Established the Fields medal, the "Nobel Prize" of mathematics.
One of the world's foremost experts on the molecular understanding of the ways bacteria infect their hosts
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
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
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
Created the Java programming language
Early pioneer of nuclear physics
Major contributions to our understanding of genome size.
Cloned the Nramp gene and the mdr gene
Unlocked secrets of how the embryos of fish, frogs and chicks form from a simple egg, and how this process changes over evolution.
Studies in atomic energy and nuclear physics
Internationally famous environmentalist and meteorologist
Greatly increased our knowledge of the mammals that lived in the Canadian North during the last ice age.
Discovered the telomere clock
Applied microchip technology to chemical analysis
Developed Hebb synapse and cell assembly theory
Developed a species ID system called 'DNA barcoding', which uses a small DNA fragment to discriminate species.
Won the 1971 Nobel Prize in chemistry for using spectroscopy to discover the internal geometry and energy states in simple molecules, and in particular the structure and characteristics of free...
Electrical Engineer: Pioneered work in optical fibre communications
Co-designed the first commercially available electron microscope in North America
Studied natural systems and the response of predators to prey
Co-winner of the Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine in 1981 for mapping the visual cortex
Developed the concept of exhalative ore deposits
World leader in the chemistry of organic free radicals and first to recognize Vitamin E as a powerful agent that targets free radicals and neutralizes their harmful effects.
Developed theory for the 3-quark model
Physicist and cosmologist: Wrote the first logically precise theory for the simplicity of black holes (1967)
Invented the APL computer programming language