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Thirteen Ottawans were among the 105 new appointments to the Order of Canada Friday, including retired Supreme Court chief justice Beverley McLachlin.
“For her prodigious impact on our country’s legal landscape, notably as the longest-serving chief justice of Canada, as well as the first woman in the role,” read the recipient citation for McLachlin, who was named to the Order’s highest level, companion. The designation recognizes “national pre-eminence or international service or achievement,” according to the Governor General’s news release.
According to the Supreme Court of Canada website, McLachlin grew up in Pincher Creek, Alta., and was called to the provincial bar in 1969. She was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice in 1989, and appointed Canada’s chief justice in 2000, serving until her retirement last December.
Indigenous children’s rights activist Cindy Blackstock, former auditor general of Canada Sheila Fraser, and University of Ottawa professor and medical researcher Annette O’Connor were the Ottawans identified in the list of 20 new “officers” of the Order of Canada, its second-highest level, which recognizes national service or achievement.
Blackstock’s citation notes “her leadership as a champion of Indigenous children” and “her efforts to build a culture of reconciliation.” She’s the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, and has spent years fighting court battles against the federal government over discriminatory treatment of Indigenous children.
Fraser was recognized for “her dedication to enhancing the accountability of our governmental institutions and to promoting Indigenous rights across Canada.” Auditor general from 2001 to 2011, Fraser is perhaps best known for her 2003 report exposing the now-infamous sponsorship scandal.
The widely published O’Connor was appointed to the Order for her “foundational leadership and pioneering research in the field of shared decision-making, through which she has championed patient engagement in health care-related decisions.”
Of the more than 80 new “members” of the Order of Canada — those who’ve made “outstanding contributions at the local or regional level in a specific field of activity” — nine are listed as being Ottawans. They are:
Thomas d’Aquino: Head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives for more than three decades
Arthur Fogel: Music promoter
Jack Gerrow: Former executive director of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada
Jack Kitts: President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital
Alan Latourelle: Former Parks Canada CEO
Rhéal Leroux: Former National Capital Commission chief of events
Sharon Sholzberg-Gray: Health policy advocate
Barry Wellar: Geographic information systems researcher and consultant
Yiyan Wu: Communications researcher and scientist
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“For her prodigious impact on our country’s legal landscape, notably as the longest-serving chief justice of Canada, as well as the first woman in the role,” read the recipient citation for McLachlin, who was named to the Order’s highest level, companion. The designation recognizes “national pre-eminence or international service or achievement,” according to the Governor General’s news release.
According to the Supreme Court of Canada website, McLachlin grew up in Pincher Creek, Alta., and was called to the provincial bar in 1969. She was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice in 1989, and appointed Canada’s chief justice in 2000, serving until her retirement last December.
Indigenous children’s rights activist Cindy Blackstock, former auditor general of Canada Sheila Fraser, and University of Ottawa professor and medical researcher Annette O’Connor were the Ottawans identified in the list of 20 new “officers” of the Order of Canada, its second-highest level, which recognizes national service or achievement.
Blackstock’s citation notes “her leadership as a champion of Indigenous children” and “her efforts to build a culture of reconciliation.” She’s the executive director of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society, and has spent years fighting court battles against the federal government over discriminatory treatment of Indigenous children.
Fraser was recognized for “her dedication to enhancing the accountability of our governmental institutions and to promoting Indigenous rights across Canada.” Auditor general from 2001 to 2011, Fraser is perhaps best known for her 2003 report exposing the now-infamous sponsorship scandal.
The widely published O’Connor was appointed to the Order for her “foundational leadership and pioneering research in the field of shared decision-making, through which she has championed patient engagement in health care-related decisions.”
Of the more than 80 new “members” of the Order of Canada — those who’ve made “outstanding contributions at the local or regional level in a specific field of activity” — nine are listed as being Ottawans. They are:
Thomas d’Aquino: Head of the Canadian Council of Chief Executives for more than three decades
Arthur Fogel: Music promoter
Jack Gerrow: Former executive director of the National Dental Examining Board of Canada
Jack Kitts: President and CEO of The Ottawa Hospital
Alan Latourelle: Former Parks Canada CEO
Rhéal Leroux: Former National Capital Commission chief of events
Sharon Sholzberg-Gray: Health policy advocate
Barry Wellar: Geographic information systems researcher and consultant
Yiyan Wu: Communications researcher and scientist
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