Thy Phu's interdisciplinary research spans the breadth of cultural studies, including the history of photography, critical race studies, and American literary and visual cultures. Her work, which has been supported by numerous grants and fellowships, stands out for its resounding impact on multiple audiences, by uncovering new archives, developing innovative methodologies for analysis of visual culture, and providing groundbreaking insights on affect, citizenship, and the politics of racial visibility.

Les recherches interdisciplinaires de Thy Phu dans le domaine des études culturelles touchent à l’histoire de la photographie, à l’étude critique des races et à la culture littéraire et visuelle américaine. Financé par de nombreuses subventions et bourses de recherche, le travail de Prof Phu se distingue par son impact remarquable sur plusieurs auditoires. Il contribue à découvrir de nouvelles archives, à développer des méthodes d’analyses innovantes de la culture visuelle et à proposer des idées novatrices concernant l’affect, la citoyenneté et les politiques de visibilité raciale.

Long Citation Terence Picton is a major world figure in sensory and cognitive neuroscience. His work on event-related brain potentials and their significance has been influential for 30 years, and his recent work has shown how brain functions can be understood by combining data from different neuroimaging modalities. His broad research interests have clarified the complexities of sensory, attentional, and memory systems, the timing of brain processes, and the nature of consciousness. He has also applied his findings in clinical settings, to the understanding of schizophrenia for example, and to the development of a powerful new technique for the assessment of hearing. Short Citation Terence Picton is a major world figure in sensory and cognitive neuroscience. His work on event-related brain potentials and their significance has been influential for 30 years, and his recent work has shown how brain functions can be understood by combining data from different neuroimaging modalities. He has also applied his findings in clinical settings, to the understanding of schizophrenia for example, and to the development of a powerful new technique for the assessment of hearing.

Long Citation Professor Piers is recognized internationally for his outstanding contributions to organometallic chemistry. In his wide-ranging research Piers combines creative synthetic strategies with insightful mechanistic studies. He is able to apply his discoveries to interfaces with other sub-disciplines such as organic and polymer chemistry. He is known for his creative development of highly fluorinated boron-based Lewis acids for use as co-catalysts in olefin polymerization, for innovative contributions to early transition-metal chemistry, and for the discovery of highly active olefin metathesis catalysts. The pre-eminence and impact of his work have been recognized by numerous awards including the Rutherford Medal of the Royal Society of Canada, an E.W.R. Steacie Memorial Fellowship, an Alfred P. Sloan Fellowship, awards in both Inorganic and Organic Chemistry from the Canadian Society for Chemistry and the Canadian Catalysis Lecture Award. Short Citation Warren Piers is recognized internationally for his outstanding contributions to organometallic chemistry which combines creative synthetic strategies with insightful mechanistic studies. He is known for his creative development of highly fluorinated boron-based Lewis acids for use as co-catalysts in olefin polymerization, for innovative contributions to early transition-metal chemistry, and for the discovery of highly active olefin metathesis catalysts.

Rebecca Pillai Riddell, Full Professor and Associate Vice-President Research at York University, has focused her research in the pediatric behavioural sciences (Psychology). She built the largest cohort internationally studying children through painful vaccinations over the first years of life. She is generating an unrivalled published literature on the socio-behavioural dimensions of young children’s pain and created the first theoretical model to uniquely capture the biopsychosocial context of the pained infant.

Rebecca Pillai Riddell, professeure titulaire et vice-rectrice adjointe à la recherche à l’Université York, effectue des recherches dans le domaine des sciences du comportement de l’enfant (psychologie). Elle a constitué la plus grande cohorte étudiant à l’échelle internationale des enfants subissant des vaccinations douloureuses au cours des premières années de leur vie. Elle est à l’origine de publications inégalées sur les dimensions socio-comportementales de la douleur chez les jeunes enfants et a créé le premier modèle théorique visant à saisir de façon unique le contexte biopsychosocial de l’enfant en souffrance.

Joelle Pineau has had a remarkable impact on numerous aspects of machine learning and planning. She has made fundamental contributions to the theory of machine learning and planning starting with her breakthrough result on point-based value iteration. She has been a pioneer in robot-assisted health care and in numerous other applications in medicine. She is the exemplar of the scientist who combines theory and practice with striking results.

Joelle Pineau a eu un impact remarquable sur de nombreux aspects de l’apprentissage machine et de la planification. Ses travaux sur la méthode d’itération basée sur la valeur représentent une percée majeure dans ces deux domaines. Elle est aussi une pionnière des applications de la robotique dans le domaine de médecine assistée. Une chercheure exemplaire, elle combine la théorie et la pratique avec des résultats impressionants.

Alain Pinsonneault est un chercheur reconnu mondialement pour ses travaux sur les technologies de l’information et les organisations. Solidement ancrée en gestion et en psychologie, la recherche du Dr. Pinsonneault examine comment les technologies de l’information modifient le travail des gestionnaires, les structures et le fonctionnement des organisations, et la dynamique des équipes.

Dr. Alain Pinsonneault is a world-renowned scientific leader in the study of information technologies and organizations. Solidly anchored in management and psychology, Dr. Pinsonneault’s research examines how information technologies change the work of managers, structures of organizations, and group dynamics; and how they create new forms of organizations, namely virtual teams and organizations. ------------------ Dr. Alain Pinsonneault is a world-renowned scientific leader in the study of information technologies and organizations. Solidly anchored in management and psychology, Dr. Pinsonneault’s research examines how information technologies change the work of managers, structures of organizations, and group dynamics; and how they create new forms of organizations, namely virtual teams and organizations. His pioneering work developed several conceptual frameworks that have helped scholars in management to advance their understanding of the business value of information technologies. Leading numerous multi-disciplinary research teams, he has fostered collaboration among scientists of many fields including management, psychology, information technology, medicine, and economic.

Updated July 20, 2015 Marie-Christine Pioffet is an internationally renowned specialist in 17th-century travel and exploration narratives. Her research on New France radically transformed the scholarly study of explorations, colonization and evangelization in early North America. Her masterful Dictionnaire analytique des toponymes imaginaires (Analytical Dictionary of Imaginary Toponyms in French narrative prose from 1605 to 1711) drew critical attention to the evolution of travel narratives within the wider context of the development of rational thought in the West.

Updated July 20, 2015 PIOFFET, Marie-Christine, Faculté des Arts libéraux et des Études professionnelles, York University Marie-Christine Pioffet est une spécialiste de réputation internationale du récit de voyage au XVIIe siècle. Ses travaux sur la Nouvelle-France ont profondément renouvelé l’étude de l’exploration et de la mission évangélisatrice en Amérique, alors que son magistral Dictionnaire analytique des toponymes imaginaires dans la prose narrative de langue française de 1605 à 1711 a permis de situer ces formes narratives dans le vaste contexte d’élaboration de la pensée rationnelle en Occident.

Long Citation (for publication and press release) Martha Cook Piper has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of knowledge, especially in science and medicine, through her ability to envision and create powerful new research frameworks at both regional and national levels. Her support for interdisciplinarity, her promotion of strong links between the academy and all levels of the external community, her tireless advocacy of collaboration amongst a variety of groups, centres, and institutions, her leading role in the restructuring of granting agencies and the creation of the Canada Research Chairs: all have helped to reverse the "brain drain" and to transform the research climate across this country. Thanks to her skills as a communicator, she has also been instrumental in raising public awareness of the importance of research and in persuading governments to increase their investment in higher education and research. Short Citation (to be read at the Induction Ceremony) Martha Cook Piper has made extraordinary contributions to the advancement of knowledge, especially in science and medicine, through her ability to envision and create powerful new research frameworks. With her skills as a communicator, she has also been instrumental in raising public awareness of the importance of research and in persuading governments to increase their investment in higher education and research.

Pittman, Quentin J - Medical Sciences - University of Calgary Quentin J. Pittman studies brain responses to peripheral inflammation and other stressors. In addition he studies the impact of fatal and neonatal stressors on adult brain physiology and pharmacology. ------------------ Pittman, Quentin J - Medical Sciences - University of Calgary Quentin J. Pittman is recognized internationally for his original contributions to our understanding of the roles of centrally acting neuropeptides in regulating fever, inflammation, blood pressure and neuroendocrine function. His integrative approach to systems neuroscience has led to an understanding of the complex interactions between peripheral inflammation and changes in the brain’s neurotransmitter function. His discovery of the impact of neonatal inflammation on brain function in the adult represents a paradigm shift in understanding the consequences of infections in the newborn. His integrative approach to neuroscience serves as a superb example of systems biology research for his colleagues and trainees.

Isabelle Plante is a Full Professor in the Department of Didactics at UQAM, where she studies how the psychosocial and school adjustment of young people impacts the schooling experience of elementary and high-school boys and girls. As holder of the Canada Research Chair on Gender Differences in School, her publications, engagement activities with schools and regular media appearances have produced significant scientific, educational and social benefits.

Professeure titulaire au département de didactique de l’UQAM, Isabelle Plante étudie comment l’adaptation psychosociale et scolaire des jeunes influence le parcours scolaire des garçons et des filles à l’école primaire et secondaire. Titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les différences de genre à l’école, ses publications, activités de mobilisation avec les milieux scolaires et interventions régulières dans les médias procurent des retombées scientifiques, éducatives et sociales importantes.

Professor Hendrik Poinar is a world- renowned evolutionary geneticist specializing in ancient DNA. He has unearthed important information about the preservation and degradation of organic molecules in the fossil record and how best to access them to address meaningful questions about the past. He is credited with the birth of ancient (patho)genomics via the reconstruction of the genomes of causative agents responsible for the Black Death and Plague of Justinian.

Prof. Hendrik Poinar est un généticien évolutionniste de renommée mondiale spécialisé dans l’ADN ancien. Il a découvert des informations importantes sur la préservation et la dégradation des molécules organiques dans les archives fossiles et sur la meilleure façon d’y accéder pour répondre à des questions importantes sur le passé. On lui attribue la naissance de la (patho) génomique ancienne grâce à la reconstruction des génomes des agents responsables de la peste noire et de la peste de Justinien.