Professor Peter McCourt has been named the Jack Dainty Distinguished Professor at the University of Toronto.

The purpose of the Distinguished Professor program is to advance and recognize individuals with highly distinguished accomplishments and those who display exceptional promise, who maintain an extraordinary level of activity in their research and scholarly work and have achieved pre-eminence in their field in line with the University’s stated objectives and emerging priorities.
You can read a snapshot of some of his accomplishments here:

http://www.provost.utoronto.ca/awards/Distinguished_Professors/Peter_McCourt.htm

Congratulations Professor McCourt on this most deserved recognition!