Juha-Pekka Kalervo Sinervo, C.M.
Toronto, Ontario
Pekka Sinervo is a renowned leader in particle physics. Professor and former dean of the Faculty of Arts and Science at the University of Toronto, and former senior vice-president of research at the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research, he has furthered our understanding of the basic building blocks of the universe. Notably, he was instrumental in the discovery of the top quark and the Higgs boson particle. An active volunteer in the Jewish community, he is president of the Canadian Council for Reform Judaism.