Officer of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2000-04-27
Invested on: 2001-02-28
Dedicated for more than thirty years to protecting Canada's fragile ecosystem, he remains an important leader in the conservation of wildlife and the environment. As Co-founder and Chair of Pollution Probe, he increased public awareness of environmental concerns. Now President and Chief Executive Officer of World Wildlife Fund Canada, he continues to ensure the protection of our wilderness areas and the creation of wildlife conservation projects to bring species back from the brink of extinction.