For nearly three decades, Richard Reznick, MD, FRCSC, MEd, FACS, FRCSEd (hon), FRCSI (hon), FRCS (hon), has been actively involved with the Royal College, serving in various leadership capacities, including as the Royal College’s vice president of education and vice chair of Royal College International. Dr. Reznick, a surgeon, was the founding director of an education research unit (the Wilson Centre), chair of the Department of Surgery at University of Toronto, and dean of the Faculty of Health Sciences at Queen’s University. Early in his career, he was also instrumental in developing the OSCE that is now used for medical licensure in Canada. As dean at Queen’s, Dr. Reznick championed the introduction of competency-based medical education for all residency programs at that university.