Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 10, 2002
• Invested on: May 09, 2003

He has helped to improve the delivery of health care in rural Canada. For over 35 years this compassionate and committed family doctor, administrator and United Church minister has combined his rural practice with visionary leadership in numerous educational and health care organizations. He is the director of two programs in the Department of Family Practice at the University of British Columbia and was director of United Church Health Services. Through his work with these groups, he has facilitated the training and recruitment of hundreds of doctors for service in remote communities across Canada. Highly respected by patients and colleagues alike, he is a generous mentor and role model to generations of young physicians.