/ en /celebrates/u-t-community-members-recognized-order-ontario <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">�Թϱ��� community members recognized with Order of Ontario</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/academic-achievement" hreflang="en">Academic Achievement</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>rahul.kalvapalle</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2024-01-09T14:16:51-05:00" title="Tuesday, January 9, 2024 - 14:16" class="datetime">Tue, 01/09/2024 - 14:16</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/department-computer-science" hreflang="en">Department of Computer Science</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/order-ontario" hreflang="en">Order of Ontario</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/temerty-faculty-medicine" hreflang="en">Temerty Faculty of Medicine</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/vector-institute" hreflang="en">Vector Institute</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Artificial intelligence expert <strong>Raquel Urtasun</strong>, business leader and philanthropist <strong>Blake Goldring</strong> and anesthesiologist <strong>Beverley Orser</strong> are among several members of the University of Toronto community who have recently been recognized with the Order of Ontario.</p> <p><strong>Edith Dumont</strong>, lieutenant-governor of Ontario, announced <a href="https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1004015/2023-order-of-ontario-appointees">25 new appointments to the 2023 Order of Ontario</a> on Jan. 1. &nbsp;</p> <p>They include Urtasun, a professor in the department of computer science in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, co-founder of the Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence and founder and CEO of self-driving vehicle company Waabi, who was <a href="https://web.cs.toronto.edu/news-events/news/professor-raquel-urtasun-appointed-to-the-order-of-ontario#:~:text=Photo%3A%20Polina%20Teif)-,Professor%20Raquel%20Urtasun%20has%20been%20appointed%20to%20the%20Order%20of,Vector%20Institute%20for%20Artificial%20Intelligence.">recognized for her contributions to reshaping the future of transportation</a>. “I am so proud to be appointed to the Order of Ontario,” Urtasun said in a <a href="https://twitter.com/RaquelUrtasun/status/1743349785384358178">post on X</a>. “It is an honour to be recognized alongside such outstanding Ontarians who have made exceptional contributions toward a better province, country, and world.”</p> <p>Goldring, the executive chair of AGF Management Limited and a Victoria College alum, was honoured for his longstanding support of causes in education, health, arts and the military. Over several decades, the Goldring family has supported numerous initiatives at �Թϱ��� including the Goldring Centre for High Performance Sport and Goldring Student Centre at Victoria College.</p> <p>Orser was among 26 luminaries – and five Temerty Faculty of Medicine scholars – to be appointed to the <a href="https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1003769/the-2022-appointees-to-the-order-of-ontario">2022 Order of Ontario</a> in November 2023. An affiliate scientist in the Hurvitz Brain Sciences Research Program at the Sunnybrook Research Institute and professor in the departments of physiology and anesthesiology and pain medicine at Temerty, <a href="https://anesthesia.utoronto.ca/news/dr-beverley-orser-appointed-order-ontario">Orser was recognized for her groundbreaking work in optimizing anesthesia</a>, improving access to care in rural communities and mitigating post-operative delirium and cognitive decline.</p> <p>Established in 1986, the Order of Ontario is the highest civilian honour bestowed by the province.</p> <h3><a href="https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1004015/2023-order-of-ontario-appointees">Read about the 2023 Order of Ontario appointees</a></h3> <h3><a href="https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1003769/the-2022-appointees-to-the-order-of-ontario">Read about the 2022 Order of Ontario appointees</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-add-new-story-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Add new tags</div> <div class="field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/order-ontario" hreflang="en">Order of Ontario</a></div> </div> </div> Tue, 09 Jan 2024 19:16:51 +0000 rahul.kalvapalle 305210 at