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Order of Canada recognizes �鶹��Ƶ faculty, alumni, community members

lanthierj — Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:35:40 +0000

Order of Canada recognizes �鶹��Ƶ faculty, alumni, community members

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lanthierj Fri, 11/27/2020 - 14:35

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Faculty members, alumni and other members of the University of Toronto community were among those named to the Order of Canada on Nov. 27.

Governor General Julie Payette released a list of 114 Canadians named as members, officers or companions to the Order, one of Canada’s highest civilian honours.

Among those recognized as Officers of the Order were: University Professor Eugenia Kumacheva of the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts & Science, Associate Professor Philip Berger of the department of family and community medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine; alumnus Bill Graham, the chancellor of Trinity College and former federal minister of foreign affairs and minister of national defence, and alumna Sara Seager, one of the world’s leading astrophysicists.

Among those recognized as members was Cristina Amon, �鶹��Ƶ Distinguished Professor in Bioengineering and Dean Emerita of the Faculty of Applied Science & Engineering.

“Years ago, I made the choice to pursue my life’s work in Canada, a country that values and celebrates the diversity of cultures, backgrounds, abilities and perspectives of each one of its people,” Amon said. “It is deeply meaningful for me to receive this award in recognition of my own contributions to advancing that diversity and inclusion, and to creating new opportunities for generations yet to come.”

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Faculty, alumni and supporters recognized with Order of Canada

lanthierj — Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:43:38 +0000

Faculty, alumni and supporters recognized with Order of Canada

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lanthierj Wed, 01/29/2020 - 14:43

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Nearly two dozen members of the University of Toronto community – faculty, alumni and supporters – have joined or been promoted within the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honours.

Governor General Julie Payette, herself an alumna, announced the latest appointees to the Order, and the promotions within it, on Dec. 28, 2019. Those honoured included supporters such as Heather Reisman, alumni such as Anne Innis Dagg, and current or former faculty, including:

Donald Dingwell, a world-renowned volcanologist who began his career at �鶹��Ƶ but now teaches in Germany
Ken Greenberg, an urban designer, teacher, writer and former adjunct professor in the master of urban design program in the John H. Daniels Faculty of Architecture, Landscape and Design
Mark Henkelman, a professor emeritus in the department of medical biophysics in the Faculty of Medicine
Shoo Lee, a professor in obstetrics and gynaecology who is cross-appointed to pediatrics in �鶹��Ƶ's Faculty of Medicine
Robin McLeod, a professor of general surgery in the Faculty of Medicine
Anthony Miller, a professor emeritus in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health
Josef Svoboda, a professor emeritus of biology at �鶹��Ƶ Mississauga and an expert on Arctic ecology
Mel Watkins, a professor emeritus in the department of economics
Bernard Zinman, a professor in the department of medicine and a clinician-scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute

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Eleven members of �鶹��Ƶ community named to the Order of Canada

perry.king — Thu, 27 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000

Eleven members of �鶹��Ƶ community named to the Order of Canada

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perry.king Thu, 06/27/2019 - 00:00

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(Courtesy of the Governor General's office)

Eleven members of the University of Toronto community have been named to the Order of Canada, one of Canada’s highest civilian honours. The faculty, alumni and donors were among 83 honorees named by Governor General Julie Payette, a �鶹��Ƶ alumna and former astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency.

The list includes Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor Donald Sutherland, who graduated from Victoria College in 1958, and �鶹��Ƶ Professor and acclaimed immunologist at the Hospital for Sick Children Chaim Roifman, whose research led to the discovery of a rare congenital disorder and its genetic roots.

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