Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 7, 2015
• Invested on: May 13, 2016

For his contributions to the development of strategies to manage and reduce diabetes in Aboriginal communities and other vulnerable populations.

Stewart Harris has dedicated his career to improving diabetes care among vulnerable populations. In the early 1990s, he served as the medical director for the Sioux Lookout Program in northern Ontario, where he helped identify a major epidemic of diabetes and highlighted the prevalence of the disease. As a professor and chair in diabetes management at Western University, he has helped lead initiatives to track and reduce diabetes in other First Nations communities, and remains at the forefront of designing and implementing nationwide public health strategies.