Dr. Dray's early training was in history, but while at Oxford he became interested in philosophy. Philosophical problems connected with the methods used by historians particularly engaged him. His first book, "Laws and Explanation in History" (1957), broke new ground in an old controversy about the sort of explanation historians seek to offer. In a penetrating and original discussion., Dr. Dray showed that historical explanations are different from, but no less effective than, scientific explanations. This thesis led him to make some telling criticisms of the positivistic doctrine that all explanations consist in bringing an event under a general, covering law. A great deal of fruitful investigation has followed the appearance of this book, and Dr. Dray has continued in other publications to amplify and develop his main position. He is Canada's leading authority on the philosophy of history, and one of half a dozen major scholars in this field in the English speaking world. His work is marked by analytical penetration, lucid argument and felicity of expression, and displays a broad and firm grasp of the subject-matter with which it deals. His more recent books include Perspectives on History (1980), On History and Philosophers of History (1989), Philosophy of History (rev. edn. 1993), and History as Re-enactment (1995). He was editor, with Leon Pompa, of Substance and Form in History (1981), with Davic Carr et al of Philosophie de l'histoire et la pratique historienne d'aujourd'hui (1982), and with W.J. van der Dussen of R.G. Collingwood: The Principles of History (1999).

Douglas Poole Dryer is the most eminent Canadian interpreter of the philosophy of Immanuel Kant, and is one of the leading Kantian scholars in the English-speaking world. He has also contributed with authority to the fields of ethics and social philosophy, in particular to the understanding of the views of John Stuart Mill. His publications are marked by great analytical acumen, wide-ranging scholarship, and keen critical discernment. Through his writings and academic teaching he has contributed notably to the enrichment of philosophical culture in this country.

A specialist in English literature, Geoffrey Durrant has by a command of several languages and a far-ranging interest in ideas given meaning to the definition of literature as a knowledge of the best that has been thought and said in the world. Through his writing and speaking he has applied this broad culture to enriching the quality of life in both the university and the larger community. He has shown that to be the true liberal and humanist in practice means, in Browning's words, to make of one's beliefs "the life of life, As saffron tingeth flesh, blood, bones, and all."

Professor Eastman has made many notable contributions to the social sciences in Canada. He has earned a high professional reputation in Economics, both in Canada and abroad. His publications, both in French and English, have been of a consistently high technical quality. Moreover his writings are always 'thoughtful': he has never published a 'routine' piece. He has actively promoted Canadian participation in international associations, and has himself participated in international economic congresses. He long served the Canadian Political Science Association as Secretary-Treasurer, that is to say, as the administrative mainstay of the Association. He has also served the Graduate Faculty at the University of Toronto as Associate Dean. Everything he has done has been done superbly well.

Born in London, England, and educated in Canada, James G. EAYRS attended the University of Toronto (B.A.), Columbia University (A.M., Ph.D.), and the London School of Economics. In 1952, after a year of teaching at United College, Winnipeg, he joined the Department of Political Economy at Toronto, where he began to develop the then, in Canada, neglected subject of international politics. The five books he has already published in this field have won him wide renown and scholarly eminence. He has lectured in the United States, Africa, Japan and Australia, and since 1959 has been co-editor of "International Journal".

Dr. Eichler is Professor of Sociology, jointly appointed to the University of Toronto and Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. She is the author of five books, nine monographs, many refereed and other articles, chapters and reports on Women, Families, Sex Equality, Feminist Social Sciences, and Gender Issues. She is widely recognized as a leading social scientist in Canada and on the international stage.

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.

John English is one of the most accomplished historians of his generation in Canada. His writings on twentieth century Canada have expanded our understanding of the Canadian political process, reaching beyond mere history into political science and sociology - and therby acting as a bridge between disciplines. His most recent book, the first volume of a life of Lester Pearson, is distinguished by its depth of research and its breadth of interpretation, and by its elegance of phrase. It deservedly received the Macdonald Prize of the Canadian Historical Association in 1990.

Richard Ericson has an international reputation through his research on the criminal justice system, the news media, and sociological research on risk; his widely used and cited books, his editorship of "THE CANADIAN JOURNAL OF SOCIOLOGY", and his teaching. Dr. Ericson's scholarship is multi-disciplinary in scope and impact, covering the fields of sociology, law, political science, social psychology, communications, and criminology. Professor Ericson's record as a distinguished scholar has attracted graduate students from many countries who now have faculty positions across Canada.

Eminent scholar, teacher, priest and ecclesiastical statesman, Professor Eugene Fairweather has established an international reputation not only as a theologian but also as a leading figure in the world-wide ecumenical movement. His scholarly interests have ranged from scholastic philosophy to Canadian theological history, and as editor of the "Canadian Journal of Theology" he has had a positive influence on religious thought in this country. As a member of the Faith and Order Commission of the World Council of Churches and as a member of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission he has brought to bear his profound scholarship on some of the most urgent issues confronting the contemporary Christian Church.

George Andrew Ferguson is Professor of Psychology at McGill University. A student of intelligence and learning, and of the historical origins of modern psychology, he is widely known in Canada and abroad for his original work on quantitative methods of analysis. His "Statistical Analysis in Psychology and Education", published in 1959, is a work of the first importance in its field. Dr. Ferguson is a Fellow and a former president of the Canadian Psychological Association. As a member of this body, and as a member of various national committees, he has contributed very effectively to raising the general level of research and scholarship in Canadian psychology.