You are here
Dr. Holger Herwig
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Germany
Diplomatic
Military
Social
Political
[contact]
Educated in Canada and the United States, Dr. Holger W. Herwig is in the front rank of scholars of modern German diplomatic and military history. His work has been important in illuminating Germany's strategic vision at the end of the 19th Century. He combines impressive archival research with an insightful analysis of the way in which political and other factors contributed to Imperial Germany's global vision.
Dr. Agnes Herzberg
Affiliation: Queen's University
Keywords: Mathematics, Statistics, Public Policy, History of Science
[contact]
Long Citation (for publication and press release)
Recognized globally for her pioneering contributions to statistics, Agnes M. Herzberg founded, shaped and nurtured the international, Conferences on Statistics, Science and Public Policy held at Herstmonceux Castle, England. In this unique context, she assembles an unusual mix of scientists, politicians, civil servants and journalists from several countries who annually address significant policy issues. Recurring themes of their concerns are such compelling issues as promotion of better understanding between science and public policy, public trust, society, education, media, economics, government and politics. The outcomes of these invaluable conferences have demonstrably furthered knowledge, trust and co-operation across the divides of government, science and public policy.
Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony)
Recognized globally for her pioneering contributions to statistics, Agnes M. Herzberg founded, shaped and nurtured the International Conference on Statistics, Science and Public Policy held at Herstmonceux Castle, England. The outcomes of these invaluable conferences have demonstrably furthered knowledge, trust and co-operation across the divides of government, science and public policy.
Dr. Walter Herzog
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Induction Year: 2013
[contact]
Walter Herzog is the foremost expert in muscle biomechanics in the world. His innovative research has revolutionized our understanding of muscle contractility. His pioneering work on isolated sarcomeres demonstrated that force did not exclusively depend on actin-myosin overlap, as assumed for fifty years, but also depended critically on the structural protein titin. His pioneering research opened new fields, replaced long-held beliefs on contractility, and influenced clinical thinking on muscle function.
Walter Herzog est l’autorité mondiale en biomécanique musculaire. Ses travaux de recherche novateurs sur des sarcomères ont révolutionné notre compréhension de la contractilité musculaire. Il a montré que la force ne dépend pas exclusivement d’un chevauchement actine-myosine, comme on l’a cru au cours des cinquante dernières années, mais dépend fortement de la protéine de structure titine. Ses travaux avant-gardistes ont ouvert de nouveaux champs de recherche, remplacé d’anciennes croyances sur la contractilité et influencé la manière d’envisager t la fonction musculaire d’un point de vue clinique.
Dr. Eric Hessels
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: Atomic Physics, antimatter, precision measurements, microwave spectroscopy, antihydrogen
[contact]
LONG CITATION
Prof. Eric Hessels is one of top experimentalists in the world making high precision studies of one, two and three electron systems (atomic hydrogen, helium, lithium), to 200 parts per billion. The results enable quantum electrodynamics to be tested with a new precision. Dr. Hessels has been a pioneer in the project to make antihydrogen (antiproton and a positron), to be used by the ATRAP (Antihydrogen Trap) group at CERN. His international research excellence has been recognized by many awards,
including the Polanyi prize, the Herzberg Medal of the CAP, the Francis Pipkin Award of the APS, a Canadian Research Chair (Tier I), and a NSERC Steacie Memorial Fellowship.
SHORT CITATION
Eric Hessels is known world-wide for his precision measurements of the atomic constants of atoms, with one and two electrons. These results, accurate to 200 parts per billion, enable quantum electrodynamics to be tested with a new precision. He has been a key member of the international project to make antihydrogen. Dr. Hessels has recently received major awards for his research, both in Canada and the USA.
Ms. Angela Hewitt
Affiliation: None
Keywords: Concert Pianist, Lecturer, Writer on music
[contact]
One of Canada’s foremost pianists, Angela Hewitt regularly performs in major concert halls around the world. Following her first recital at the age of nine in Toronto’s Royal Conservatory of Music, she won, among other awards, First Prize in Italy’s Viotti Competition (1978) and in the Toronto International Bach Piano Competition (1985). Her award-winning discography includes the complete solo works of Ravel and the complete Chopin Nocturnes and Impromptus. In 2005 she completed an eleven year project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach. Angela Hewitt received the inaugural BBC Radio 3 Listener’s Award (2003) and is an Officer of the Order of Canada (2000).
One of Canada’s foremost pianists, Angela Hewitt regularly performs in major concert halls around the world. Her award-winning discography includes the complete solo works of Ravel and the complete Chopin Nocturnes and Impromptus. In 2005 she completed an eleven year project to record the complete keyboard works of Bach.
Dr. Cressida Heyes
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Induction Year: 2024
[contact]
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.
Dr. Philip Hieter
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Yeast genetics, cell division, chromosome biology, genome analysis, mechanisms of anenploidy
[contact]
LONG CITATION
Professor Philip Hieter is a world-renowned leader in the study of cell division, chromosome biology, and yeast genetics. He is internationally recognized for his work on structural and regulatory proteins that ensure faithful segregation of chromosomes during cell division. His work has also demonstrated and advocated the utility of researching fundamental questions in model experimental organisms and has created a systematic cross-reference of yeast genetics and human biology. His work has had a profound impact on understanding the molecular mechanisms of cell division and in translating this knowledge to normal human biology and human disease.
SHORT CITATION
Professor Philip Hieter is a world leader in the study of chromosome dynamics and cell division. His work has shown how chromosomes are accurately transmitted from one generation to another. The results of his work have a profound impact upon our understanding of molecular mechanisms of cell division, and its consequences in normal human biology and human disease.
Eric Higgs
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Induction Year: 2023
[contact]
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.
Steven High
Affiliation: Concordia University
Keywords: history, oral history, public history, community-university collaboration, memory, migration, deindustrialization
Induction Year: 2014
[contact]
Steven High is Professor and Canada Research Chair in Oral History at Concordia University, where he established the Centre for Oral History and Digital Storytelling. A leader in digital humanities, High has authored numerous award-winning publications exploring economic, social and cultural displacement in 20th century North America and the Caribbean. He was principal investigator of Montreal Life Stories, a major collaborative research project investigating the life stories of survivors of mass violence.
Steven High est professeur et titulaire d’une chaire de recherche du Canada en histoire orale à la Concordia University, où il a fondé le Centre d’histoire orale et de récits numérisés. Expert en sciences humaines numériques, High est l’auteur de nombreuses publications primées portant sur les déplacements économiques, sociaux et culturels en Amérique du Nord et dans les Caraïbes au 20e siècle. Il fut le chercheur principal de « Histoires de Vie Montréal », un projet de recherche collaboratif majeur s’intéressant aux expériences de vie de survivants aux violences collectives.
Dr. Nigel Higson
Affiliation: The Pennsylvania State University
Keywords: Operator algebras, K-theory, functional analysis, index theory, geometric analysis.
[contact]
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.
Dr. Ray Hilborn
Affiliation: University of Washington
Keywords: Populations, fisheries, natural resources, management, conservation
[contact]
LONG CITATION
Professor Ray Hilborn's most important contribution to the advancement of science is his pioneering work in the statistical analysis of fisheries. His work has allowed the quantitatively reliable assessment of stocks and effective management policies. He has revolutionized quantitative fisheries biology both in Canada and globally. He developed modern statistical methods that allowed analysis of complex ecological systems. He has used modern computational methods to compare complex models with biological data. He advanced the science of predicting population trends and harvests. He was also instrumental in developing and applying principles of adaptive management to natural resources.
SHORT CITATION
Professor Ray Hillborn is world leader in our statistical understanding of fisheries. He has developed and used new computational methods to analyze complex ecological systems. His work has revolutionized the quantitative assessment of fish stocks and their management, both in Canada and internationally.
Dr. Josephine Hill
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Catalysis, catalyst preparation, characterization, heavy oil, bitumen, solid oxide fuel cells, gasification, activated carbon
Induction Year: 2014
[contact]
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.
Matthew Nicholas Hill
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: anxiety, stress, amygdala, endocannabinoid
Induction Year: 2017
[contact]
Matthew Hill has made outstanding contributions to our understanding of the neuroscience of stress. His research on how the endocannabinoid system gates activation of the stress response and mediates both termination and adaptation of brain circuits to stress has guided the field. His translational work on the role of the endocannabinoid system in the stress response and stress-related psychiatric diseases has influenced the investigation of novel treatments for anxiety disorders.
Matthew Hill a apporté des contributions remarquables à notre compréhension de la neuroscience du stress. Ses recherches sur la façon dont le système endocannabinoïde active la réaction au stress et régule à la fois la terminaison et l’adaptation des circuits cérébraux du stress ont orienté les recherches dans le domaine. Ses travaux translationnels sur le rôle du système endocannabinoïde dans la réaction au stress et les maladies psychiatriques liées au stress ont inspiré la recherche de nouveaux traitements pour les troubles anxieux.
Dr. Philip Hill
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
[contact]
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.
Prof. Lawrence Hill
Affiliation: University of Guelph
Keywords: Canadian literature, fiction, non-fiction, Black literature
Induction Year: 2024
[contact]
Lawrence Hill is the award-winning author of eleven books of fiction and nonfiction, including The Book of Negroes, The Illegal, and Beatrice and Croc Harry. A member of the Order
of Canada and a professor of creative writing at the University of Guelph, he is writing a novel about the African- American soldiers who helped build the Alaska Highway in northern British Columbia and Yukon during World War Two.
Lawrence Hill est l’auteur primé de onze ouvrages de fiction et de non-fiction, dont The Book of Negroes, The Illegal et Beatrice and Croc Harry. Membre
de l’Ordre du Canada et professeur de création littéraire à la University of
Guelph, il écrit actuellement un roman sur les soldats afro-américains qui ont participé à la construction de la route de l’Alaska dans le nord de la Colombie- Britannique et du Yukon pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale.
Michael Hill
Affiliation: University of Calgary
Keywords: Stroke Neurology; Clinical Epidemiology
Induction Year: 2021
[contact]
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.
Mr. Claude Hillaire-Marcel
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal
Keywords: Isotopes, climat, ocean
[contact]
Claude Hillaire-Marcel, Titulaire of the Chaire en environnement, Université du Québec à Montréal, is one of the leading specialists in environmental isotope geochemistry in North America. He established the subject in Quebec, founding the GEOTOP laboratory there, and has published on a wide range of applications including human, animal and plant physiology and nutrition. His chief interests are in Quaternary chronology and paleoenvironmental reconstructions. He has made many important new discoveries in the field in Quebec and Labrador and, more recently, in east Africa. He is a pioneer of Th/U dating and stable isotope studies of precipitate, clastic and organic sediments.
Sean Hillier
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: Indigenous Health Policy; One Health; Indigenous research
Induction Year: 2024
[contact]
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.
Prof. Norman Hillmer
Affiliation: Carleton University
Keywords: international affairs, Canadian foreign policy, history of Canada, Canada-US relations
Induction Year: 2019
[contact]
Norman Hillmer is Chancellor’s Professor of History and International Affairs at Carleton University. An authority on Canadian foreign policy, the Commonwealth, and conflict and its
avoidance, he has written or edited thirty-one books, published widely abroad, and is the award-winning biographer of O.D. Skelton, the architect of the Canadian foreign service. Dr. Hillmer
received the Order of Canada in 2017 for his contributions to scholarship and public history.
Norman Hillmer est professeur d’histoire et d’affaires internationales à l’Université Carleton. Sommité en matière de politique étrangère du Canada, du Commonwealth, des conflits et de leur prévention, il a écrit ou édité trente et un livres, publiés à l’étranger, et est le biographe primé d’O.D. Skelton, l’architecte du service extérieur du Canada. Prof. Hillmer a été nommé membre de l’Ordre du Canada en 2016 pour sa contribution à la recherche et à l’histoire publique.
Scott Hinch
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Induction Year: 2020
[contact]
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.
Prof. Ole Hindsgaul
Affiliation: Carlsberg Laboratory
Keywords: Carbohydrate synthesis, combinatorial chemistry, glycobiology, enzyme inhibition, glycomics
[contact]
Ole Hindsgaul is an innovative leader in carbohydrate chemistry and biochemistry. He designed and chemically synthesized the first specific inhibitors of glycosyltransferases, an important class of enzymes that catalyse essential processes in all living cells. The methods he developed have broad application in fundamental studies of cellular recognition and communication, as well as in research on cancer and antimicrobial agents.
Prof. Christopher Hinings
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Organizations, structure, change, professionals, design
[contact]
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.
Prof. Gary Hinshaw
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Microwave Background Radiation, Dark Energy, Large Scale Structure
Induction Year: 2017
[contact]
HINSHAW, Gary - Department of Physics and Astronomy, The University of British Columbia
Professor Gary Hinshaw is widely recognized as one of the premier scientists in the world striving to understand the nature and contents of the universe. Over the past twenty-five years he has led the analysis teams on two major prize-winning experiments that have culminated in the standard model of cosmology; a description, in exquisite detail, that encapsulates our current knowledge of the universe.
Dr. Geoffrey Hinton
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Machine learning and computational neuroscience
[contact]
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.