Pionnier des études sur l'iconographie et l'imagerie religieuses comparées, Jean Simard s'est fait remarquer par ses nombreux travaux sur l'art et la religion populaires : neuf ouvrages, une cinquantaine d'articles scientifiques, plus de cinquante communications et conférences, qu'il a transposés en cinq films et autant d'expositions destinées à un large public. Reconnu par ses pairs dans le vaste champ du patrimoine culturel, il fut sollicité en 1984 pour organiser l'exposition « Le Grand Héritage », tenue au Musée du Québec à l'occasion de la visite du pape Jean-Paul II au Canada, alors qu'en 1989 on lui décema la médaille Luc-Lacourcière, qui couronne le meilleur ouvrage sur l'ethnologie des francophones en Amérique du Nord.

Dr. Siminovitch’s discoveries of genetic and molecular pathways underpinning immunologic diseases have elucidated new paradigms of signal transduction and cell biology, illuminating the mechanisms whereby selected classes of signal transducting effectors link extracellular stimuli to cytoskeletal-driven cell responses or to the attenuation of cell responses required for homeostasis. Her discoveries of molecular pathways responsible for autoimmune disease have also profoundly advanced understanding and potential to ameliorate these common debilitating diseases.

Notice académique longue (pour publications et communiqués de presse) Par sa participation au débat sur l’identité culturelle et la diversité au Québec, et par la manière dont elle a ouvert le champ de réflexion sur la traduction- montrant le potentiel de la traduction pour révéler les transformations en cours dans les rapports entre nations et communautés- Sherry Simon a fait une contribution immense à la vie des idées au Canada. Son travail récent sur Montréal renouvelle notre vision de cette ville, en en faisant un laboratoire d'identités et d’imaginaires. Parmi ses publications : Le Trafic des langues (Boréal, 1994), Gender in Translation (Routledge, 1996), Hybridité Culturelle, (Editions Ile de la Tortue, Montréal, 1999) et Translating Montreal. Episode in the Life of a Divided City (McGill-Queen’s 1006) qui paraîtra en 2008 en traduction française chez Fidès. Elle a également assuré la direction de plusieurs volumes, dont New Readings of Yiddish Montreal-Traduire le Montéal Yiddish, Presses de l’Université d’Ottawa, 2007.

Dr. Claudine Simson has made significant and innovative contributions to the fields of Information and Communications Technology (ICT) and Intellectual Property. She provided technical leadership in Canada's largest Research and Development organization, and was a key figure in leading critical Intellectual Property initiatives and establishing Advanced Research Programs world wide, particularly with universities, government laboratories, research consortia and research institutions.

LONG David Sinclair is an outstanding Canadian physicist with an international reputation for his work in nuclear and particle physics, particularly his leadership in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) project. He is the Deputy Director of SNO and the leader of a new International Facility for Underground Science that will maintain Canada's leading role in Particle Astrophysics. His scientific leadership and technical accomplishments in experimental design and ultra-low radioactivity systems were crucial to the major scientific success of SNO. He is a Professor of Physics at Carleton University and a Senior Research Scientist at TRIUMF. SHORT David Sinclair is an outstanding Canadian physicist with an international reputation for his work in nuclear and particle physics, particularly his leadership in the Sudbury Neutrino Observatory (SNO) project. He is the leader of a new International Facility for Underground Science that will maintain Canada's leading role in Particle Astrophysics.

Pekka K. Sinervo, Department of Physics, University of Toronto, was a leader of the team credited with discovering the top quark, one of the 12 fundamental building blocks of nature. He has made precise measurements of the properties of top and bottom quarks and is currently a proponent of the ATLAS experiment to unveil the origins of mass in our world. He has played important roles in the cultivation and advancement of physics research and education in Canada, e.g., by chairing the NSERC/Canadian Association of Physicists review of Canadian subatomic physics and the NSERC Reallocation Steering Committee on Subatomic Physics.

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.