Directory of honorary doctorates

Arthur Carty, enterprising scientist, visionary research leader and storyteller par excellence, is president of the National Research Council (NRC). Since it was established during the First World War to promote industrial progress, the NRC has racked up an impressive collection of accomplishments, such as hardy prairie wheat and canola, and key medical work on a vaccine for tuberculosis and radiation therapy for cancer. Under Carty's leadership, the NRC has assumed an important role in the gr...
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Mark Starowicz, historian, journalist, a legendary figure in broadcasting and creator of A People's History, has given Canadians a glimpse of their history as they have never seen it before. Through his vision, viewers of his series - in English or in French - gained a new appreciation for the hardships and accomplishments of the people who built this country. During his days at McGill University, Starowicz was fascinated by the history of Canadians and never lost his thirst for knowledge abou...
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One of the world's foremost penal law experts, Françoise Tulkens has brought a new awareness of the need to protect human rights. Born in Brussels in 1942, she earned a doctorate in law at an early age. Early in her career, she became a member of the bar in Brussels, was named research fellow at the Fonds National de la Recherche Scientifique and, subsequently, professor in the law faculty of the Université catholique de Louvain. Throughout her years of dedicated work, she earned an enviable ...
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Lieutenant General Roméo A. Dallaire has, over a 35-year career in the military, combined his exemplary humanitarian vision with the highest ethical military principles. He has been honoured on numerous occasions for outstanding professionalism, honour, altruism, resourcefulness and bravery. Dallaire's dedication to world peace, self-sacrifice and courage saved the lives of thousands of Rwandans in 1994, when he led the United Nations (UN) mission in Rwanda. Although he and his UN troops did n...
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Award-winning writer, filmmaker and political thinker Jacques Godbout has gone a long way towards enriching the cultural heritage of Canada and Quebec. Canada's spiritual shortcomings, said Godbout at a conference at the Institute of Canadian Studies in 1997, are found in the nature of its culture, its imagination and its institutions, and can best be resolved by artists, academics, inventors and thinkers. Godbout has gone far to resolve this deficiency of spirit with his writing and his film...
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Canada's brain drain stops at Chaviva Hošek's desk. As president and chief executive officer of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research (CIAR), her mandate consists of retaining the very best and brightest in this country. Made up of members selected for their outstanding talent and promise, CIAR challenges these individuals with some of the most ambitious, far-reaching research projects in the world. The subject matter covers such topics as the biochemical history of life on earth and the...
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When she was sworn in as a senator in 1994, Landon Pearson had two goals: to advance children's interests through legislation and to open up the political process so that children could participate in the decisions that affect them. During the eight years Senator Landon Pearson has graced the upper chamber, she has fulfilled these commitments in many ways. In 1996, she was named the minister of foreign affairs' advisor on children's rights. In 1999, Prime Minister Jean Chrétien appointed the s...
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James Arthur is regularly cited as perhaps the best and most immediately influential mathematician currently active in Canada. His work stands at the forefront of a bold initiative to unify the diverse branches of pure mathematics. Through more than three decades as a mathematician, Arthur charted a course for himself with way stations spanning the globe. He has been an instructor at Princeton University, an assistant professor at Yale University and a professor at Duke University. And he has ...
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Through her songs and stories, Ottawa-born Suzanne Pinel has touched the hearts of thousands of children. After her studies in nursing at the University of Ottawa, Pinel decided early on in her career that her mission would be to help children's development by ensuring their well-being and happiness. From that moment on, she brought a bit of magic into the lives of children with her guitar. To further her work, she took courses in dramatic writing for children, puppetry, and vocal training. Si...
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When Robert Brown was appointed president and chief executive officer of Bombardier Inc. in 1999, he was the third person to have held that role since the family-run company was founded by patriarch Joseph-Armand Bombardier in 1942. Prior to his appointment, Brown headed Bombardier Aerospace where, for a decade, he oversaw the phenomenal growth of the aerospace division, building it into the most profitable of the company's core businesses. His earlier career was mainly spent in the federal p...
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