John Russell Campbell, M.S.M., Toronto, Ontario
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)
In 1994, John Russell Campbell founded and became president of the Oasis Addiction Recovery Society, a Toronto community-based organization that offers non-residential addiction recovery programs. In its first decade of operation, the Society has assisted over 10 000 people recovering from drug and alcohol addiction to reintegrate into the workforce and society. Through his work with Oasis, Mr. Campbell has not only fostered the creation of employment programs and social and support services, but has also helped to eradicate some of the barriers to compassionate and humane treatment of addiction problems.