Alistair MacLeod is one of the foremost writers, scholars and teachers in the field of Canadian literature. His contribution both to creative writing and to literary scholarship is immense. He is a brilliant and evocative writer, whose stories of Maritime Life intensely enact the perils and passions of a whole way of life. His writings, particularly his short stories, have been translated into thirteen (13) languages. Praise for his work has come from every corner of Canada and from other parts of the world: he has been characterized as "one of North America's masters of the short story" as well as "a truly great writer." Reflecting on MacLeod's work, the late Hugh MacLennan stated: "This may well be the best pure writing ever to appear in Canadian Fiction."

Robert Boutilier has achieved a broad, general understanding of metabolic depression and its significance in animals. Bob Boutilier is a master of integration. He was the first to realize the protective effects of metabolic rate depression in animals exposed to hypoxia and hypothermia when submerged in the cold. He has described defense mechanisms against hypoxia at many levels of organization in animals. Robert Boutilier has received many honors and awards. Despite a very active research program he has also found time to edit the Journal of Experimental Biology, which he has steered from success to success during times of great change.

Mark A. Wainberg, Director of the McGill AIDS Center at the Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research, was the first to identify the anti-HIV activity of 3TC, a compound that is now widely used in the treatment of both HIV disease and hepatitis B. He was also among the first to identify the problem of HIV drug resistance to AZT and other compounds and has been responsible for the mapping of mutation sites that encode resistance. His laboratory has also conducted mechanistic investigation of HIV drug resistance through studies on recombinant, purified mutated and wild-type HIV reverse transcriptase. He was the President of the International AIDS Society from 1998 to 2000.

An inspiring leader with a vision of Canadian Research in Science and Engineering, Gordon MacNabb set the foundations of NSERC which sustain it to this day. He was, and continues to be, a tireless champion of science and engineering in Canada, a role which he brilliantly fulfilled as President of NSERC and founder of PRECARN Associates. He continues as a source of wisdom in the development and application of the Canadian Human Resource for the benefit of our country. He has made a significant mark on Canadian society and on the Canadian scientific and engineering community in particular.

M. Serge Bernier est le directeur de la Division Histoire et Patrimoine du ministère de la Défense nationale. Auteur de plusieurs dizaines de communications, d'un grand nombre d'articles scientifiques et de sept livres majeurs, , il a réussi à placer l'histoire militaire canadienne au sein des préoccupations des historiens francophones du pays tout en faisant prendre conscience aux historiens anglophones du rôle des francophones dans les forces armées et des obstacles auxquels ils se sont heurtés.

Une solide formation en linguistique allemande, romane et anglaise, a mené André Clas à des recherches spécialisées en lexicographie, terminologie et traduction. Souvent pionnier dans les applications concrètes de ses recherches, André Clas compte parmi les spécialistes les plus recherchés en lexicologie et terminologie. La revue META, qu'il dirige depuis 1967, une des premières consacrées aux recherches en traduction, traductique et terminologie, diffusée dans cinquante-six pays, reste l'instrument de référence pour les chercheurs dans le domaine.

Jacques Desrosiers est un universitaire de renommée internationale en recherche opérationnelle. Il a développé des modèles et des méthodes qui permettent de résoudre efficacement des problèmes de gestion d'horaires et d'itinéraires de véhicules et de personnel, principalement dans le domaine des transports scolaire, urbain, aérien et ferroviaire.

Le professeur Roberto Miguelez a consacré une activité de recherche internationalement reconnue par sa rigueur et son originalité à des dimensions philosophiques cruciales dans les disciplines sociales et humaines. En épistémologie, ses contributions les plus remarquables portent autant sur les modalités discursives du langage des sciences sociales et humaines que sur les conceptions mêmes de la scientificité de ces sciences dans la réflexion philosophique moderne et contemporaine. En méthodologie, un ouvrage sur la comparaison interculturelle, fait le point sur les possibilités et les limites d'une méthode considérée comme la seule susceptible de garantir la scientificité des résultats en sciences sociales. Ses travaux les plus récents portent sur les implications sociologiques d'un certain nombre de théories philosophiques modernes ainsi que sur la problématique de la rationalité dans la construction de modèles politiques.

Lawrence Arthur Boland is an economist whose interests primarily centre on methodology and microeconomic theory. His research examines the foundational assumptions, interpretations and applications of neoclassical microeconomic theory. Many of his recent publications call into question the blind application of microeconomic theory and econometric methods seen in much social science research.

Janet Donald is a distinguished researcher in higher education who has changed the way universities view disciplines, student learning and the postsecondary instructional process. Her work in disciplinary differences in knowledge validation and models of thinking, and in the university learning environment has transformed the instructional process. She has also made significant and sustained contributions in the broader context of faculty development and university renewal through her studies on academic leadership, supervision, and the evaluation of postsecondary education.

Gerald Friesen has written and edited numerous books and articles, including a history of the prairies and an essay on the social changes that accompanied revolutions in communication technology. A former president of the Canadian Historical Association, he has lectured frequently in Canada and internationally and has contributed to the reflections of teachers, union members, and public historians upon the past's presence in daily life.

Gerald Friesen a écrit et édité de nombreux livres et articles, dont un récit sur les Provinces des Prairies et une thèse sur les changements sociaux qui ont accompagné les révolutions dans le domaine des technologies de la communication. Ex-président de la Société historique du Canada, il a donné de multiples conférences au Canada et dans le monde entier. Il a également contribué aux réflexions d'enseignants, de syndicalistes et d’historiens publics sur la place du passé dans la vie quotidienne.