September 14, 2005 Source: University of Toronto:
http://www.news.utoronto.ca/bin6/050914-1630.asp Six to receive Order of Ontario U of T community members receive province’s highest and most prestigious honour
Sep 14/05 (updated Sep 16)
by Ailsa Ferguson Six members of the university community -- all of them from the Faculty of Medicine -- are among the 29 recipients of the Order of Ontario for 2004, this province’s highest and most prestigious honour. The recipients, announced Sept. 7, will be invested in the order in a black tie ceremony Sept. 20 at Queen’s Park. Diana Alli, student affairs co-ordinator at the Faculty of Medicine, is being honoured for her role in giving thousands of at-risk children a second chance as a founder of Earth Tones, an annual Faculty of Medicine benefit that raises tens of thousands of dollars in support of initiatives for destitute children around the world. Professor Emeritus Robin Badgley of public health sciences was selected for his work as chair of the National Inquiry on the Operation of the Abortion Law from 1975 to 1977 and the committee on sexual offences against children and youth from 1980 to 1984. Professor Allan Gross of surgery is being recognized for his career as an orthopedic surgeon at Mount Sinai Hospital and as holder of the Bernard I. Ghert Family Foundation Chair in Orthopaedics, established in 2000 to support his research program. University Professor Anthony Pawson of medical genetics and microbiology, the recipient of many prestigious awards, is being honoured as a researcher who has done research considered pivotal in understanding diseases such as cancer, immune deficiencies and development abnormalities -- findings representing one of the greatest advances in biochemical research in the last two decades. Professor Emeritus Chandrakant Shah of public health sciences, a pioneer in public health education in Canada and in developing innovative healthcare programs, is being recognized as an advocate for Aboriginal Peoples, the homeless, the jobless and poor children in Canada. Professor James Young of laboratory medicine and pathobiology and special adviser to the federal government’s minister of public safety and emergency preparedness is recognized as one of Canada’s foremost forensic scientists and was selected for his leadership during the SARS crisis and the tsunami disaster. First presented in 1987, the Order of Ontario recognizes those who have enriched the lives of others by attaining the highest standards of excellence and achievement in their respective fields.
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