Dr. Cressida Heyes is a globally recognized scholar in feminist philosophy. Her work in the field has established it as a legitimate area of the discipline, and simultaneously redefined the topics and methods philosophy addresses. She combines theoretically ambitious analysis of the relation of subjects and structures with readings of everyday topics from popular culture, and thus exemplifies the most compelling intersectional feminist scholarship in the humanities.

Prof. Cressida Heyes est une chercheuse mondialement reconnue dans le domaine de la philosophie féministe. Son travail a fait de la philosophie féministe un domaine légitime de la discipline, tout en redéfinissant les sujets et les méthodes abordés par la philosophie. Elle combine une analyse théorique ambitieuse de la relation entre les sujets et les structures avec des lectures de sujets quotidiens issus de la culture populaire, et illustre ainsi la recherche féministe intersectionnelle la plus convaincante dans les sciences humaines.

Eric Higgs’s pioneering research on ecological restoration has been transformational for both scientists and practitioners and he has brought international public and policy focus to restoring damaged ecosystems. A global leader who has long championed interdisciplinary science in the study of complex environmental challenges, his long-term mountain-based restoration field research has built the largest systematic collection of historic and repeat mountain photographs in the world - a unique Canadian research platform.

Eric Higgs et ses recherches pionnières sur la restauration écologique ont été révélateurs pour les scientifiques et les praticiens, et il a attiré l'attention du public et des politiques internationales sur la restauration des écosystèmes endommagés. Leader mondial qui défend depuis longtemps l’interdisciplinarité dans l'étude des défis environnementaux complexes, ses recherches de terrain à long terme sur la restauration en montagne ont permis de constituer la plus grande collection systématique de photographies de montagne au monde, une plateforme de recherche canadienne unique.

Nigel Higson, Department of Mathematics, The Pennsylvania State University, is a leader in the field of operator algebras in Hilbert space, together with its applications to geometry, topology, and the representation theory of groups. He has made definitive contributions towards the solution of deep conjectures due to Novikov, and to Baum and Connes. His work will have lasting influence.

Josephine Hill is a professor of chemical and petroleum engineering at the University of Calgary and a Canada Research Chair. Her research on catalysts, which are substances that increase reaction rates, improves the efficiency of the utilization of natural resources. She has established a world-class research facility and is a leader in her field, with a strong reputation, both nationally and internationally, for outstanding research, scholarship, and mentoring.

Josephine Hill est professeure de génie chimique et pétrolier à l’University of Calgary et détient une chaire de recherche du Canada. Ses travaux sur les catalyseurs, des substances qui augmentent la vitesse de réaction, améliorent l’efficacité de l’utilisation des ressources naturelles. Elle a créé des installations de recherche de classe mondiale et excelle dans son domaine. Elle jouit d’une réputation solide, tant au niveau national qu’international, pour ses recherches, son érudition et son mentorat remarquables.

Philip Graham Hill has made impressive contributions to the thermodynamic properties of water and steam, to the mathematical modelling of turbulent flow in power and propulsion machines, to the study of electric power systems and especially through two excellent textbooks, to engineering education. Particularly noteworthy has been his work on the synthesis of a universal fundamental equation of state and his solutions of a wide range of problems in the design of power and propulsion machines. But his perspectives stretch well beyond conventional engineering practice, and his recent studies of the environmental impact of energy systems as well as their social implications have been outstanding.

Michael Hill is a neurologist clinician-researcher whose work has focussed on the care of the patient with stroke. His work in clinical epidemiology and leadership in randomized clinical trials of acute stroke therapy have had international impact in reducing neurological disability and death for patients around the world.

Michael Hill est un neurologue clinicien-chercheur dont les travaux ont porté sur la prise en charge du patient victime d'un AVC. Son travail en épidémiologie clinique et dans les essais cliniques randomisés sur le traitement de l'AVC aigu ont réduit des incapacités neurologiques et des décès chez les patients du monde entier.

Sean Hillier is a Mi’kmaw scholar, member of the Qalipu First Nation and York Research Chair in Indigenous Health Policy & One Health. He is an internationally recognized thought leader in Indigenous health policy. He engages respectfully with Indigenous communities and their ways of knowing in developing and reforming health and research policies, especially in relation to HIV and One Health, to improve health outcomes for Indigenous Peoples.

Sean Hillier est un chercheur mi’kmaq, membre de la Première Nation Qalipu et titulaire de la chaire de recherche York sur les politiques de santé autochtone et One Health. Il est un leader d’opinion internationalement reconnu dans le domaine de la politique de santé autochtone. Il s’engage avec respect auprès des communautés autochtones et de leurs modes de connaissance dans l’élaboration et la réforme des politiques de santé et de recherche, en particulier en ce qui concerne le VIH et l’initiative « Une seule santé », afin d’améliorer les résultats en matière de santé pour les populations autochtones.

Scott Hinch is an international renowned scientist and award-winning educator who uniquely integrates physiology, ecology, behaviour, genomics, and social sciences in the study and conservation of Pacific salmon. His pioneering work combining large-scale telemetry tracking with biopsy sampling has transformed our understanding of how climate change, fisheries, and land/water management affects sustainability of salmon populations. His collaborations and leadership with social scientists, stakeholders and First Nations have benefitted fisheries management.

Scott Hinch est un scientifique de renommée internationale et un éducateur primé qui intègre de manière unique la physiologie, l’écologie, le comportement, la génomique et les sciences sociales dans l’étude et la conservation du saumon du Pacifique. Son travail de pionnier, qui combine le suivi par télémétrie à grande échelle et l’échantillonnage par biopsie, a transformé notre compréhension des effets du changement climatique, de la pêche et de la gestion des terres et des eaux sur la pérennité des populations de saumon. Ses collaborations avec des spécialistes en sciences sociales, les parties prenantes et les Premières Nations ont été bénéfiques pour la gestion des pêcheries.

Professor Hinings has been concerned with issues of organizational design and changes in those designs throughout his career. He has contributed significantly to the development of organization theory through the study of the determinants of organizational structure (the Aston work); the development of the structural contingencies theory of power; working with action and phenomenological critiques in the study of large scale organizational design changes (archetypes and tracks); and the study of management and change in professional service firms and sport, both of which have been formally recognized by the University of Alberta as areas of research excellence.

Professor Hinton, an acknowledged world authority in the field of cognitive neuroscience, is a pioneer in connectionism - the use of computer models to simulate self-adaptive neural networks and learning. A seminal paper co-authored in "Nature" in 1983 has been followed by many others, including recently, some highly original computational experiments on unsupervised learning - networks that learn simply by scanning the surrounding world. Through his many consulting activities and lectures, he is an effective transmitter of these ideas beyond the university, to industry and beyond.

Keith William Hipel, Department of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo, has gained national and international eminence for his unique interdisciplinary research on the development and application of conflict resolution and time series analysis techniques for addressing challenging systems management problems in water resources, environmental engineering and sustainable development. Hipel and his co-workers are the originators of the graph model for conflict resolution, which includes a novel theoretical structure for capturing the key characteristics of conflict, a range of stability concepts for modelling different kinds of human behaviour in strategic decision making situations, extensive implementation algorithms, coalition analysis, and a decision support system for permitting practical applications. His research on time series analysis has had significant influence in stochastic hydrology by providing rigorous approaches to environmental impact assessment and a novel explanation to the Hurst Phenomenon. July 2017 - MIROSLAW ROMANOWSKI MEDAL HIPEL, Keith – University Professor of Systems Design Engineering, University of Waterloo; Senior Fellow, Centre for International Governance Innovation; Fellow, Balsillie School of International Affairs Keith W. Hipel is globally renowned for his pioneering contributions to environmental systems engineering via the development of systems-thinking methodologies for tackling complex physical and societal systems aspects of environmental problems to arrive at sustainable resolutions that are integrative, adaptive and fair to stakeholder groups. To achieve this, Hipel has made seminal advances in conflict resolution, multiple-objective decision-making, stochastic hydrology, environmental impact assessment, and equitable water allocation within a system-of-systems perspective.

July 2017 - LA MEDAILLE MIROSLAW ROMANWOSKI HIPEL, Keith – Professeur de génie de conception des systèmes, Université de Waterloo; agrégé supérieur, Centre d'innovation en gouvernance internationale; agrégé, Balsillie School of International Affairs Keith Hipel a acquis une renommée mondiale pour ses travaux d'avant-garde en génie des systèmes environnementaux, incluant le développement d’approches de pensée systémique visant à traiter les enjeux environnementaux problématiques par voie de leurs complexes systèmes physiques et sociaux, permettant ainsi d’arriver à des résolutions durables axées sur l'intégration et l’adaptabilité, tout en faisant justice aux groupes d’intervenants. En ce faisant, Hipel a contribué des percées déterminantes dans les domaines de résolution des conflits, de prise de décision face à de multiples objectifs, de modélisation stochastique en hydrologie, d’études d'impact environnemental, et de répartition équitable des ressources d’eau, le tout gardant toujours une perspective de « système de systèmes ».