{"id":73610,"date":"2021-12-30T11:20:17","date_gmt":"2021-12-30T16:20:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/?p=73610"},"modified":"2021-12-30T20:19:13","modified_gmt":"2021-12-31T01:19:13","slug":"scoop-cultural-trailblazers-named-order-canada","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/2021\/12\/30\/scoop-cultural-trailblazers-named-order-canada\/","title":{"rendered":"THE SCOOP | Cultural Trailblazers Named To Order Of Canada"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_73611\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-73611\" style=\"width: 1200px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-73611\" src=\"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Order_of_Canada-2021.jpg\" alt=\"(L-R) Yann Martel (Photo: Alice Kuipers\/Penguin Random House); Tomson Highway (Photo: Sean Howard); Liona Boyd (Photo: Moston Productions)\" width=\"1200\" height=\"628\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-73611\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">(L-R) Yann Martel (Photo: Alice Kuipers\/Penguin Random House); Tomson Highway (Photo: Sean Howard); Liona Boyd (Photo: Moston Productions)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>It\u2019s that time of year when we look around at our peers to point out the best of us. For a notoriously humble country, Canada\u2019s Order Of Canada is a rare honour worth celebrating.<\/p>\n<p>The Governor General of Canada, Mary Simon, has announced a whopping 135 appointments this year, including a number of artists and cultural leaders. The new appointees include 2 Companions (C.C.), 39 Officers (O.C.), 1 honorary Member and 93 Members (C.M.).<\/p>\n<h3><strong>Here\u2019s why:<\/strong><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Yann Martel C.C.<\/strong> \u2014 one of only two admitted to the top tier companion level. Admitted for his contributions to literature and for his philanthropic commitment to the betterment of Saskatoon.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Liona Boyd O.C.<\/strong> \u2014 the well-known classical guitarist was promoted to Officer for her significant and sustained contributions to Canada\u2019s musical landscape as \u201cThe First Lady of Guitar.\u201d<\/li>\n<li><strong>Tomson Highway O.C.<\/strong> \u2014 promoted to Officer for his contributions to theatre as a playwright and novelist.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Ian Tamblyn O.C.<\/strong> \u2014 for his contributions as a folk music icon and cultural ambassador.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Reginald Schwager C.M.<\/strong> \u2014 one of the greats from the Canadian jazz scene.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jackie Richardson C.M.<\/strong> \u2014 a Canadian jazz legend and a community leader and mentor.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Helga Stephenson C.M.<\/strong> \u2014 for her contributions to Canadian film and television.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Janis Dunning<\/strong> and <strong>Jacques Lemay C.M.<\/strong> \u2014 for contributions to the arts and to young artists in Canada.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Olga Eliza Korper C.M.<\/strong> \u2014 for contributions to the visual arts and exhibition of Canadian and international contemporary art.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Yves Lambert C.M.<\/strong> \u2014 for the revival, modernization and promotion of traditional French-Canadian music.<\/li>\n<li><strong>John Estacio, C.M. <\/strong>\u2014 for his work as a composer and contributions to opera.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Andrew Paul MacDonald C.M.<\/strong> \u2014 contributions to contemporary Canadian classical, jazz and electronic music, as an educator, composer and performer.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Jane Heyman C.M.<\/strong> \u2014 for her long-lasting contributions to Vancouver\u2019s cultural landscape through her various roles within the theatre sector.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3><strong>We can all feel patriotic today<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p>The awards are for those who have achieved something extraordinary, or who have contributed to our shared community and service to Canada.<\/p>\n<p>Congregations to everyone!<\/p>\n<p>See the full list [<a href=\"https:\/\/www.gg.ca\/en\/activities\/2021\/governor-general-announces-135-new-appointments-order-canada\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">HERE<\/a>].<\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em><b>#LUDWIGVAN<\/b><\/em><\/h3>\n<p class=\"western\"><em>Get the daily arts news straight to your inbox.<\/em><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"western\"><em>Sign up for the Ludwig van Daily \u2014 classical music and opera in five minutes or less <\/em><a href=\"https:\/\/ludwig-van.us9.list-manage.com\/subscribe?u=4f785cb3f9058f2393ccad035&amp;id=57cdb68eac\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>HERE<\/em><\/a>.<\/h3>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For a notoriously humble country, Canada\u2019s Order Of Canada is a rare honour worth celebrating.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":7,"featured_media":73611,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[38476,5,39],"tags":[39912,5110,38568,39913,32644],"yst_prominent_words":[10459,38566,7070,7140,26582,6767,7061,7012,10607,6616,8757],"acf":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/12\/Order_of_Canada-2021.jpg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9bakr-j9g","amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73610"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/7"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=73610"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73610\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":73614,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/73610\/revisions\/73614"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/73611"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=73610"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=73610"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=73610"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.ludwig-van.com\/toronto\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=73610"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}