Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame

The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, located at the at the Canada Science and Technology Museum in Ottawa, Ontario, honours Canadians who have made outstanding contributions to society in science and engineering. It also promotes role models to encourage young Canadians to pursue careers in science, engineering and technology.^[1] The hall includes a permanent exhibition, a traveling exhibition^[2], a virtual gallery, and events and programming to celebrate inductees.^[3]

1 History
2 Induction Process
3 Members
4 References
5 External Links

History

The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame was established in 1991 through a joint partnership by the Canada Science and Technology Museum, the National Research Council of Canada (NRC), Industry Canada and the Association of Partners in Education, to mark the NRC's 75th anniversary.^[4]^[5] The hall has since become a major feature of the Canada Science and Technology Museum, and has become a part of the museum's permanent Innovation Canada exhibition.^[3]

Induction Process

The museum uses an open process for nomination of new members.^[6] A selection committee reviews nominations annually. Nominees must meet the following criteria:

They must have contributed in an exceptional way to the advancement of science and engineering in Canada;
Their work must have brought great benefits to society and their communities as a whole;
They must possess leadership qualities that can serve as an inspiration to young Canadians to pursue careers in science, engineering or technology.^[1]

Members

The following people have been inducted into the Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame^[7] (listed by date of birth):

William Edmond Logan (1798–1875)
John William Dawson (1820–1899)
Sandford Fleming (1827–1915)
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922)
Reginald Fessenden (1866–1932)
Charles Edward Saunders (1867–1937)
Maude Abbott (1869–1940)
Wallace Turnbull (1870–1954)
Ernest Rutherford (1871–1937)
Harriet Brooks Pitcher (1876–1933)
Frances Gertrude McGill (1877–1959)
Alice Evelyn Wilson (1881–1964)
Frère Marie-Victorin (1885–1944)
Andrew McNaughton (1887–1966)
Margaret Newton (1887–1971)
Chalmers Jack Mackenzie (1888–1984)
Henry Norman Bethune (1890–1939), inducted in 2010 ^[8]
Frederick Banting (1891–1941)
Wilder Penfield (1891–1976)
E.W.R. "Ned" Steacie (1900–1962)
George J. Klein (1904–1992), inducted in 1995^[9]
Gerhard Herzberg (1904–1999)
Elizabeth "Elsie" MacGill (1905–1980)
George C. Laurence (1905–1987), inducted in 2010^[10]^[11]
Helen Sawyer Hogg (1905–1993)

Joseph-Armand Bombardier (1907–1964)
Alphonse Ouimet (1908–1988)
John Tuzo Wilson (1908–1993)
Pierre Dansereau (1911–2011), inducted in 2001^[12]
Hugh Le Caine (1914–1977)
Douglas Harold Copp (1915–1998)
Harold Elford Johns (1915–1998), inducted in 2000^[13]
James Hillier 1915-2007, inducted in 2002 ^[14]
Bertram Neville Brockhouse 1918-2003
John "Jack" A. Hopps 1919-1998
Gerald Heffernan (1919–2007)
Raymond Urgel Lemieux (1920-2000)
Louis Siminovitch (1920–)
Willard Boyle (1924–2011), inducted in 2005^[15]^[16]
Ernest McCulloch (1926–2011), inducted in 2010^[17]
John Polanyi (1929–)
Richard E. Taylor (1929–), inducted in 2008^[18]^[19]
Charles Robert Scriver (1930–), inducted in 2001^[12]
James Till (1931–), inducted in 2010^[17]
Michael Smith (1932–2000)
Hubert Reeves (1932–)
Arthur B. McDonald (1943–)
Ransom A. Myers (1952–2007)

References

^ ^a ^b Criteria: Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, Canada Science and Technology Museum.
^ Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame Travelling Exhibition, Canada Science and Technology Museum.
^ ^a ^b The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, The Canadian Encyclopedia.
^ Andrew H. Wilson, Recognition of Engineers and Engineering Achievements, The Cedargrove Series of Discourses, Memoirs and Essays, The Engineering Institute of Canada, 2009.
^ The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: History, Canada Science and Technology Museum.
^ The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: Making A Nomination, Canada Science and Technology Museum.
^ The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: The Hall, Canada Science and Technology Museum.
^ Dr. Bethune inducted into Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, People's Daily Online, October 15, 2010.
^ The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame: George J. Klien, Canada Science and Technology Museum.
^ George C. Laurence Inducted into Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, AECL News Room, October 21, 2010.
^ Former Atomic Energy Control Board President inducted into Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, Canadian Nuclear Safety Commission, October 25, 2010.
^ ^a ^b Pierre Dansereau, Charles Scriver Inducted Into The Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, News Release, Canada Science and Technology Museum, November 8, 2001.
^ Former U of S 'Cobalt-60' Physicist Inducted into Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, Canadian Light Source, December 1, 2000
^ The Biography of Dr. James Hillier, The James Hillier Foundation, 2009.
^ Randall Brooks and Helen Graves Smith, Willard Boyle: New Inductee to the Canadian Science & Engineering Hall of Fame, Cassiopeia No. 128 (2006), Canadian Astronomical Society.
^ Remembering Nobel laureate Willard Boyle: 1924-2011, McGill Reporter, McGill University, May 18, 2011.
^ ^a ^b Till and McCulloch inducted into Science and Engineering Hall of Fame, Stem Cell Network, October 21, 2010.
^ Science Hall of Fame inducts U of A Nobel Laureate, ExpressNews, University of Alberta, April 24, 2008.
^ Nobel Prize winning U of A grad to be inducted into hall of fame, The Edmonton Journal, April 24, 2008.

External Links

Canadian Science and Engineering Hall of Fame official webpage. Canada Science and Technology Museum official website