Meritorious Service Cross

• Awarded on: April 4, 2017
• Invested on: April 24, 2019

Michael Paterson, M.S.C.
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Scientist Michael Paterson played the lead role in saving the Experimental Lakes Area (ELA), a unique research facility composed of 58 lakes and their ecosystems, from closure due to government budget cuts. Thanks to his resourcefulness, the ELA joined the not-for-profit International Institute for Sustainable Development, thereby safeguarding valuable experiments already in progress and continuing its search for sustainable solutions to the world’s water challenges.