Elizabeth Cannon has gained national and international recognition for her vision and leadership in theoretical and applied global positioning for aircraft, ship and land vehicle navigation, from her position at University of Calgary.  She is a prolific author, with over 150 technical papers and reports and numerous software packages, an outstanding educator, and a highly active professional engineer.  She also held a NSERC/Petro-Canada Chair for Women in Science and Engineering and a chair of Universities Canada. She currently holds the position of President at the University of Calgary.