Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 17, 2005
• Invested on: October 06, 2006

An international expert in fisheries economics, Parzival Copes has been working on the sustainability of the fishing industry for decades. He established the Department of Economics and the Institute of Social and Economic Research while at Memorial University of Newfoundland in the late 1950s. Professor Emeritus and founding director of the Institute of Fisheries Analysis at Simon Fraser University, he is the author of a number of insightful and influential reports on Canada's Atlantic and Pacific fisheries. Widely sought after nationally and internationally as a consultant, he has also lent his support to professional organizations.