Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2015-05-07
Invested on: 2016-02-12
For his contributions to endocrinology and to the establishment of health organizations in Canada.
Aubie Angel is a builder and champion of health care organizations in Canada. A leading endocrinologist and former head of internal medicine at the University of Manitoba, he co-founded the Canadian Society of Endocrinology and Metabolism to enable collaboration amongst specialists in his field. Later, he was a driving force in the establishment of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences, as well as the Friends of the Canadian Institutes of Health Research, an organization dedicated to sharing the benefits of health research with Canadians.