List of members of the Order of Ontario

The following is a full list of members of the Order of Ontario, both past and current, in order of their date of appointment.

Members

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1988

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1989

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1990

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1991

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1992

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1993

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1994

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1995

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  • Doris Anderson – author, journalist, women's rights activist
  • Tim Armstrong – public policy advisor, legal counsel and author
  • Harry Arthurs – lawyer, academic, labour law scholar
  • Douglas Bassett – media executive
  • Thomas Beck – entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Laurent Belanger – entrepreneur and administrator
  • Marlene Castellano – teacher and researcher
  • Shirley Carr – labour leader, first woman president the Canadian Labour Congress.
  • Angela Coughlan – internationally ranked competitive swimmer, Olympic medallist
  • Corinne Devlin – gynecologist and teacher
  • Robert Filler – surgeon and researcher
  • Ted Hargreaves – businessman and charitable fundraiser
  • Elmer Iseler – conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers
  • Heather Johnston – first lay woman president of the Canadian Council of Churches
  • Vim Kochhar – former senator and co-founder of Rotary Cheshire Homes
  • Linda Lundström – fashion designer
  • Lloyd Perry – lawyer
  • Natavarlal Shah – physician, co-founder of the Sikh Education Research Centre and co-founder of the Mount Carmel Home
  • William Somerville – public servant and administrator

1996

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1997

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1998

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1999

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2000

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2001

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2002

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2003

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2004

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2005

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2007

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2008

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  • Dr. Michael Baker – physician, cancer researcher
  • Dr. Sheela Basrur – Former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario[2]
  • George Brady – human rights advocate, public speaker and Auschwitz survivor
  • Jack Chiang – journalist, community service
  • Tony Dean – Secretary of the Cabinet, credited with improving the Ontario Public Service
  • Mary Dickson – lawyer, educator and advocate for people with disabilities
  • Noel Edison – Artistic Director of the Elora Festival and the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir
  • Frank Fernandes – Toronto businessman and volunteer
  • Jean-Robert Gauthier – for his work in advancing French-language education
  • Sam George – Native Canadians' rights activist
  • Heather Gibson – educator specializing in American Sign Language (ASL)
  • Robert A. Gordon – served as president of Humber College
  • Gordon Gray – philanthropist
  • Susan Hoeg – community service on behalf of the Georgina Island Chippewas
  • Claude Lamoureux – served as president and CEO of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
  • Patrick Le Sage – served as Chief Justice for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice
  • Dr. Joe MacInnis – physician, scientist and undersea explorer
  • Dr. David MacLennan – biomedical scientist, expert in biochemistry, genetics and physiology of muscle function
  • Lorna Marsden – served as President of York University and of Wilfrid Laurier University, and a former senator.
  • David Peterson – former Premier of Ontario
  • Ed Ratushny – expert on the Canadian judiciary
  • Rosemary Sadlier – author and president of the Ontario Black History Society
  • Dr. Fuad Sahin – for his contributions to community service; founder of the International Development and Relief Foundation.[1]
  • Barbara Ann Scott-King – Olympic champion figure skater in 1948
  • Ellen Seligman – for contributions to publishing and support of Canadian authors
  • Peter Silverman – broadcaster and consumer advocate
  • David Smith – philanthropist
  • Ted Szilva – originator and developer of the Big Nickel Project
  • Mary Welsh – for 35 years of community and civic contributions

2009

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2010

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2011

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  • Peter Adams – politician, professor and volunteer
  • Dr. Anna Banerji – helped create the Immigrant Health and Infectious Disease Clinic and the Canadian Refugee Health Conference
  • Dr. Sandra E. Black – cognitive neurologists specializing in stroke and dementia
  • Paul Cavalluzzo – Lawyer, Senior Partner, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP, Barristers and Solicitors
  • Catherine Colquhoun – volunteer
  • David Crombie – three-term mayor of Toronto
  • Nathalie Des Rosiers – legal expert
  • Marcel Desautels – philanthropist
  • Sara Diamond – artist and president of OCAD University
  • Charles Garrad – archaeologist, historian, and scholar
  • Peter Gilgan – developer and philanthropist
  • Frank Hayden – created Special Olympics International
  • Donald Jackson – world gold medalist in male figure skating
  • Zeib Jeeva – founding member of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund
  • Howard McCurdy – scientist, civil rights activist and MPP
  • Arthur McDonald – physicist
  • Noella Milne – lawyer and volunteer
  • Suzanne Pinel – French-language educator and television personality
  • Ucal Powell – head of Ontario's Carpenter's Union
  • Barbara Reid – children's author and illustrator
  • Alison Rose – documentary filmmaker and reporter
  • Linda Schuyler – co-creator and executive producer of the Degrassi television franchise
  • Dr. Louis Siminovitch – geneticist
  • Rahul Singh – founder of GlobalMedic
  • Connie Smith – journalist, television host and teacher
  • The Honourable Ray Stortini – retired Superior Court Judge
  • John Tory – lawyer, business leader, community activist, broadcaster and former MPP

2012

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2013

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2014

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2015

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2016

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2017

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  • Dr. Upton Allen – pediatric infectious disease specialist
  • Daniel Aykroyd – actor and entrepreneur
  • Dr. Alan Bernstein – cancer researcher and research leader
  • Dr. David Cechetto – neuroscientist and director of international medical development projects
  • Dr. Peter Chang – lawyer and psychiatrist
  • The Honourable Sandra Chapnik – lawyer and judge
  • Dr. Tom Chau – biomedical engineer
  • Dr. Dorothy Cotton – psychologist and mental health advocate
  • Peter Dinsdale – Anishinaabe community leader
  • Leslie Fagan – singer and promoter of Canadian music
  • Michael Geist – scholar and public intellectual
  • Shashi Kant – professor of forest resource economics
  • Myrtha Lapierre – retired nursing professor
  • Floyd Laughren – former MPP and Finance Minister
  • Michael Lee-Chin – entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Gail Nyberg – former Daily Bread Food Bank executive director and former school trustee
  • Dr. Dilkhush Panjwani – psychiatrist
  • Elder Geraldine Robertson – educator and advocate for residential school survivors
  • Allan Rock – former politician and UN Ambassador
  • Robert J. Sawyer – celebrated science-fiction author
  • Sandra Shamas – writer, performer and comedian
  • Elizabeth Sheehy – criminal law, scholar
  • Ilse Treurnicht – CEO and advocate for women and innovation

2018

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  • Jean Augustine – politician and social justice advocate
  • Salah Bachir – businessman and philanthropist
  • Dr. Sue Carstairs – veterinarian and conservationist
  • Ralph Chiodo – entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Dr. Zane Cohen – colorectal surgeon
  • Dwayne De Rosario – soccer player
  • Michele DiEmanuele – CEO and public servant
  • Philip Epstein – lawyer, scholar in family law
  • Dr. Aaron Fenster – biomedical physicist
  • Mark Freiman – lawyer, public servant and former Deputy Attorney General of Ontario
  • Emmanuelle Gattuso – philanthropist
  • Mary Gordon – social entrepreneur, educator and child advocate
  • Edward Greenspon – journalist
  • Spider Jones – sports journalist, author and member of the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame
  • Neal Jotham – animal welfare advocate
  • Dalton McGuinty – provincial politician and former Premier of Ontario 2003-2013
  • Peter Menkes – businessman
  • Janice O'Born – entrepreneur and philanthropist
  • Cheryl Perea – child advocate
  • Dr. Lyne Pitre – physician and educator
  • Col. A. Britton (Brit) Smith – philanthropist

2019

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2020

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2021

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2022

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References

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  1. ^ a b "Order of Ontario appointments announced". Queen's Printer for Ontario. 15 January 2009. Retrieved 30 November 2021.
  2. ^ Howlett, Karen (12 April 2008). "SARS 'Mighty Mouse' named to Order of Ontario". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 12 April 2008.
  3. ^ "29 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour". Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration. 25 January 2010. Retrieved 27 January 2010.
  4. ^ "30 Appointees Named To Ontario's Highest Honour". 21 January 2011. Retrieved 10 February 2010.
  5. ^ "27 Appointees Named to Ontario's Highest Honour". Ontario.ca. Retrieved 30 April 2012.
  6. ^ "25 Appointees Named to Ontario's Highest Honour". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  7. ^ "New Appointees to the Order of Ontario". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 14 May 2017.
  8. ^ "New Appointees to the Order of Ontario". 3 February 2015.
  9. ^ "New Appointees to the Order of Ontario". 13 January 2016.
  10. ^ "New Appointees to the Order of Ontario". 14 December 2016.
  11. ^ "The 2017 Appointees to the Order of Ontario". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 1 December 2019.
  12. ^ "The 2018 Appointees to the Order of Ontario". news.ontario.ca. Retrieved 21 March 2020.
  13. ^ "Ontario Newsroom".
  14. ^ "Ontario Newsroom".
  15. ^ "Ontario Newsroom".
  16. ^ "Ontario Newsroom".
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