POISSANT, Louise – Doyenne de la Faculté des arts et membre fondatrice de l’Institut Hexagram CIAM, Université du Québec à Montréal The work of Louise Poissant has greatly contributed to the development of creative research in the field of media arts. It testifies to her ability to create spaces for reflection and exchange that have profoundly marked the short history of media arts and have largely contributed to make Montreal an international reference in this field. Her activities had a strong impact on the arts and academia, and her writings helped clarify some concepts and served as a springboard to an aesthetic reflection on the paradigm shift produced by the emergence of these art forms.

POISSANT, Louise – Doyenne de la Faculté des arts et membre fondatrice de l’Institut Hexagram CIAM, Université du Québec à Montréal Les travaux de Louise Poissant ont largement contribué au développement de la recherche-création dans le domaine des arts médiatiques. Ils témoignent de son aptitude à créer des lieux de réflexion et d’échange qui ont profondément marqué la courte histoire des arts médiatiques et ont en grande partie contribué à faire de Montréal une référence internationale dans ce domaine. Ses activités ont eu un effet structurant dans le milieu artistique et universitaire ; ses écrits ont permis de préciser des notions et de faire naître une réflexion esthétique autour du changement paradigmatique produit par l’émergence de ces formes d’art.

Long Citation Professor Polivy's research has had both an important theoretical impact, revolutionizing research on dieting and human eating behavior, and a practical impact on people's strategies for dieting, weight regulation, and self-change. Polivy's work has always proven to be counterintuitive and by virtue of that attribute, extremely important both theoretically and for the 'real world'. For instance, she and her colleagues showed that intermittent dieting, so common to women in our culture, can have clearly negative effects on body weight gain and regulation, in part by inducing 'binge' eating. Similarly, Polivy's identification of 'The False Hope Syndrome' illuminates factors in typical 'self-help' programs that make failure likely. Given the impact of her work on eating behavior, health psychology, self-regulation, and eating disorders/obesity, it is not surprising that Professor Polivy was identified as one of the most highly-cited psychological researchers in the world. She has a national and international reputation as a scientist, serving on numerous journal editorial boards and government panels/advisory groups. She also works to improve and regulate her profession, and educate the public. Short Citation Janet Polivy's research has had both an important theoretical impact, revolutionizing research on dieting and human eating behavior, and a practical impact on people's strategies for weight regulation. Professor Polivy was identified as one of the most highly-cited psychological researchers in the world. She has a national and international reputation as a scientist and also works to improve and regulate her profession and educate the public.

POLYCHRONAKOS, Constantin – Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Constantin Polychronakos is nominated for his work in the genetics of diabetes. As one of the first researchers to use the power of high-resolution genotyping arrays he discovered genetic variants that predispose to diabetes. Additionally, he pioneered the study of thymic expression of tissue-specific antigens. The discoveries contribute substantially to our understanding of immune self-tolerance and the genetic contribution to common diseases.

POLYCHRONAKOS, Constantin – Faculty of Medicine, McGill University Constantin Polychronakos se distingue par son travail dans le domaine de la génétique du diabète. Étant l’un des premiers chercheurs à utiliser la puissance de réseaux de génotypage à haute résolution, il a découvert des variantes génétiques qui prédisposent au diabète. En outre, il a lancé l’étude de l’expression thymique des antigènes spécifiques de tissu. Ces découvertes contribuent largement à notre compréhension de l’auto-tolérance immunitaire et du rôle de la génétique dans les maladies courantes.

Russell Poole is a prominent and highly prolific scholar in the field of medieval studies. His principal scholarly interests span Old English, Old Icelandic, Medieval Latin, and Old Irish language and literature; Anglo-Saxon and medieval Scandinavian history; and the evolution of medieval scholarship. ------------------ POOLE, Russell –Department of English, University of Western Ontario Russell Poole is a prominent and highly prolific scholar in the field of medieval studies. His principal scholarly interests span Old English, Old Icelandic, Medieval Latin, and Old Irish language and literature; Anglo-Saxon and medieval Scandinavian history; and the evolution of medieval scholarship. His publications have achieved international recognition and acclaim for their innovative applications of textual criticism, literary and linguistic theory, cultural studies, and historiographic source criticism to an array of very difficult primary sources, in particular skaldic poetry and the Icelandic sagas. He has also published on the sociology of fiction, history of women's education, and professional writing.

H. Vincent Poor, the Michael Henry Strater University Professor at Princeton, has made fundamental contributions to information theory, signal processing, machine learning and network science, with a focus on their applications in wireless networks, energy systems, and related fields. A member of the U.S. National Academy of Engineering and the U.S. National Academy of Sciences, he received the IEEE Alexander Graham Bell Medal in 2017.

H. Vincent Poor, professeur au sein de la Michael Henry Strater University à Princeton, a apporté des contributions fondamentales à la théorie de l'information, au traitement du signal, à l'apprentissage automatique et à la science des réseaux, en mettant l'accent sur leurs applications dans les réseaux sans fil, les systèmes énergétiques et les domaines connexes. Membre de la National Academy of Engineering et de la National Academy of Sciences des États-Unis, il a reçu la médaille Alexander-Graham-Bell de l'IEEE en 2017.

NOTICE LONGUE Détenteur d’un doctorat de l’Université de Montréal, John R. Porter mène une double carrière de muséologue et d’universitaire depuis 1971. Il est l’auteur d’ouvrages de synthèse, de monographies, de catalogues d’expositions et d’articles qui ont largement contribué au développement des connaissances sur l’art du Québec du XVIIe siècle à nos jours ainsi qu’au renouvellement des pratiques muséales. On lui doit plusieurs découvertes importantes dans le domaine de la peinture, de la sculpture, des métiers d’art et du mobilier ancien. Pionnier, monsieur Porter a notamment dirigé et participé à la rédaction d’un monumental ouvrage multidisciplinaire consacré au mobilier de l’époque victorienne au Québec. NOTICE COURTE John R. Porter mène une double et brillante carrière de muséologue et d’universitaire depuis plus de trente ans. Il a largement contribué au développement des connaissances sur l’art du Québec du XVIIe siècle à nos jours, ainsi qu’au renouvellement des pratiques muséales. On lui doit d’importantes découvertes en peinture, sculpture, métiers d’art et mobilier ancien, ainsi qu’un monumental ouvrage multidisciplinaire consacré au mobilier victorien au Québec.

Dr. Barry Posner has published some 290 papers and has established a national and international reputation for his research on receptors and growth factors especially the regulation and functions of the insulin receptor kinase (IRK). His first contribution was the finding of insulin receptors in "nontarget" tissues such as placenta which led to a new and more general way of defining hormone target tissues. In demonstrating that prolactin induces its own receptor he was one of the first to show regulation of receptor by ligand. Subsequently he found that ligands both up-and down-regulate their receptors depending on ligand concentration and duration of exposure. He showed that polypeptide hormone receptors were enriched in Golgi elements consistent with their role as precursors for the plasma membrane receptors. He went on to demonstrate internalization of ligand-receptor complexes to structures which he and his colleagues named endosomes and showed that such complexes were involved in signal transduction within the cell. Thus the paradigm that signaling occurred exclusively at the cell surface was changed to include a substantial other cellular compartment - the endosomal system. He and his colleagues discovered that insulin clearance began in endosomes by the action of an insulin specific protease, the physiological enzyme for degrading cellular insulin. In addition he demonstrated the existence of an IRK-associated phosphotyrosine phosphatase (PTP) a key regulator of IRK function. Using peroxovanadium agents he and his colleagues showed that inhibiting this PTP provoked IRK-mediated insulin signaling in the complete absence of insulin. This established the basis for the development of a new class of insulin mimickers which might eventually replace insulin in the treatment of Diabetes. Finally he has studied insulin -like growth factors and found that they may negatively feed-back on pituitary growth hormone secretion; and has demonstrated that peptide hormone receptors are in brain, particularly in the circumventricular organs through which they transmit centripetal signals to deeper neuronal structures.

Updated July 8, 2015 POTTER, Pitman, Faculty of Law, University of British Columbia Potter is an internationally acclaimed scholar with significant impact on legal scholarship and policy around the world. His insightful studies of China’s legal systems and the innovative methodologies and paradigms he developed have reshaped the study of legal systems in emerging and transitioning economies. His pioneering work on the concept of coordinated compliance presented an important conceptual breakthrough introducing a bold new approach toward integrating human rights and trade policy.

Updated July 8, 2015 Potter est un intellectuel de renommée internationale et son impact dans le domaine du droit international et de la politique publique est important. Ses recherches pertinentes sur le système légal de la Chine et les méthodes et les paradigmes qu’il a développés ont transformé l’analyse des systèmes légaux dans les économies émergentes et en transition. Son travail pionnier sur le concept de conformité coordonnée représente une avancée capitale dans le domaine et a ouvert la voie à une approche nouvelle et audacieuse qui intègre les droits humains et la politique commerciale.

Long Citation (for publication and press release) Claudine Potvin is an internationally renowned scholar of Francophone and Latin American literatures and a distinguished fiction writer, combining these areas in a unique way. She has transformed the fields of Quebec and Latin American literatures with her innovative theoretical approaches in books and articles on Women's Writing, Gender, Feminist Utopias, and Visual Arts. Her fiction, which has been translated into English, has won awards and critical acclaim. Both her scholarly works and her fiction are used in university courses. As scholar, fiction writer, and intellectual she is profoundly conscious of her role in academia and in the community. Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony) Claudine Potvin is an internationally renowned scholar of Francophone and Latin American literatures and a distinguished fiction writer. She has transformed the fields of Quebec and Latin American literatures with her innovative theoretical approaches on Women's Writing, Gender, Feminist Utopias, and Visual Arts. Her fiction, which has been translated into English, has won awards and critical acclaim.

Alexandre Poulain investigates how microbes promote or limit the entry of toxic metal(loid)s into foodwebs. He is interested in how microbes sense and transform metal(loid)s. This information is integrated into models predicting metals’ fate and used to develop novel (bio)analytical and remediation tools. He is internationally recognized for his work on the microbial transformations of mercury from temperate areas to the high Arctic.

Alexandre Poulain étudie le rôle des microorganismes sur l'entrée des polluants dans les réseaux trophiques, particulièrement la manière dont ces derniers détectent et transforment les métaux. Cette information est utilisée afin de développer de nouveaux outils bio-analytiques et de bio-remédiation et intégrée dans des modèles prédictifs du destin environnemental des polluants. Alexandre Poulain est internationalement reconnu pour son travail sur la microbiologie du mercure des régions tempérées à l’extrême Arctique.

POULLAOUEC-GONIDEC, Philippe is a professor at School of Urban Planning and Landscape Architecture at the Université de Montréal. He is a leading landscape architect renowned worldwide for his research in the fields of urban landscape. Building bridges between the world of research and civil society, this Trudeau Fellow holds the UNESCO Chair in Landscape and Environmental Design who has established itself as a center of excellence on the international scene by deploying unique cooperation activities in urban design to support the sustainable development of cities.

POULLAOUEC-GONIDEC, Philippe est professeur à l’École d’urbanisme et d’architecture de paysage de l’Université de Montréal. Il est un éminent architecte paysagiste reconnu mondialement pour ses recherches dans les domaines du paysage urbain. Tissant des liens entre le monde de la recherche et la société civile, ce lauréat Trudeau est titulaire de la Chaire UNESCO en paysage et environnement qui s’est imposée sur la scène internationale comme pôle d’excellence en déployant des activités de coopération uniques en design urbain pour soutenir le développement durable des villes.