Honours
- He was a recipient of the 1977 Canada Gairdner International Award.
- In 1978 he was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.
- He was named an Officer of the Order of Canada in 1987 and promoted Companion in 2001.
- In 2001 he was inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame.
- In 2001 he was awarded the Gairdner Foundation Wightman Award.
- In 2004 he was awarded the Order of Manitoba.
- In 2006 he was awarded the Canadian Medical Association's F.N.G. Starr Award, described as the "Victoria Cross of Canadian Medicine", "for his exceptional devotion for the betterment of mankind which has made a difference in health care".
- He has received Honorary Doctorates from the University of Western Ontario, University of Manitoba, University of British Columbia, McGill University and McMaster University.
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