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Congratulations to Blake Goldring on his appointment to the Order of Canada

December 27, 2018

Update: Blake was invested into the Order of Canada in a ceremony at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on May 8, 2019. Read more »


Congratulations to Blake Goldring, Board Chair of Sunnybrook Health Science Centre, on being named a Member of the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest honours.

Goldring has been recognized his contributions to business and philanthropy, notably for the well-being of veterans and their families.

Goldring is the Executive Chairman of AGF Management Limited. He joined the Board of Directors of Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre in 2010, and he was appointed Vice Chair/Chair Elect in 2014. In 2015, Goldring was appointed Chair of the Board of Directors.

Goldring served in the Canadian Army as an Honorary Colonel for 12 years, the last seven of which as the first ever Honorary Colonel for the Army. He is Chairman of Canada Company: Many Ways to Serve, a non-partisan organization he created in 2006 to bring community leaders across Canada together to support the Canadian military and their families in the work they do at home and abroad.

Please join us in congratulating him on this honour!