Order of Canada / en Order of Canada recognizes U of T faculty, alumni, community members /celebrates/order-canada-recognizes-u-t-faculty-alumni-community-members <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Order of Canada recognizes U of T faculty, alumni, community members</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-11-27T14:35:40-05:00" title="Friday, November 27, 2020 - 14:35" class="datetime">Fri, 11/27/2020 - 14:35</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/staff" hreflang="en">Staff</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/order-canada" hreflang="en">Order of Canada</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/GG05-2019-0110-016-small.jpg" width="750" height="500" alt="Grouping of the various Governor General medals"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Photo by Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall, OSGG-BSGG)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Faculty members, alumni and other members of the University of Toronto community were among those named to the Order of Canada on Nov. 27.</p> <p>Governor General <strong>Julie Payette</strong> released <a href="https://www.gg.ca/en/activities/2020/governor-general-announces-114-new-appointments-order-canada">a list of 114 Canadians named as members, officers or companions to the Order</a>, one of Canada’s highest civilian honours.</p> <p>Among those recognized as Officers of the Order were: University Professor <strong>Eugenia Kumacheva</strong> of the department of chemistry in the Faculty of Arts &amp; Science, Associate Professor <strong>Philip Berger </strong>of the department of family and community medicine in the Temerty Faculty of Medicine; alumnus <a href="/news/life-venus-sara-seager-it-all-began-shortcut-through-u-t-s-campus"><strong>Bill Graham</strong>, the chancellor of Trinity College </a>and former federal minister of foreign affairs and minister of national defence, and <a href="/news/life-venus-sara-seager-it-all-began-shortcut-through-u-t-s-campus">alumna <strong>Sara Seager</strong>, one of the world’s leading astrophysicists</a>.</p> <p>Among those recognized as members was <a href="https://news.engineering.utoronto.ca/professor-cristina-amon-appointed-to-the-order-of-canada/"><strong>Cristina Amon</strong>, Alumni Distinguished Professor in Bioengineering and Dean Emerita</a> of the Faculty of Applied Science &amp; Engineering.</p> <p>“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.”</p> <h3><a href="/news/faculty-alumni-other-members-u-t-community-named-order-canada">Read the U of T News story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Fri, 27 Nov 2020 19:35:40 +0000 lanthierj 166651 at Faculty, alumni and supporters recognized with Order of Canada /celebrates/faculty-alumni-and-supporters-recognized-order-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Faculty, alumni and supporters recognized with Order of Canada</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/research-innovation" hreflang="en">Research &amp; Innovation</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>lanthierj</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2020-01-29T14:43:38-05:00" title="Wednesday, January 29, 2020 - 14:43" class="datetime">Wed, 01/29/2020 - 14:43</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/mississauga" hreflang="en">Mississauga</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/scarborough" hreflang="en">Scarborough</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/order-canada" hreflang="en">Order of Canada</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/GG05-2019-0110-016.jpg" width="1140" height="760" alt="photo of Order of Canada medals"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(photo by Sgt Johanie Maheu, Rideau Hall, OSGG-BSGG)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Nearly two dozen members of the University of Toronto community – faculty, alumni and supporters – have joined or been&nbsp;promoted within the Order of Canada, one of the country's highest civilian honours.</p> <p>Governor General <strong>Julie Payette</strong>, 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 <strong>Heather Reisman</strong>, alumni such as <strong>Anne Innis Dagg</strong>, and current or former faculty, including:</p> <ul> <li><strong>Donald Dingwell</strong>, a world-renowned volcanologist who began his career at U of T but now teaches in Germany</li> <li><strong>Ken Greenberg</strong>, 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</li> <li><strong>Mark Henkelman</strong>, a professor emeritus in the department of medical biophysics in the Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Shoo Lee</strong>, a professor in obstetrics and gynaecology who is cross-appointed to pediatrics in U of T's Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Robin McLeod</strong>, a professor of general surgery in the Faculty of Medicine</li> <li><strong>Anthony Miller</strong>, a professor emeritus in the Dalla Lana School of Public Health</li> <li><strong>Josef Svoboda</strong>, a professor emeritus of biology at U of T Mississauga and an expert on Arctic ecology</li> <li><strong>Mel Watkins</strong>, a professor emeritus in the department of economics</li> <li><strong>Bernard Zinman</strong>, a professor in the department of medicine and a clinician-scientist at the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute</li> </ul> <h3><a href="/news/u-t-faculty-alumni-and-other-members-university-community-named-order-canada">Read the <em>U of T News </em>story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Wed, 29 Jan 2020 19:43:38 +0000 lanthierj 162155 at Eleven members of U of T community named to the Order of Canada /celebrates/eleven-members-u-t-community-named-order-canada <span class="field field--name-title field--type-string field--label-hidden">Eleven members of U of T community named to the Order of Canada</span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-type field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-type/community" hreflang="en">Community</a></div> </div> <span class="field field--name-uid field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden"><span>perry.king</span></span> <span class="field field--name-created field--type-created field--label-hidden"><time datetime="2019-06-27T00:00:00-04:00" title="Thursday, June 27, 2019 - 00:00" class="datetime">Thu, 06/27/2019 - 00:00</time> </span> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-people field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/faculty" hreflang="en">Faculty</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-people/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-campus field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-campus/st-george" hreflang="en">St. George</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-awards-tags field--type-entity-reference field--label-hidden field__items"> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/order-canada" hreflang="en">Order of Canada</a></div> <div class="field__item"><a href="/celebrates/awards-tags/alumni" hreflang="en">Alumni</a></div> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-image-orientation field--type-list-string field--label-hidden field__item">landscape</div> <div class="field field--name-field-image field--type-image field--label-hidden field__item"> <img loading="lazy" src="/sites/default/files/media/2018-01-10-orderofcanada.jpg" width="1140" height="760" alt="Two Order of Canada medals"> </div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-field-cutline-long field--type-text-long field--label-hidden field__item">(Courtesy of the Governor General's office)</div> <div class="clearfix text-formatted field field--name-body field--type-text-with-summary field--label-hidden field__item"><p>Eleven members of the University of Toronto community&nbsp;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 <strong>Julie Payette,</strong> a U of T alumna and former astronaut with the Canadian Space Agency.</p> <p>The list includes Emmy and Golden Globe-winning actor&nbsp;<strong>Donald Sutherland</strong>, who graduated from Victoria College in 1958, and U of T Professor and acclaimed immunologist at the Hospital for Sick Children&nbsp;<strong>Chaim Roifman</strong>, whose research led to the discovery of a rare congenital disorder and its genetic roots.</p> <h3><a href="/news/meet-u-t-faculty-alumni-and-supporters-named-order-canada">Read the <em>U of T News </em>story</a></h3> </div> <div class="field field--name-field-source field--type-string field--label-hidden field__item">UTC</div> <div class="field field--name-field-top-story-hub-page- field--type-boolean field--label-above"> <div class="field__label">Top Story (Hub page)</div> <div class="field__item">Off</div> </div> Thu, 27 Jun 2019 04:00:00 +0000 perry.king 160102 at