Long Citation Walter Craig is one of the world leaders in nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) and their applications, particularly as they apply to the mathematical study of water waves. He has made deep and lasting contributions to others areas of PDEs which are among the milestones in the field including Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theory for Hamiltonian PDEs through his work on the small divisor problem, and progress on the Navier-Stokes and Boltzmann equations. He is the Director of the Applied and Industrial Mathematics Laboratory at McMaster and has provided mentorship to an enormous number of young mathematicians through his academic leadership. Short Citation Walter Craig is one of the world leaders in nonlinear partial differential equations and their applications, particularly as they apply to the mathematical study of water waves. He has made lasting contributions, considered milestones in the field, to others areas of partial differential equations, including Kolmogorov-Arnold-Moser theory for Hamiltonian PDEs. He is also responsible for mentoring an enormous number of young mathematicians.

Frank Cunningham is one of Canada's leading political philosophers. Having first made a name for himself for his work on objectivity in the social sciences, Professor Cunningham next turned to Marxist scholarship, producing widely respected interpretations of classic texts, popularizations of Marxism, and creative adaptations of Marxist theories and ideas to current problems. His most recent work, on democratic theory, is also his best known. Professor Cunningham is currently Canada's most prominent democratic theorist, both at home and abroad. Widely respected in his own country, he has also been one of Canada's most durable intellectual exports to the world.