I have been most privileged to work with numerous dedicated and caring graduate students, research assistants, and collaborating colleagues from Canada and other countries during my research career. I have served as President of the Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences and Chairman of the Nutrition Task Force for the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Ontario. I am also most appreciative of the awards granted to me including the Borden Award from the Nutrition Society of Canada, The McHenry Award from the Canadian Society for Nutritional Sciences, being elected a Fellow of the International Academy of Cardiovascular Sciences, the Gordin Kaplan award from the Canadian Federation of Biological Societies, and the 2006 Distinguished Nutrition Leadership Award from the Danone Institute at the Canadian Nutrition Congress in Winnipeg.