Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 6, 2010
• Invested on: May 27, 2011

A dedicated physician and teacher, Braam de Klerk is an advocate for Canada's North. Medical director for the Beaufort-Delta Health and Social Services Authority, he has been especially committed to teaching and training medical students and residents from universities across the country and overseas, many of whom have gone on to work in other rural areas of Canada and around the world. As a founding member of the Society of Rural Physicians of Canada, he has helped to promote sustainable and equitable health care for remote populations across Canada. For more than two decades, he has been dedicated to the betterment of his community and is one of the longest-serving doctors in Inuvik and its surrounding areas.