Duncan Fishwick is a leading authority on the Roman Empire, a frequent participant in Ancient History colloquia in North America and in Europe and a key member of a group of scholars who have been producing a corpus of works on the history of religions in the Roman Empire. In the area of Emperor worship in particular he has revolutionized previous conceptions. In addition to his books, he has published extensively in scholarly journals of the highest reputation on both continents. His recent contribution to "Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt", provides the authoritative account of Roman provincial rulership in the West.

Thomas E. Flanagan, Department of Political Science, University of Calgary, has written extensively in several distinct areas of Canadian politics. His major work has been in the area of aboriginal politics. His award-winning studies of the life, the writings and the impact of Louis Riel on Canadian society and public policy have been followed by scrupulously exact analyses of the 1885 Rebellion in The North-West and of Métis land claims. He brings to this complex topic a deep and astute understanding of the history of political philosophy and of politico-religious movements. He recently published the first scholarly analysis of Preston Manning and The Reform Party of Canada.

One of the most distinguished medievalists in the world today, Roberta Frank has done more to bring alive the distant voices of those (mainly) anonymous poets who composed their allusive verse in western and northern Europe during the Middle Ages. Her deep knowledge of their languages (Old English and Old Norse) and her sympathetic, artful and scholarly readings of their compositions have contributed greatly to Canada's international reputation for excellence in Medieval Studies.

An author of "Pre-Raphaelitism, a bibliocritical study" (Harvard, 1965), "Pre-Raphaelitism: An anthology of critical essays" (forthcoming from California), and a number of major and minor articles in the learned journals, Dr. Fredeman has established himself internationally as a leading authority on Pre-Raphaelitism and as one of the most brilliant younger scholars engaged in nineteenth-century studies. The quality of his research has been reflected, not only in the very favourable reception of his published work, but in awards of fellowships by the Canada Council and the Guggenheim Foundation. e will make am active, scholarly and vigorous contribution to the Royal Society.

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.

George Galavaris is universally known for his work on East Christian art, distinguished by his mastery of the vast material and the firm method with which he established the close links between artistic endeavour and religious practice. His books are distinguished by the intimate knowledge they reveal of many allied disciplines, such as classical and Byzantine archaeology, Church history, Patristic and Russian literature, palaeography, and by the light they throw on the history of popular piety and devotion in Byzantine civilization. His work has had a notable impact on scholarship in Europe and the U.S.A., where he is also recognized as a leading authority on icons.

David Gauthier is a moral philosopher whose work combines rigour, sophistication, and a sensitivity to the contributions of other disciplines. His books have advanced our understanding of our fundamental moral concepts and deepened our appreciation of the classical literature on social obligation. His many essays on moral and social philosophy show him to be in the forefront of those who, equipped with the tools of logical analysis and a proper cognizance of the social sciences, explore the relationship between prudence and morality, individual and social interest, and morality and reason.

Professor Dale Gibson has been recognized as one of Canada's most respected and prolific legal scholars. His work includes valuable works in no less than five important areas of public and private law: constitutional law, torts, legal history, privacy and civil liberties. In all these fields, his writings are of a high standard, clear and intellectually stimulating, often original, and always thorough and reliable. He is undoubtedly best known for his work in constitutional law. In particular he has done solid and insightful work on the "Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms" as well as on the constitutional aspects of water law and of the environment generally.

Walter Goffart, Professor of History at the University of Toronto, is a medievalist who has changed the style of discourse in every area of historical research he has touched. Master of a most complex and polymorphic bibliography, he has written five indispensable books and some forty major articles on late Roman and early medieval law, culture, and society that have transformed our approach to the early Middle Ages. His prizewinning 1988 book, "The Narrators of Barbarian History (A.D. 418-584), was described by its first reviewer as 'arguably one of the most important books written about the early Middle Ages since World War II.' His work has brought a new kind of intelligibility to one of the most obscure and most fundamental transitions in European history.

Myron J. Gordon has made distinctive theoretical and applied research contributions to the fields of finance, accounting, and several related aspects of public policy. His enduring legacies are the valuation of securities and the associated question of the cost of capital. This research was followed by important contributions to the analysis of the regulation of utilities and the debt-equity choices faced by firms. His extensive published research and doctoral supervision have added greatly to the study of finance in Canada and abroad. Among other honours, he was elected president of the American Finance Association in 1975.

Sherrill Grace, OC, is Professor of English at The University of British Columbia, where she has served as Head of Department, Associate Dean of Arts, and UBC Senator. She received her BA from UWO (1964) and her MA (1970) and PhD (1974) from McGill. Since joining UBC, she has been a Senior Fellow of Green College, has held a Senior Scholar in Residence position with the Peter Wall Institute of Advanced Studies, and been the Brenda and David Mclean Chair in Canadian Studies (2003-05). In 2003 she was appointed a UBC Distinguished University Scholar, and in 2008 she won the Canada Council Killam Prize in Humanities. In 2010 she won the Lorne Pierce Medal of the Royal Society of Canada for her books on the North, and in 2011 she was appointed UBC’s highest distinction: the title of University Killam professor. Among her other awards are the UBC Jacob Biely Faculty Research prize, the UBC Killam Research prize, the UBC Killam Prize for Graduate Teaching, a Canada Council Killam Fellowship, and the 2010 UBC Dean of Arts Award for career achievement. Grace was elected to the Royal Society of Canada in 1991 and served as President of Academy I (2005-07). Dr. Grace was made an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2013. She has lectured widely across Canada, and in Europe, England, Japan, and the United States, and she is frequently invited to give Keynote Lectures at home and abroad. She has published over 200 articles, chapters, and review articles, as well as 23 books, including the two-volume edition of Malcolm Lowry’s letters, the monographs Inventing Tom Thomson (2004) and Canada and the Idea of North (2002; 2007), and the co-edited book, Theatre and AutoBiography (2006). Her most recent books are the biography Making Theatre: A Life of Sharon Pollock (2008), On the Art of Being Canadian (2009), Bearing Witnss, co-opted with P. Imbert and T. Johnstone, and Landscapes of War and Memory. Her current research is on the biography of Timothy Findley. March 2011