Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: April 17, 2024

Jozef Straus, O.C.
Ottawa, Ontario

Visionary Jozef Straus has been a critical player in the rise of Canada’s high-tech industry. As co-founder of JDS FITEL, and CEO and co-chair of JDS Uniphase, he was at the vanguard of innovations in data communications and fibre-optic technology. A discreet and generous philanthropist, he contributes to many causes and organizations, notably those supporting disadvantaged or marginalized communities, the arts, education, science, health and nature.