2003 INDUCTEE J. Fraser Mustard, MD PhD Blood, Leadership in Organizational Development, Health and Medical Education & Training

The Fraser Mustard Institute for Human Development is established

The FMI was the first institute of kind in Canada.

Mustard became chair of the Council for Early Childhood Education

As a result of his 1999 report The Early Years, the Council for Early Childhood education was created. Mustard served as the chair from 2004-2010.

Fraser Mustard inducted into the Canadian Medical Hall of Fame

London, Ontario

Fraser Mustard devoted his time and energy to early childhood development

He became a tireless advocate for early childhood education as well as a champion for the social determinants of health. In particular, Mustard advanced the implementation of full-day, play-based kindergarten.

Dr. Mustard founded the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research.

Serving as the first president, Mustard pushed against the barriers of institutions and disciplines to form an independent multidisciplinary hub of research. He remained president for the next 14 years.

Fraser Mustard became a founding member of the McMaster University’s Faculty of Medicine

The faculty was an innovator in medical education. Rather than lectures and exams, the school focused on small-group problem-based learning. While at McMaster, Mustard became the first Chair of the Department of Pathology and later served as Dean of Medicine and Vice-President (Health Sciences).

Upon returning to Canada from graduate studies, Fraser Mustard became a research fellow in the Department of Medicine at the University of Toronto

Mustard and his team carried out ground-breaking research on the role of platelets in the coagulation of blood, and the means by which this process could be controlled.

Following graduation from medical school, Mustard pursued further research training.

He completed his PhD in the Department of Medicine at the University of Cambridge.