Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 26, 2011
• Invested on: May 25, 2012

Peter Singer is a world-renowned bioethicist and expert in science policy and global health. His contributions have helped to improve end-of-life care, the allocation of resources in hospitals, and the teaching of bioethics in Canada and around the world. He is the founding director of one of the world's leading bioethics centres, the University of Toronto Joint Centre for Bioethics. More recently, he has turned his focus to finding innovative solutions to the health care challenges faced by the world's poorest people.