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Sandford Fleming Award
The Sandford Fleming Medal was instituted in 1982 by the Royal Canadian Institute. It consists of the Sandford Fleming Medal with Citation. It is awarded annually to a Canadian who has made outstanding contributions to the public understanding of science. It is named in honour of Sandford Fleming. Awardees SourceRoyal Canadian Institute Science *1982: David Suzuki *1983: Lydia Dotto *1984: Lister Sinclair *1985: Helen Sawyer Hogg *1986: Jay Ingram *1987: J. Tuzo Wilson *1988: Fernand Seguin *1989: Fred Bruemmer *1990: Joan Hollobon and Marilyn Dunlop *1991: Annabel Slaight *1992: Terence Dickinson *1993: Carol Gold *1994: Edward Struzik *1995: Eve Savory *1996: Derek York *1997: John R. Percy *1998: Sid Katz *1999: John Charles Polanyi *2000: Ursula Martius Franklin *2001: Patterson Hume *2002: Bob McDonald *2003: Robert Buckman *2004: M. Brock Fenton *2005: Joe Schwartz *2006: Paul Fjeld *2007: Peter Calamai *2008: Henry Lickers *2009: David Schindler *2010: Pa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Royal Canadian Institute
The Royal Canadian Institute for Science (RCIScience), known also as the Royal Canadian Institute, is a Canadian nonprofit organization dedicated to connecting the public with Canadian science. History The organization was formed in Toronto as the Canadian Institute on June 20, 1849, by Sandford Fleming, Kivas Tully, and Hamilton Hartley Killaly. It was conceived of originally as an organization for surveyors, civil engineers, and architects practising in and about Toronto, Ontario. It quickly became more general in its scientific interests. A royal charter was granted on November 4, 1851, in which the objects of the organization are declared to be "the encouragement and general advancement of the physical sciences, the arts and the manufactures". It is now the oldest scientific society in Canada. Presidents Notable past presidents include John Charles Fields (1919-1925; founder of the Fields Medal), William Edmond Logan, Daniel Wilson, John Henry Lefroy, John Beverley Robinso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Derek York
Derek is a masculine given name. It is the English language short form of ''Diederik'', the Low Franconian form of the name Theodoric. Theodoric is an old Germanic name with an original meaning of "theod, people-rix (king), ruler". Common variants of the name are Derrek, Derick, Dereck, Derrick (name), Derrick, and Deric. Low German and Dutch short forms of Diederik are Dik (other), Dik, Dirck, and Dirk (name), Dirk. History The English form of the name arises in the 15th century, via import from the Low Countries. The native English (Anglo-Saxon) form of the name was ''Deoric'' or ''Deodric'', from Old English ''Þēodrīc'', but this name had fallen out of use in the Norman England, medieval period. During the Late Middle Ages, there was intense contact between the territories adjacent to the North Sea, in particular due to the activities of the Hanseatic League. As a result, there was a lot of cross-pollination between Middle Low German, Low German, Middle Dutch, D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Delaney (professor)
Paul Delaney is a university professor emeritus of physics and astronomy at York University in Toronto. He was also the Director (education), director of the Allan I. Carswell Astronomical Observatory, as well as the Master of Bethune College at York University, York, before he retired at the end of 2021. Delaney has his Master of Science, master's degree in science. He has taught at York University since 1986. He earned his Bachelor of Science in experimental physics at the Australian National University in Canberra and his master's degree in astronomy at the University of Victoria. Delaney has been the recipient of many faculty of science and engineering awards at York University. One of his classes deals with the possibility of life on Mars (planet), life on Mars. Delaney is also the director of the observatory at the York University, and its outreach program. In the past, he has also worked as a nuclear physicist at the Atomic Energy of Canada Limited, Atomic Energy of Canada, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David Schindler
David William Schindler, , (August 3, 1940 – March 4, 2021) was an American/Canadian limnologist. He held the Killam Memorial Chair and was Professor of Ecology in the Department of Biological Sciences at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, Alberta. He was notable for "innovative large-scale experiments" on whole lakes at the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA) which proved that "phosphorus controls the eutrophication (excessive algal blooms) in temperate lakes leading to the banning of phosphates in detergents. He was also known for his research on acid rain. In 1989, Schindler moved from the ELA to continue his research at the University of Alberta in Edmonton, with studies into fresh water shortages and the effects of climate disruption on Canada's alpine and northern boreal ecosystems. Schindler's research had earned him numerous national and international awards, including the Gerhard Herzberg Gold Medal, the First Stockholm Water Prize (1991) the Volvo Environment Prize (1 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henry Lickers
Henry may refer to: People *Henry (given name) *Henry (surname) * Henry Lau, Canadian singer and musician who performs under the mononym Henry Royalty * Portuguese royalty ** King-Cardinal Henry, King of Portugal ** Henry, Count of Portugal, Henry of Burgundy, Count of Portugal (father of Portugal's first king) ** Prince Henry the Navigator, Infante of Portugal ** Infante Henrique, Duke of Coimbra (born 1949), the sixth in line to Portuguese throne * King of Germany **Henry the Fowler (876–936), first king of Germany * King of Scots (in name, at least) ** Henry Stuart, Lord Darnley (1545/6–1567), consort of Mary, queen of Scots ** Henry Benedict Stuart, the 'Cardinal Duke of York', brother of Bonnie Prince Charlie, who was hailed by Jacobites as Henry IX * Four kings of Castile: **Henry I of Castile **Henry II of Castile **Henry III of Castile **Henry IV of Castile * Five kings of France, spelt ''Henri'' in Modern French since the Renaissance to italianize the name and to ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter Calamai
Peter Calamai (June 23, 1943 – January 22, 2019) was an American-born Canadian science journalist. Early life and education Calamai was born in Berwick, Pennsylvania, the son of engineer Enrico Calamai and Jean Kennedy, and older brother to Michael and Paul. He moved to Brantford, Ontario as a child. He earned a Bachelor of Science in physics from McMaster University in 1965. While at McMaster, he was editor-in-chief of the student newspaper, ''The Silhouette'', which won several national awards under his leadership. Career As a journalist, Calamai started as a local reporter at the ''Brantford Expositor'', then ''The Hamilton Spectator''. He joined Southam News in the early 1970s as a parliamentary specialist and foreign correspondent in London, Nairobi, and Washington, before joining the ''Ottawa Citizen'' as an editorial pages editor in 1990. In 1996, Conrad Black bought the ''Citizen'''s parent company, Southam, and shortly thereafter fired Calamai and his colleague, Jim T ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Fjeld
Paul may refer to: *Paul (given name), a given name (includes a list of people with that name) *Paul (surname), a list of people People Christianity *Paul the Apostle (AD c.5–c.64/65), also known as Saul of Tarsus or Saint Paul, early Christian missionary and writer *Pope Paul (other), multiple Popes of the Roman Catholic Church *Saint Paul (other), multiple other people and locations named "Saint Paul" Roman and Byzantine empire *Lucius Aemilius Paullus Macedonicus (c. 229 BC – 160 BC), Roman general *Julius Paulus Prudentissimus (), Roman jurist *Paulus Catena (died 362), Roman notary *Paulus Alexandrinus (4th century), Hellenistic astrologer *Paul of Aegina or Paulus Aegineta (625–690), Greek surgeon Royals *Paul I of Russia (1754–1801), Tsar of Russia *Paul of Greece (1901–1964), King of Greece Other people *Paul the Deacon or Paulus Diaconus (c. 720 – c. 799), Italian Benedictine monk *Paul (father of Maurice), the father of Maurice, Byzan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Schwartz
Joe or JOE may refer to: Arts Film and television * ''Joe'' (1970 film), starring Peter Boyle * ''Joe'' (2013 film), starring Nicolas Cage * ''Joe'' (TV series), a British TV series airing from 1966 to 1971 * ''Joe'', a 2002 Canadian animated short about Joe Fortes Music and radio * "Joe" (Inspiral Carpets song) * "Joe" (Red Hot Chili Peppers song) * "Joe", a song by The Cranberries on their album ''To the Faithful Departed'' *"Joe", a song by PJ Harvey on her album '' Dry'' *"Joe", a song by AJR on their album ''OK Orchestra'' * Joe FM (other), any of several radio stations Computing * Joe's Own Editor, a text editor for Unix systems * Joe, an object-oriented Java computing framework based on Sun's Distributed Objects Everywhere project Media * Joe (website), a news website for the UK and Ireland * ''Joe'' (magazine), a defunct periodical developed originally for Kenyan youth Places * Joe, North Carolina, United States, a town * Jõe, Saaremaa Parish, Estonia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Robert Buckman
Robert Alexander Amiel Buckman (22 August 1948 – 9 October 2011) was a British doctor of medicine, comedian and author, and president of the Humanist Association of Canada. He first appeared in a Cambridge University Footlights Revue in 1968, and subsequently presented several television and radio programmes about medicine, as well as appearing on comedy programmes such as '' Just a Minute''. He was also the author of many popular books on medicine. Early life and education Buckman took part in the comedy sketch show ''What are you doing after the show'' in 1970–71. Buckman attended University College School and graduated in medicine from St. John's College, Cambridge, in 1972. He continued his medical training at the Royal Marsden Hospital and University College Hospital, London, becoming a fellow of the Royal College of Physicians. Buckman was raised in a middle class Jewish family. Broadcasting and comedy Buckman was a familiar voice on BBC Radio 4 during the 1970s and ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bob McDonald (science Journalist)
Bob McDonald OC (born January 25, 1951) is a Canadian author and science journalist. He is the national science commentator for CBC Television and CBC News Network (formerly Newsworld), and since 1992 has been the host of a weekly radio science show, ''Quirks & Quarks'' which draws approximately 800,000 listeners each week. Career In 1972, with no formal academic training, he began his science communication career as a demonstrator at the Ontario Science Centre, and eventually travelled to California to watch the live action of NASA's Voyager 2 space probe launch. Upon returning to Canada, he was in great demand to talk about the missions and eventually became the regular science correspondent for a number of shows. From 1986 to 1992, he was the host and one of the producers of '' Wonderstruck'', a Gemini Award winning science program for children. Over the years he has hosted a variety of other science or technology themed specials and documentaries, including the special ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Patterson Hume
James Nairn Patterson "Pat" Hume (17 March 1923 – 9 May 2013) was a Canadian professor and science educator who has been called "Canada's pioneer of computer programming". He was a professor of Physics and of Computer Science at the University of Toronto, and he served as the second Master of Massey College from 1981 to 1988. Life and career Hume received a B.A. in mathematics and physics in 1945, an M.A. in physics in 1946 and a PhD in physics in 1949 (theoretical atomic spectroscopy) from the University of Toronto. From 1946 to 1949 he taught returning soldiers mathematics at the University of Toronto campus in Ajax. He was an instructor in physics at Rutgers University in New Jersey between 1949 and 1950 before rejoining the University of Toronto as an assistant professor of physics. In 1953, Hume and Beatrice Worsley began development of Transcode, a new computer language for the Ferranti Mark 1 machine known as FERUT. In collaboration with his colleague Donald Ivey ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ursula Martius Franklin
Ursula Martius Franklin (16 September 1921 – 22 July 2016) was a German-Canadian metallurgist, research physicist, author, and educator who taught at the University of Toronto for more than 40 years.Lumley, Elizabeth (editor) (2008), ''Canadian Who's Who 2008''. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, p. 439. She was the author of ''The Real World of Technology'', which is based on her 1989 Massey Lectures; ''The Ursula Franklin Reader: Pacifism as a Map'', a collection of her papers, interviews, and talks; and ''Ursula Franklin Speaks: Thoughts and Afterthoughts'', containing 22 of her speeches and five interviews between 1986 and 2012. Franklin was a practising Quaker and actively worked on behalf of pacifist and feminist causes. She wrote and spoke extensively about the futility of war and the connection between peace and social justice. Franklin received numerous honours and awards, including the Governor General's Award in Commemoration of the Persons Case for promoting the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
