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Award of Merit
The Award of Merit recognizes an individual who has served in an outstanding capacity in the governing
or service of CDA over a sustained period of time, or who has made similar outstanding contributions to
the dental profession, the dental community, or the oral health of Canadians and/or society at large.
This year, there were 2 recipients of the award:
Dr. Michael Brown
of Moncton, New Brunswick, and
Dr. Edmund O’Neill
of Kingston, Ontario.
Through his engagement with the dental
community at the provincial and national
levels,
Dr. Brown
has served his profession
with distinction. He was president of the
New Brunswick Dental Society in 2000-01,
chair of its Board of Directors from 2001-08,
and member of the Mediation and Discipline
committee for many years. At the national
level, Dr. Brown represented the interests of New
Brunswick dentists on the CDA Board of Directors
for 6 years. In 2014, he was awarded Honorary
Membership in the New Brunswick Dental Society,
its highest level of recognition. In his acceptance
speech, Dr. Brown thanked his wife, Dr. Mary
Ann Wiseman, president of the National Dental
Examining Board of Canada, whose commitment to
organized dentistry matches his own.
Mary Ann has been involved in organized dentistry almost as long as I have so she understands the time
commitments, but more importantly, how rewarding it is to contribute to the profession.”
A practising orthodontist in Kingston, Ontario,
Dr. O’Neill
played an instrumental role in
establishing the Crawford Dental Collection
as a permanent collection within the
Museum of Health Care in Kingston.
Dr. O’Neill was involved in bringing Dr. Ralph
and Olga Crawford’s collection of dental
artifacts and memorabilia out of storage
and ensuring it would be preserved and made
available to the public. To find a permanent home
for the collection, he mobilized support from the
local dental and medical communities and chaired
a committee of the Kingston Dental Society
dedicated to this goal. He also ensured that the
stories behind many of the artifacts, as told by Dr.
Crawford, were captured for future generations.
Through these efforts, Dr. O’Neill has made an
invaluable contribution that honours the history of
the dental profession.
The love and support of one’s spouse and family, the appreciation of our care by our patients, and recognition
of our efforts by our peers—these are life’s rewards."
Vancouver, BC
March 17-19, 2016
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