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2010 Canadian Honours
The following are the appointments to various Canadian Honours of 2010. Usually, they are announced as part of the New Year and Canada Day celebrations and are published within the Canada Gazette during year. This follows the custom set out within the United Kingdom which publishes its appoints of various British Honours for New Year's and for 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 medal, either Canadian or from Commonwealth and foreign states, this article will reference all Canadians so honoured during the 2010 calendar year. Provincial Honours are not listed within the Canada Gazette, however they are listed within the various publications of each provincial g ... [...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 of the Latin alphabet, Latin alphabet, used in the English alphabet, modern English alphabet, the alphabets of other western European languages and others worldwide. Its name in English is English alphabet#Letter names, ''a'' (pronounced ), plural English alphabet#Letter names, ''aes''. It is similar in shape to the Greek alphabet#History, Ancient Greek letter alpha, from which it derives. The Letter case, uppercase version consists of the two slanting sides of a triangle, crossed in the middle by a horizontal bar. The lowercase version can be written in two forms: the double-storey a and single-storey É‘. 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 grammar, "English articles, a", and its variant "English articles#Indefinite article, an", are Article (grammar)#Indefinite article, indefinite arti ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ivan Reitman
Ivan Reitman (; October 27, 1946February 12, 2022) was a Czechoslovak-born Canadian filmmaker. He was best known for his comedy work, especially in the 1980s and 1990s. He was the owner of The Montecito Picture Company, founded in 1998. Films he directed include ''Meatballs'' (1979), '' Stripes'' (1981), '' Ghostbusters'' (1984), ''Ghostbusters II'' (1989), '' Twins'' (1988), '' Kindergarten Cop'' (1990), ''Dave'' (1993), and '' Junior'' (1994). Reitman also served as producer for such films as '' National Lampoon's Animal House'' (1978), '' Space Jam'' (1996), and '' Private Parts'' (1997). Early life Ivan Reitman was born in the predominantly ethnic Hungarian town of Komárno (known as Komárom in Hungarian), Czechoslovakia (now Slovakia), on October 27, 1946, the son of Klara (Raab, 1919-2000) and Ladislav "Leslie" Reitman (1914-1993). Both of Reitman's parents were Jewish; his mother survived the Auschwitz concentration camp, and his father was an underground resistan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Jo Haddad
Mary Jo Haddad is a Canadian nurse and health care executive. After spending 10 years as the President and CEO of The Hospital for Sick Children, Haddad became the first female Chancellor at the University of Windsor. Early life and education Haddad was the second oldest of a Lebanese family and grew up in Windsor, Ontario. She attended St. Angela de Merici school and F. J. Brennan Catholic High School. Upon graduating from high school, she enrolled in a nursing diploma program at St. Clair College in 1974 despite her fathers disagreement. After graduating St. Clair College in 1976, she was one of two students offered a job at the Children's Hospital of Michigan. She subsequently spent eight years in Detroit where she worked in the neonatal Intensive care unit. During the eight years she spent in Michigan, Haddad earned a Bachelor of Nursing degree from the University of Windsor (UWindsor) and started a private practice with Leeann Wiseman where she did home visits to families wh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Étienne Gaboury
Étienne-Joseph Gaboury (April 24, 1930 – October 14, 2022) was a Canadian architect from Winnipeg, Manitoba. He was noted for designing key buildings in his hometown, such as the Royal Canadian Mint building, Esplanade Riel, Saint Boniface Cathedral, and the Precious Blood Church, and was regarded as the province's greatest architect. Early life Gaboury was born in Swan Lake, Manitoba, on April 24, 1930. His parents, Napoléon and Valentine Gaboury, were French-Canadian farmers. He was the youngest of 11 children, and was a distant relative of Louis Riel. Gaboury studied architecture and Latin at St. Boniface College in the University of Manitoba, graduating with a Bachelor of Arts in 1953. He then obtained a Bachelor of Architecture from the same institution five years later. While studying at the École des Beaux Arts in Paris from 1958 to 1959, he was greatly influenced by the designs of Le Corbusier. Career After returning from Paris, Gaboury settled in Winnipeg, ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roméo Savoie
Roméo Savoie (March 9, 1928 – October 14, 2023) was a Canadian postwar and contemporary artist. One of the first abstract painters in Eastern Canada, the artist's body of work includes more than 4,000 paintings, 50 buildings, six poetry anthologies, and one novel. Savoie, who was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada (CM) in the 2010 Canadian honours for his contributions to painting, architecture, and literature, participated in over thirty solo exhibits and as many group ones. His works are a part of major public and private collections in Canada and France. Early life Roméo Savoie was born in Moncton, New-Brunswick, on March 9, 1928. His father, Calixte Savoie, was a Canadian senator (1955-1970), a businessman, school principal, and teacher. In 1950, Savoie earned his bachelor’s degree in arts from the Collège Saint-Joseph in Memramcook, New Brunswick, and went on to study architecture. After earning his bachelor's degree in architecture from the École des Bea ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elsie Charles Basque
Elsie Charles Basque (1916-2016) was a Miꞌkmaq, Mi’kmaq known as the first member of her tribe to earn a Certified teacher, teaching certificate. She became a noted educator and was a recipient of the Order of Canada in 2009. Biography Basque was born on May 12, 1916, to Joe Charles and Margaret Labrador in Digby County, Nova Scotia, Hectanooga, Digby County. She was three years old when her mother, Margaret, left the family and his father contracted tuberculosis. His father became a tour guide to wealthy Americans when he got better. He taught his daughter how to fish and hunt. When Basque was 13, her father sent her to study at a Canadian Indian residential school system, residential school. She then attended the Shubenacadie Indian Residential School from 1930 to 1932, years that she later characterized as "wasted". She entered the school to begin grade 8 but was still in the same grade two years later when she left. She finished high school in 1936 at Meteghan's Sacred He ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jean Augustine
Jean Augustine (born September 9, 1937) is a Grenada-born Canadian politician. She was the first Black Canadian woman to serve as a federal Minister of the Crown and Member of Parliament. From 1993 to 2006, Jean Augustine was a Liberal member of the House of Commons of Canada, representing the district of Etobicoke—Lakeshore in Toronto, Ontario. She served as the Minister of State for Multiculturalism and the Status of Women in the Cabinet of Canada from 2002 to 2004 and was the Parliamentary Secretary to Prime Minister Jean Chrétien from 1994 to 1996. Before her election, she had been a school principal. From 2007 to 2015, she served as the first Fairness Commissioner of Ontario. Following her retirement, she has served as the patron of several non-profit organizations across Canada. Background & education Augustine was born on September 9, 1937 in St. George's, Grenada, but immigrated to Canada in 1960 under the West Indian Domestic Scheme. She studied at the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
CAN Order Of Canada Member Ribbon
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Can may refer to: Containers * Aluminum can * Drink can * Oil can * Steel and tin cans * Trash can * Petrol can * Metal can (other) Music * Can (band), West Germany, 1968 ** ''Can'' (album), 1979 * Can (South Korean band) Other * Can (name), Turkish and Circassian given name and surname * Can (verb) * Canning of food * River Can, Essex, UK * Canada * Tomato can (sports idiom) See also * CAN (other) * Cann (other) * Cans (other) * Kan (other) Kan or KAN may refer to: Places * Kan (river), a tributary of the Yenisey in Russia * Kan District of Iran * Kan, Kyrgyzstan, a village in Batken Region * Mallam Aminu Kano International Airport, Kano, Nigeria, IATA code * Kannapolis (Amtrak s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Julie Payette
Julie Payette (; born October 20, 1963) is a Canadian engineer, scientist and former astronaut who served from 2017 to 2021 as Governor General of Canada, the 29th since Canadian Confederation. Payette holds engineering degrees from McGill University and the University of Toronto. She worked as a research scientist before joining the Canadian Space Agency (CSA) in 1992 as a member of the Canadian Astronaut Corps. She completed two spaceflights, STS-96 and STS-127, and has logged more than 25 days in space. She also served as capsule communicator at NASA Mission Control Center in Houston and from 2000 to 2007 as CSA's chief astronaut. In July 2013, Payette was named chief operating officer for the Montreal Science Centre. She also held a number of board appointments, including the National Bank of Canada. On July 13, 2017, Prime Minister Justin Trudeau announced that Queen Elizabeth II had approved the appointment of Payette as the next governor general of Canada. She was i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
John Furlong (sports Administrator)
John Furlong, OC, OBC (born October 12, 1950) is a Canadian sports administrator who oversaw the 2010 Winter Olympics and 2010 Winter Paralympics and was President and CEO of the 2010 Vancouver Olympic Organizing Committee (VANOC). Furlong is chairman of Rocky Mountaineer, corporate director of Canadian Tire, volunteer chair of Own the Podium and a public speaker. Furlong first visited Canada as a physical education teacher and missionary at two Catholic day schools from 1969 to 1972 in the Canadian province of British Columbia in the communities of Burns Lake and Prince George, it has been reported he physically and emotionally abused multiple children while at those schools. At the conclusion of his teaching term he returned to Ireland and served as a sports administrator at Newpark Comprehensive School before emigrating to Canada in 1975. He was also president of the Arbutus Club, a member of the Canadian Olympic Committee, and head of the BC Summer Games, BC Winter G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Michael J
Michael may refer to: People * Michael (given name), a given name * Michael (surname), including a list of people with the surname Michael Given name "Michael" * Michael (archangel), ''first'' of God's archangels in the Jewish, Christian and Islamic religions * Michael (bishop elect), English 13th-century Bishop of Hereford elect * Michael (Khoroshy) (1885–1977), cleric of the Ukrainian Orthodox Church of Canada * Michael Donnellan (1915–1985), Irish-born London fashion designer, often referred to simply as "Michael" * Michael (footballer, born 1982), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1983), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1993), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born February 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born March 1996), Brazilian footballer * Michael (footballer, born 1999), Brazilian footballer Rulers =Byzantine emperors= *Michael I Rangabe (d. 844), married the daughter of Emperor Nikephoros I * M ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jake Epp
Arthur Jacob "Jake" Epp, (born September 1, 1939) is a Canadian executive and former politician. Life and career Born into a Mennonite family in Manitoba, Epp was a high school history teacher in Steinbach, Manitoba before entering politics. Jake Epp was first elected to the House of Commons of Canada as a Progressive Conservative Member of Parliament (MP) in the 1972 election for the riding of Provencher, which was the home of Atomic Energy of Canada Limited's Whiteshell Laboratories. In the wake of the 1977 murder of Emanuel Jaques, Epp wrote to the National Gay Rights Coalition: "I would like to see what kind of support you have now after what has taken place in Toronto. What is needed is not protection for homosexuals, but for Canadians who are not deviant." After the 1979 election, he served in the short-lived Cabinet of Joe Clark as Minister of Indian Affairs and Northern Development. As minister, he wrote the ''Epp letter'', which instructed the Commissioner of the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
