RSC: The Academies of Arts, Humanities and Sciences of Canada is the senior national body of distinguished Canadian scholars, artists and scientists. It is Canada’s national academy. The primary objective of the RSC is to promote learning and research in the arts and sciences. The RSC consists of nearly 2000 Fellows, men and women who are selected by their peers for outstanding contributions to the natural and social sciences, in the arts and in the humanities.
As Canada’s national academy, the RSC exists to recognize academic excellence, to advise governments and organizations, and to promote Canadian culture.
Carleton University Fellows
Hymie Anisman (2010)
Academy of Science — Medical Sciences
Donald Beecher (2016)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — Literature
Wallace Clement (1991, Life Member)
Academy of Social Sciences — Sociology
Miklós Csörgo (1989)
Academy of Science — Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Bruce Curtis (2012)
Academy of Social Sciences — Sociology
Donald A. Dawson (1987)
Academy of Science — Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Vlastimil Dlab (1977)
Academy of Science — Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Lenore Fahrig (2016)
Academy of Science
Charlotte Gray (2009)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — History
Naomi Griffiths (1990)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — History
Fen O. Hampson (2010)
Academy of Social Sciences — Political Science
Jarmila Kukalova-Peck (1992)
Academy of Science — Microbiology and Biochemistry
A. Brian McKillop (2001)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — History
H. Blair Neatby (1977)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — History
Diane Nemiroff (2011)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — Art History
Margaret H. Ogilvie (1993)
Academy of Social Sciences — Law
Mark Phillips (2007)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — History
Ruth Phillips (2007)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — Art History
Jonnagadda Rao (1991)
Academy of Science — Mathematics and Computer Sciences
David Rogers (2013)
Academy of Science — Mathematical and Physical Science
Roseann O’Reilly Runte (1998)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — Literature
John Shepherd (2000)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — Musicology
David Sinclair (2003)
Academy of Science — Physics
Patricia Smart (1991)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — Literature
Kenneth Storey (1990)
Academy of Science — Animal Biology
Fraser Taylor (2008)
Academy of Social Sciences — Geography
Paul Van Oorschot (2011)
Academy of Science — Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Jill Vickers (2003)
Academy of Social Sciences — Political Science
Members of the College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists
The College of New Scholars, Artists and Scientists is Canada’s first national system of multidisciplinary recognition for the emerging generation of Canadian intellectual leadership. The College comprises a fourth entity (along with the current three Academies) within the Royal Society of Canada. The Members of the College are Canadians and Permanent Residents who, at an early stage in their career, have demonstrated a high level of achievement. The criteria for election is excellence, and membership is for seven years. The inaugural members were named in 2014.
Class of 2014
Sheryl Hamilton, School of Journalism and Communication and Department of Law and Legal Studies
Stuart Murray, Canada Research Chair in Rhetoric and Ethics and Department of English Language and Literature
Class of 2015
Steven Cooke, Canada Research Chair in Fish Ecology and Conservation Physiology and Department of Biology
Class of 2016
Jennifer Evans, Department of History
Merlyna Lim, Canada Research Chair in Digital Media and Global Network Society and Department of Journalism and Communications
Carleton University Fellows — Gone but not forgotten
Margaret Labarge (elected 1988)
Academy of the Arts and Humanities — History
Deceased 8/31/2009
Moray MacPhail (elected 1953)
Academy of Science — Mathematics and Computer Sciences
Deceased 8/12/2013
Henry Mayo (elected 1963)
Academy of Social Sciences — Political Science
Deceased 1/15/2009
Kenneth McRae (1977)
Academy of Social Sciences — Political Science
Deceased 5/18/2015
George Setterfield (elected 1976)
Academy of Science — Plant Biology
Deceased 3/15/2008
Frank Vallee (elected 1976)
Deceased 7/2/1999
Frank Wightman (elected 1984)
Academy of Science — Plant Biology
Deceased 10/14/2013
Sydney Wise (elected 1983)
Academy of Social Sciences — History
Deceased 3/8/2007