Pierre Dansereau is recognized  in Quebec, Canada, and in other countries as an extremely well learned individual.  He is affectionately called Pedro della Silva by South Americans, and always willing to get his hands dirty, he has a passion for field research, particularly in tropical forests.  He is considered to be Quebec’s father of ecology, and is referred to as a pioneer in Global Ecology in Encyclopedia Britannica.

David T. Suzuki has taught genetics, zoologie and sustainable development, and has published 32 books, 15 of which are for children.  He is an accomplished technical and general subject writer, a cinematographer, and television show producer.  He has produced the famed series “The Nature of Things,” and possesses numerous honours.  He has received the Order of Canada, obtained the Fellowship of the Royal Society of Canada and the American Association for the Advancement of Science, in addition to meriting medals of honour from the Medical Association of Canada and the United Nations Environment Program.  He is conscious of the importance of water for life.

Louise Vandelac, co-founder of Eau-Secours!, is an incumbent professor of the Institute of Environment at the “Université du Québec à Montréal”.  She is a researcher in the “Centre d’études des intéractions entre la santé et l’environnement (CINBIOSE)” (Center for Health and Environment interactions), an organization that collaborates notably with the World Health Organization and the Panamerican Health Organization.  She is also associate professor in the Department of Social and Preventative Medicine at the “Université de Montréal”..

Gilles Vigneault is a poet, narrator, singer and composer; he is the author of more than twenty books and more than thirty albums.  He has obtained numerous prizes, including the Governor General’s Award, the Calixa-Lavalée Music Prize for his services dedicated to French Canadians, and the “Académie Chales-Cros” Prize.  He has also won the Molson Prize and Denise-Pelletier Quebec Prize.  He is “Chevalier de l’Ordre du Québec” and by the Government of France is “Chevalier de la légion d’honneur”.

Hubert Reeves  Astrophysicist, was scientific advisor at the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) of the United States.  He is Guest Professor at the University of Bruxelles, and Research Director at France’s “Centre national de recherche scientific (CNRS)” (National Centre for Scientific Research) assigned to the Commissary of Atomic Energy of Saclay, France.  He has along kept his ties with the “Université de Montréal” as an associate professor.  He is one of the great disseminators of technical scientific knowledge of our time.

Gisèle Lamoureux, Botanist, biologist, ecologist, doctor of sciences Honoris causa, member of the Order of Canada and “Ordre national du Québec”. Her contribution to greater ecological awareness in Quebec is due to her information campaigns directed to the public.  These have dealt with the biological processes exposing fragile and vulnerable plants or habitats.