from the Canadian Senate effective on October 31, 2006. His retirement came nearly a decade before his mandatory retirement in August 2016. In 2007, he was asked by Prime Minister Stephen Harper to become the first Chair of the newly created Mental Health Commission of Canada, a not-for-profit organization that was created in response to his 2003 Senate report on mental health. In 2008, he was made an Officer of the Order of Canada. Kirby founded Partners for Mental Health and served as its first chair. The organization closed in 2017. Archives There is a Michael Kirby fonds at Library and Archives Canada. References External links Health Canada page linking to key Federal reports and commissions and their background material, including Romanow Report and Kirby Commission 1941 births Living people Academics of the University of Kent Canadian senators from Nova Scotia Dalhousie University alumni Dalhousie University faculty Liberal Party of Canada senators Officers of the Order of Canada Politicians from Montreal University of Chicago faculty Canadian political consultants Directors of Scotiabank Canadian corporate directors Indigo Books and Music people Northwestern University alumni 21st-century Canadian politicians