the works and influence of John Locke. Building on the methods of Quentin Skinner and Charles Taylor, he has developed an approach which employs his historical scholarship to shed light on problems of contemporary political theory and practice. Here he has an international reputation in the area of multiculturalism, multinationalism and the related issues of democratic citizenship and freedom.






