HOCKEY ACCOMPLISHMENTS

• World-renowned expert on concussion and spinal cord injuries, particularly in sports
• Long-time advocate for safety in minor hockey in Canada
• Work in combatting concussions in hockey is significant, if not at times controversial
• Efforts to reduce spinal cord injuries suffered in hockey have been exemplary
• Director of the Canadian Sports Concussion Project at Toronto Western Hospital

ADDITIONAL BACKGROUND

• Born on August 24, 1936 in Toronto, Ont.
• Currently a professor in the department of surgery at the University of Toronto
• Sits on the board of directors of Parachute Canada, an injury-prevention charity
• Founded ThinkFirst Canada, an organization that educates young people about safety, in 1992
• Chairman of neurosurgery division at the University of Toronto from 1989-99
• Neurosurgeon-in-chief at Toronto Western Hospital from 1985-88
• Neurosurgeon-in-chief at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre from 1974-84
• Became a Fellow of the Royal College of Physicians and Surgeons of Canada in 1969
• Received his master’s degree and PhD from the University of Toronto in 1965
• Graduated from the Faculty of Medicine at the University of Toronto in 1961

HONOURS

• Inducted into Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame in 2017
• Invested as an Officer of the Order of Canada in 2017
• Inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame in 2009
• Inducted into the Terry Fox Hall of Fame in 2003
• Invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2000