An internationally acclaimed philosopher, literary historian, and leader in the field of German Jewish thought, Willi Goetschel has advanced research on the deep nexus between thought and literary imagination. Situated at the interface between philosophy and literature, in particular in modern Jewish thought, his work has helped to recover marginalized approaches to critical thinking thereby articulating emancipatory strategies that reimagine the terms of difference, alterity, and identity anew.

Willi Goetschel, philosophe de renommée internationale, historien de la littérature et chef de file dans le domaine de la pensée juive allemande, a fait progresser la recherche sur les liens profonds entre la pensée et l’imagination littéraire. Situé à l’intersection entre la philosophie et la littérature, en particulier dans la pensée juive moderne, son travail a contribué à récupérer des approches marginalisées de la pensée critique, articulant ainsi des stratégies émancipatrices qui réimaginent les termes de différence, d’altérité et d’identité.

Walter Goffart, Professor of History at the University of Toronto, is a medievalist who has changed the style of discourse in every area of historical research he has touched. Master of a most complex and polymorphic bibliography, he has written five indispensable books and some forty major articles on late Roman and early medieval law, culture, and society that have transformed our approach to the early Middle Ages. His prizewinning 1988 book, "The Narrators of Barbarian History (A.D. 418-584), was described by its first reviewer as 'arguably one of the most important books written about the early Middle Ages since World War II.' His work has brought a new kind of intelligibility to one of the most obscure and most fundamental transitions in European history.

Over her wide-ranging career, Marlene Goldman has made vital contributions to the understanding of marginalized identities as portrayed in Canadian literature. Her research has drawn pioneering connections between literature and health studies, notably in the areas of age-related dementia, shame, and stigma. Her interdisciplinary approach has also seen her adapt the work of major Canadian authors to film, highlighting the power of visual storytelling as a teaching tool.

Marlene Goldman a contribué, au cours de sa vaste carrière, de manière essentielle à la compréhension des identités marginalisées telles qu'elles sont dépeintes dans la littérature canadienne. Ses recherches ont établi les premiers liens entre la littérature et les études sur la santé, notamment dans les domaines de la démence liée à l'âge, de la honte et de la stigmatisation. Son approche interdisciplinaire l'a également amenée à adapter l'œuvre de grands auteurs canadiens au cinéma, soulignant ainsi le pouvoir de la narration visuelle comme outil d'enseignement.

Dr. Goltzman is internationally recognized for his work on calcium and bone metabolism. He initiated structure - function studies of parathyroid hormone (PTH), and identified its cellular target in skeletal tissue. He introduced the concept of calcitonin as a neuropeptide and delineated CNS receptors for it and related peptides. He pioneered methods leading to the discovery of PTH-related peptide (PTHRP), isolated the genes encoding PTHRP, and elucidated their regulation. His work was key in establishing PTHRP as a widespread mediator of the hypercalcemia of malignancy and in demonstrating its essential role for normal skeletal development. He has thus provided an understanding of important aspects of calcium metabolism in both health and disease.

Andrew Gonzalez is recognized for his research on the causes and consequences of biodiversity change. He combines theoretical and experimental approaches to reveal how human impacts—such as habitat loss, climate change, and pollution—drive rapid biodiversity loss and ecosystem degradation, but also how these impacts can be mitigated. He has shown that habitat networks are a solution for conserving biodiversity and is working to support their implementation at large scales.

Andrew Gonzalez est reconnu pour ses recherches sur les causes et les conséquences des modifications de la biodiversité. Il combine les approches théoriques et expérimentales pour mettre en lumière les manières dont les impacts des êtres humains, tels que la perte d’habitat, les changements climatiques et la pollution, entraînent un déclin rapide de la biodiversité et une dégradation des écosystèmes, mais aussi de quelles façons ces impacts peuvent être atténués. Ses recherches ont démontré que les réseaux d’habitats sont une solution pour la conservation de la biodiversité et il s’emploie à promouvoir leur mise en œuvre à grande échelle.

Melvyn Goodale is a world leader in the study of the neural substrates of high-level vision and visuomotor control. He is best known for his pioneering work showing that the visual processes mediating experiential perception are functionally distinct from those mediating the control of action. This distinction is now a major theoretical framework for understanding the human visual system.

Michael Goodchild is the world academic leader in the formulation and development of Geographical Information Systems (GIS), computer-based data manipulations permitting rapid and accurate mapping of spatial attributes of phenomena. GIS is a global business that has grown explosively over the past two decades. Professor Goodchild's expertise is much sought after by national and international government agencies and private corporations concerned with a wide range of environmental, economic and social matters. He was educated at Cambridge and McMaster University and taught at the University of Western Ontario for twenty years before becoming Director of the National Centre for Geographic Information and Analysis, the US centre of excellence in this field.

Christopher Goscha’s work has helped renew our understanding of the wars for Vietnam during the second half of the Twentieth century, the American commitment to the Cold War in Asia, and the complexities of French decolonization in Asia and North Africa. He has played a leading role in developing global history courses in Canada emphasizing the interconnectedness of our world from antiquity to the present.

GOSCHA, Christopher – Faculté des sciences humaines, Université du Québec à Montréal Les travaux de Christopher Goscha ont conduit à un renouvellement de nos connaissances sur les guerres pour le Vietnam durant la seconde moitié du 20e siècle, les politiques américaines lors de la guerre froide en Asie et les complexités de la décolonisation française en Asie et en Afrique du Nord. Il a joué un rôle moteur dans le développement des cours en histoire globale au Canada, mettant l’accent sur la nature connectée de notre monde depuis l’antiquité jusqu’à nos jours.

Madame Thérèse Gouin Décarie s'est signalée à l'attention du monde scientifique par des travaux déjà publiés, portant sur les relations entre l'intelligence et l'affectivité chez le jeune enfant. Depuis 1964, elle poursuit des recherches sur l'évolution psychologique de jeunes sujets atteints de malformations congénitales dues à la thalidomide. Le succès qu'ont obtenu ses ouvrages de vulgarisation sur la psychologie de l'enfance et de l'adolescence, indique qu'ils répondaient à des besoins urgents du milieu canadien-français.

Dr. Mayank Goyal is a leading researcher and innovator in acute ischemic stroke treatment worldwide. His leadership in randomized trials (ESCAPE, SWIFT PRIME and HERMES collaboration) changed stroke care and established mechanical thrombectomy worldwide. Subsequently, through the ESCAPE-NA1 trial, he showed that neuroprotection in humans is possible. Mayank developed multiphase CT angiography, a technique for fast imaging diagnosis of acute stroke that is now routinely used across the world.

Le Dr Mayank Goyal est un chercheur et un chef de file mondial de l’innovation dans le traitement de l’AVC ischémique aigu. Son leadership dans le domaine des essais randomisés (ESCAPE, SWIFT PRIME et la collaboration HERMES) a changé les soins fournis aux patients souffrant d’un AVC et a établi la thrombectomie mécanique comme traitement de cette affection dans le monde entier. Par la suite, grâce à l’essai ESCAPE-NA1, il a montré que la neuroprotection était possible chez l’homme. Il a de plus mis au point l’angiographie par tomodensitométrie multiphase, une technique de diagnostic rapide par imagerie des accidents vasculaires cérébraux aigus qui est désormais régulièrement utilisée dans le monde entier.

Sherrill Grace, OC, is Professor of English at The University of British Columbia, where she has served as Head of Department, Associate Dean of Arts, and UBC Senator. She received her BA from UWO (1964) and her MA (1970) and PhD (1974) from McGill. Since joining UBC, she has been a Senior Fellow of Green College, has held a Senior Scholar in Residence position with the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies, and been the Brenda and David Mclean Chair in Canadian Studies (2003-05). In 2003 she was appointed a UBC Distinguished University Scholar, and in 2008 she won the Canada Council Killam Prize in Humanities. In 2010 she won the Lorne Pierce Medal of the Royal Society of Canada for her books on the North, and in 2011 she was appointed UBC’s highest distinction: the title of University Killam professor. Among her other awards are the UBC Jacob Biely Faculty Research prize, the UBC Killam Research prize, the UBC Killam Prize for Graduate Teaching, a Canada Council Killam Fellowship, and the 2010 UBC Dean of Arts Award for career achievement. Grace was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1991 and served as President of Academy I (2005-07). Dr. Grace was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2013. She has lectured widely across Canada, and in Europe, England, Japan, and the United States, and she is frequently invited to give Keynote Lectures at home and abroad. She has published over 200 articles, chapters, and review articles, as well as 23 books, including the two-volume edition of Malcolm Lowry’s letters, the monographs Inventing Tom Thomson (2004) and Canada and the Idea of North (2002; 2007), and the co-edited book, Theatre and AutoBiography (2006). Her most recent books are the biography Making Theatre: A Life of Sharon Pollock (2008), On the Art of Being Canadian (2009), Bearing Witnss, co-opted with P. Imbert and T. Johnstone, and Landscapes of War and Memory. Her current research is on the biography of Timothy Findley. March 2011