It was near the end of June that Dr. Vivek Goel decided to give up his job as vice-president research at the University of Toronto to make whatever contribution he could as a public health physician.
The founding president and CEO of Public Health Ontario, created after the SARS outbreak in 2003, has since advised the university s president on COVID-19 and served on the federal immunity task force.
In a year marked by COVID-19, where public health professionals were front-and-centre, it seems fitting that Goel would be among the 59 additions to the Order of Canada.
Each join one of the nation s highest honours that since 1967 has added more than 7,000 names.
The names and citations of the new members of the Order of Canada
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