Two Dal alumni and two current Dal professors have been elected as New Fellows to the prestigious Royal Society of Canada. The Royal Society has compiled short profiles of each winner of the Class of 2015.

Dr. Margaret Morrison (BA’81) was elected in the Division of Humanities. Dr. Morrison completed a Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy at Dalhousie in 1981 and is now a professor of Philosophy at the University of Toronto.

Margaret Morrison is an internationally recognized scholar in the philosophy of science. Her papers and books on various aspects of modelling in the physical and biological sciences have been responsible for transforming the way scholars analyse issues related to model construction and evaluation. Her work on theory unification in physics has had a similar impact, calling attention to the role unified theories play in shaping our understanding of the physical world.

Dr. Andreas Laupacis (PGM’79) was elected in the Life Science Division. 

Andreas Laupacis is a general internist and health services researcher at St. Michael’s Hospital and the University of Toronto. He has made major contributions to the field of clinical epidemiology. His studies have influenced practice and health policy around the world in diseases such as stroke prevention and kidney disease. He has led research institutes in Ottawa and Toronto, and has advocated for evidence-based health policy making and citizen engagement.

Dr. Jeffrey Hutchings was elected in the Life Science Division. He is a professor of biology at Dalhousie.

Jeffrey Hutchings pioneered the integration of basic fish ecology and evolution with applied population dynamics and conservation biology. He is at the forefront of an uncommon breadth of research: life-history evolution; reproductive strategies; phenotypic plasticity; species recovery; fisheries sustainability. Committed to transparent, objective communication of science to decision-makers, he has chaired or served national and international expert panels and advisory committees, imparting science to parliamentarians, officers of parliament, and society.

Professor Richard Devlin was elected in the Division of Social Sciences. He is a professor of law at Dalhousie’s Schulich School of Law.

Richard Devlin is a dynamic, creative and internationally recognized scholar who draws on the insights of critical theory and radical democracy to analyse, critique, and reconstruct law and legal institutions. His work has exposed, and challenged, the ways that law excludes on the basis of class, race, gender and disability. More recently, he has spearheaded Canadian scholarship on legal/judicial ethics, and the regulation of both lawyers and judges.

Congratulations to all on this prestigious honour!