BLOWES, David, Department of Earth and Environmental Sciences, University of Waterloo Dr. David Blowes is an international leader in the field of environmental geochemistry. Through sophisticated laboratory, field and modelling studies, he has made ground-breaking contributions to our understanding release of contaminants from mining wastes. Dr. Blowes has made important contributions to the development of management practices for mine wastes and to the development of novel groundwater remediation technologies.

BLOWES, David, Département des sciences de la terre et de l’environnement, Université de Waterloo Dr. David Blowes est un leader international dans le domaine de la géochimie environnementale. Grâce à des études de laboratoire, de terrain et de modélisation à la fine pointe de la technologie, il a contribué de façon significative à la compréhension du relargage des contaminants provenant des rejets miniers. Dr. Blowes a apporté des contributions importantes au niveau du développement des pratiques de gestion des rejets miniers et du développement de nouvelles technologies d’assainissement de l’eau souterraine.

Robin Boadway is Canada's most eminent economist in the theory of public finance. He is author of two internationally-recognized textbooks, one in welfare economics and the other in public finance. He has published extensively in leading economic journals on a variety of subjects, with special emphasis on tax policy, fiscal federalism, and redistribution policy. He has participated actively in the academic community and is Past President of the Canadian Economics Association. He has made a major contribution to our understanding of the Canadian fiscal system and of the consequences of the options for reform.

Janice Boddy is a cultural anthropologist internationally renowned for her research on northern Sudan. Her highly sophisticated ethnographic monograph on spirit possession has been referred to as a contemporary classic and is very widely read. She has also conducted extensive ethnohistorical research, producing a rich and highly original study of British colonialism in Sudan.

Updated July 20, 2015 BOHLMANN, Joerg, Michael Smith Laboratories, Faculty of Science and Faculty of Forestry, University of British Columbia Joerg Bohlmann is a world leader in the fields of plant and forestry genomics and in plant natural products biology. He is distinguished for his research on the genomics of defense and resistance mechanisms of conifers against insect pests and insect-associated fungal pathogens, as well as on plant terpenoid biochemistry. New systems for high value bioproducts, as well as groundbreaking approaches for conifer improvement, are emerging from this work.

Updated July 22, 2015 Joerg Bohlmann est un leader mondial dans les domaines de la génomique végétale et forestière et la biologie des produits naturels des végétaux. Il se distingue pour sa recherche sur la génomique des mécanismes de défense et de résistance des conifères contre les insectes nuisibles et les pathogènes fongiques associés à ces insectes, ainsi que sur la biochimie des terpénoïdes végétaux. De son travail sont issus de nouveaux systèmes de bioproduits de grande valeur ajoutée ainsi que des approches novatrices pour l'amélioration des conifères.

Cornelia Bohne is a world leader in physical-organic chemistry renowned for using light in novel ways to move beyond research on static molecular structures to trailblazing studies of supramolecular dynamics in complex systems. She has created breakthrough knowledge and continues to have major impacts in areas as broad as fundamental science and smart materials.

Cornelia Bohne est une spécialiste de pointe mondiale dans le domaine de la chimie physico-organique. Elle est réputée pour avoir utilisé la lumière de manière novatrice afin de transcender la recherche sur les structures moléculaires statiques et de mener des études avant-gardistes sur la dynamique supramoléculaire des systèmes complexes. Elle a apporté des connaissances inédites et continue d’avoir un impact majeur dans des domaines aussi larges que la science fondamentale et les matériaux intelligents.

Gérard Boismenu has excelled in teaching, research and administration (departments, centres, the faculty of arts and sciences, university presses and digital publishing). Equipped with a strong capacity for innovation in comparative research, he has opened new avenues into many themes: the Duplessis regime, federalism, and social regulation and protection. His contribution to knowledge has been acknowledged at home and abroad. He has led innovative projects in the publishing and distribution of scientific documents (Érudit, Synergies).

Gérard Boismenu a excellé à la fois en enseignement, recherche, direction d’unités administratives (département, centres, Faculté des arts et des sciences, presses universitaires, édition numérique). Doté d’une forte capacité d’innovation dans la recherche comparative, il a ouvert de nouvelles avenues sur plusieurs thématiques : le régime duplessiste, le fédéralisme, la régulation et protection sociales. Sa contribution à la connaissance a été reconnue ici et à l’étranger. Il a été le leader de projets innovateurs en édition et diffusion numérique du document scientifique (Érudit, Synergies).

Aurélien Boivin, professeur titulaire au département des littératures de l'Université Laval, est un pionnier de la recherche en littérature québécoise. Spécialiste du corpus et de la sociologie de la littérature, il a contribué, par ses travaux sur le récit bref en particulier, publiés en volume (« Le conte littéraire québécois au XIXe siècle ») et dans des revues savantes d'ici et d'ailleurs, à enrichir le patrimoine littéraire et à proposer une réinterprétation de l'imaginaire des écrivains du siècle dernier. Membre de l'équipe du « Dictionnaire des oeuvres littéraires du Québec », il est le seul chercheur à avoir participé à la rédaction des six tomes publiés. Il dirigera le septième tome. Ses nombreuses connaissances du corpus ont attiré l'attention des spécialistes du Québec et du monde entier, qui ont réclamé sa participation à des revues savantes et qui l'ont invité à des colloques et des congrès, voire à effectuer des missions d'enseignement en France, Belgique, Allemagne, Côte d'Ivoire, Algérie et Thaïlande. Rédacteur en chef de l'équipe littéraire et membre du collectif de la revue « Québec français » depuis 1974, il a publié plus de 300 textes dans cette revue de renommée internationale. Il prépare l'édition critique des « Anciens Canadiens » de Philippe Aubert de Gaspé.

Lawrence Arthur Boland is an economist whose interests primarily centre on methodology and microeconomic theory. His research examines the foundational assumptions, interpretations and applications of neoclassical microeconomic theory. Many of his recent publications call into question the blind application of microeconomic theory and econometric methods seen in much social science research.

Long Citation Dr. Roberto Bolli is a world leader in the field of cardiovascular medicine. He was elected as Secretary General and then as President-Elect of the International Society for Heart Research as well as Chairman of the Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences of the American Heart Association. He is a well established and superior scientist in the field of cardiovascular research as his fundamental and innovative work has shaped our understanding of cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury. His pioneering work on the mechanisms of myocardial stunning and ischemic preconditioning has paved the way for the development of novel cardioprotective therapies. Short Citation Dr. Roberto Bolli is a world leader in the field of cardiovascular medicine. He is a well established and superior scientist in the field of cardiovascular research as his fundamental and innovative work has shaped our understanding of cardiac ischemia-reperfusion injury. His pioneering work on the mechanisms of myocardial stunning and ischemic preconditioning has paved the way for the development of novel cardioprotective therapies.

John Richard Bond, Professor in the Canadian Institute for Theoretical Astrophysics at the University of Toronto and Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, is distinguished for broad and fundamental contributions to physical cosmology and other areas of astrophysics. He has led the development of the theory of Gaussian random fields as a tool for the study of structure formation in the Universe. He has created powerful theoretical machinery for interpreting observations of fluctuations in the cosmic background radiation, the most powerful cosmological probe to emerge in the last decade. He has also made seminal contributions to our understanding of supermassive objects, dark matter, the intergalactic medium, and the infrared background radiation.

Long Citation (for publication and press release) Arend Bonen is an international scientific leader in the regulation of energy metabolism in skeletal muscle under normal and pathological conditions. He has identified the important role of muscle activity in regulating glucose utilization, and the molecular mechanisms controlling the entry of fatty acids into skeletal and cardiac muscle. These studies have led to the understanding that physical activity is a valuable prophylactic/therapeutic aid in treating insulin resistance, and that the molecular dysregulation of fatty acid entry into muscle cells, in obesity and type 2 diabetes, represents a key therapeutic target. His extensive work has influenced research in diverse fields. Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony) Arend Bonen is an international scientific leader in the regulation of energy metabolism in skeletal muscle, under normal and pathological conditions. His studies have led to the understanding that physical activity is a valuable prophylactic/therapeutic aid in treating insulin resistance, and that the molecular dysregulation of fatty acid entry into muscle cells, in obesity and type 2 diabetes, represents a key therapeutic target.