Climatologiste: The first Canadian scientist to successfully perform a simulation of the atmosphere’s general circulation using a computer model.
Electrical Engineer: Pioneered work in optical fibre communications
A pioneer in the field of chemical kinetics and activated-complex theory
Researched and wrote the bird-watcher's bible "The Birds of Canada"
One of the world's leading food scientists studying the structure of fats and oils
Past Chair, Royal Commission on New Reproductive Technologies and key scientist in the current discussion on the ethical and social policy implications of genetic knowledge.
Internationally recognized pioneer in integrated pest management and the application of biological techniques to pest control.
Among the first doctors to treat diabetic children with insulin
Developed method to reclaim chlorinated fluorocarbons (CFC), which had been commonly used as refrigerants.
Unlocked secrets of how the embryos of fish, frogs and chicks form from a simple egg, and how this process changes over evolution.
One of the first female geologists allowed to work in the field by the Geological Survey of Canada and only the second woman to work as a geologist. The first was Alice Wilson.
Discovered and named the protein calcitonin, for use in the treatment of bone disease
Leading researcher in the application of Density Functional Theory to molecules, changing a fundamental way in which molecules are described.
Pioneered work in heredity
Biochemist: Developed the Michaelis-Menten equation for enzyme kinetics
A world expert on nerve cells
Fisheries scientist; discovered the effect of acid rain on fish and demonstrated climate cycles in Canada’s lakes and oceans.
Molecular biologist; conducted pioneering research on the role genes play in the development of the mammalian embryo.
Research in condensed matter physics
First to suggest that magnetic striping in the Earth's crust was produced by repeated reversals of the Earth's magnetic field
Applied microchip technology to chemical analysis
World expert in asbestos chemistry and methods to make asbestos safer
Neurobiologist who has used the common fruit fly as a model to study aging and human neurodegenerative diseases such as Lou Gehrig's disease and Alzheimer's.
Soil scientist internationally recognized for his work on the effects of livestock grazing on rangeland soils, soil chemistry, and soil organic matter
One of the finest metallurgical engineers of the twentieth century.
Studies in atomic energy and nuclear physics
One of Canada’s leading authorities in Quaternary and environmental earth sciences
Studied Rh disease (erythroblastosis fetalis) and developed the serum which now prevents this illness worldwide
Psychiatrist, leader in brain research and in the causes and treatments of clinical depression
Physician, geologist, chemist, inventor, professor, author: Invented kerosene oil and founded the modern petroleum industry
Wrote classic text on meteorological instruments, optics, and other books on the history of meteorology instrumentation.
Expert in laser and plasma physics
Created the Java programming language
Developer of Mössbauer spectroscopy
Pioneered the measurements of gas-phase ion-molecule equilibria using mass spectrometry
Discovered quantum computing techniques that employ quantum entanglement to advance communications and cryptography into the Age of Entanglement. The invention of quantum cryptography and quantum...
Author of Classical Electrodynamics
Designed the supergun, the GC-45 howitzer; Aerophysicist, artillery designer and ballistics expert
Physicist: Contributed to the theory of high temperature superconductors
Expert in the field of polychaete taxonomy