2016 Continuing Contribution Award

Professor Emeritus Bruce Reeder has served the U of S as a public health and preventive medicine specialist. Recognized as an outstanding teacher and engaged scholar, Bruce has been instrumental in the first vision of the School of Public Health and more recently, in the development of the University’s One Health initiative.

Recognitions and awards received by Bruce prior to retirement include: Canadian Family Physician Research Award (1994); Canadian Journal of University Continuing Education Award (2000); Harold N. Segall Award of Merit from the Canadian Cardiovascular Society (2003). His services for the Doctors Without Borders include: RDC Congo (2009, 2013); Kyrgyz Republic (2012); Liberia (2014).

Since retirement, Bruce has continued building up the One Health initiative through teaching, program development and research. His commitment of service to global health has also continued in Central African Republic as well as to MSF Suisse. At the local level, Bruce remains associated with the new Sanctum HIV Hospice adjacent to St. Paul’s Hospital and volunteers for the Alpine Club of Canada.