Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 2, 2013
• Invested on: November 22, 2013

Arnold Noyek uses medical education as a bridge to peace. An ear, nose and throat specialist as well as a professor, he founded the Canada International Scientific Exchange Program, where he established an educational and knowledge-sharing network between Canadian, Israeli, Jordanian and Palestinian health professionals, generating intercultural dialogue and co-operation. He also spearheaded the diagnosis and treatment of congenital hereditary deafness in the Middle East by importing Ontario's model of newborn hearing screening and habilitation.