The work of Derek Nurse in historical linguistics and language change, as applied to the Bantu languages of eastern Africa, has produced new insights on the classification, historical reconstruction and typology of these languages. He has extended our knowledge of the varieties of change, and of the types of features that can be transferred from one language to another. He has done pioneering work on the interface of linguistics, archaeology, and history, and is the coauthor of two handbooks on the history of Swahili society and language that are standard reference works wherever the language is studied.

Candace Nykiforuk is an international leader in applied public health and chronic disease prevention. Her exemplary record in engaged scholarship generates scientific and real-world evidence to facilitate positive change. She partners with communities and policy-makers to conduct research on how interactions between people, policy, and place can prevent chronic disease and promote lifelong health. She holds a prestigious Applied Public Health Chair and numerous awards for outstanding contributions to research and community.

Candace Nykiforuk est une chef de file internationale en santé publique appliquée et en prévention des maladies chroniques. Ses antécédents exemplaires en érudition engagée génèrent des preuves scientifiques et du monde réel pour faciliter le changement positif. Elle s’associe avec les collectivités et les décideurs pour faire de la recherche sur la façon dont les interactions entre les gens, les politiques et les lieux peuvent prévenir la maladie et promouvoir la santé continue. Elle est titulaire d’une Chaire en santé publique appliquée prestigieuse et récipiendaire de nombreux prix pour ses recherches et ses contributions communautaires incroyables.

Kelly O’Brien is a Canada Research Chair in Episodic Disability and Rehabilitation and Associate Professor in the Department of Physical Therapy, University of Toronto. Using HIV as an exemplar, the goal of her research is to characterize the episodic nature of disability experienced by adults aging with chronic disease and evaluate the translation of novel rehabilitation interventions to advance practice, programs, and policy. Kelly also cofounded the Canada-International HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative.

Kelly O’Brien est titulaire d’une Chaire de recherche du Canada en invalidité épisodique et réadaptation, et professeure agrégée au département de physiothérapie de l’Université de Toronto. Prenant le VIH comme exemple, ses recherches visent à caractériser la nature épisodique de l’invalidité vécue par les adultes vieillissant avec une maladie chronique et à évaluer l’application de nouvelles interventions de réadaptation pour faire progresser la pratique, les programmes et les politiques. Kelly O’Brien a également cofondé le Canada-International HIV and Rehabilitation Research Collaborative.

O'CAMPO, Patricia - Centre for Urban Health Solutions, University of Toronto Dr. Patricia O’Campo is an internationally renowned Social Epidemiologist whose research focuses on the health impacts of complex urban social problems experienced by low-income populations. Through her scholarship over the past 25 years, dedicated partnerships with affected communities, and leadership at a large multi-disciplinary health research centre for over a decade, she has advanced methodologies and generated strong evidence for effective solutions to reduce urban health disparities.

Kevin O’Neill’s innovative approach to the study of religion and politics has contributed to opening a significant new research field: the anthropology of Christianity. His research on the relationship between Pentecostalism and civil society in Latin America has reimagined the scale and scope of governance throughout the region. He is an award-winning author with two acclaimed monographs in print and four critically acclaimed edited volumes.

Kevin O’Neill et son approche novatrice à l’étude de la religion et de la politique ont contribué à l’émergence d’un nouveau domaine de recherche important : l’anthropologie du Christianisme. Ses recherches sur la relation entre le Pentecôtisme et la société civile en Amérique latine ont permis de repenser l’étendue et le cadre de la gouvernance dans cette région. Il est l’auteur de deux monographies, présentement sous presse, que les évaluateurs ont encensées, et il a dirigé quatre ouvrages accueillis très favorablement par la critique.

Keith Oatley has made substantial advances in several areas including the psychology of stress, the psychology of emotions, and readers' responses to fictional literature. He is the author of Best Laid Schemes, on emotions as they relate to people's goals, and coauthor of the leading textbook on emotions, Understanding Emotions. His novel, The Case of Emily V., won the Commonwealth Writers Prize for best first novel in 1994. His second novel, A Natural History, follows simultaneously the cognitive aspects of a scientific investigation and the emotions of a marriage relationship.

Gerbern S. Oegema studied Biblical Studies, Jewish Studies, and Religious Studies in Amsterdam, Jerusalem, Berlin and Tübingen. He has taught and lectured in Europe, Israel, the United States and Canada. He is currently Professor of Biblical Studies in the School of Religious Studies at McGill University. He specializes on Second Temple Judaism and Christian Origins and is the author of more than twenty books and co-editor of several book series.

Gerbern S. Oegema porte ses recherches sur les études bibliques, les études juives et les études religieuses à Amsterdam, Jérusalem, Berlin et Tübingen. Il a enseigné et donné des conférences en Europe, en Israël, aux États-Unis et au Canada. Il est actuellement professeur d'études bibliques à l'École d'études religieuses de l'Université McGill. Spécialiste du judaïsme du Second Temple et des origines chrétiennes, il est l'auteur de plus de vingt ouvrages et co-éditeur de plusieurs séries de livres.

Professor, Department of Law, Carleton University, over a period of nearly two decades had made an important contribution to several areas of legal interest in Canada, viz., the law of contract, banking, legal history, and the relationship between church and state. In itself this is proof of her academic quality and the originality of her research. Her performance as a teacher establishes her as a successful and fruitful expositor of the law. Her writings are evidence of her ability as a critical commentator upon the principles of the law and the operations of the courts in stating and applying those principles.

Chidi Oguamanam is an internationally renowned intellectual property scholar. His research straddles issue linkages in the global governance of knowledge and explores law’s marginalization of alternative knowledge frameworks. He is a pioneering voice for the recognition of epistemic pluralism in the production of knowledge as a basis for equitable intellectual property order. His research has wide-ranging impacts on the renegotiation of interests where formal scientific and informal knowledge intersect.

Chidi Oguamanam est un chercheur universitaire de réputation internationale spécialisé en propriété intellectuelle. Ses recherches portent sur les relations problématiques existant dans la gouvernance du savoir et explorent la marginalisation des types différents de cadres de connaissances dans le domaine du droit. Prof Oguamanam est un pionnier de la reconnaissance du pluralisme épistémique dans la production du savoir comme fondement d’un ordre de propriété intellectuelle équitable. Ses travaux de recherche ont des répercussions à grande échelle sur la renégociation des intérêts au croisement entre les connaissances scientifiques formelles et les connaissances informelles.

Dr. T. Oka is distinguished for his contributions to the understanding of molecular structure and molecular interactions. His theoretical study of the effect of zeropoint vibrations on the determination of molecular dimensions gave the first clear exposition of this difficult subject. He is most widely known for his work on the transfer of rotational energy between colliding molecules where his experimental results and methods have opened a new field of study which is proving important in physics, chemistry and astronomy. His present pioneer work on two-photon spectroscopy likewise shows promise of expanding into a new field of experimental physics. In radio astronomy, he shared in the recent discovery of interstellar cyanodiacetylene, the heaviest molecule found to date in space. In 1980 he has discovered laboratory spectrum of H3+ which was sought after over many years by spectroscopists. This spectrum has lead to discoveries of H3+ in Jupiter, Saturn and Uranus. In 1996 he has discovered interstellar H2+ using the spectrum. H3+ is the most fundamental molecule ion in interstellar chemistry. His discovery of H3+ in dense clouds has provided the most direct evidence supporting the current theory of molecular formation. His subsequent unexpected discovery of H3+ in diffuse clouds has introduced a major enigma in the density of the diffuse interstellar medium. In the laboratory he has discovered spectra of many fundamental molecular ions including NH4+, NH3+, NH2+, CH2+, CH3+, Ch5+, C2H2+, and C2H3+.

Professor George A. Olah was the first to prepare carbocations, molecules that had long been postulated as transient species but never observed, as stable, long lived isoable chemicals. Olah's synthetic methodology allowed carbocation properties to be examined by the appropriate physical methods: NMR, IR, UV, ESCA spectroscopies and x-ray diffraction, as well as by chemical reactions. Olah's proof that the norbornyl cation had the symmetrically bridged, 'non classical' structure solved the long-standing controversy about this ion and more importantly, lead Olah to extend the Lewis concept of basicity to include sigma electrons and to the recognition that carbocations were of two types, carbenium ions with trivalent carbon and carbonium ions with pentavalent carbon.