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Jianping Yao
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Keywords: Photonics, Microwave
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YAO, Jianping - School of Electrical Engineering and Computer science, University of Ottawa
A Distinguished University Professor and University Research Chair at the University of Ottawa, Prof. Jianping Yao is a world leader in Microwave Photonics. With over 600 refereed publications, he has pioneered various developments in microwave photonics. Through his distinguished career, he has also trained over 80 research students, established close collaboration with industry and played an active role in various professional societies. Prof. Yao is a Fellow of IEEE, the Optical Society of America, and the Canadian Academy of Engineering.
YAO, Jianping - École de génie électrique et informatique, Université d'Ottawa
Professeur eminent de l'Université et titulaire d'une chaire de recherche universitaire à l'Université d'Ottawa, le professeur Jianping Yao est un leader mondial en photonique hyperfréquence. Avec plus de 600 publications évaluées, il a été le pionnier de divers développements dans la photonique hyperfréquence. Au cours de sa brillante carrière, il a également formé plus de 80 étudiants en recherche, établi une collaboration étroite avec l’industrie et joué un rôle actif dans diverses sociétés professionnelles. Professeur Yao est Fellow de l'IEEE, de l'Optical Society of America et de l'Académie canadienne du génie.
Prof. René Laprise
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal
Keywords: Météorologie, sciences de l'atmosphère, physique du climat, modélisation numérique
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LAPRISE, René - Département des sciences de la Terre et de l'atmosphère, Université du Québec à Montréal
Physicien, spécialiste de la dynamique de l’atmosphère, il contribue à la compréhension et la modélisation à haute résolution de la composante atmosphérique du système climatique. Son travail sur la modélisation des changements climatiques et sur leurs répercussions sur la disponibilité des ressources permet de développer des stratégies concrètes d’adaptation. Il a agit comme auteur principal pour le 4e rapport d’évaluation du GIEC, lauréat du Prix Nobel de la paix 2007
Prof. Peter R. Leavitt
Affiliation: University of Regina
Keywords: Lakes, climate change, human impacts, paleoecology, water quality, ecosystem management, long-term ecological research, leadership
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LEAVITT, Peter - Department of Biology, University of Regina
Professor Leavitt has advanced our understanding of how climate change and human activities interact to degrade Canada's surface waters. A global pioneer in the field of paleolimnology, Leavitt has investigated how lakes are impacted by global warming, hydrological variability and societal development associated with food production, resource extraction and urbanization. By combining whole-lake studies with innovative fossil analyses, Leavitt’s research has led to improved strategies to protect aquatic ecosystems.
LEAVITT, Peter - Department of Biology, University of Regina
Leavitt nous permet de mieux comprendre comment le changement climatique et les activités humaines interagissent pour dégrader les eaux de surface au Canada. Leavitt a examiné comment les lacs subissent les contrecoups du réchauffement planétaire, de la variabilité hydrologique et du développement de la société associé à la production alimentaire, l’extraction des ressources et l’urbanisation. Ses travaux ont eu pour effet d’améliorer les stratégies pour la protection des écosystèmes aquatiques.
Prof. Marlon Lewis
Affiliation: Dalhousie University
Keywords: Satellite oceanography, primary production, light in the oceans, remote sensing
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LEWIS, Marlon - Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
By combining insightful theory with ground-breaking measurements of light in the oceans, Professor Marlon Lewis has pioneered our ability to remotely observe, describe and understand pelagic ecosystems. Additionally, his leadership of the development of satellite oceanography and its commercialization has substantially furthered ocean observation technology. Professor Marlon Lewis is the very model of an influential innovator and a preeminent interdisciplinary oceanographer.
LEWIS, Marlon - Department of Oceanography, Dalhousie University
En combinant une théorie avec des mesures novatrices de la lumière dans les océans, le professeur Marlon Lewis a été un pionnier dans notre capacité à observer, décrire et comprendre les écosystèmes pélagiques. En outre, sa direction du développement de l’océanographie par satellite et de sa commercialisation a considérablement amélioré la technologie de l’observation des océans. Le professeur Marlon Lewis est le modèle même d’un innovateur influent et d’un océanographe interdisciplinaire de premier plan.
Prof. William Shotyk
Affiliation: University of Alberta
Keywords: Biogeochemistry, Isotope geochemistry; Archives of Environmental change; Soil chemistry
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SHOTYK, William -Department of Renewable Resources, University of Alberta
Dr. Shotyk has pioneered the use of peat bogs to decipher the global history of metal pollution and environmental changes during the last 15,000 years. His painstaking measurements of the concentrations of lead and its isotopes as well as other metals in dated peat cores and ice layers deposited during the Post-Glacial period currently represent an international reference against which other studies on metal paleo-pollution are calibrated.
Prof. Hans Beck
Affiliation: Münster University
Keywords: Ancient history, federalism, localism, comparative, history, historigraphy, global antiquities
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HANS BECK, History and Classical Studies, McGill University
Hans Beck's path-breaking work has led to major innovations in the study of ancient Greek and Roman political culture. Beyond the Mediterranean World, he is an active agent in the development of international research networks in comparative history, including comparisons with ancient China. His prolific output informs contemporary debates about local and global paradigms, the relationship between ethnicity and federalism, and the modes of economic cooperation in federal systems.
Le travail de Hans Beck a conduit à des innovations majeures en matière de culture politique dans la Grèce et la Rome antiques. Au-delà de la Méditerranée, Hans Beck contribue activement au développement de réseaux de recherche internationaux dans le domaine de l’histoire comparative, en établissant notamment des liens avec la Chine ancienne. Son abondante production scientifique enrichit les débats contemporains portant sur des paradigmes locaux et globaux, les relations entre ethnicité et fédéralisme, ainsi que les modes de coopération économiques dans les systèmes fédéraux.
Prof. Doris Bergen
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: World War II; Germany History; Holocaust;
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BERGEN, Doris - University of Toronto
Doris Bergen is an internationally recognized Holocaust historian. Using an integrative approach, viewing the Holocaust and war as intertwined and considering Jews and non-Jews as victims, she reveals the dynamic contagion of extreme violence. Her innovations established Christianity as a key component of Nazi antisemitism; defined the importance of ethnic Germans in Eastern Europe to anti-Jewish policies; and demonstrated the significance of gender and sexuality in the Holocaust.
Prof. Bryan Gick
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: multimodal perception, basic speech mechanisms, embodiment of language, simulation and biomechanics
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GICK, Bryan - Department of Linguistics, The University of Brtitish Columbia
Bryan Gick’s pioneering work uncovering the basic mechanisms of spoken language is remarkable for its originality, impact and breadth. He has made surprising discoveries in multimodal perception, advanced theories of movement control, developed applications for ultrasound imaging in language teaching and clinical intervention and co-developed ArtiSynth, the state-of-the-art biomechanical modelling platform for head/neck/face simulation, applied in areas from surgical planning to telecommunications and computer animation.
Prof. Joan Judge
Affiliation: York University
Keywords: modern Chinese history, print culture, history of knowledge, women's history
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JUDGE, Joan - Department of History, York University
Joan Judge has reshaped understanding of modern Chinese history through methodologically innovative studies in Chinese print culture, periodical studies, and women’s history. Prominent among her publications are three books: Print and Politics: ‘Shibao’ and the Culture of Reform in Late Qing China; The Precious Raft of History: The Past, the West, and the Woman Question in China; and Republican Lens: Gender, Visuality, and Experience in the Early Chinese Periodical Press.
Prof. Daniel Justice
Affiliation: The University of British Columbia
Keywords: Indigenous literary studies, Indigenous cultural studies
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JUSTICE, Daniel - The Institute for Critical Indigenous Studies and the Department of English Language and Literatures, The University of British Columbia
Professor Daniel Heath Justice is a leading expert in contemporary Indigenous Studies, whose influence extends across North America, the Pacific Rim, and Europe. His publications in kinship, animal studies, sexuality, and literary history are prolific and wide-ranging. Together with his creative work, his scholarship demonstrates a gift to explicate complex social and cultural problems in lucid and accessible language, and it is characterized by a strong sense of mission and responsibility.
Professeur Daniel Heath Justice est une sommité en études autochtones contemporaines, dont la renommée est reconnue à travers l’Amérique du Nord, le littoral du Pacifique, et en Europe. Il a de nombreuses publications d’envergure importante sur le kinship, les études animales, la sexualité et l’histoire littéraire. Couplées à ses œuvres de création, ses recherches dévoilent un don pour l’explication de problèmes sociaux et culturels complexes à travers un langage lucide et accessible, tout en étant caractérisées par un objectif clair et une profonde responsabilité.
Prof. Mark Kingwell
Affiliation: University of Toronto
Keywords: Social and political theory; philosophy of art and architecture; continental philosophy
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KINGWELL, Mark - Department of Philosophy, University of Toronto
Mark Kingwell is one of Canada’s leading philosophers and art critics. In his work, he covers topics such as citizenship, happiness, politics, art, architecture, and music. He argues that justice depends not only on political institutions but also on how we conduct civic discourse, the built environments we inhabit, and the aesthetic worlds we create together. Kingwell is also celebrated for bringing philosophy into the public sphere.
Prof. Eike-Henner Kluge
Affiliation: University of Victoria
Keywords: bioethics, health information ethics
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KLUGE, Eike-Henner, Department of Philosophy, University of Victoria
Professor Eike-Henner Kluge is an internationally recognized expert in biomedical and health information ethics. The first recognized expert witness in medical ethics in Canada, he has presented invited testimony to Royal Commissions and Parliamentary Committees and consulted with Health Canada and provincial Ministries of Health. He is the lead author of the International Medical Informatics Association’s Code of Ethics (translated into 9 languages) and wrote the accompanying Handbook of Ethics.
Prof. Lorraine Janzen Kooistra
Affiliation: Toronto Metropolitan University
Keywords: Victorian literature and culture; illustration studies; publishing history; periodical studies; digital humanities; women's writing
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KOOISTRA, Lorraine Janzen, Department of English, Ryerson University
Lorraine Janzen Kooistra is internationally acclaimed for her pioneering research on the complex relationships between pictures and words in nineteenth-century print culture. Her innovative methodology and collaborative, interdisciplinary approach have advanced illustration studies and demonstrated the fundamental utility of bibliographical and textual studies in literary criticism. Her digital editions, searchable for both visual images and printed text, are models of interdisciplinary practice and open-access public scholarship in the humanities.
Lorraine Janzen Kooistra est une pionnière dans le domaine de la culture de l’imprimé du XIXe et ses travaux sur les relations complexes entre images et mots sont reconnus mondialement. Sa méthodologie innovante et son approche collaborative et interdisciplinaire ont fait progresser les études d’illustration et ont démontré l’utilité fondamentale des études bibliographiques et textuelles dans la critique littéraire. Consultables à la fois au niveau des images et du texte, ses éditions numériques sont des modèles de pratique interdisciplinaire et de recherche en libre accès dans les sciences humaines.
Prof. Stephen Menn
Affiliation: McGill University
Keywords: Ancient Philosophy; Medieval Philosophy (Latin and Arabic); History and Philosophy of Mathematics
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MENN, Stephen - Department of Philosophy, McGill University
Stephen Menn is known for his profound understanding of all the principal sub-fields in Ancient
Philosophy, but most particularly for his work on and transformative solution to the problem of the aim
of Aristotelian metaphysics. He is also renowned for his significant contributions to the history and
philosophy of mathematics which focus on Plato, Eudoxos, Euclid and Archytas and his work on Feuerbach's Theorem.
Prof. Ruth Panofsky
Affiliation: Toronto Metropolitan University
Keywords: Canadian Authorship, Publishing History, Textual Scholarship, Jewish Literature
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PANOFSKY, Ruth - Department of English, Ryerson University
Ruth Panofsky is a leading, authoritative scholar of the history of publishing and authorship in Canada and Canadian Jewish literature. She is the chief specialist on Macmillan of Canada and novelist Adele Wiseman. Panofsky’s pioneering studies of Canadian women and Jewish writers have advanced new research fields, and her impeccable textual scholarship has made the work of novelists and poets available to a wide audience in print and digital editions.
Prof. Catherine Ross
Affiliation: Western University
Keywords: reading experience, qualitative interviews, library users, professional library practive, interdisciplinary
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ROSS, Catherine, Faculty of Information and Media Studies, Western University
Catherine Sheldrick Ross is an interdisciplinary scholar whose work on reference and on
recreational reading has made an impact on the way that librarians develop collections
and advise users. Her interview-based research with avid readers has lead to discoveries
about how pleasure-readers choose, experience, and value leisure reading in the context
of their everyday lives. Significant publications include Alice Munro: A Double Life
(1992), The Pleasures of Reading (2014), and Reading Still Matters (2018).
Catherine Sheldrick Ross est une chercheuse interdisciplinaire dont les travaux dans le
domaine des ouvrages de référence et dans la lecture pour le plaisir ont eu un impact sur
les décisions selon lesquelles les bibliothécaires accumulent des fonds de livres et sur les
conseils qu’ils donnent à propos de leur bonne utilisation. Ses recherches à base
d’entrevues avec des lecteurs passionnés ont mené à des découvertes qui indiquent
comment les lecteurs choisissent, vivent et apprécient la lecture pour le plaisir dans le
contexte de leur vie quotidienne. Parmi ses publications importantes se trouvent: Alice
Munro: A Double Life (1992), The Pleasures of Reading (2014), et Reading Still Matters (2018).
M. Bertrand Gervais
Affiliation: Université du Québec à Montréal
Keywords: Littérature américaine, Imaginaire contemporain, Esthétiques numériques
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Bertrand Gervais is full professor in the Literary studies Department at the University of Québec in Montréal (UQAM) and the Head of the Canada Research Chair in Digital Art and Literature. He is the founding director of Figura, the Research Center on Textuality and the Imaginary, and of NT2, the Research Laboratory on Hypermedia Art and Literature. He teaches American literature and literary theory, specializing in theories of reading and interpretation, and on the Imaginary. He has published essays on literary reading and contemporary imagination, and digital aesthetics. He is also a novelist.
GERVAIS, Bertrand - Département d'études littéraires, Université du Québec à Montréal
Bertrand Gervais est le titulaire de la Chaire de recherche du Canada sur les arts et les littératures numériques, ainsi que le directeur du NT2. Fondateur et directeur (1999-2015) de Figura, Centre de recherche sur le texte et l’imaginaire, il est professeur titulaire au Département d'études littéraires de l'Université du Québec à Montréal. Il a publié des essais sur la lecture, l’imaginaire et le numérique, de même que des romans.
M. Jean-Marc Narbonne
Affiliation: Université Laval
Keywords: philosophie ; antiquité ; métaphysique ; néo-platonisme
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NARBONNE, Jean-Marc - Faculté de Philosophie, Université Laval
Jean-Marc Narbonne est un spécialiste mondialement reconnu dans le domaine de l’histoire de la pensée antique et de la tradition platonicienne en particulier. Ses recherches sur les dimensions critiques de l’Antiquité l’ont conduit à des hypothèses très neuves sur la transition de la pensée grecque à la Modernité, et notamment sur l’émergence des modèles démocratiques dans la pensée occidentale.
M. Gilles Routhier
Affiliation: Université Laval
Keywords: Vatican II, concile, église catholique, religion au Canada, réception (théories de la)
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ROUTHIER, Gilles - Faculté de théologie et de sciences religieuses, Université Laval
Le professeur Gilles Routhier est un spécialiste mondialement reconnu de l'histoire, de l'enseignement, de l'herméneutique et de la réception du concile Vatican II. Les recherches menées par le professeur Routhier, ses publications, ses approches théoriques innovantes, la reconnaissance internationale dont il jouit, le leadership scientifique qu'il exerce sur le plan national et international en font un expert de premier plan des institutions ecclésiales dans la seconde moitié du vingtième siècle.
M. Laurier Turgeon
Affiliation: Université Laval
Keywords: patrimoine, interculturalité, trasnferts culturels, patrimoines métissés
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TURGEON, Laurier - Département des sciences historiques, Université Laval
Le professeur Laurier Turgeon est un spécialiste de réputation internationale dont les approches innovantes en patrimoine culturel ont contribué à ouvrir un nouveau domaine de recherche, celui des patrimoines métisses. Ses travaux ont permis de re-théoriser l'étude du patrimoine à la lumière des études interculturelles. Généralement conceptualise comme une forme de transmission au sein d'une même culture, Laurier Turgeon a explore les mécanismes nombreux de construction du patrimoine dans les échanges et les interactions entre cultures différentes.
Dr. Stephen Archer
Affiliation: Queen's University
Keywords: oxygen sensing, vascular biology, experimental therapeutics, pulmonary hypertension, cancer
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ARCHER, Stephen - Department of Medicine, Queen's University
Dr. Stephen Archer is Professor and Head of Medicine at Queen’s University and a world-renowned cardiologist and leader in several research fields, including oxygen sensing, vascular biology, and the experimental therapeutics of pulmonary hypertension and, more recently, cancer. He has made numerous discoveries that can undisputedly be considered firsts, particularly in regards to defining the roles of mitochondrial fission/fusion and metabolism in oxygen-sensing and cell proliferation.
Dr. Pierre Blier
Affiliation: University of Ottawa
Keywords: Psychopharmacology, Neuroscience, major depressive disorder
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BLIER, Pierre - Department of Cellular and Molecular Medicine, University of Ottawa
Professor Blier’s sophisticated and translational approaches to neuroscience and pharmacology have
contributed to the identification of the neural pathways that are involved in the effects of antidepressants, to the understanding of the neurochemical processes involved in major depressive disorder, and to the improvement of its treatment. He is also a key contributor to the development of standards and policies in the field.
Les approches sophistiquées et translationnelles du professeur Blier en neuroscience et en pharmacologie ont contribué à l'identification des voies neuronales impliquées dans les effets des antidépresseurs, à la compréhension des processus neurochimiques impliqués dans le trouble dépressif majeur et à l'amélioration de son traitement. Il est également un contributeur clé du développement de normes et de politiques dans le domaine.
Dr. Fiona Brinkman
Affiliation: Simon Fraser University
Keywords: COVID-19, Covid-19, corona virus
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BRINKMAN, Fiona - Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Simon Fraser University
Fiona Brinkman is a world-leading bioinformatics expert who has led research efforts, including large consortiums, to tackle the global health threats posed by infectious and inflammatory diseases and antibiotic resistance. Her research and widely used open-source computational tools have led to fundamental insights into how microbes evolve, and are enabling health agencies to implement more sustainable control of infectious diseases and to preserve microbiota essential for human and environmental health.
Dr. Douglas Chivers
Affiliation: University of Saskatchewan
Keywords: Predator-prey interactions, ocean acidification
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CHIVERS, Douglas - Department of Biology, University of Saskatchewan
Douglas Chivers is one of the world’s leading researchers in animal behaviour. An expert on predator-prey interactions, his work on how prey animals are able to assess risk is the first of its kind and has led to numerous high-impact publications. He has also developed new frameworks that apply behavioural and cognitive ecology to help address global environmental challenges. In 2016, Chivers was elected Fellow of the Animal Behaviour Society.
Douglas Chivers est une sommité mondiale en comportement animalier spécialisé en interactions chimio-sensorielles prédateurs-proies, et plus particulièrement sur les poissons. Ses travaux pionniers sur la capacité de ceux-ci à détecter le danger environnant a inspiré nombre de publications majeures très citées. Il a également développé de nouveaux schémas qui appliquent l’écologie comportementale et cognitive afin de relever les défis environnementaux mondiaux. En 2016, le professeur Chivers a été élu membre de la Société du Comportement Animal.