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Elder Carolyn King from the Mississaugas of the Credit First Nation has likened the Order of Canada to the eagle feather she received from her community.
Now, she joked, she has both honours after she was among the 59 additions announced this week to the order. Each join one of the nation’s highest honours that since 1967 has added more than 7,000 names.
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Rideau Hall noted King’s years of efforts to educate the non-Indigenous population about Indigenous culture, issues and history.
It was near the end of June that Dr. Vivek Goel decided to give up his job as vice-president research at the University of Toronto to make whatever contribution he could as a public health physician.
The founding president and CEO of Public Health Ontario, created after the SARS outbreak in 2003, has since advised the university s president on COVID-19 and served on the federal immunity task force.
In a year marked by COVID-19, where public health professionals were front-and-centre, it seems fitting that Goel would be among the 59 additions to the Order of Canada.
Each join one of the nation s highest honours that since 1967 has added more than 7,000 names.
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In a year marked by COVID-19, where public health professionals were front-and-centre, it seems fitting that Goel would be among the 59 additions to the Order of Canada. There are also two promotions within the order. Each join one of the nation s highest honours that since 1967 has added more than 7,000 names. For me, it s really important for my contributions to be recognized on behalf of everyone working in public health, as well, because people working in public health tend to be more invisible, Goel said, before adding, except when they re on the daily news conferences. Among the names made public Wednesday by Rideau Hall are science journalist Yanick Villedieu; opera singer Daniel Taylor; philanthropist Sally Horsfall Eaton; Louise Mailhot, who was the first woman appointed as a judge to the Quebec Court of Appeal; and John Borrows, who holds the Canada Research Chair in Indigenous Law at the University of Victoria.