Cancer research is in Allen Eaves’s blood – and that is nearly a pun, considering he is one of the biggest names in leukemia and stem cell research. Through his contributions with the Terry Fox Foundation, as hematology professor at the University of British Columbia, and founder of STEMCELL Technologies, he has continued to answer his life’s calling to improve the lives of British Columbians with cancer and promote scientific breakthroughs in the world of biotech.

Larry Goldenberg and Paula Gordon are not only husband and wife, but they are also two of BC’s experts in cancer care: Larry for prostate cancer and Paula for breast cancer. Paula has been key to establishing a Breast Health Fellowship at BC Women’s Hospital and Cancer Centre, while Larry has been instrumental in developing the Prostate Centre at Vancouver General Hospital. Together, they have vastly improved and prolonged the lives of British Columbians with cancer.

Bonnie Henry is one of today’s most well known public servants. After having a long career in medicine, including time spent with Canada’s naval service and overseas in Pakistan and Uganda, she became BC’s provincial health officer in 2018. Through her role, she monitors the health of all British Columbians and undertakes measures for disease prevention and control and health protection. Most notably, she entered the public spotlight as the voice of BC’s COVID-19 pandemic response, offering a steady hand in a very unsteady situation.

He devoted himself to improving the care and treatment for people with HIV/AIDS and his work saved millions of lives around the world.