Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 12, 2017
• Invested on: May 10, 2018

Eric Schloss, C.M.
Edmonton, Alberta

Eric Schloss has helped individuals and communities in Canada and abroad through various humanitarian and philanthropic endeavours. He supports a number of institutions focused on protecting human rights and on helping students, the homeless, immigrants and Indigenous Canadians. A medical specialist in pathology and dermatology, he has taken part in projects that provide vulnerable populations in Africa and Haiti with access to improved education and health care. He also founded the University of Alberta’s Canadian Literature Centre, and donated over 40 000 books to its collection and to other on-campus libraries.