Order of Ontario
The Order of Ontario is an award given in the Canadian province of Ontario . Created in 1986 by then Lieutenant Governor Lincoln Alexander , the award is the most prestigious official honour in the province. The Order recognizes the highest level of individual excellence and achievement in any field, but is not awarded for acts of bravery.
Selection for Membership
Each year, recipients of the award are selected by an Advisory Council consisting of the Chief Justice of Ontario (chair), the Speaker of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and the Secretary of the Cabinet, as well as other members of the Order.
Eligibility
The Order can be awarded to residents or former long-term residents of Ontario, who are not sitting elected federal, provincial or municipal representatives. The Order may not be awarded posthumously; however, candidates who are alive when they are nominated but who pass away before being inducted into the Order remain eligible.
Insignia
The insignia of the Order is a stylized trillium , in white and green enamel , edged in gold . In the centre of the trillium is the provincial shield of arms, surmounted by the Crown . The ribbons are red (the colour of the Ontario Ensign ), white, green and gold.
Recipients
1996 Recipients
1998 Recipients
1999 Recipients
William Blake - Community activist
Doris Boissoneau - Ojibwe language activist
Paul Michel Bosc - Wine-maker
Mavis Elaine Burke - Educator , advocate for early childhood education and community activist
Clarice Chalmers - Philanthropist
Keshav Chandaria - Philanthropist
Susan Charness - Activist with persons with disabilities
Sam John Ciccolini - Entrepreneur and philanthropist
Esther Farlinger - Charity fundraiser
Victor Feldbrill - Violinist , orchestral conductor and champion of Canadian music
Dr. James Ferguson - Medical researcher
Maxwell Goldhar - Businessman, philanthropist
Doris Lau - Financial adviser, charity fundraiser, goodwill ambassador for Ontario and scholarship sponsor
Eileen McGregor - Community activist
Winnie "Roach" Leuszler - First Canadian to swim the English Channel , sportswoman
Alice King Sculthorpe - Community activist
Dr. Bette M. Stephenson - Physician , founding member of the College of Family Physicians Canada , cabinet minister
Hin Cheung Tam - Community activist
Gordie Tapp - Entertainer
Anthony Toldo - Industrialist and philanthropist
Lisette Véron-Rainu - Children's activitist
Ken Watts - Founder of the Ontario Collegiate Drama Festival
2000 Recipients
2001 Recipients
Richard M. Alway - President and Vice-Chancellor of St. Michael's College , promoter of Catholic -Anglican dialogue in Canada.
Gwen M. Boniface - First female Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner
Rita Burak - Public servant
Danielle Campo - Athlete, member of the Canadian Paralympic Team
Michael "Pinball" Clemons - President and former player of the Toronto Argonauts
Ken Danby - Artist
Terry Daynard - Researcher and teacher
Terrence J. Donnelly - Fundraiser for cardiac research and development
Gail J. Donner - Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto , and Executive Director of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario
Fredrik Stefan Eaton - Businessman and a community volunteer
C. Dennis Flynn - Elected official, fundraiser, community volunteer and war veteran
Nicolas D. Georganas - Pioneer in multimedia medical communications and tele-learning
Helen Haddow - Community activist
Paul Kells - Workplace safety advocate
Jake Lamoureux - Volunteer with young people
Alexina Louie - Composer of classical music
Lewis W. MacKenzie , Major General (Retired) - Ontario Director of ICROSS Canada, the International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering
Signe and Robert McMichael - Builders and donors of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection of Group of Seven paintings in Kleinburg
Dusty Miller - Patron of the arts, artistic director of the Cambrian Players
David Mirvish - Leader in the development and promotion of the visual arts in Ontario
Peter Nesbitt Oliver - Historian
James S. Redpath - Chancellor of Nipissing University
Dr. Donald T. Stuss - Clinical psychologist , educator, neuropsychologists and behavioural neuroscientists
Bhausaheb Ubale - Human rights activist
Dr. Carin Wittnich - University of Toronto professor and researcher
Madeline Ziniak - Vice-president and executive producer of CFMT television, promoter of multiculturalism
2002 Recipients
Peggy Baker - Dancer , choreographer and teacher; founder of the Toronto -based Dancemakers
Marilyn Bell DiLascio - First person to swim Lake Ontario (1954 )
David Blackwood - Artist
Frederick M. Catzman - Lawyer
Austin Clarke - Author , teacher, mentor, writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto , and recipient of the 2002 Giller Prize
Barbara Chilcott - Actress
Mario Cortellucci - Fundraiser
Patricia Freeman Marshall - Community activist
Irving R. Gerstein - Businessman and philanthropist
Joan Goldfarb - Teacher of adults with disabilities
Walter Gretzky - Ambassador for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Canadian Heart and Stroke Foundation
Phyllis M. Grosskurth - Professor emerita and fellow of Massey College at the University of Toronto ; winner of the Governor General’s Award for non-fiction in 1965
Dr. Raymond O. Heimbecker - Cardiovascular surgeon
Patrick John Keenan - Volunteer
Tom Kneebone - Actor and playwright
Burton Kramer - Graphic designer
Dr. Benson Lau - Physician and teacher
J. Douglas Lawson - Volunteer, Vice-Chairman of the Ontario Arts Council
Rhéal Leroux - Volunteer, former president of the Festival Franco-Ontarien
Dr. William K. Lindsay - Surgeon and professor
Joan Murray - Art historian , former director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa
Mark Poznansky - Researcher, President and Scientific Director of the Robarts Research Institute
Dr. Joanna Santa Barbara - Physician , national president of the Physicians for Global Survival
Thomas H. B. Symons - Founder of Trent University and its president and vice-chancellor from 1961 to 1972
Lela Wilson - Champion of artists’ rights
2003 Recipients
Joseph J. Barnicke - Business leader, pioneer and philanthropist
John Kim Bell - Musician and promoter of Aboriginal culture
Col. Archibald J. D. Brown - Businessman, community activist
Dorothy Ellen Duncan - Teacher, curator , Executive Director of The Ontario Historical Society
Julian Fantino - Police officer , former Chief of Police for London , York Region and currently Toronto
Mary Germain - Community activist
Dr. Avis E. Glaze - Teacher, administrator, author and international educator
Dr. Benjamin Goldberg - Psychiatrist
Doris Grinspun - Executive Director of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario (RNAO)
George Gross - Corporate Sports Editor of Sun Media Corporation, activist
Macklin Hancock - Pioneer in urban planning , urban design and landscape architecture
Ryan Hreljac - Elementary school student; committed to raising funds for clean water and sanitation projects around the world since the age of six
Dr. Frederic Jackman - Psychologist
Laura Louise Legge - Lawyer and community activist
Helen Lu - Volunteer, organizer and fundraiser for charitable organizations in Toronto
Dr. Donald Mackay - Environmental scientist, Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University , and director of the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre
Hon. Jack Marshall - Second World War veteran , Member of Parliament , Senator , and activist
Anna Porter - Publisher and author
Hon. Robert Keith Rae - Lawyer , Member of Parliament , former Premier of Ontario
Eric Wilfrid Robinson - Promoter of adult education in Canada
Diane Simard Broadfoot - Community activist
Joan Thompson - Volunteer
Rita Tsang - Businesswoman
Hon. Mabel Van Camp - Scholar, lawyer , Supreme Court Justice
Mike Weir - Golfer , first Canadian to win the Masters Golf Tournament
Kirk A. Wipper - Environmentalist , heritage conservationist and fitness advocate
William John Withrow - Former director of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)
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