OTTAWA — The Governor General's office has announced 83 new appointments to the Order of Canada. A look:-Monique Forget Leroux, C.C., O.Q., Outremont, Que., a promotion within the Order for a leading figure in Canadian finance.-Yusuf Altintas, O.C., Vancouver, a mechanical engineering professor at the University of British Columbia and leader in metal cutting dynamics and the computer control of machine tools.
-Chit Chan Gunn, O.C., O.B.C., Vancouver, a promotion within the Order for his innovative chronic pain treatment, intramuscular stimulation .-Daniel Gérald Lavoie, O.C., Montréal, a singer-songwriter, actor, poet, radio host and ambassador for French-Canadian culture.-Daphne Maurer, O.C., Toronto, experimental psychologist who reshaped understanding of the sensory world of infants.
-Stephen Shawn Poloz, O.C., Orleans, Ont., renowned economist, former governor of the Bank of Canada.-Frances Estelle Reed Simons, O.C., Winnipeg, for her profound global impact on mitigating the effects of allergic reactions and diseases, notably among children. -Vickie Elaine Baracos, C.M., Edmonton, for transforming our understanding of cachexia, a debilitating syndrome that causes rapid weight and muscle loss in patients with advanced-stage cancer.
-bill bissett, C.M., Toronto, a poet, painter and musician, a pre-eminent figure of the 1960s counterculture movement in Canada. -Edward Herman Cole, C.M., Toronto, instrumental in establishing a kidney-paired donation program now practised in clinical settings worldwide. -Rosemary Burns Ganley, C.M., Peterborough, Ont., a long-time advocate for human rights, gender equity and social justice.
-Captain Sidney Joseph Hynes, C.M., O.N.L., M.M., Mount Pearl, N.L., master mariner and entrepreneur. -Judy M. Kent, C.M., Picton, Ont., first woman to serve as both president of Commonwealth Sport Canada and Canada’s chef de mission for the Commonwealth Games. -The Honourable Susan Elizabeth Lang, C.M., Toronto, co-founder of an all-female law firm and the first woman to be president of the Canadian Superior Courts Judges Association.
-Pierre Legault, C.M., M.S.M., Montréal, co-founder of several social and environmental organizations helping disadvantaged people, including Moisson Montréal, Quebec’s first food bank. -Mother Pierre Anne Rosaria Mandato, C.M., Montréal, Provincial Superior of the Congregation of the Sisters of Charity of Saint Mary, has devoted her life to supporting young people, the elderly and the sick.
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