January 23, 2014 - 1:44 PM
TORONTO - Following is a list of appointees invested into the Order of Ontario at a ceremony at the provincial legislature Thursday:
— Irving Abella, scholar and historian
— Dr. Mohit Bhandari, orthopaedic surgeon and researcher
— Paul Burston, has spent more than 40 years working to improve Ontario’s social services sector
— George E. Carter, the first Canadian-born black judge
— Ellen Campbell, founder and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness
— Penny Collenette, innovator whose research spans public policy, business, law and academia
— Ronald Common, president of Sault College
— Paul Corkum, world renowned physicist
— David Cronenberg, internationally acclaimed filmmaker
— Alvin Curling, the first black Speaker of the Ontario Legislature
— Allison Fisher, executive director of Ottawa’s Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health
— Claude Gingras, advocate for Ontario's francophone community
— Avvy Yao Yao Go, lawyer who works to advance the rights of Toronto's marginalized communities
— Piers Handling, director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival
— Paul Henderson, hockey hero
— Justin Hines, singer and songwriter who has raised millions of dollars for charities throughout the world
— Ronald Jamieson, leader in the movement towards greater Aboriginal economic development in Canada
— Jeanne Lamon, music director of Toronto's Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra
— Frances Noronha, former senior Ontario government official working in Iraq to help shape public administration based on accountability and transparency
— Lyn McLeod, former Ontario Liberal leader
— Diane Morrison, former executive director of the Mission, an Ottawa homeless shelter
— Steve Paikin, journalist and TVO host
— Dr. James Rutka, pediatric neurosurgeon
— Adel Sedra, distinguished engineering scholar and professor
— Toby Tanenbaum, philanthropist
News from © The Canadian Press, 2014