Keith ELLIS is one of the leading Latin Americanist literary scholars in Canada and a highly respected critical voice in North and Central America as well as Europe. Endowed with a keen mind, imagination, rigorous scholarly discipline and an infectious enthusiasm for his calling, he has attracted wide recognition from his peers internationally. While thoroughly aware of aesthetic concerns, he never loses sight of the human and social challenges in works of literature. His perceptive structural analysis broadens the bounds of learning; his consistent and diversified commitment to scholarship sheds enriching critical light on significant segments of Latin American Letters.

George Elliott has made important contributions to operator algebras. His work on derivations and his discovery of the significance of K-theory for AF-algebras have been the basis for work by leading mathematicians all over the world. Akemann and Pedersen's characterization of the separable C*-algebras for which all derivations are inner, stated 'We have borrowed freely from the ideas of G.A. Elliott '. In AF-algebras, a chaotic situation was completely changed by Elliott's discovery that with natural ordering, the group Ko has the Riesz separation property and is a complete invariant for the AF-algebra.

Sara Ellison is a world expert in two fields of astrophysics: quasar absorption lines and galaxy mergers. Currently leading international programs with the world’s largest ground and space-based telescopes, her work provides a panoramic view of processes in galaxy evolution in both the nearby and distant universe. Dr. Ellison’s research has appeared in over 100 peer-reviewed articles and includes numerous high impact discoveries in the field of extragalactic observational astronomy.

Sara Ellison est une astrophysicienne de renommée mondiale qui se spécialise dans l’observation des raies d’absorption de quasars et des fusions de galaxies. Elle dirige plusieurs programmes internationaux de pointe qui utilisent les plus grands télescopes terrestres et spatiaux pour donner une vue d’ensemble des processus au coeur de l’évolution des galaxies dans l’univers local et lointain. Les travaux du Dr. Ellison ont fait l’objet de plus de 100 articles évalués par des pairs et incluent plusieurs découvertes qui ont marqué l’astronomie extragalactique.

Mohamed Elmasry, Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Waterloo has invented, developed and helped introduce into industry several new technologies influencing the growth of microelectronics in Canada and abroad. His scholarly research has resulted in no less than five distinct generations of integrated circuit designs. His revolutionary work on low-energy logic circuits some 20 years ago is now finding wide applications in portable telecommunications devices. Elmasry has done pioneering work in artificial neural network chip design, leading to self-learning chips, speech and character recognition systems, vocoders and echo cancellation systems. He holds 9 patents and is the author or co-author of 12 books and more than 250 scientific publications.

Embleton, Sheila - Linguistics - York University Sheila Embleton is the leading expert in mathematical methods in historical linguistics and dialectology. Her 1986 book on family tree reconstruction still anchors the field. Her revolutionary digital methods led to major advances in Finnish and Romanian dialectology. Archeologists and geneticists cite her innovative interdisciplinary research, a true marriage of mathematics and humanities. She also solved the elusive origins of Suomi and Bermuda. ------------------ Embleton, Sheila - Linguistics - York University Sheila Embleton is the leading international expert in applications of mathematical methods to historical linguistics and dialectology. Her pioneering 1986 monograph on family tree reconstruction still anchors current work in the field. Her application of revolutionary new digital methods to dialectology advanced substantially Finnish and Romanian dialectology. Her prodigious output, unfailingly innovative and interdisciplinary, represents a true marriage of mathematics and humanities, leading to her work’s frequent consultation by archeologists and geneticists. She numbers among North America’s foremost experts on the study of proper names, particularly women’s surnames, and solved the elusive problems of the origin of Suomi and Bermuda.

Carolyn Emery is a physiotherapist and injury epidemiologist. The focus of her research is in injury prevention and rehabilitation in youth sport and recreation. Carolyn’s population health approach to the identification of risk factors for injury and evaluation of prevention strategies to reduce the risk of injury and consequences of injury, including osteoarthritis, has had a significant public health impact through informing practice and policy in youth sport and recreation.

Carolyn Emery est une physiothérapeute et épidémiologiste des blessures. Ses recherches portent principalement sur la prévention des blessures et la réhabilitation dans les activités sportives et récréatives dédiées aux jeunes. Axée sur la santé de la population, son approche de l'identification de facteurs de risque de blessures et de l'évaluation de stratégies de prévention visant à réduire le risque de blessure et les conséquences des blessures, dont l'arthrose, a eu un impact considérable sur la santé publique en informant les pratiques et politiques dans le domaine des activités sportives et récréatives dédiées aux jeunes.

ENGLAND, John H. - Department of Earth and Atmospheric Sciences, University of Alberta John England is internationally acclaimed for his 45-year survey throughout Arctic Canada reconstructing the behaviour of ancient ice sheets, sea ice and sea level that illuminate our understanding of modern Arctic environments. He is one of Canada’s prestigious NSERC Northern Research Chairs, spearheaded the establishment of Canada’s northernmost National Park, is a leading advocate for a Canadian Polar Policy and is actively engaged in mentoring Inuit and Inuvialuit students.

ENGLAND, John H. - Département des sciences de la terre et de l’atmosphère, University of Alberta L’étude d’une durée de 45 ans effectuée par John England sur le comportement des calottes glaciaires anciennes, de la glace flottante et des niveaux de la mer dans l’Arctique canadien lui a valu une réputation d’envergure internationale en plus d’enrichir notre compréhension de l’environnement arctique moderne. Le professeur England est l’un des titulaires des chaires de recherche nordiques du prestigieux Conseil de recherches en sciences naturelles et en génie du Canada. Il a de plus été à l’origine de la création du parc national le plus au Nord du pays. Il constitue l’un des plus ardents promoteurs de l’adoption d’une politique polaire par le Canada et est fermement engagé dans la formation d’étudiants Inuit et Inuvialuit.

Ann English is a chemist working at the interface of bioinorganic chemistry and redox biology. Combining cutting- edge enabling technologies such as mass spectrometry with computational analyses, her investigations of redox reactions between hydrogen peroxide and metalloproteins have uncovered unprecedented mechanisms of peroxide signalling and heme trafficking within cells. Additionally, her studies are unravelling how nitric oxide reacts with hemoglobin and other vital biomolecules to regulate biological processes including blood flow.

Ann English est une chimiste qui travaille au croisement de la chimie bioinorganique et de la biologie rédox. Combinant des technologies de pointe telles que la spectrométrie de masse avec des analyses informatiques, ses recherches sur les réactions d’oxydoréduction entre le peroxyde d’hydrogène et les métalloprotéines ont permis de découvrir des mécanismes sans précédent de signalisation du peroxyde et de circulation de l’hème à l’intérieur des cellules. En outre, ses études élucident la manière dont l’oxyde nitrique réagit avec l’hémoglobine et d’autres biomolécules vitales pour réguler les processus biologiques, y compris le flux sanguin.

Professor Epstein is the leading researcher in the world in developing new models of choice under uncertainty. His work in this area can easily explain observed paradoxes in financial markets, insurance and gambling. ln recognition of his pioneering work, Epstein was invited to write a paper* in "Advances in Economic Theory", a series of survey papers sponsored by the Econometric Society. Epstein has also made seminal contributions in the following areas: (i) dynamic economic models; (ii) intertemporal optimization; (iii) new models of investment behavior; (iv) duality theory and (v) demand theory. Epstein was also rated to be the top Canadian economist in terms of the quality of his publications during the 1980's.** *"Behaviour Under Risk: Recent Developments in Theory and Applications", pp.1-63 in "Advances in Economic Theory - Sixth World Congress of the Econometric Society" Vol. II, J.J. Laffont (ed.), Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. **"Research Productivity in the Canadian Economics Profession: 1981-90", by R.F. Lucas, University of Saskatchewan.

Professor of Marketing, Director of LaboNFC (Laboratoire de recherche sur les Nouvelles Formes de Consommation), and Tier 2 Canada Research Chair in Technology, Sustainability and Society, Myrian Ertz’s world-class contributions have deepened our understanding of responsible consumption and marketing, collaborative consumption and the collaborative economy, the circular economy, digital marketing, and of technology and innovation, including Industry 4.0.

Myriam Ertz est professeur titulaire en marketing, directrice du LaboNFC, (Laboratoire de recherche sur les Nouvelles Formes de Consommation) et titulaire de la Chaire de Recherche du Canada de niveau 2 Technologie, Durabilité, Société, ses contributions d’envergure internationale renforcent notre compréhension de la consommation et du marketing responsables, de la consommation et de l’économie collaboratives, de l’économie circulaire, du marketing numérique, de la technologie et de l’innovation, notamment l’industrie 4.0.

John Esling is a phonetician known internationally for his auditory and articulatory phonetic research on laryngeal/pharyngeal function in speech. The research group he directs, the Infant Speech Acquisition Project, is widely recognized for its pioneering discoveries of how infants' earliest vocalizations develop into speech sounds. ------------------ ESLING, John H. –Department of Linguistics, University of Victoria John Esling is a phonetician known internationally for his auditory and articulatory phonetic research on laryngeal/pharyngeal function in speech. His innovative laryngoscopic investigations of speech sounds in the languages of the world form the basis of the Laryngeal Articulator Model of the vocal tract. His reinterpretation of voice quality classification and of the International Phonetic Association chart has proven highly productive in explaining the organization of sounds in linguistic systems. The research group he directs, the Infant Speech Acquisition Project, is widely recognized for its pioneering discoveries of how infants' earliest vocalizations develop into speech sounds.