Dr. Irvine graduated from the Dartmouth Medical School in 1986. He works in Falmouth, MA and specializes in Pulmonary Disease and Pulmonary Critical Care Medicine.
Trudeau's wife Sophie Grgoire Trudeau accompanied Sajjan at the ceremony, and was joined by Senator Peter Harder, Jonathan Vance, chief of the defence staff, Liberal MP Karen McCrimmon representing Veterans Affairs Canada and Thomas Irvine, national president of Royal Canadian Legion.