General Ray R. Henault, CMM, CD

   General Henault is nominated for his personification of duty, and for the example that he has set in his steadfast pursuit of operational effectiveness in a succession of senior appointments.  As Deputy Chief of the Defence Staff from September 1998 to June 2001, he steered Canada’s participation in NATO’s first combat operation, Operation Allied Force, the Kosovo Air Campaign.  As Chief of the Defence Staff, his watch saw the beginning of the Global War on Terror, and difficult decisions about the deployment of Canadian Forces in the Gulf, Afghanistan, and unnamed places.  As he leaves Ottawa, his legacy is the confidence of political leaders in the military advice that they receive, and a dramatic improvement in the military education of senior civil servants.  His election as Chairman of NATO’s Military Committee is further evidence of the powerful example of his professional commitment. 

Doctor Willard Sterling Boyle, BSc, MSc, PhD 

In a lifetime of research, invention, and teaching Professor Boyle exemplifies the spirit of Canadian inventiveness and the public-spirited sharing of knowledge that makes Canadian universities amongst the best in the world.  In 1962 he invented, with Don Nelson, the first continuously operating ruby laser, and patented (with David Thoms) a semiconductor injection laser. His work in space sciences at Bellcomm supported the Apollo space program, and his pioneering work in integrated circuits at Bell Labs helped feed the telecommunications revolution from which we all benefit today.  In 1969 he invented, with George Smith, the Charge-Coupled Device (CCD), which is used in computer memory, electronic filters and signal processors. CCD’s have revolutionized imaging (the Hubble Space Telescope) and spawned a new industry (video cameras). The recipient of numerous awards, Professor Boyle has served since his retirement on the Science Council of Nova Scotia and the Canadian Institute of Advanced Research.

Dr Louise Vandelac, MA, DEA, PhD

Louise Vandelac is a full professor in the Sociology Department at the Environmental Sciences Institute, Université du Québec à Montréal, and an associate professor in the Department of Social and Preventive Medicine in the Faculty of Medicine, Université de Montréal. Dr Vandelac is also Director of the Centre for the Study of Biological Interactions in Environmental Health (CINBIOSE), a World Health Organization Collaborating Centre, and of the Pan American Health Organization (PAHO). She has been invited to sit on

numerous public bodies, including the Royal Commission on Reproductive Technologies, the National Bioethics Advisory Commission, the Conseil Supérieur de l’Éducation, the Comité Québécois sur les OGM, and the Comité Aviseur Saint-Laurent Vision 2000, and is beginning second terms on the Commission des Sciences Naturelles et Sociales and the Ethics Committee of the Canadian Commission for UNESCO. She has won several prizes and was inducted into the Cercle des Phénix, which recognizes the contribution of Quebec public figures to the environmental cause; she was made an honorary member of the Association Québécoise des Biologistes; and she was one of 12 Quebec women honoured during the 2005 Écodéfi international conference by the Réseau Québécois des Femmes en Environnement for their significant contribution to the environment. She has also received several prizes and honourable mentions at film festivals in Quebec, France and the United States for the National Film Board documentary  Main basse sur les gènes ou les aliments mutants, which she codirected with Karl Parent. A sociologist with many interests, Louise Vandelac is often invited to present her work or provide an expert’s point of view on current events. In 2005, she was named one of Elle Québec’s 40 Women of the Year, one of Châtelaine’s 7 “Green” Women, and one of 100 influential people in Quebec selected by the French magazine Le Point. Since 2000, Dr Vandelac has been the subject of a dozen profiles on radio programs and in magazines and academic journals.           

Brigadier Malham M. Wakin, Ph.D. 

Brigadier Wakin is nominated for his courage and exemplification of personal ethics from the battlefields of Vietnam to the classrooms of service colleges and academies.  Recipient of the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, two Oak Leaf Clusters, Air Force Commendation Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster, and the government of Vietnam’s Medal of Honor, he led the Department of Philosophy and Fine Arts and the Humanities Division of the United States Air Force Academy, and served on the Ethics Oversight Committee of the US Olympic Committee.  He was the national chairman of the Joint Services Conference on Professional Ethics for thirteen years, and delivers more than forty lectures on ethics a year, including numerous visits to the Canadian Forces College.  Literally hundreds of Canadian officers have benefited personally and professionally from his forthright and clear-sighted interpretations of the fundamental questions in military ethics. It is through such great teachers that the experiences of our beneficent American neighbours become part of our collective wisdom.