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Dr. John Loxley
Affiliation: University of Manitoba
Keywords: Economics, international, development, community, finance
Deceased Date: 2020-07-28
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John Loxley is perhaps Canada's leading critical economist who has spent his career critiquing the impact of orthodox economic policies and institutions on the poor in developing countries and in Canada, and developing alternative proposals for more equitable economic approaches. For many years he has analyzed monetary systems in Africa and proposed reforms to promote national or socialist aspirations. His work on the theory, design, and implementation of IMF/World Bank structural adjustment programs is recognized internationally. His writing on community and Aboriginal economic development in Canada, and the preparation of alternative budgets oriented toward the poor, the environment, and women, has also been widely influential.
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John Loxley is perhaps Canada's leading critical economist. He has spent his career critiquing the impact of orthodox economic policies and institutions on the poor in developing countries and in Canada, and developing alternative proposals for more equitable economic approaches. His work on the theory, design, and implementation of IMF/World Bank structural adjustment programs is recognized internationally.
Mr. Pierre Léon
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Lettres, sciences humaines, linguistique, phonétique
Deceased Date: 2013-09-11
Le professeur Léon a été un pionnier de la recherche sur le français de France et du Canada, de même qu'un des tout premiers animateurs de la recherche sur un domaine nouveau et difficile de la linguistique, la prosodie des langues.
Ses travaux sur la stylistique de la langue parlée sont aussi d'avant-garde, aussi bien en Europe qu'en Amérique. Il est l'auteur de quelques 100 articles et de 26 volumes sur ces sujets. Ses travaux restent toujours d'une très grande actualité. En tant qu'écrivain, il a publié dix ouvrages de fiction.
Dr. Robie Macdonald
Affiliation: Institute of Ocean Sciences
Keywords: Contaminants, arctic, organic carbon, climate, fresh water
Deceased Date: 2022-02-13
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Robie Macdonald is a world-class scientist, internationally recognized for his work on contaminant pathways in environmental systems. His research includes the role of the ocean in arctic contaminant transport, arctic hydrological and ice interactions and organic carbon cycling. His time-series data for the Beaufort Sea reveals that recent surface freshening of the Canada Basin results largely from diverted runoff pathways. He was awarded the CMOS (Canadian Meteorological and Oceanographic Society) President’s Prize (2000) for leading the synthesis of Canadian arctic contaminant studies and was co-recipient of the Head of the Public Service Award for Excellence in Policy (2002).
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Robie Macdonald is a world-class scientist, internationally recognized for his work on contaminant pathways in environmental systems. His research includes the role of the ocean in arctic contaminant transport, arctic ice interactions and organic carbon cycling. His data for the Beaufort Sea reveals that recent surface freshening of the Canada Basin results largely from diverted runoff pathways.
Dr. George MacDonald
Affiliation: Simon Fraser University
Keywords: Native rights (globally), native oral history, Northwest Coast native arts, world prehistory, historical photography (aboriginal people)
Deceased Date: 2020-01-22
Through his extensive research and scholarly publication, and through his creative work as a museologist, George F. MacDonald, Museum Victoria, Melbourne, Australia, has made a significant contribution to knowledge in the fields of archaeology and anthropology. In particular, his work has enlarged knowledge and enhanced understanding of the cultures, history, and heritage of aboriginal peoples on both the East and Northwest coasts of Canada. A major part of his work has focused on Haida Art. His scholarly work includes many publications associated with the North Coast Prehistory Project.
Roderick Macdonald
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Secured transaction, institutional design, legal pluralism
Deceased Date: 2014-06-13
Prof. Rod Macdonald has made outstanding contributions to Canadian legal scholarship, in both its official languages and both its legal vernaculars. His work embraces both socio-legal research and doctrinal analysis, and involves both applied and theoretical projects, in the areas of both public and private law. His recent highly original work on 'critical legal pluralism' has grown out of, and in turn helped to shape, a series of studies on 'access to justice' which have evoked considerable interest not only within the academic community, but in professional and public policy circles as well. His unusual versatility and virtuosity as a scholar is complemented by a deep commitment to collegial collaboration.