Contributed to our understanding of where mitochondria and chloroplasts came from by conducting experiments supporting the endosymbiont hypothesis. He has also demonstrated the importance of...
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 first researchers to isolate the organism which causes Kala-azar disease
The father of canola: a plant breeder who transformed rapeseed into an edible oilseed crop success story
Determined precise atomic mass by greatly increasing resolution of the mass spectrometer
Pioneer of Arctic sea-ice research and the first woman to conduct scientific observations on Canadian icebreakers
Endocrinologist; developed a method for testing infants for hypothyroidism
Led physics research at the Chalk River Nuclear Laboratories during its most constructive years.
Ethnobotanist and Infectious Disease Microbiologist: Dr. Elvin-Lewis is an expert on evaluating traditional medicines and their use.
Atmospheric scientist who has worked on several space satellite missions.
Father of Canadian parasitology
Pioneered a key laboratory technique that led to the creation of the Salk polio vaccine.
Medical physicist; Member of the team that developed the first Cobalt 60 units for cancer treatment
Quantum physics mathematician: constructed a number of quantum field theories
Inventor: First person to make newsprint from wood pulp
One of the world’s foremost authorities on bats
First radio broadcast and scores of other inventions
Psychiatrist, leader in brain research and in the causes and treatments of clinical depression
Established the Fields medal, the "Nobel Prize" of mathematics.
Developed method to reclaim chlorinated fluorocarbons (CFC), which had been commonly used as refrigerants.
One of the world's foremost experts on the molecular understanding of the ways bacteria infect their hosts
Internationally recognized for her software for calculating atomic structure, and for research in atomic structure theory.
World's foremost expert on the study of white dwarf stars
Pioneer of arctic geology and one of the first to recognize the oil and gas potential of the arctic
Pioneered the physics of ancient archeological materials
Researched BCG vaccine for tuberculosis, and infant leukemia
Visual neuroscientist who has pioneered research into how our brains see and hear, and how animals like monarch butterflies and seabirds navigate amazing distances.
Developed a model for estimating fish populations using VPA (virtual population analysis)
Father of modern geochemistry and global change
World’s foremost authority on orangutans
Expert on rogue waves and ocean tides
World expert in the molecular regulation of inflammation and immunity
Neurologist and leader in developing new tools for diagnosis and treatments for people suffering from Alzheimer's disease.
Pioneer in the field of thermal plasma systems.
Wildlife biology and environmental design
Physician, geologist, chemist, inventor, professor, author: Invented kerosene oil and founded the modern petroleum industry
Developed VSEPR (Valence Shell Electron Pair Repulsion) Theory
Elucidation of the physics of spin ices; theory of geometrically-frustrated magnetic materials and the spin ice ground state in pyrochlore magnets.
Researched and wrote the bird-watcher's bible "The Birds of Canada"
Developed the first and still most widely used blood test for certain types of cancer