Robert M. Miura, Professor of Mathematics at the University of British Columbia, is a distinguished applied mathematician who has made notable contributions to the theory of nonlinear wave propagation, mathematical physiology and singular perturbation theory. In the 1960s and early 1970s, Dr. Miura was a major player in a team which developed the now classical 'inverse scattering method' for finding exact solutions to nonlinear dispersive wave equations. In the 1970s and 1980s Dr. Miura, in working with many biologists, contributed substantially to our theoretical understanding of neurophysiology, cell membrane behaviour, and heart beat properties. Finally, in recent work with Charles Lange, from the University of California Los Angeles, Dr. Miura has developed a wide variety of perturbation methods to solve singular differential-difference equations, which have potential applications in many areas of engineering.

During the past 15 years Dr. Moens has published 40 papers relating to chromosomes and their behaviour during cell division. In choosing to study those organisms best suited to experimental research he has carried out research with plants (Lilium, Lycopersican, Rhoes), animals (Rattus), insects (Culex, Neodiprion. Locusta, Charthippus), fungi (Saccaromyces), and protists. The excellence of these studies, and especially of his electron-microscope analyses of synaptinemal complexes, is widely recognized. During the past five years he has been invited to lectures on more than 20 occasions at other Institutions in Canada, the U.S.A., Denmark and Holland.

Professeur associé au département des littératures de la Faculté des lettres de l'Université Laval, Clément Moisan est connu par ses travaux tant sur la littérature française que sur les littératures du Canada. Il a publié deux ouvrages sur Henri Bremond, écrivain et théoricien de la poésie, qui éclairent ce destin singulier. Dans deux autres livres il s'est lancé avec bonheur dans le domaine neuf et fécond de la comparaison des littératures québécoise et canadienne de langue anglaise. Clément Moisan a aussi contribué à faire connaître nos littératures à l'étranger, de Vienne à Bloomington (Indiana) en passant par Strasbourg où il a été titulaire de la chaire de civilisation et littérature québécoise pendant deux ans.

Directeur de recherche au CIRANO, Claude Montmarquette est un économiste reconnu internationalement pour les applications qu'il a faites de sa discipline dans des domaines très variés, tels les choix publics, la famille, l'éducation et le travail. Dans l'ensemble de ces domaines, il a toujours réussi à trouver des données pertinentes pour tester, à l'aide des méthodes économétriques les plus appropriées, la pertinence de la théorie économique. L'habileté de Claude Montmarquette à concilier théorie économique et données empiriques rend ses recherches non seulement intéressantes au niveau académique mais également pertinentes au niveau de l'explication des comportements des individus, des ménages et des États.

Norman Frank Moody has achieved distinction in several aspects of electrical and electronic research in England and in Canada in University, Government, and Industrial Laboratories. He pioneered the new field of electronic circuitry which utilizes the vast variety of semi-conductor components now available. The group of engineers trained by him at the Telecommunications Establishment of DRB built the two successful Canadian satellites. In recent years he has concentrated on the application of electronics in medicine. Recognition of his eminence in this very new field of interdisciplinary research led to his present appointment as Director of the Institute of Bio-Medical Electronics at the University of Toronto.

LONG CITATION A playwright, producer, director, actor, composer, essayist, and teacher, James Mavor Moore was the first artist to chair the Canada Council for the Arts (1979-83). While still a student, Moore was a pioneer in Canadian radio drama and documentary, and became active with his mother Dora Mavor Moore in the post-war revival of professional theatre. He has appeared in some 60 feature films, created over 100 plays, documentaries, musicals and opera librettos, helped to found numerous cultural organizations, and taught at York University (1970-84) and the University of Victoria (1984-2004). Moore is a Companion of the Order of Canada (1988), and among other honours holds the Molson Prize (1986), Governor General's Award for Lifetime Achievement (1999), and honorary degrees from eight universities. SHORT CITATION A playwright, producer, director, actor, composer, essayist, and teacher, James Mavor Moore was the first artist to chair the Canada Council for the Arts. Active with his mother Dora Mavor Moore in the post-war revival of professional theatre, he has created over 100 plays, documentaries, musicals and opera librettos.