The President and Vice-Chancellor of the College of Waterloo, Vivek Goel, is among the many 2024 appointments to the Order of Ontario introduced by the Honourable Edith Dumont, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario and Chancellor of the Order of Ontario.
The Order of Ontario is the province’s highest civilian honour. It’s awarded to an Ontarian who has proven the best stage of excellence and achievement of their discipline, and whose impression has left a legacy in our province, in our nation and world wide.
As a world-renowned public well being researcher and skilled in health-services analysis, Goel champions the usage of analysis proof in well being policymaking. He was a founding scientist of the Institute for Medical Evaluative Sciences and founding President of Public Well being Ontario. As an instructional and administrator, he continues to advance public well being providers and analysis innovation.
Dr. Goel has formed the general public well being workforce, influencing schooling over many a long time. He’s a fellow of the Canadian Academy of Well being Sciences and the Fields Institute for Analysis in Mathematical Sciences. He was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada in 2024.
“I’m grateful for this recognition and wish to offer my congratulations to my fellow appointees,” mentioned President Goel. “I am honoured to be in the company of people making such important contributions to their fields and to the province.”
Appointments to the Order of Ontario are made on the advice of an impartial advisory council based mostly on the benefit of accomplishments of nominees put ahead by members of the general public.
874 folks have been appointed to the Order of Ontario because it was established in 1986. Goel turns into the primary College of Waterloo president to be appointed to the Order of Ontario.
