Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2024-04-17
Brian Ross Evans, C.M.
Nepean, Ontario
Brian Evans is Canada’s first chief food safety officer and the country’s second-longest-serving chief veterinary officer. Praised for his leadership during the 2003 bovine spongiform encephalopathy outbreak, he played a key role in the establishment of Canada’s Council of Chief Veterinary Officers. A long-time proponent of One Health, he also contributed to the creation of the Canadian Veterinary Reserve, Veterinarians Without Borders (Canada), and the Canadian Embryo Transfer Certification program.