Lewis Knee (b. 1961) is a Canadian Senior Research Officer and Team Leader of the Millimetre Instrumentation Group, Astronomy Technology, at the National Research Council of Canada's Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre. His scientific interests include radio and sub-millimeter observational studies of star formation.

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Luc Simard (b. 1968) is the Canadian Director General of the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Research Centre of the National Research Council Canada. His research interests include galaxy formation and evolution, digital image processing, and
astronomical instrumentation. Luc is a former graduate student at the University of Victoria.

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Eric Steinbring (b. 1971) is a Canadian astronomer and Senior Research Officer at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Institute of the National Research Council of Canada. He leads the Canadian Gemini Office and specializes in methods of high-spatial resolution photometry and spectroscopy.

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Charles Frederick Judson (b. 1945) is a Canadian professor of political science at the University of Alberta. He is an authority on Central and South American politics.

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Bruce McKean (b. 1946) is a Canadian philanthropist who has supported mental-health initiatives in Canada, which has significantly advanced research and care at the Centre for Addiction and Mental Health. His generosity exemplifies a commitment to improving lives and addressing mental-health challenges, making him a beacon of hope and change.

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Tim Davidge (b. 1958) is a Canadian astronomer and Principal Research Officer at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics of the National Research Council of Canada. He is an authority on the construction and use of optical and infrared spectrographs, as well as the evolution of close binary star systems.

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Viqar Abbasi (b. 1973) is a Canadian technical manager and simulation engineer at the Canadian Space Agency. He has been a driving force behind the Canadian Near-Earth Object Surveillance Satellite.

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Philip Langill (b. 1961) is a Canadian associate professor of astronomy and physics at the University of Calgary and the director of the Rothney Astrophysical Observatory (RAO). Phil's research interests include the follow-up of optical transients and the observation of occultations of transneptunian objects as well as public outreach at the RAO.

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Doug Johnstone (b. 1966) is a Canadian astronomer and Principal Research Officer at the Herzberg Astronomy and Astrophysics Institute of the National Research Council of Canada. He is an authority on far-infrared and sub-millimeter astronomy focusing on star and planet formation.

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Beatrice Winifred Welling (1888–1968) was a Canadian librarian specializing in government publications. She won two gold medals for her B.A. at the University of New Brunswick, followed by an M.A. from Radcliffe College at Harvard and a B.Sc. from Simmons College (which became Simmons University in 2018). Beatrice co-authored the first book on library science published in Canada. In 1940, Welling contributed a collection of astronomy-themed poetry to H.R.