Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 10, 2002
• Invested on: May 09, 2003

His effect on Canada's arts and crafts industry has been profound and lasting. In the late 1960s he travelled to Baffin Island where he founded Pangnirtung Weaving Studio, the largest of its kind in the country and one of the region's main sources of employment. An eloquent spokesman for the crafts community, he is a master goldsmith and artist in his own right. His unique designs, handcrafted from precious stones and metals combined with other materials like wood and stainless steel are sought after in Canada and abroad. Founder of the weaving, jewellery and metals programs at Georgian College of Applied Arts and Technology, he encouraged his many students to make excellence their hallmark.