Since the publication of "The Explanation of Behaviour" ten years ago, Charles Taylor has been recognized as a political philosopher blessed with a powerful and original mind. He has contributed major papers on a wide range of philosophical problems and has just completed his study of Hegel, which is now in press. His contribution to philosophy has been complimented by a variety of publications in the field of politics. This outstanding productivity has gone hand in hand with a heavy commitment to national politics which, in a less active scholar might have dried up his intellectual activity. His outstanding quality was early recognized by his election to a Fellowship at All Souls, and he has held visiting appointments at both Princeton and Berkeley. His reputation as a scholar of high achievement and continuing promise is equally high on both sides of the Atlantic. During his time at McGill he has also held joint appointments in philosophy at both the University of Montreal and McGill University.

TAYLOR, M. Scott – Department of Economics, University of Calgary M. Scott Taylor has contributed more to our understanding of the international trade dimension of sustainability issues than anyone in the world. His research seeks answers to questions such as: Is international trade good or bad for the environment? How has globalization affected resource use worldwide? What are the environmental consequences of economic growth? The answers are as yet incomplete, but much of what we do know is attributable to Scott Taylor’s research.

TAYLOR, M. Scott – Department of Economics, University of Calgary M. Scott Taylor a contribué, plus que toute autre personne dans le monde, à notre connaissance des questions relatives au commerce international dans le cadre du développement durable. Il tente de trouver des réponses à des questions telles que : Le commerce international est-il bon ou mauvais pour l’environnement? De quelle façon la mondialisation a-t-elle affecté l’utilisation des ressources dans le monde? Quelles sont les conséquences environnementales de la croissance économique? Les réponses sont encore incomplètes, mais une grande partie de ce que nous savons sur ces sujets est attribuable aux travaux de Scott Taylor.

Long Citation Diane Taylor is an internationally recognized microbiologist whose major contributions include the application of genetics and molecular biology to understand bacterial antibiotic resistance. Her work led in the discovery of genetics behind the virulence and disease mechanisms of two bacteria: Helicobacter pylori, responsible for gastric ulcers and cancer, and Campylobacter, found in food and drinking water, and an important cause of gastroenteritis. She has developed methods for their genetic analysis used worldwide and has identified important resistance mechanisms. Her research on plasmids (small circles of DNA) ranges from understanding how they have evolved over time to how they transfer between bacterial cells, creating dangerous antibiotic resistance. Short Citation Diane Taylor is an internationally recognized microbiologist whose major contributions include the application of genetics and molecular biology to understand bacterial antibiotic resistance. Her work led in the discovery of genetics behind the virulence and disease mechanisms of two bacteria: Helicobacter pylori, responsible for gastric ulcers and cancer, and Campylobacter, found in food and drinking water, and an important cause of gastroenteritis.

Alexie Tcheuyap's research explores the intersectionalities between literature and madness, film adaptation theories, (post)nationalist discourse analysis, and the rhetoric of violence and fear. A Fellow of St. Michael's College, Senior Fellow of Massey College and of the European Institutes of Advanced Study (Collegium de Lyon), he has published a substantial and authoritative body of work on African literature, film and media.

Les recherches d’Alexie Tcheuyap examinent les rapports entre littérature et folie, les théories de l’adaptation cinématographique, l’analyse des discours (post)nationalistes, ainsi que la rhétorique de la violence et de la peur. Fellow de St. Michael’s College, Senior Fellow de Massey College et des Instituts européens d’études avancées (Collegium de Lyon), ses publications en littératures, cinémas et médias d’Afrique sont considérables et font autorité.

Dr. Templeton's measurements of the Fermi surfaces of the alkali metals, his elegant determination of the pressure dependence of the Fermi surfaces of the alkali and noble metals, studies of both Fermi surfaces and electron scattering effects in dilute noble metal alloys, determination of the phase of dHvA oscillations at infinite field (verification of fundamental theory) and recent improvement by two orders of magnitude of the precision with which dHvA oscillations can be measured, greatly enhance the international reputation which he earlier achieved together with D. K. C. MacDonald and W. B. Pearson through his classic researches on thermoelectricity. He can well be recognized as Canada's leading low temperature physicist.

TEPASS, Ulrich – Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Ulrich Tepass is an international leader in the analysis of epithelial cell polarity and cell adhesion using the genetic model organism, the fruit fly. He was among first to characterize an epithelial polarity factor in 1990, and since then has made numerous seminal contributions to our understanding of the molecular regulation of cell polarity and adhesion and the developmental significance of these processes. The fundamental insights that this work has generated are relevant for our understanding of human disease, including blindness and most forms of cancer.

TEPASS, Ulrich – Department of Cell & Systems Biology, University of Toronto Ulrich Tepass est un leader international dans l’analyse de la polarité des cellules épithéliales et l’adhésion cellulaire en utilisant l’organisme modelé génétique, la mouche des fruits. Il fut le premier à caractériser un facteur de polarité épithéliale en 1990, et depuis, a fait de nombreuses contributions majeures à notre compréhension de la régulation moléculaire de la polarité cellulaire et l’adhérence et la signification du développement de ces processus. Les idées fondamentales que ce travail a générés sont pertinent pour notre compréhension des maladies humaines, y compris la cécité et la plupart des formes de cancer.

Mark Terry is an internationally-recognized digital media innovator. His remediation of the documentary film known as the Geo-Doc is currently being used within various divisions of the United Nations as a data delivery system, a new communications tool that bridges the gap between science and policy. His pioneering work with multilinear, non-fiction narratives has been recognized by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television with their Humanitarian Award in 2011. His work in documenting polar research has also been recognized by decorations with the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal (2013) and The Explorers Club’s Stefansson Medal (2010).

Mark Terry est reconnu sur le plan international pour ses innovations dans le domaine des médias numériques. Sa version du film documentaire connu sous le nom de Geo-Doc est actuellement utilisée au sein de diverses divisions des Nations Unies comme système de transmission de données, un nouvel outil de communication qui comble le fossé entre la science et la politique. Son travail novateur sur les récits documentaires multilinéaires a été reconnu en 2011 par l’Académie canadienne du cinéma et de la télévision avec son prix humanitaire. Son travail de documentation sur la recherche polaire a également été reconnu par la Médaille du jubilé de diamant de la reine (2013) et la Médaille Stefansson du Explorers Club (2010).

Marc Tessier-Lavigne, Departments of Anatomy and of Biochemistry and Biophysics University of California, San Francisco, and Howard Hughes Medical Institute, has made fundamental contributions to our understanding of axonal pathfinding in mammals. He identified a chemoattractant activity that organizes axons in the spinal cord, purified the proteins responsible for this activity and cloned the relevant genes. He has called these proteins netrins. Netrin-1 is an attractant for commissural axons and a repellant for trochlear motor axons. This ability of mammalian netrins is reminiscent of UNC-6, and has led to a model for axon guidance involving the combined use of positive and negative cues. Tessier-Lavigne characterized two families of potential netrin receptors in mammals and demonstrated their role in axon guidance. His research has provided us with critical molecular determinants that control formation of the vertebrate nervous system.

Paul Thagard, Department of Philosophy, University of Waterloo, is one of Canada's leading philosophers of science. He has a brilliant academic career and has been working intensively in the philosophy of artificial intelligence and cognitive of science for the past twenty years. His work is marked by many distinctions, most recently by a Killam award for the years 1997-1999 to work on a project entitled "Making Sense: Coherence in Thought and Action". His new book on the philosophy of science as applied to medicine is entitled "How Scientists Explain Disease".

Dr. Thewalt achieved wide acclaim when his PhD research settled a raging international controversy over the existence and properties of bound multiexciton complexes. His unique spectroscopic methods have yielded deep insights into the nature of excitons and biexcitons, as fundamental to the understanding of semiconductor physics as the hydrogen atom H and molecule H2 are to atomic physics. The existence of polyexcitons, analogous to H3, H4, etc., was conjectured in 1972. Dr. Thewalt provided confirmation in 1987 using his newly developed, ultrasensitive experimental techniques. His remarkable successes in applying these techniques to problems of industrial relevance also are well recognized.

David Thomas, Biotechnology Research Institute, National Research Council of Canada, is one of Canada's foremost molecular cell biologists. He has used the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiaeto achieve fundamental insights into how eukaryotic cells function. His work has included the discovery of mitochondrial DNA recombination, the proof that beta and gamma subunits of heterotrimeric G proteins can activate downstream effector members of signaling pathways, and the discovery of Ste20p, the founding member of the GTPase activated kinase family. In collaboration with Howard Bussey he identified Kex1p, a protease involved in the secretion of signaling peptides; subsequent collaborations with colleagues allowed him to determine the crystal structure of this carboxypeptidase. In collaboration with John Bergeron, he uncovered the chaperone calnexin, involved in quality control in the endoplasmic reticulum. Thomas has ensured that these scientific advances have had practical applications.