Fyles is acting head of the Geomorphology and Quaternary Research Division of the Geological Survey or Canada. In this position he is responsible for planning and directing much of the government of Canada's program of research in these fields. During the past few years he has been in a large part responsible for the active growth in Canada in this research. His own research has been largely in the Arctic aimed particularly at outlining major elements of geological history such as nature and extent of glaciation, regional variation in extent of marine submergence, occurrence of interglacial and preglacial deposits, and investigation of past and present geological processes under Arctic conditions. Fyles is also carrying out basic research on eskers. He acts as an advisor on the Limno-geology program of the Inland Waters Branch.

Dr. Ganoza's major contribution has been to our understanding of the biochemical and molecular mechanisms of protein synthesis. She has developed 'in vitro' translation systems, technology for purification of enzymes and co-factors of protein synthesis which have permitted her to do the following: (i) identify peptidyl-transfer RNA molecules as intermediates of protein synthesis; (ii) identify, purify and partially characterize the structure and function of at least six enzyme/proteins which participate in binding of m-RNA and the amino acyl-t-RNA's to ribosomes, initiation of translation, elongation, termination and release of fully-formed proteins; (iii) identify the two separate pathways of synthesis of membrane-bound proteins and soluble proteins. Having first evolved the concept of codon signals for guiding protein synthesis, Ganoza has now identified initiation codons in prokaryotes. She has further established the major UAA sequence, and the preferred contigous UAUG sequence, adjoining 5'-pyrimidine nucleotide and polypurine nucleotide tract and segments complementary to the formyl-methionine-t-RNA D-and T-loops, all of which provide secondary and tertiary folding constraints, essential to initiation of protein synthesis.

In a professional career of little more than seven years, Christopher Garrett has already made major contributions towards the solution of long-standing problems in theoretical oceanography. For example, his work on tides has completely revolutionized ideas about the interpretation of global tide records and has successfully challenged traditional ideas on the behaviour of the Bay of Fundy tide if modified by man. His most influential work of recent years has concerned the nature of internal waves in the ocean. Here he has brought order to a difficult and formerly confused subject and almost all recent advances, both observational and theoretical have been based upon his work.

Jack Gauldie has made significant contributions in biomedical science. He was the first to isolate, characterize and identify the molecule responsible for the acute phase inflammatory response; Interleukin 6. This discovery linked the inflammatory response to injury with the immune response and led him to an ongoing exploration of the nature of inflammation in the lung, and the role of other signalling molecules known as cytokines in these and other disease processes.

Jacques Genest, docteur en médecine avec grande distinction de I'université de Montréal (1942), a poursuit des recherches cliniques sur I'aspect métabolique de la physiologie cardio-rénale à Johns Hopkins et à Harvard de 1945 à 1948, et à I'institut Rockefeller de 1948 à 1951. Nommé directeur du département de la recherche clinique à I'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal en 1952, il groupe autour de lui une équipe de jeunes chercheurs qui s'intéressent tout particulièrement aux problèmes de I'hypertension et la physiologie endocrino-cardio-rénale. Ses travaux sur I'hypertension lui méritent en 1963 le prix Gairdner. Fellow du Royal College of Physicians et de I'American College of Physicians, gouverneur de l'université de Montréal, il est nommé en 1964 directeur du département de médecine et médecin chef à l'Hôtel-Dieu de Montréal. En 1967, il fonde l'Institut de Recherches Cliniques de Montréal (IRCM) dont il est le directeur scientifique jusqu'en 1984. En 1961, il est le co-fondateur de la Société Canadienne de Recherche Clinique et en 1964, il fonde le Conseil de la Recherche Medicale de Québec qui deviendra le FRSQ. Douze doctorats honorifiques dont un de l'Université Rockefeller. En 1998, nommé au Canadian Medical Hall of Fame. Directeur de Merch. Co. Ioc de 1972 à 1992.

Alan George is one of the world's top numerical analysts. His speciality is in linear algebra, which is the most frequently encountered area in scientific computing, and he has made major contributions to both the theory and practice in this area. He is one of the most frequently cited authors in the numerical analysis literature, and some of the linear algebra software that he has developed is considered to be a necessary part of any scientific computing library.

Professor S.P. Gibbs has investigated chloroplast ultrastructure in the major groups of algae and more recently using EM auto radiography (a technique that she pioneered) has studied various aspects of DNA and RNA in chloroplasts. She has expanded this work to include immunocytochemistry of protein molecules with the aim of elucidating the molecular organization of the chloroplast in different algal classes. Throughout her career Dr. Gibbs' research has been at the cutting edge of science. She is an active participant in symposia and workshops, in the administration of the Biology Department at McGill, and on editorial boards.

DR. ROBERT W. GIILLHAM, Professor and Chairman, Department of Earth Sciences, University of Waterloo, is an earth scientist who has made major advances in understanding the behaviour of natural and contaminated water in the subsurface environment. His research has answered long-standing questions about the manner in which groundwater feeds streams and about the origin of water pumped from shallow wells. He did pioneering research on nitrogen contamination in groundwater before nitrogen became recognized as the most common form of groundwater contamination worldwide. He recently made the most important advance in groundwater contamination science of the past two decades by identifying a new way in which contaminated groundwater can be cleansed 'in situ' without pumping the water out of the ground and without consuming energy or expensive materials. For this contribution he has received patents that provide the foundation for a growing Canadian commercial enterprise with a global market and a recent award from the Royal Society of Canada. His scientific papers on this topic are the landmarks for a field research that has rapidly become the focus of more than twenty research groups in North America and Europe.

Dr. Gold has, since 1952, been in charge of snow and ice research at the National Research Council (Division of Building Research), during which time he and his colleagues have established an international reputation for high quality research. Though a physicist by training, he has worked mainly on engineering problems such an the bearing strength of freshwater ice, pressure of ice against structures, and the insulating effect of a snow cover. One of his chief contributions has been in the study of the failure of ice, in the course of which he has produced a series of papers which is at present definitive in this important field.

Dr. Goltzman is internationally recognized for his work on calcium and bone metabolism. He initiated structure - function studies of parathyroid hormone (PTH), and identified its cellular target in skeletal tissue. He introduced the concept of calcitonin as a neuropeptide and delineated CNS receptors for it and related peptides. He pioneered methods leading to the discovery of PTH-related peptide (PTHRP), isolated the genes encoding PTHRP, and elucidated their regulation. His work was key in establishing PTHRP as a widespread mediator of the hypercalcemia of malignancy and in demonstrating its essential role for normal skeletal development. He has thus provided an understanding of important aspects of calcium metabolism in both health and disease.

Outstanding researcher into acid rain, biogeochemical cycles and ecology of peatlands, Eville Gorham wrote seminal papers on the impact of atmospheric processes on natural ecosystems. Born in Halifax 1925; M.Sc. Dalhousie; Ph.D. Univ. College, London. Canadian citizen, naturalized U.S.A. 1984. Professor Botany Univ. London 1950-54, Senior Scientific Officer, Freshwater Biological Association U.K. 1954-58; Univ. Toronto 1958-61; Prof. and Head, Dept. of Biol., Univ. Calgary 1965; Prof. Botany and Ecology Univ. Minnesota 1962-1998. Professor Emeritus 1999. Pioneering studies of acid rain in U.K. in 1955, smelter impacts at Sudbury on forest and lake vegetation and on lake chemistry, 1960-63. Discovery of mosses and lichens as accumulators of radioactive fallout 1958. Continuing studies of chemistry of northern peatlands, including role in carbon cycle and likely responses to climate warming. He is member of numerous panels, workshops and committees, in the Royal Society of Canada and the U.S. National Research Council. He presently is member of the Board on Water Science and Technology, U.S. National Research Council and its Committee on Hydrologic Science, as well as of the Council of Scientific Advisors, Marine Biological Laboratory, Woods Hole, Mass.