Chief Dr. Ronald Ignace and Dr. Marianne Ignace
Their work successfully combined advocating and practising western scientific knowledge in dialogue with the wisdom and knowledge of past and present Elders.
Trevor Bell, Shelly Elverum, Jenny Mosesie, Shawna Dicke
Making ice travel safe. The SmartICE team, represented by Trevor Bell (pictured).
Breanne Everett
This unique, wearable technology has improved users’ quality of life and reduced health care costs by decreasing the risks of sores, infection and amputation caused by diabetes-related nerve damage and poor circulation.
Jeff Dahn
Jeff Dahn and his dedicated team of researchers have pioneered the method of high-precision coulometry to rank the life span of Li-ion cells in a few weeks of testing.
Robert Burrell
This revolutionized approach to wound care increases healing rates, reduces the need for skin grafts and cuts down on long-term scar management issues. With his innovation, Dr. Burrell has saved thousands of lives and limbs around the world.
Christi Belcourt
Christi Belcourt uses cutting-edge applied arts and design and new technologies in an effort to raise awareness and to create momentum toward innovative societal change while respecting traditional protocols and ancestral cultural traditions
Paul Santerre
Paul Santerre invented Endexo technology, a unique compound of surface-modifying macro molecules that are added to plastics during the manufacturing process of medical devices.
Patricia Lingley-Pottie and Patrick McGrath
Patricia Lingley-Pottie and Patrick McGrath are the creators of the Strongest Families Institute, a non-profit organization that delivers evidence-based programs to children, youth and families through a unique distance-delivery system.
Marie-Odile Junker
Marie-Odile Junker has been a pioneer with respect to endangered Aboriginal languages in Canada, exploring how information and communication technologies can be used to preserve these languages.
David Brown
David Brown founded MyCodev Group in order to resolve a lack of supply of chitosan, a valuable pharmaceutical ingredient that is essential in a wide variety of medical devices and drugs.