Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 3, 2011
• Invested on: May 25, 2012

Alvin Zipursky has helped to improve child health in Canada and abroad. Founding chair of the Department of Pediatrics at McMaster University, he later headed the Division of Hematology/Oncology at the Hospital for Sick Children. As founder of the Programme for Global Paediatric Research, he also helped to mobilize and coordinate an international network of researchers to seek solutions for health issues affecting children in developing countries.