Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 19, 2022
• Invested on: October 26, 2023

Aled Morgan Edwards, O.C.
Toronto, Ontario

Aled Edwards is a proponent of open science research. Founder of the internationally renowned Structural Genomics Consortium, he enables open access to biomedical research without any patents. Extending this successful model, he co-founded Medicines for Kids, which promotes open-access drug research with the aim of generating novel and affordable treatments. A professor at the University of Toronto and McGill University, he has bolstered Canada’s reputation in the global scientific and innovation communities with his conception of the role of open science in drug discovery.