Noni MacDonald, O.C., O.N.S.
Halifax, Nova Scotia
Over the course of her lifelong career, Noni Macdonald has raised the level of efficiency and quality of clinical practices in pediatrics. Professor and former dean of medicine at Dalhousie University—the first woman in Canada to head a medical faculty—she has demonstrated unfading commitment to improving maternal and child health in Canada and abroad. Additionally, she co-founded MicroResearch, an organization that facilitates locally driven multidisciplinary health research teams to find solutions to community health problems in developing countries.