Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: April 5, 2016
• Invested on: November 18, 2016

Doris Sommer-Rotenberg turned personal tragedy into positive social action when she initiated the Arthur Sommer Rotenberg Chair in Suicide Studies at the University of Toronto’s Department of Psychiatry in memory of her son, who took his life after battling mental illness. The interdisciplinary team combines clinical, research and outreach programs to better understand mental illness, develop treatments and preventative approaches, and support health care professionals and policy makers.