Medal, and Diamond Jubilee Medal. He was appointed to the Order of Canada on June 28, 2013. He was awarded the Canadian Forces Medallion for Distinguished Service for "inspiring sermons, venerable presence and meaningful messages to Canadians during the National Remembrance Day ceremonies from the steps of the National War Memorial, Ottawa, Ontario, over many years." Controversy regarding views on homosexuality Bulka's reception of an honorary doctorate from Carleton University generated protests from the University's Students' Association and others due to Bulka's past association with the National Association for Research & Therapy of Homosexuality, a group promoting the practice of conversion therapy, on whose Scientific Advisory Committee he sat in 2004. Partial bibliography Translated in Russian (Daat, Moscow-Jerusalem, 2001). References External links Reuven P. Bulka fonds (R4259) at Library and Archives Canada 1944 births 2021 deaths British emigrants to Canada Jewish Canadian writers Canadian Jewish Congress Canadian health and wellness writers Canadian Orthodox rabbis Canadian people of English-Jewish descent Canadian spiritual writers City College of New York alumni Members of the Order of Canada Modern Orthodox rabbis Writers from Ottawa Canadian psychotherapists Rabbi Jacob Joseph School alumni University of Ottawa alumni 20th-century Canadian rabbis 21st-century Canadian rabbis