Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 18, 2001
• Invested on: October 26, 2002

For years, he was a leader in the Canadian Non-Governmental Organization community. Known as a man of integrity, vision and creativity, he is the former Executive Director of the Canadian Council for International Cooperation and other international development organizations which he helped to establish. He continues his drive for social justice in his current role as head of The J.W. McConnell Family Foundation, as a consultant for aid agencies and foreign governments and as a volunteer director of numerous local, national and international organizations.