Professor Hal Weinberg, nationally and internationally renowned for his contributions to brain function research, served in local government for three decades.

Hal Weinberg served as an electoral area director and then as the first mayor of Anmore when the village was incorporated in 1987. He was committed to the idea that a small group of citizens could choose local autonomy while participating in a regional context.

Now retired, Professor Emeritus Weinberg contributes to research in brain function related to information processing. It is intended to benefit a wide range of people, from those in high stress jobs, to cognitively disabled children, to people with brain injuries. He established Simon Fraser University’s Brain Behaviour Laboratory which was at the forefront of in the development of magnetoencephalography and electroencephalography research. He was Director of the SFU Office of Research Ethics for 15 years and played a longstanding role in developing and implementing university research ethics policy in BC and Canada.

As a member of the board of the Down Syndrome Research Foundation, he helped the foundation move from a trailer to a new facility where he helped to develop research and educational programs.

His awards include the Queen Elizabeth Diamond Jubilee Medal for Contributions to Building British Columbia, Science Council of British Columbia Career Achievement Award, Natural Science and Engineering Council Synergy Award, and The Queen Elizabeth Golden Jubilee Medal for Aboriginal Affairs.