One of Canada's most prominent astronomers and a world authority on globular clusters, Helen Sawyer Hogg is also credited with helping to popularize the science of astronomy and for providing an important role model for women in the Physical Sciences.
Harold Adams Innis was a professor of political economy at the University of Toronto and the author of seminal works on media, communication theory, and Canadian economic history.
Dr. Ursula Franklin was the university’s first female professor of metallurgy and materials science and the first woman to receive the title of University Professor, the highest academic rank at U of T.
