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    Arthur Gilbert McCalla

    Arthur Gilbert McCalla, cereal chemist (b at St Catharines, Ont 22 Mar 1906; d at Edmonton 30 Apr 1985).

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    Arthur Maxwell House

    Arthur Maxwell House "Max," OC, physician, 10th lieutenant-governor of Newfoundland and Labrador (1997-2002) (born 10 August 1926 in Glovertown, NL; died 17 October 2013 in St. John’s, NL). House came to the position of lieutenant-governor after an outstanding medical career, imbued with a strong public service ethic. He is recognized as a pioneer of telemedicine, which utilizes electronic communication technology to provide health services to patients at a distance. (See also Telecommunications.)

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    Arthur Newcombe Bourns

    Arthur Newcombe Bourns, OC, FRSC, professor of chemistry, university administrator (born 8 December 1919 in Petitcodiac, NB; died 29 May 2015 in Burlington, ON). 

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    Arthur Oliver Wheeler

    Arthur Oliver Wheeler, surveyor, mountaineer (born at Lyrath, Ireland 1 May 1860; died at Banff, Alta 20 March 1945). Qualifying in 1881 as Ontario land surveyor, he also obtained Dominion (1882), Manitoba (1882), British Columbia (1891) and Alberta (1911) credentials.

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    Arthur Stanley Lamb

    Arthur S. Lamb, physical education instructor, physician, administrator (b at Ballarat, Australia 16 Sep 1886; d at Montréal 4 Sep 1958). On immigrating to Canada as a young man, Arthur S. Lamb worked for two years as director of physical education at the Vancouver Y.M.C.A.

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    Aser Rothstein

    Aser Rothstein, physiologist (born 29 April 1918 in Vancouver, BC; died 4 July 2015 in Guelph, ON). He contributed enormously to the fields of cellular physiology and toxicology. 

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    August Liessens

    August(e) Liessens. Organist, composer, bandmaster, choir conductor, teacher, inventor, b Ninove, near Brussels, 17 Aug 1894, naturalized Canadian 1953, d Sorel, Que, 8 Jul 1954. Liessens was blind from infancy. In 1901 he entered the Institut royal pour les aveugles at Woluwe-St-Lambert, Belgium.

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    Baldur Rosmund Stefansson

    Baldur Rosmund Stefansson, OC, OM, plant breeder (born 26 April 1917 in Vestfold, MB; died 3 January 2002 in Winnipeg, MB). Stefansson was a leader in the development of a variety of rapeseed modifying it from an unadapted crop that produced modest amounts of industrial oil, to an adapted food and feed crop. This edible oil crop known as canola rivals wheat in acreage usage and value, and has become one of the largest oilseed crops in the world.

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    Bernard Lamarre

    Bernard Lamarre, O.C., G.O.Q., engineer and construction contractor (born 6 August 1931 in Chicoutimi, QC; died 30 March 2016 in Montreal, QC). Lamarre is the Former President and CEO of Lavalin Inc. and advisor to SNC-Lavalin. He has been recognized as an important figure in Quebec engineering. He has received numerous awards and distinctions in recognition of his career.

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    Bernhard Hantzsch

    Bernhard Adolf Hantzsch, explorer, ornithologist (d near the mouth of Hantzsch R, NWT June 1911). Hantzsch sailed with a German ornithological expedition to the eastern Arctic in 1906 and during that summer explored and collected specimens along the coast of Ungava Bay and northern Labrador.

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    Bertram Neville Brockhouse

    Bertram Neville Brockhouse, CC, FRSC, FRS, physicist (born 15 July 1918 in Lethbridge, AB; died 13 October 2003 in Hamilton, ON). Brockhouse pioneered the use of thermal neutrons to study structural, dynamical and magnetic aspects of the behaviour of condensed matter systems at an atomic level (see Physics; Spectroscopy). In 1994, he and the American physicist, Clifford G. Shull were jointly awarded the Nobel Prize in Physics (see Nobel Prizes and Canada).

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    Biruté Galdikas

    Biruté Marija Filomena Galdikas, OC, primatologist, conservationist, educator (born 10 May 1946 in Wiesbaden, Germany; died 24 March 2026 in California, US). Galdikas was the world’s leading authority on orangutans. She studied them in Indonesian Borneo since 1971. She was also involved in conservation and rehabilitation efforts for orangutans. Galdikas formed part of a trio of primatologists nicknamed the “Trimates,” along with Jane Goodall and Dian Fossey. Galdikas spent part of the year in Indonesia and taught half time at Simon Fraser University in Vancouver.

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    Bjarni Tryggvason

    Bjarni Valdimar Tryggvason, engineer, pilot, astronaut, scientist, educator (born 21 September 1945 in Reykjavik, Iceland; died 5 April 2022 in London, ON). Bjarni Tryggvason was one of the original six Canadian astronauts selected by the National Research Council in 1983. (See also Canadian Space Agency.) In 1997, he participated in the STS-85 mission and flew aboard NASA’s Discovery space shuttle. He was an associate member of the Society of Experimental Test Pilots and the recipient of numerous awards and honours throughout his career.

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    Boucar Diouf

    Boucar Diouf, CQ, scientist, teacher, writer, poet, storyteller, comedian and columnist (born 26 May 1965 in Fatick, Senegal). Diouf is beloved for his inspired, sincere and relatable outlook. In his books and monologues, Diouf explores the themes of immigration and integration into Quebec society. As an educator, Diouf manages to defuse controversial subjects by using humour and shining a philosophical light on them.

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    Brenda Milner

    Brenda Atkinson Milner (née Langford), CC, GOQ, FRSC, FRS, neuropsychologist (born 15 July 1918 in Manchester, England). Dr. Milner pioneered the field of neuropsychology, combining neurology and psychology. Most notably, she discovered that the part of the brain called the medial temporal lobe (which includes the hippocampus) is critical for the forming of long-term memories. Milner’s later work revealed that the learning of skills involving the combination of vision and movement is not part of the medial temporal lobe system. These discoveries proved that there are different forms of memory in different brain regions. Through her observation of patients, Milner changed forever our understanding of the brain’s learning and memory mechanisms. Click here for definitions of key terms used in this article.

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