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2013 Canadian Honours
The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours System, Canadian Honours of 2013. Usually, they are announced as a part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours System, British Honours for New Year's and for the monarch's official birthday. However, instead of the midyear appointments announced on Victoria Day, the official birthday of the Canadian Monarch. This custom has been transferred with the celebration of Canadian Confederation and the creation of the Order of Canada. However, as the Canada Gazette publishes appointment to various orders, decorations and medals, either Canadian or from Commonwealth of Nations, Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2013 calendar year. Orders, decorations, and medals of the Canadian provinces, Provincial Honou ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
A Coin Of The Seal Of The Order Of Canada
A, or a, is the first Letter (alphabet), letter and the first vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet, and others worldwide. Its name in English is ''English alphabet#Letter names, a'' (pronounced ), plural ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version is often written in one of two forms: the double-storey and single-storey . The latter is commonly used in handwriting and fonts based on it, especially fonts intended to be read by children, and is also found in italic type. In English, ''English articles, a'' is the indefinite article, with the alternative form ''an''. Name In English, the name of the letter is the ''long A'' sound, pronounced . Its name in most other languages matches the letter's pronunciation in open syllables. History The earliest know ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ronnie Hawkins
Ronald Cornett Hawkins (January 10, 1935 – May 29, 2022) was an American rock and roll singer, long based in Canada, whose career spanned more than half a century. His career began in Arkansas, United States, where he was born and raised. He found success in Ontario, Canada, and lived there for most of his life. Hawkins was an institution of the Ontario music scene for over 40 years. He was influential in the evolution of rock music of Canada, rock music in Canada. Also known as "Rompin' Ronnie", "Mr. Dynamo" or "The Hawk", he was one of the key players in the 1960s in music#Rock, 1960s rock scene in Toronto. He performed all across North America and recorded more than 25 albums. His hit songs include covers of Chuck Berry's "Thirty Days" (retitled "Forty Days") and Young Jessie's "Mary Lou", a song about a gold digger. Other well-known recordings are a cover of Bo Diddley's "Who Do You Love? (Bo Diddley song), Who Do You Love?" (without the question mark), "Hey! Bo Diddley", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mike Harcourt
Michael Franklin Harcourt Officer of the Order of Canada, OC (born January 6, 1943) is a Canadian lawyer and politician who served as the 30th premier of British Columbia from 1991 to 1996, and before that as the 34th List of mayors of Vancouver, mayor of Vancouver, British Columbia's largest city, from 1980 to 1986. Early life and education Harcourt was student council president at Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School (Vancouver), Sir Winston Churchill Secondary School and studied at the University of British Columbia, where he graduated Bachelor of Arts, BA and Bachelor of Laws, LLB. He founded and became the first director (1969–1971) of the Vancouver Community Legal Assistance Society, reputedly Canada's first community law office. Municipal politics Harcourt served as a Vancouver alderman from 1973 to 1980. He was first elected as a member of the Electors' Action Movement (TEAM). He left the party in 1976 after he lost the party's nomination for mayor to Jack Volric ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Grondin
Jean Grondin (born August 27, 1955) is a Canadian philosopher and professor. He is a specialist in the thought of Immanuel Kant, Hans-Georg Gadamer, and Martin Heidegger. His research focuses on hermeneutics, phenomenology, German classical philosophy and the history of metaphysics. Education and career After completing his philosophical studies at the University of Montreal, he wrote a thesis on the concept of truth in hermeneutics in 1982 at the University of Tübingen, where he also studied classical philology and theology. He taught at Université Laval, in Quebec City from 1982 to 1990 and at the University of Ottawa in the academic year 1990-1991. Grondin has taught at the University of Montreal since 1991. In addition to his authored volumes, translated into more than twelve languages, he is also the author of many articles in various philosophical journals. His two volumes on Kant continue to be authoritative and his major contributions on the universality of hermeneuti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Scott Griffin
Scott Griffin, (born 1938) is a Canadian businessman and philanthropist best known for founding the Griffin Poetry Prize in 2000, one of the world's most generous poetry awards, and Poetry In Voice, a bilingual recitation competition for Canadian high schools. Celebrating its 20th year in 2020, the Griffin Poetry Prize has become known as the most adventurous and generous international literary award. Griffin has been interviewed on CBC Radio, discussing the genesis of his love for poetry, reading from his favourite works and paying tribute to poet Seamus Heaney, who received the Griffin Lifetime Recognition Award in 2012. Griffin is chairman, director and majority shareholder since 2002 of publisher House of Anansi Press/Groundwood Books. He is also chairman and director of Steam Whistle Brewing, and a director of ''Literary Review of Canada''. He was formerly chairman of the Governors of Sedbergh School in Canada, a director of DGC Entertainment Ventures Corp and Chancellor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Alan Gardam
John is a common English name and surname: * John (given name) * John (surname) John may also refer to: New Testament Works * Gospel of John, a title often shortened to John * First Epistle of John, often shortened to 1 John * Second Epistle of John, often shortened to 2 John * Third Epistle of John, often shortened to 3 John People * John the Baptist (died ), regarded as a prophet and the forerunner of Jesus Christ * John the Apostle (died ), one of the twelve apostles of Jesus Christ * John the Evangelist, assigned author of the Fourth Gospel, once identified with the Apostle * John of Patmos, also known as John the Divine or John the Revelator, the author of the Book of Revelation, once identified with the Apostle * John the Presbyter, a figure either identified with or distinguished from the Apostle, the Evangelist and John of Patmos Other people with the given name Religious figures * John, father of Andrew the Apostle and Saint Peter * Pope John (disambigu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael Fullan
Michael Fullan is a Canadian educational researcher and former dean of the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE). He is noted for his expertise on educational reform, and has consulted to school districts, teacher groups, research institutes, and governments. Early life and career Fullan was born in Toronto, Ontario. He earned a doctorate in sociology in 1969 from the University of Toronto, and then worked as a graduate teacher, researcher, and leader of in-service programs. Fullan was appointed dean of the University of Toronto's Faculty of Education (FEUT) in 1988, and remained dean following FEUT's amalgamation with the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education in 1996. He stepped down in 2003, and serves now as Professor Emeritus. Fullan served as Special Policy Adviser in Education to the Premier of Ontario from 2004-2013. In March 2013, Fullan met with California governor Jerry Brown to discuss the possibility of pursuing educational reforms in California ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul-André Fortier
Paul-André Fortier (born 30 April 1948) is a Canadian choreographer and dancer living in Montreal. He is a recipient of the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for lifetime achievement. Early life and training Fortier was born in Waterville, Quebec, in Canada. His career as a dancer started in 1973 with Groupe Nouvelle Aire in Montreal and trained choreographers Edouard Lock, Ginette Laurin, and Daniel Léveillé. Early works In 1979 Fortier created his own dance company called Danse-Théâtre Paul-André Fortier. He used this company to showcase his choreography, including ''Parlez-moi donc du cul de mon enfance'' (1979) and ''Violence'' (1980). In 1981 he won the Jean A. Chalmers National Dance Award, and in 1983 he renamed the company Fortier Danse-Création. His next creations were ''Pow !…t’es mort'' (1982), ''Ça ne saigne jamais…'' (1983), ''Chaleurs'' (1985), ''Le Mythe décisif'' (1987) and ''Désert'' (1989). Gradually, Fortier's works slipped from th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Phil Fontaine
Larry Phillip Fontaine, (born September 20, 1944) is an Indigenous Canadian leader and former National Chief of the Assembly of First Nations. He best known for his central role in raising public awareness of the Canadian Indian residential school system and pushing to secure Federal and Papal apologies in 2008 and 2022 respectively. He also helped secure a repudiation of Discovery doctrine from Pope Francis on March 30, 2023. Early life Fontaine, an Ojibwe, was born September 20, 1944 to Jean Baptiste Fontaine and Agnes Mary Spence at the Sagkeeng First Nation on the Fort Alexander Reserve in Manitoba, about 150 kilometers north of Winnipeg. There were twelve children in the family, ten boys and two girls. His father died in 1952, and his mother in 1988. His first language is Ojibway. In his youth he attended a residential school operated by the Oblates of Mary Immaculate at Sagkeeng. He also attended the Assiniboia Residential School in Winnipeg and he graduated from Po ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ken Dryden
Kenneth Wayne Dryden (born August 8, 1947) is a Canadians, Canadian former professional ice hockey goaltender, politician, lawyer, businessman, and author. He is an Officer of the Order of Canada and a member of the Hockey Hall of Fame. He was a Liberal Member of Parliament (Canada), Member of Parliament from 2004 to 2011 and Minister of Families, Children and Social Development, Minister of Social Development from 2004 to 2006. In 2017, the league counted him in history's 100 Greatest NHL Players. He received the Order of Hockey in Canada in 2020. Early life and education Dryden was born in Hamilton, Ontario, in 1947. His parents were Murray Dryden (1911–2004) and Margaret Adelia Campbell (1912–1985). He has a sister, Judy, and a brother, Dave Dryden, Dave, who was also an NHL goaltender. Dryden was raised in Islington-City Centre West, Islington, Ontario, then a suburb of Toronto. He played with the Etobicoke Indians of the Metro Junior B Hockey League as well as Humber Va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Cruikshank
Julie Cruikshank is a Canadian anthropologist known for her research collaboration with Indigenous peoples of the Yukon. She is a Professor Emerita in the Department of Anthropology at the University of British Columbia. She has lived and worked for over a decade in the Yukon Territory, creating an oral history of the region, through her work with people including Angela Sidney, Kitty Smith, and Annie Ned. Her work focuses mainly on the practical and theoretical developments in oral tradition studies. Awards and achievements In 2012, Cruikshank was appointed an Officer to the Order of Canada. In 2010, she became a fellow in the Royal Society of Canada, the Academies of Arts, Humanities, and Sciences of Canada. In 2006, Cruikshank's book from the University of Washington press, '' Do Glaciers Listen? Local Knowledge, Colonial Encounters, and Social Imagination'', won the Julian Steward Award from the Anthropology and Environment Society, which is a section of the American A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sheila Copps
Sheila Maureen Copps (born November 27, 1952) is a former Canadian politician who also served as the sixth deputy prime minister of Canada from November 4, 1993, to April 30, 1996, and June 19, 1996, to June 11, 1997. Her father, Victor Copps, was once mayor of Hamilton, Ontario. Considered a prominent left-wing member of the Liberal Party of Canada, Copps is an advocate for legal rights of women, marijuana legalization, minority rights, and protection of the Natural environment, environment. Her combative style and reputation for flamboyance were trademarks of her political career. Early life Copps was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She is a second-generation member of a political family that has dominated Hamilton-area politics on the municipal, provincial and federal levels. Her mother, Geraldine Florence (Guthro) Copps, was a Hamilton city councillor. Her father, Victor Copps, Victor Kennedy Copps, was List of mayors of Hamilton, Ontario, mayor of the City of Hamilton. She a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
