LONG Dr. Bhagirath Singh has made outstanding contributions to immunology and autoimmunity that have allowed a better understanding of the pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes mellitus and its therapy. Dr. Singh delineated the fundamental role of antigenic protein processing and presentation in the initiation of T lymphcyte-dependent adaptive immune responses. He also demonstrated the preventative and therapeutic potentials of modulating the cytokine environment in the initiation and progression of autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic islet cells and the establishment of diabetes mellitus. SHORT Bhagirath Singh has made outstanding contributions to immunology and autoimmunity. He demonstrated the preventative and therapeutic potentials of modulating the cytokine environment in the initiation and progression of autoimmune-mediated destruction of pancreatic islet cells and the establishment of diabetes mellitus.

LONG CITATION John Sipe has made original contributions to our theoretical understanding of the optical properties of semiconductors and metals. He is widely known for his pioneering work to understand the linear and nonlinear optical properties starting from the quantum theory of electrons in solids. Dr. Sipe has also explained several novel responses of solids to high light intensities, such as the influence of laser coherence on the patterns formed on surfaces in laser-induced melting, the transmission properties of structured optical fibres at high laser intensity, and how semiconductors change the frequency of light through optical harmonic generation. His work has had significant impact on the telecommunications industry. Prof. Sipe is one of Canada's most cited physicists, and is also recognized as a gifted classroom lecturer. SHORT CITATION John Sipe has made original contributions to our theoretical understanding of the optical properties of semiconductors and metals. He is widely known for his pioneering work to understand quantitatively the linear and nonlinear optical properties starting from the quantum theory of electronic excitations in solids. His work has had significant impact on the telecommunications industry and he is one of Canada's most highly cited physicists.

Professor K.W. Michael Siu is one of Canada's foremost bioanalytical and biophysical chemists and an exceptional mass spectrometrist with an outstanding record of innovation and accomplishment. He has made most significant contributions to understanding the structures, energetics, and ionization and gas-phase chemistries of protonated and metalated peptides. ------------------ SIU, K.W. Michael –Department of Chemistry, York University Professor K.W. Michael Siu is one of Canada's foremost bioanalytical and biophysical chemists and an exceptional mass spectrometrist with an outstanding record of innovation and accomplishment. He has made most significant contributions to understanding the structures, energetics, and ionization and gas-phase chemistries of protonated and metalated peptides as well as peptide radical ions, developing new mass spectrometry (MS) instrumentation in collaboration with Canadian industry, and developing innovative MS technologies and methodologies for proteomics, especially in the discovery, identification, verification and quantification of protein biomarkers for better diagnostics and prognostics of cancers.

Dr. Emil Skamene is recognized internationally as a leader in the field of genetic analysis of complex traits of the major diseases of adulthood. His work has been motivated by an abiding interest in the genetic regulation of susceptibility and resistance to diseases which include tuberculosis, malaria, atherosclerosis, and cancer. His interests may be broadly divided into two areas: the identification of host resistance genes and the isolation of their protein products, and the phenotypic expression of host resistance genes at the immunological level. The first major fruits of his efforts were in the discovery of the Pcg host resistance gene in the 1980's and the culmination in this work in the cloning of the murine Bcg gene in 1993. Much more of the same is yet to come.

Mark Skinner is a health, rural and social geographer who is making vital contributions to scholarship in Canada. He is a thoughtful practitioner whose primary research interests are aging communities, health care and volunteerism, with particular attention to rural people and places. Featuring community-based research in Canada and internationally, his work contributes to the fields of rural aging, rural health, social gerontology, health and social care, and the voluntary sector.

Mark Skinner est un géographe à l’avant-garde des recherches sur le vieillissement rural au Canada. En tant que titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada en vieillissement rural, en santé et en soins sociaux, il est une autorité internationale de pointe sur le rôle évolutif du bénévolat pour soutenir les personnes plus âgées et entretenir les collectivités vieillissantes. Reconnu comme un créateur de capacités novatrices en recherche communautaire, il est internationalement reconnu pour ses contributions à la géographie de la santé, à la gérontologie sociale et à la santé rurale.

Gordon Slade is the world's leading expert in the use of the lace expansion. With Takashi Hara, he has used this technique to solve a series of difficult and important problems in statistical mechanics. He has proved "mean field" behaviour of the self-avoiding random walk above the critical dimension of 4, and of percolation in sufficiently high dimensions. Working with his student Eric Derbez, Slade has also connected two quite distinct areas of probability by proving that, above the critical dimension of 8, lattice trees converge to the integrated super-Brownian excursion.

SLATER, Gary W. - Department of Physics, University of Ottawa Professor Slater is known internationally for his fundamental and interdisciplinary contributions to separation science, including DNA electrophoresis—the key laboratory method used to sequence the Human Genome. He has proposed innovative ideas for new bioanalytical instruments that can exploit the subtle properties of biological molecules in very small systems. He has also pioneered the use of advanced computational simulation methods to study complex problems in biological physics and analytical chemistry.

SLATER, Gary W. - Département de physique, Université d’Ottawa Gary Slater est reconnu dans le monde pour ses recherches fondamentales et interdisciplinaires sur les techniques de séparation, dont l’électrophorèse de l’ADN, la méthode utilisée en laboratoire dans le séquençage du génome humain. Il a soumis des idées originales pour le développement de nouveaux instruments de bioanalyse pouvant exploiter les propriétés ténues des molécules biologiques dans les systèmes restreints. Il a aussi été parmi les premiers à utiliser des simulations informatiques avancées pour étudier des problèmes complexes de physique biologique et de chimie analytique.

SLEIMAN, Hanadi – Department of Chemistry, McGill University Hanadi Sleiman, Professor and Tier 1 Canada Research Chair is a world leader in DNA nanotechnology and supramolecular chemistry. Her group pioneered the use of synthetic molecules to assemble DNA into nanostructures. Sleiman reported the first synthesis of DNA cages and nanotubes which encapsulate guests and release them with biological stimuli. They used DNA to organize nanoparticles, transition metals and polymers into nanostructures for drug delivery, diagnostics and nanoelectronics.

Hanadi Sleiman, professeure et présidente de recherche du Canada de niveau 1 est une chef de file mondiale en nanotechnologie de l’ADN et en chimie supramoléculaire. Son groupe a inventé l’utilisation de molécules synthétiques pour assembler l’ADN en nanostructures. Mme Sleiman a présenté la première synthèse de cages et de nanotubes d’ADN qui contient des invités et les libère avec des stimuli biologiques. Ils ont utilisé l’ADN pour organiser les nanoparticules, les métaux de transition et les polymères en nanostructures pour la libération de médicament, les diagnostics et la nanoélectronique.

Sharon Sliwinski is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work forges a bridge between the fields of visual culture, political theory, and psychoanalysis. Her scholarship has profoundly shaped the field of photography studies, particularly by illuminating the visual politics of human rights. Sliwinski’s recent work pioneers a novel method for investigating the social imaginary, revealing how dream-life can serve as a potent brand of political intervention and a means for resisting sovereign power.

Sharon Sliwinski est un chercheur interdisciplinaire dont les travaux jettent un pont entre les domaines de la culture visuelle, de la théorie politique et de la psychanalyse. Ses travaux de recherche ont profondément façonné le domaine des études photographiques, notamment en jetant un éclairage nouveau la politique visuelle des droits de l’homme. Les récents travaux de Sharon Sliwinski ouvrent la voie à une nouvelle méthode d’investigation de l’imaginaire social, en révélant comment une vie rêvée peut servir de signe puissant d’intervention politique et moyen de résistance au pouvoir souverain.

Vaclav Smil is one of the gifted few for whom the term polymath is not an exaggeration. His primary interests have been energy, environment and human ecology. As a scientist he provides an empirical basis for his judgements, which embrace many disciplines. Five of his dozen books involve China, yet all have global relevance, e.g. effects of resource use, critical energy flows, Earth's biosphere, food, land and hydro power. He has become a leading expert in the West on China's energy, food and environment. He is a distinguished scientist engaged in explaining and generalizing his science for the betterment of humanity to a most unusual degree.