Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 21, 1987
• Invested on: May 06, 1988

His compassionate devotion to health care, especially to that of children and the Native people of Northern Ontario, has made him one of the most respected paediatricians in the country. As former Physician-in-Chief at Toronto's Hospital for Sick Children and as the instigator of the Sioux Lookout Project, he has made enormous contributions to medicine across Canada.