Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 21, 2013
• Invested on: May 07, 2014

For his contributions to enhancing health care delivery for Francophones in New Brunswick, notably as the designer of the only French-language medical training facility in the Maritimes.

Aurel Schofield has had a tremendous impact on French-language health services in New Brunswick. As a visionary and collaborator, this family physician forged a partnership between the Université de Moncton and the Université de Sherbrooke, and created and administers the Centre de formation médicale du Nouveau-Brunswick. In addition to helping students obtain French-language training in their home region, he has fostered the recruitment and retention of Francophone physicians in this often under-served area. He has also devoted himself to various other organizations, and has chaired the Société Santé et Mieux-être en français du Nouveau-Brunswick and the Société Santé en français Canada.