John Joseph Jonas, OC, CQ, FRSC (born 1932) is a Canadian metallurgist who specializes in metal shaping and forming.

Born in Montreal, Quebec, Jonas received a Bachelor of Engineering in Metallurgical Engineering in 1954 from McGill University and a Ph.D. in Mechanical Sciences in 1960 from University of Cambridge. He was a Professor in the Department of Mining, Metals and Materials Engineering at McGill University. He currently holds the Francqui International Chair at the Ghent University.

In 2000, he was awarded the Canada Council for the Arts' Killam Prize.

In 1993, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada for being "internationally renowned for having introduced a method of controlled rolling in the manufacture of steel sheeting". ^[1] In 2000, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 1995, he was awarded Quebec Government's Prix Marie-Victorin. He is a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada, the American Society for Metals, the Canadian Academy of Engineering, and the Canadian Institute of Mining and Metallurgy.

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• "Paul Brumer, Fergus Craik, Tony Pawson and John Jonas recipients of $75,000 Killam Prizes". http://www.canadacouncil.ca/news/releases/2000/jd127241954044062500.htm. Retrieved March 21, 2006. 
• "John J. Jonas biography". http://dm2s.ugent.be/website/staff/people/faculty/jonas.htm. Retrieved March 21, 2006.