** photo credit Martin Morissette ** FREEDMAN, Lori Lori Freedman is internationally acclaimed for her career as composer, improviser, and virtuoso clarinettist placing her in the forefront of the avant-garde music scene over the past forty years. Her highly original trans-disciplinary contributions have helped to shape the face of contemporary Canadian art at large. Nearly fifty recordings document her constant evolution and the number of composers writing for her unique playing style continues to grow.

La carrière internationale de Lori Freedman en tant que compositrice, improvisatrice et clarinettiste virtuose l’a placée sur le devant de la scène musicale avant-gardiste au cours des quarante dernières années. Ses contributions transdisciplinaires extrêmement originales ont apporté leur pierre angulaire à l’art canadien contemporain. Une cinquantaine d’enregistrements témoignent de son évolution constante et le nombre de compositeurs qui écrivent pour son style unique ne cesse de s’accroître.

Dr. R. Allan Freeze, professor of geology at the University of British Columbia, is a leader in the field of mathematical modelling of groundwater flow systems and associated problems of stream flow generation, transient saturated and unsaturated flows, and the statistical effects of various parameters of the permeable media as affecting this flow. Though his major contributions have been of a theoretical nature, his work on mathematical predictions of the subsidence of Venice is clearly applied science. As a successful teacher in the field of engineering hydraulogy and as an editor of the journal "Ground Water Research", he effectively straddles fields of geology, civil engineering, and applied mathematics.

Updated July 27, 2015 Professor Yves Frenette is a historian who made outstanding contributions to the study of migrations (especially through migrants' writings) and of North-American and Canadian francophonies, offering original perspectives in those fields.

Updated July 27, 2015 FRENETTE, Yves – Chaire de recherche du Canada, Université de Saint-Boniface Historien, le professeur Yves Frenette s'est distingué par des contributions remarquables à l'étude historique et multidisciplinaire, d'une part, des phénomènes migratoires (notamment les écrits personnels des migrants) et, d'autre part, des francophonies nord-américaines. Il a renouvelé ces champs d'étude de façon très originale.

FREY, Brendan, Faculty of Applied Science and Engineering, University of Toronto Brendan Frey has contributed to the emergence of new fields of research in machine learning and genome biology. He was one of the first researchers to successfully train a deep neural network, and he was a pioneer in inventing message passing algorithms, which are now widely used. He co-developed the long-sought-after - splicing code' for determining how genes are expressed and introduced a new approach to understanding the genetics of disease.

Brendan Frey a contribué à l'émergence de nouveaux champs dans l'apprentissage machine et Genome Biology. Il a été parmi les premiers chercheurs à former avec succès un réseau de neurones profond, et un pionnier dans l'invention des algorithmes de passage de messages. Il a co-développé le long convoité «code d'épissage» pour déterminer comment les gênes sont exprimés et ont introduit une nouvelle approche de la compréhension de la génétique de la maladie.

Gerald H. L. Fridman, sometime Dean of Law at the University of Alberta, has taught at the University of Western Ontario since 1975. He has given strong leadership both in the University and in the Province, which recognized his contribution to the work of the Law Reform Commission and other aspects of legal life by conferring the rank and status of Queen's Counsel in 1985. Fifteen books on Contracts, Torts, Agency, Sale of Goods and other fundamental questions, in their several editions, have become standard and often-cited works in English and Canadian courts.

The work of Martin Friedland has been characterized by the juxtaposition of skillful and thorough technical analysis of the law with imaginative exploration of its causes and effects. The former tendency is epitomized by such work as "Double Jeopardy", which traces the evolution of this important doctrine from mediaeval times to the present. The latter began with "Detention Before Trial" - an empirical analysis of the then-unreformed bail system - and has continued through to the present in a series of socio-legal studies on the process of criminal law reform, gun control legislation, and national security laws. Through his writings, and by his service as a founding member of the Law Reform Commission of Canada and as Dean of his faculty, Prof. Friedland has shown how uncompromising adherence to the highest scholarly standards holds the greatest promise of public good.

Dr. Friesen is a senior member of Canada's biomedical research community. He has provided critical intellectual and technological leadership in the development of molecular biology in Canada mainly through his active research program and through his work with the Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council and the Medical Research Council of Canada. The author of over 100 papers in leading molecular biology journals, Dr. Friesen has established an international reputation for this studies of the proteins involved in the regulation of gene expression in both bacteria and yeast. Ten years as Editor of the prestigious Journal of Bacteriology is a measure of his stature in the field, and his administrative leadership is reflected in five years as Chairman of the Department of Medical Genetics at the University of Toronto followed by another five as the Director of the Research Institute at the Hospital for Sick Children. Dr. Friesen is currently chairman of a committee of the Royal Society examining the impact and future of molecular biology in medicine.

Dr. Friesen is an internationally renowned Canadian endocrinologist whose major research contributions relate to lactogenic and growth hormones from the placenta and pituitary. Subsequent to his identification of human prolactin, and the development of radioimmuno-assays for it, he has been a central figure in characterizing the synthesis and secretion of prolactin in health and disease as well as studying target tissue receptors for these hormones. He has, and continues to carry on an investigative career of singular productivity, systematically elucidating the biochemistry, physiology and pathophysiology of lactogenic hormones. Dr. Friesen continues to play a pivotal role in ongoing national studies of the therapeutic use of human growth hormone and in establishing the therapeutic efficacy of agents which control prolactin secretion. One of these now has been accepted world wide to be effective in decreasing elevated prolactin levels to normal, thereby correcting impaired fertility experienced by these patients. He has published over 190 scientific articles.

Dr. Peter Fritz, following his early pioneer work in environmental isotope hydrology in Pisa, established in Canada a legacy of scientific research which now thrives in a number of centres across the country. Within the unique setting of the now world-renown Waterloo Groundwater Reseach Centre, Peter integrated environmental isotope research with the fast-growing fields of groundwater resource studies, geochemistry, modeling and contaminant hydrogeology. Today, these efforts bear fruit also in the number of his Ph.D students who hold professorial ranks in Canadian institutions and pursue the programs of research he initiated during three decades on the Canadian scene. It is a pleasure to nominate a scientist of his calibre for a Fellowship in the Royal Society of Canada.

FROESE FISCHER, Charlotte – Computer Science, The University of British Columbia For more than 50 years, Charlotte Fischer has made profound and lasting contributions to theoretical techniques for the calculation of atomic transition frequencies, decay rates, and other atomic processes through the development of computer software that has become a standard for the field. The results have found wide application in astrophysics, plasma diagnostics, and the development of controlled fusion devices.

Depuis plus de 50 ans, Charlotte Fischer a apporté des contributions profondes et durables aux techniques théoriques pour le calcul des fréquences atomiques de transition, les taux de décroissance et d’autres processus atomiques, à travers le développement de logiciels informatiques qui sont devenus un standard dans le domaine. Les résultats ont trouvé une large application dans l’astrophysique, le diagnostic du plasma, et le développement de dispositifs de fusion contrôlée.

FRYXELL, John – Department of Integrative Biology, University of Guelph John Fryxell is an internationally recognized ecologist whose work has shaped the way we study and protect wildlife. His innovative research combining theoretical and empirical approaches has led to novel insights on animal movement and population dynamics in ecosystems ranging from the Serengeti and the boreal forest to fisheries. Collectively, his work represents a truly outstanding contribution to our understanding of animal ecology in an era of unprecedented global change.

John Fryxell est un écologiste de renommée internationale dont le travail a façonné notre manière d’étudier et de protéger la faune. Ses recherches innovantes combinant des approches théoriques et empiriques ont ouvert de nouvelles perspectives sur les mouvements des animaux et la dynamique des populations dans les écosystèmes, de la plaine du Serengeti à la forêt boréale et aux pêcheries. De manière générale, son travail représente une réelle contribution exceptionnelle à notre compréhension de l’écologie animale à une époque de changements mondiaux sans précédent.