Jeff Reading, C.M.
Victoria, British Columbia
A member of the Tyendinaga First Nation, Jeff Reading is the heart health chair of the BC First Nations Health Authority and professor of health sciences at Simon Fraser University. He is also the inaugural scientific director of the Institute of Indigenous Peoples’ Health at the Canadian Institutes of Health Research. His transformational leadership, rooted in both traditional Indigenous knowledge and western health practices, has positively impacted Indigenous peoples’ health worldwide.