Elected to the Royal Society of Canada

The following individuals were recently elected to the Royal Society of Canada in recognition of their contributions to research: Leslie Armour from the Department of Philosophy; Robert Korneluk, geneticist at the Faculty of Medicine; Joseph Magnet, professor of law in the Common Law section; and Shana Poplack, sociolinguist at the Department of Linguisitics. The University of Ottawa congratulates these outstanding individuals for their achievements and wishes them continued success in their endeavours.

Alex Fallis. Faculty of Science - Department of Chemistry

Alex Fallis has won the prestigious Alfred Bader Award from the Canadian Society for Chemistry (CSC). The $3,000 award, established by industrialist Alfred Bader, honours excellence in research in organic chemistry by a scientist under the age of 60. Fallis works in the field of synthetic and medicinal organic chemistry. His laboratory develops synthetic strategies and novel methods for the construction of complex natural products with medicinal potential. Specific targets include the potent antitumour agent Taxol and related analogues.

David Staines. Faculty of Arts - Department of English

David Staines has been awarded the distinguished Lorne Pierce Medal given by the Royal Society of Canada. The Medal is awarded "for an achievement of special significance and conspicuous merit in imaginative or critical literature written in either English or French". Staines has meaningfully contributed to three fields of English Studies: Canadian literature, Medieval literature, and Victorian poetry, in all of which he has emphasized the relation between literature and its social context.