ACADEMIA
Karen Messing
- Born in Springfield, Massachusetts
- Professor of Biology at the University of Quebec at Montreal since 1976 (Prof. Emerita since 2012)
- Citoyennes Inspirantes, Place des Montréalaises 2018–2020
- Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2019
Lewis Kay
- Born in Edmonton, Alberta
- Senior Scientist of Molecular Medicine at Sick Kids Hospital
- Appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2017
- Recipient of the Gerhard Herzberg Canada Gold Medal for Science and Engineering, NSERC in 2018
Alain-G Gagnon
- Born in Saint-Gabriel de Rimouski, Quebec
- Canadian Research Chair in Quebec and Canadian Studies since 2003
- Professor of Political Science at the University of Quebec at Montreal since 2003
- Best Teaching Award, Société québec de science politique in 2019
Mohamed Lachemi
- President and Vice-Chancellor of Ryerson University since 2016
- Established Ryerson’s academic plan, Our Time to Lead 2014–19
- Fellow of the Canadian Society for Civil Engineering
- Was a visiting Professor in Applied Science at Artois University, France
