Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 5, 2006
• Invested on: October 26, 2007

In the spirit of sharing his good fortune, Erast Huculak develops the best qualities in others through encouragement and example. A pharmacist, he built his company from a single dispensary into one of the largest suppliers of pharmaceuticals to long-term care facilities across Canada. He endowed a chair in Ukrainian-Canadian studies at the University of Alberta and is a founder of the Children of Chornobyl Canadian Fund. Deeply involved in helping his homeland, Ukraine, make the peaceful transition to democracy, he was recruited by the Ukrainian president to serve as a personal advisor.