List of members of the Order of Ontario
Introduction The following is a full '''list of members of the Order of Ontario''', both past and current, in order of their date of appointment.
Members === 1987 ===*John Black Aird – 23rd Lieutenant Governor of Ontario*Aline Akeson – poverty activist *J. M. S. Careless – historian*Hon. William G. Davis – Premier of Ontario (1971–1985)* Celia Franca – founder of National Ballet of Canada*Harry Gairey – civil rights activist *Duncan Gordon*Roger Guindon – university administrator*Dianne Harkin – founder of Women for the Survival of Agriculture *Cleeve Horne – portrait painter and sculptor*Benjamin Sinclair Johnson – sprinter*Franc Joubin – prospector and geologist*Johnny Lombardi – pioneer of multicultural broadcasting in Canada*Clifford McIntosh – public speaker, author and founder of the Quetico Centre*Oskar Morawetz – composer*John Polanyi – Nobel laureate*Al Purdy – poet*James Swail – researcher and developer of assistive devices for the blind*Bessie Touzel – social worker and teacher*Whipper Billy Watson – professional wrestler, supporter of children's charities=== 1988 ===*Alex Baumann – competitive swimmer, Olympic medalist*June Callwood – journalist, author and social activist*Floyd Chalmers – editor, publisher and philanthropist*Robertson Davies – novelist, playwright, critic, journalist, professor, founding Master of Massey College*Reva Gerstein – first woman Chancellor of the University of Western Ontario (1992–96)*Charlotte Lemieux – teacher and public servant*Walter Frederick Light – business executive*Gordon Lightfoot – singer and songwriter*Dennis McDermott – trade unionist, Canadian Director of the United Auto Workers (1968–78), and president of the Canadian Labour Congress (1978–86)*Pauline McGibbon – 22nd Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario*Don Moore – activist and immigration advocate *Bernice Noblitt – President of the Federated Women's Institute of Canada, women's rights activist and teacher*John C. Parkin – architect*Beryl Potter – activist for the rights of people with disabilities*John Josiah Robinette – lawyer*Murray Ross – founding president of York University*Robert B. Salter – Orthopedic surgeon and professor*John Weinzweig – composer=== 1989 ===*Louis Applebaum – composer* John Bassett – publisher, media baron* Dorothy Beam – advocate for the rights of the Deaf* Leonard Birchall – decorated RCAF pilot (World War II)* Violet Blackman – black rights activist  * Morley Callaghan – author & playwright* Paul Charbonneau – priest and founder of Brentwood Recovery Home* Charles George Drake – neurosurgeon* Anne Gribben – nurse and labour activist * James Ham – engineer, administrator and President of the University of Toronto * Kenneth Hare – climatologist* Daniel Iannuzzi – broadcaster* Norman Jewison – film director, producer, actor and founder of the Canadian Film Centre* Basil Johnston – Anishinaabe writer & storyteller* Cliff Lumsdon – world champion marathon swimmer* Janet Murray – nun, educator and hospital administrator* Laure Rièse – educator; first female faculty member to obtain a PhD from University of Toronto* Harry Thode – geochemist, nuclear chemist, and academic administrator* Eberhard Zeidler – architect=== 1990 ===*James Archibald – veterinary surgeon, organ transplant pioneer *Margaret Atwood – writer*John Bailey – physician and community organizer  *Maxwell Enkin – refugee advocate *Maureen Forrester – contralto*Ursula Franklin – metallurgist, research physicist, author and educator*George R. Gardiner – businessman, philanthropist and co-founder of the Gardiner Museum*Stanley Grizzle – trade union activist*Karen Kain – dancer*Vicki Keith – marathon swimmer*Wilbert Keon – heart surgeon, scientific researcher*Dr. Robert McClure – surgeon, missionary, Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1968–71), social activist*Roland Michener – 20th Governor-General of Canada*Roderick Moran – paediatric dentist and organizer of specialized care clinics for disabled children *Brian Orser – figure skater (Olympic medallist/world champion)*Clifford Pilkey – trade union leader*Wilfrid Sarazin *Herbert Smith – engineer and educator *Kathleen Taylor – the first woman to chair the board of a major Canadian bank*Jean Woodsworth – social worker, women's and seniors' rights activist=== 1991 ===*Gerald Barbeau*John Basmajian – scientist*Elisabeth Bednar*Agnes Benidickson – first female chancellor of Queen's University*Liona Boyd – classical guitarist*Clara Bernhardt – writer, poet and composer *A. J. Casson – artist, member of the Group of Seven*Clifford Chadderton – veteran (World War II), CEO of The War Amps*Frances Dafoe – figure skater, World Champion and Olympic medallist*Dora de Pedery-Hunt – artist, designer of coins for Royal Canadian Mint*John Craig Eaton – businessman*John Robert Evans – pediatrician, academic, businessperson, civic leader, founding dean of McMaster University Faculty of Medicine*Timothy Findley – author & playwright*Mary Lou Fox*Wilbur Howard – minister, the first black person to graduate from Emmanuel College and be ordained in the United Church of Canada*William Goldwin Carrington Howland – lawyer, judge and former Chief Justice of Ontario*Greta Kraus – Harpsichordist, pianist and teacher*Sim Fai Liu – doctor and founder of the Mon Sheong Foundation*Veronica O'Reilly *Tom Patterson – founder of Stratford Festival of Canada*Walter Pitman – president of Ryerson Polytechnical Institute (1975–80)*Annabel Slaight – teacher, environmentalist and co-founder of OWL *Arthur Solomon *Louis Temporale – sculptor*George Rutherford Walker *Lois Miriam Wilson – first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada (1980–82)=== 1992 ===*Lincoln Alexander – 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario*Bromley Armstrong – civil rights leader*Boris Berlin – pianist, music educator, arranger, and composer*Pierre Berton – author, journalist, TV personality*Suzanne Rochon-Burnett – first aboriginal person in Canada to own and operate a private commercial radio station*Linda Crabtree – writer, advocate and founder of CMT International*Stefan Dupré – economist, teacher and administrator *William Hutt – actor*Germain Lemieux – folklorist and teacher*Arthur Martin – justice of the Court of Appeal for Ontario*Doris McCarthy – artist*Terry Meagher – human rights and labour activist *Raymond Moriyama – architect*Fraser Mustard – physician and scientist*Oscar Peterson – jazz pianist*Serafina Petrone – writer, educator and philanthropist *Nancy Pocock – activist, advocate for refugees and artist*Harry Rasky – documentary film producer*Judith Simser – teacher and advocate for the deaf*Rose Wolfe – Chancellor of the University of Toronto (1991–1997)=== 1993 ===*Roberta Bondar – astronaut*Pat Capponi – author and advocate for mental health issues and poverty issues*Jean-Gabriel Castel – law professor and Professor Emeritus at Osgoode Hall Law School*Tirone David – cardiac surgeon*Colin diCenzo*Budhendra Doobay – cardiologist, heart surgeon and philanthropist *Grace Hartman – first female mayor of Sudbury*Daniel G. Hill – civil servant, human rights specialist, and Black Canadian historian*Thomas Hill – curator, writer, art historian, artist, actor, producer and traditional eskanye singer*Karl Kaiser – wine maker and ice wine pioneer *Murray Koffler – businessman and philanthropist*Benjamin Lu – chemical engineering professor and Professor Emeritus at University of Ottawa*Abbyann Lynch – teacher and ethics consultant *Lois Marshall – concert soprano*Isabel McLaughlin – artist*Gunther Plaut – author*Paul Rekai – doctor and co-founder of Central Hospital*Mary Stuart – administrator and volunteer *William Tamblyn – engineer, administrator and first President of Lakehead University*Shirley Van Hoof *Donald J.P. Ziraldo – wine maker and ice wine pioneer=== 1994 ===*Prasanta Basu – ophthalmologist, researcher and director of the Eye Bank of Canada (1955-1991)*Joan Chalmers – philanthropist*Martin Connell – businessman and philanthropist*Elsie Cressman – missionary and midwife*Lorna deBlicquy – aviator and Canada's first woman Civil Aviation Flight Inspector*Selma Edelstone *Nicholas Goldschmidt – conductor, first music director of the Royal Conservatory Opera School (University of Toronto)*Martha Henry – actress*Conrad Lavigne – media executive*Donald C. MacDonald – politician*Flora MacDonald – politician*Edwin Mirvish – businessman, philanthropist and theatrical impresario*Alice Munro – writer*Phil Nimmons – jazz clarinetist, composer, bandleader*Ted Nolan – hockey player and coach*George Pedersen – president of University of Western Ontario (1985 to 1994)*Ronald Satok – artist*Nelles Silverthorne – pediatrician, researcher and vaccine pioneer *Elizabeth Thorn *Bryan Walls – dental surgeon, historian and author=== 1995 ===*Doris Anderson – author, journalist, women's rights activist*Tim Armstrong –  public policy advisor, legal counsel and author*Harry Arthurs – lawyer, academic, labour law scholar*Douglas Bassett – media executive*Thomas Beck – entrepreneur and philanthropist *Laurent Belanger – entrepreneur and administrator *Marlene Castellano – teacher and researcher *Shirley Carr – labour leader, first woman president the Canadian Labour Congress. *Angela Coughlan – internationally ranked competitive swimmer, Olympic medallist*Corinne Devlin – gynecologist and teacher *Robert Filler – surgeon and researcher *Ted Hargreaves – businessman and charitable fundraiser*Elmer Iseler – conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir, founder of the Festival Singers of Canada and the Elmer Iseler Singers*Heather Johnston – first lay woman president of the Canadian Council of Churches*Vim Kochhar – former senator and co-founder of Rotary Cheshire Homes*Linda Lundström – fashion designer*Lloyd Perry – lawyer*Natavarlal Shah – physician, co-founder of the Sikh Education Research Centre and co-founder of the Mount Carmel Home*William Somerville – public servant and administrator=== 1996 ===*Avie Bennett – businessman and philanthropist*Huguette Burroughs – journalist and public servant *Herbert Carnegie – hockey player*Jesse Davidson & John Davidson – co-founders of the charity Jesse's Journey *Clifford R. Evans – labour leader*Gregory Evans – judge*Ellen Louks Fairclough – first female member of the Canadian federal Cabinet*Amber Foulkes *Charles Godfrey – physician, professor and former MPP*Kamala-Jean Gopie – political activist*Chris Hadfield – astronaut*Tommy Hunter – country singer*Arlette Lefebvre – child psychologist at the Hospital for Sick Children*Jeffrey Wan-shu Lo *Janet Lunn – children's writer*Trisha Romance – artist *Etienne Saint-Aubin – lawyer*Ezra Schabas – musician, educator and author*Al Waxman – actor*William Wilkinson *Doreen Wicks – humanitarian=== 1997 ===*John Brooks – founder of the John Brooks Community Foundation and Scholarship Fund*François Chamberland *Audrey Cole – activist for people with disabilities*John Colicos – actor*William Coyle – aerospace pioneer *Leslie Dan – businessman*Michael de Pencier – entrepreneur, environmental investor and publisher*Jack Diamond – architect, founding director of the Master of Architecture program at the University of Toronto*Charles Dubin – judge*Ralph Ellis – filmmaker, documentarian and administrator  *Larry Grossman – politician*Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook – portrait sculptor*Abbyann Lynch – medical ethicist*Ron Ianni –  lawyer, teacher and President of the University of Windsor*Roy Laine *Moon Lum *Kathleen Mann – teacher and choir director *Judith Meeks *Nancy Raeburn *Jack Rabinovitch – philanthropist and founder of the Giller Prize*Richard Rohmer – writer*Bob Rumball – pastor and advocate for the deaf and those with special needs*Nalini Stewart – administrator *Paul Tsai=== 1998 ===*Marion Anderson – Aboriginal band councillor*Bluma Appel – philanthropist, arts patron*Jean Ashworth Bartle – Founder and director of the Toronto Children's Chorus*Allan Leslie Beattie – lawyer, former chairman of the board for the Hospital for Sick Children*Irene Broadfoot – community activist*Norman Campbell – television director & producer, playwright*Armando Felice DeLuca – community activist*Claire O. Dimock – community activist*Ydessa Hendeles – Founder, director and curator of the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation and Grand Founder of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)*Dr. Kenneth C. Hobbs – physician, international humanitarian*Hal Jackman – business leader, philanthropist, 24th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, Chair of the Ontario Arts Council and Chancellor of the University of Toronto*Maureen Kempston Darkes – President and General Manager of General Motors Canada Ltd. and community activist*Marvelle Koffler – Founder of the Marvelle Koffler Breast Centre at Mount Sinai Hospital and the Koffler Centre for the Arts*Dr. Lap Cheung Lee – community activist*Andrée Lortie – advocate for the Francophone community*Knowlton Nash – journalist*Alfred U. Oakie – pioneer in traffic safety*Lloyd Seivright – activist*Masami Tsuruoka – sports figure*Thomas Leonard Wells – politician=== 1999 ===*William Blake – Community activist*Doris Boissoneau – Ojibwe language activist*Paul Michel Bosc – Wine-maker*Mavis Elaine Burke – Educator, advocate for early childhood education and community activist*Clarice Chalmers – Philanthropist*Keshav Chandaria – philanthropist*Susan Charness – disability-rights activist*Sam John Ciccolini – entrepreneur and philanthropist*Esther Farlinger – charity fundraiser*Victor Feldbrill – violinist, orchestral conductor and champion of Canadian music*Dr. James Ferguson – medical researcher*Maxwell Goldhar – businessman, philanthropist*Doris Lau – financial adviser, charity fundraiser, goodwill ambassador for Ontario and scholarship sponsor*Eileen McGregor – community activist*Winnie "Roach" Leuszler – first Canadian to swim the English Channel, sportswoman*Alice King Sculthorpe – community activist*Dr. Bette Stephenson – physician, founding member of the College of Family Physicians of Canada, former Ontario Progressive Conservative MPP and cabinet minister*Hin Cheung Tam – community activist*Gordie Tapp – entertainer*Anthony Toldo – industrialist, philanthropist, bicyclist *Lisette Véron-Rainu – children's activist*Ken Watts – Founder of the Ontario Collegiate Drama Festival=== 2000 ===*Danielle Allen and Normand Pellerin – educators*Maggie Atkinson – Lawyer and AIDS activist*Marilyn Brooks – Fashion designer and philanthropist*Nickie Cassidy – activist on behalf of sufferers of multiple sclerosis*Ernie Checkeris – Educator and activist, Chancellor of Thorneloe University, Sudbury*George A. Cohon – Chicago-born lawyer; founder/senior chairman of McDonald's Restaurants of Canada; philanthropist*Lloyd Dennis – educator*William Andrew Dimma – businessman and educator*Kildare Dobbs – writer, journalist*Joyce Fee – educator and community activist*Dr. Robert Freedom – physician, professor and author*Donald H. Harron – journalist, author and actor*Jane Jacobs – U.S.-born naturalized Canadian author; Toronto-based urban philosopher*Stephan Lewar – venture capitalist, financier and philanthropist*Janet MacInnis – fundraiser and volunteer*Frank Miller – politician (former Premier of Ontario)*Betty Oliphant – founder of the National Ballet School of Canada*J. Robert S. Prichard – educator, author and former President of the University of Toronto*Joseph Radmore – athlete, member of the Canadian Paralympic Team*Margaret M. Risk – nurse*Haroon Siddiqui – journalist, columnist*Dr. Calvin Stiller – physician*Donald A. Stuart – gold and silversmith*Dr. Lap-Chee Tsui – molecular geneticist; Vice-Chancellor of the University of Hong Kong*Irving Ungerman – entrepreneur, boxer and activist=== 2001 ===*Richard M. Alway – President/Vice-Chancellor of St. Michael's College, promoter of Catholic-Anglican dialogue in Canada*Gwen M. Boniface – first female Ontario Provincial Police Commissioner*Rita Burak – public servant*Danielle Campo – athlete, member of the Canadian Paralympic Team*Michael "Pinball" Clemons – President and former player of the Toronto Argonauts*Ken Danby – artist*Terry Daynard – researcher, teacher*Terrence J. Donnelly – fundraiser for cardiac research and development*Gail J. Donner – Dean of the Faculty of Nursing at the University of Toronto; Executive Director of the Registered Nurses Association of Ontario*Fredrik Stefan Eaton – businessman, community volunteer*C. Dennis Flynn – elected official, fundraiser, community volunteer and war veteran*Prof. Dr. Nicolas D. Georganas – pioneer in multimedia medical communications and telelearning*Helen Haddow – community activist*Paul Kells – workplace safety advocate*Jake Lamoureux – Volunteer with young people*Alexina Louie – composer of classical music*Lewis W. MacKenzie, Major General (Retired) – Ontario Director of ICROSS Canada, the International Community for the Relief of Starvation and Suffering*Signe and Robert McMichael – builders and donors of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection of Group of Seven paintings in Kleinburg*Dusty Miller – patron of the arts, artistic director of the Cambrian Players*David Mirvish – leader in the development and promotion of the visual arts in Ontario*Peter Nesbitt Oliver – historian*James S. Redpath – Chancellor of Nipissing University*Dr. Donald T. Stuss – clinical psychologist, neuropsychologist and behavioural neuroscientist*Bhausaheb Ubale – human rights activist*Dr. Carin Wittnich – University of Toronto professor and researcher*Madeline Ziniak – Vice-president and executive producer of CFMT television, promoter of multiculturalism=== 2002 ===*Peggy Baker – dancer, choreographer and teacher; founder of the Toronto-based ''Dancemakers''*James Bartleman – Lieutenant Governor of Ontario*Marilyn Bell DiLascio – first person to swim Lake Ontario (1954)*David Blackwood – artist*Frederick M. Catzman – lawyer*Austin Clarke – author, teacher, mentor, writer-in-residence at the University of Toronto; recipient of the 2002 Giller Prize*Barbara Chilcott – actress*Mario Cortellucci – fundraiser*Patricia Freeman Marshall – community activist*Irving R. Gerstein – businessman, philanthropist*Joan Goldfarb – teacher of adults with disabilities*Walter Gretzky – Ambassador for the Canadian National Institute for the Blind and the Heart and Stroke Foundation of Canada and father of Wayne Gretzky*Phyllis M. Grosskurth – Professor emerita and Fellow, Massey College, University of Toronto; 1965 winner of the Governor General's Award for non-fiction*Dr. Raymond O. Heimbecker – cardiovascular surgeon*Patrick John Keenan – volunteer*Tom Kneebone – actor, playwright*Burton Kramer – graphic designer*Dr. Benson Lau – physician and teacher*J. Douglas Lawson – Vice-Chairman of the Ontario Arts Council*Rhéal Leroux – Volunteer, former president of the Festival Franco-Ontarien*Dr. William K. Lindsay – surgeon and professor*Joan Murray – art historian, former director of the Robert McLaughlin Gallery in Oshawa*Dr. Mark J. Poznansky – President and Scientific Director of the Robarts Research Institute*Dr. Joanna Santa Barbara – physician, national president of the Physicians for Global Survival*Thomas H. B. Symons – founder of Trent University and its president and vice-chancellor (from 1961–72)*Lela Wilson – artists' rights activist=== 2003 ===*Joseph J. Barnicke – businessman and philanthropist*John Kim Bell – musician, promoter of Aboriginal culture*Col. Archibald J. D. Brown – businessman, community activist*Dorothy Ellen Duncan – Executive Director of The Ontario Historical Society, teacher, curator*Julian Fantino – police officer, former Chief of Police for London, York Region and Toronto; Ontario's Commissioner of Emergency Management; now Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police*Mary Germain – community activist*Dr. Avis E. Glaze – teacher, administrator, writer and international educator*Dr. Benjamin Goldberg – psychiatrist*Doris Grinspun – Executive Director of the Registered Nurses' Association of Ontario (RNAO)*George Gross – Corporate Sports Editor of Sun Media Corporation*Macklin Hancock – pioneer in urban planning, urban design and landscape architecture*Ryan Hreljac – elementary school student, committed to raising funds for clean water and sanitation projects around the world since the age of six*Dr. Frederic Jackman – psychologist*Laura Louise Legge – lawyer, community activist*Helen Lu – volunteer, organizer and fundraiser for charitable organizations in Toronto*Dr. Donald Mackay – Professor of Environmental and Resource Studies at Trent University, and director of the Canadian Environmental Modelling Centre*Hon. Jack Marshall – Second World War veteran, Member of Parliament, Senator, and activist*Anna Porter – writer, book publisher*Hon. Robert Keith Rae – Member of Parliament, former Premier of Ontario, lawyer*Eric Wilfrid Robinson – promoter of adult education*Diane Simard Broadfoot – community activist*Joan Thompson – volunteer*Rita Tsang – businesswoman*Hon. Mabel Van Camp – judge; first woman on the Supreme Court of Ontario*Mike Weir – golfer; first Canadian to win the Masters Golf Tournament*Kirk Albert Walter Wipper – environmentalist, heritage conservationist and fitness advocate (died 2011)*William John Withrow – former director of the Art Gallery of Ontario (AGO)=== 2004 ===* Dr. Tyseer Aboulnasr – engineer* Jeff Adams – Paralympian and world champion in wheelchair sports* Mohammad Azhar Ali Khan – journalist, multiculturalism expert* Diana Alli – outreach worker* Patricia Ann Arato – aphasia care volunteer* Dr. Robin F. Badgley – sociologist, founder of Department of Behavioural Science at the University of Toronto* Iain Baxter& – conceptual artist* Louise Binder – speaker on HIV/AIDS issues* Richard Bradshaw – director of the Canadian Opera Company* Leonard A. Braithwaite – lawyer and former MPP* Dr. Inez Elliston – educator, community volunteer* Adele Fifield – director of "The War Amps"* Joan Francolini – community volunteer* Sheldon Galbraith – figure skating coach* Dr. Allan Gross – Professor of Surgery, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto* Andrea Hansen – violinist* Joyce Ann Lange – advocate for the hearing impaired* Delores Lawrence – leading female entrepreneur and philanthropist* René J. Marin – respected Francophone jurist* David McGirr – community volunteer in Northern Ontario* Anthony Pawson – scientist known for research of signal transduction in cells* Kim Phuc Phan Thi – Vietnamese napalm victim* John Rochon – marksman* Chandrakant Shah – public health educator* Gordon Surgeoner – entomologist specializing in insect transmitted diseases* Galen Weston – businessman in food services sector* Reverend Monsignor Lawrence Anthony Wnuk – outreach worker to the Polish community* James Young – former Chief Coroner* Margaret Zeidler – architect=== 2005 ===* Naomi Alboim – public servant* Ron Barbaro – community service* Harold Brathwaite – educator* Boris Brott – conductor (Hamilton Philharmonic Orchestra)* Donald Carr – lawyer* Brian Desbiens – educator* Thomas Dignan – Aboriginal healthcare advocate* Deborah Ellis – children's author, human rights advocate* Hughes Eng – community service* Brenda L. Gallie – Expert in the treatment of retinoblastoma* Dorothy Griffiths – researcher, educator* William A. Harshaw – fundraiser for Parkinson's disease* John Honderich – former editor and publisher, ''Toronto Star''* Leon Katz – engineer, medical inventor* Gisèle Lalonde – educator* Mike Lazaridis – founder, Research in Motion; inventor, BlackBerry* Beatrice Levis – advocate for social justice* Nancy Lockhart – Chair, Ontario Science Centre* Ernest McCulloch – pioneer in stem cell biology* Lillian McGregor – teacher of aboriginal languages* Sher Ali Mirza – engineer* Ratna Omidvar – former president, Ontario Council of Agencies Serving Immigrants* Sandra Rotman – philanthropist* Mark Starowicz – broadcaster, journalist* Marlene Streit – professional golfer* Ronald W. Taylor – physician in sports medicine; team physician to the Toronto Blue Jays* James Till – pioneer in stem cell biology* John Walker Whiteside – assistant crown attorney* Moses Znaimer – broadcaster=== 2007 ===* Thomas J. Bitove – businessman, community activist* John Richard Bond – University of Toronto astrophysicist and cosmologist* Bernice and Rolland Desnoyers – foster parents for children and youth since 1960* Peter J. George – economist, author, President and Vice Chancellor of McMaster University in Hamilton and Chair of the Council of Ontario Universities* Christopher A. Harris – cofounder of the Ottawa-Carleton Immigrant Services Organization, the National Capital Alliance on Race Relations and the Jamaican Ottawa Community Association* Peter Herrndorf – Broadcasting executive* Rebecca F. Jamieson – First Nations activist* Max Keeping – Ottawa media personality* M. David Lepofsky – disability activist* Dr. Tak W. Mak – biomedical scientist* J. William McConkey – University of Windsor professor* Dr. Roderick R. McInnes – University of Toronto professor and senior scientist with the Hospital for Sick Children* R. Roy McMurtry – former Chief Justice of Ontario and Attorney General of Ontario* Lorraine Monk – author, photographer, and artist* Albert Kai-Wing Ng – graphic designer and creator of graphic design accreditation* Adeena Niazi – helping newcomers settle in Canada* Gordon M. Nixon – President/CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada* Margaret Helen Ogilvie – Chancellor's Professor of Law at Carleton University* Eva Olsson – Holocaust survivor* Marlene Ann Pierre – Aboriginal activist* Dr. Frances A. Shepherd – University of Toronto professor* Janice Gross Stein – scholar, academic* Paul-François Sylvestre – novelist, researcher and mentor* William Thorsell – Director/CEO of the Royal Ontario Museum* Dr. David Walde – Director of the Oncology Program* Dr. Paul Walfish – University of Toronto professor and senior consultant=== 2008 ===Reference:* Dr. Michael Baker – physician, cancer researcher* Dr. Sheela Basrur – Former Chief Medical Officer of Ontario*George Brady – human rights advocate, public speaker and Auschwitz survivor*Jack Chiang – journalist, community service*Tony Dean – Secretary of the Cabinet, credited with improving the Ontario Public Service*Mary Dickson – lawyer, educator and advocate for people with disabilities*Noel Edison – Artistic Director of the Elora Festival and the conductor of the Toronto Mendelssohn Choir*Frank Fernandes – Toronto businessman and volunteer*Jean-Robert Gauthier – for his work in advancing French-language education*Sam George – Native Canadians' rights activist*Heather Gibson – educator specializing in American Sign Language (ASL)*Robert A. Gordon – served as president of Humber College*Gordon Gray – philanthropist*Susan Hoeg – community service on behalf of the Georgina Island Chippewas*Claude Lamoureux – served as president and CEO of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan*Patrick Le Sage – served as Chief Justice for the Ontario Superior Court of Justice*Dr. Joe MacInnis – physician, scientist and undersea explorer*Dr. David MacLennan – biomedical scientist, expert in biochemistry, genetics and physiology of muscle function*Lorna Marsden – served as President of York University and of Wilfrid Laurier University, and a former senator. *David Peterson – former Premier of Ontario*Ed Ratushny – expert on the Canadian judiciary*Rosemary Sadlier – author and president of the Ontario Black History Society* Dr. Fuad Sahin –  for his contributions to community service; founder of the International Development and Relief Foundation. *Barbara Ann Scott-King – Olympic champion figure skater in 1948*Ellen Seligman – for contributions to publishing and support of Canadian authors*Peter Silverman – broadcaster and consumer advocate*David Smith – philanthropist*Ted Szilva – originator and developer of the Big Nickel Project*Mary Welsh – for 35 years of community and civic contributions=== 2009 ===Reference:*Constance Backhouse – legal scholar and historian*Dr. Philip Berger – physician and leader in the fields of urban medicine, addiction, homelessness and HIV/AIDS care*Lawrence Bloomberg – businessman and philanthropist *Lesley Jane Boake – educator and founder of Canine Opportunity, People Empowerment*Dr. Helen Chan – clinical oncologist *Peter Crossgrove – businessman and charity fundraiser *Mike DeGagné – community leader and advocate for Aboriginal peoples*Levente Diosady – a leader in the field of food process engineering*Fraser Dougall – media owner and philanthropist*Jacques Flamand – writer and promoter of Franco-Ontarian literature *Jean Gagnon – an advocate for the health and safety of workers*Paul Godfrey – Chair of Metro Toronto (1973–1984), businessman*Peter Godsoe – businessman*Ovid Jackson – provincial politician*Dr. Kellie Leitch – orthopaedic pediatric surgeon; Assoc. Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto*Gerry Lougheed, Jr. – funeral director and volunteer *Diana Mady Kelly – theatre director and teacher of dramatic arts*Naseem Mahdi – spiritual leader*Dr. Samantha Nutt – Executive Director, War Child Canada*Dr. James Orbinski – physician; Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Toronto; President of Médecins Sans Frontières (1998–2001)*Bonnie Patterson – former president of Ryerson University*Shirley Peruniak – park naturalist and conservationist *Alice Porter – nurse and missionary*Ken Shaw – news anchor (CTV) and philanthropist*Janet Stewart – lawyer and philanthropist*Shirley Thomson – civil servant*George Turnbull – expert in financial services and philanthropist *Dr. Mladen Vranic – physician and researcher *Dr. Anne-Marie Zajdlik – physician and female AIDS activist=== 2010 ===Reference:*Suhayya Abu-Hakima – technology entrepreneur and volunteer*Russell Bannock – fighter pilot and Second World War commander*Gail Beck – child and adolescent psychiatrist and champion of the HPV public immunization program*Joseph Chin – medical pioneer and a leader in the prevention and treatment of prostate cancer*Lynn Factor – social worker*Gerald Fagan – choral conductor, teacher and mentor*Nigel Fisher – former president of UNICEF Canada*Jacques Flamand *Lillie Johnson – Ontario's first black director of public health*Ignat Kaneff – developer and philanthropist*Mobeenuddin Hassan Khaja – founder of the Association of Progressive Muslims of Ontario and Canada*Elizabeth Ann Kinsella – founder of the Youville Centre*Huguette Labelle – civil servant and the first woman to lead the Red Cross in Canada*Elizabeth Le Geyt – writer and birdwatcher *Clare Lewis – former Crown attorney and judge*Louise Logue – expert advisor in the field of crime prevention*Gordon McBean – scientist and environmentalist*Wilma Morrison – educator, historian and founder of the Niagara Black History Association*James Orbinski *Coulter Osborne – lawyer and former associate chief of justice*Chris Paliare – civil litigator*Gilles Patry – consultant, researcher, and a university administrator*Dave Shannon – lawyer*Molly Shoichet – researcher*Howard Sokolowski – leader in the home building industry and philanthropist*Edward Sonshine – entrepreneur and philanthropist*Reginald Stackhouse – author, retired politician and co-founder of Centennial College*David Staines – scholar, professor, literary critic and writer*Martin Teplitsky – mediator-arbitrator, Lawyer and founder of the Lawyers Feed the Hungry program*Dave Toycen – president and CEO of World Vision Canada*John Ronald Wakegijig – launched a mental health program for First Nations youth and established Rainbow Lodge*Elizabeth Hillman Waterston – researcher and writer=== 2011 ===Reference: * Peter Adams – politician, professor and volunteer* Dr. Anna Banerji – helped create the Immigrant Health and Infectious Disease Clinic and the Canadian Refugee Health Conference* Dr. Sandra E. Black – cognitive neurologists specializing in stroke and dementia* Paul Cavalluzzo – Lawyer, Senior Partner, Cavalluzzo Shilton McIntyre Cornish LLP, Barristers and Solicitors* Catherine Colquhoun – volunteer* David Crombie – three-term mayor of Toronto* Nathalie Des Rosiers – legal expert* Marcel Desautels – philanthropist * Sara Diamond – artist and president of OCAD University* Charles Garrad – archaeologist, historian, and scholar* Peter Gilgan – developer and philanthropist * Frank Hayden – created Special Olympics International* Donald Jackson – world gold medalist in male figure skating* Zeib Jeeva – founding member of the Nelson Mandela Children's Fund* Howard McCurdy – scientist, civil rights activist and MPP* Arthur McDonald – physicist* Noella Milne – lawyer and volunteer* Suzanne Pinel – French-language educator and television personality * Ucal Powell – head of Ontario's Carpenter's Union * Barbara Reid – children's author and illustrator* Alison Rose – documentary filmmaker and reporter* Linda Schuyler – co-creator and executive producer of the Degrassi television franchise* Dr. Louis Siminovitch – geneticist* Rahul Singh – founder of GlobalMedic* Connie Smith – journalist, television host and teacher* The Honourable Ray Stortini – retired Superior Court Judge* John Tory – lawyer, business leader, community activist, broadcaster and former MPP=== 2012 ===Reference:* Dr. Izzeldin Abuelaish – physician, human rights and peace activist* Michael Burgess – actor and singer* Mark Cohon – commissioner of the Canadian Football League* Glen Cook – businessman and restored and preserved the historic Puce River Black Community Cemetery* Stephen Cook – computer scientist* Phyllis Creighton – chair of the Ontario Mental Health Foundation and the Addiction Research Foundation's clinical institute* Michael Davies – businessman and philanthropist* Ronald Deibert – director of the Citizen Lab at the University of Toronto's Munk School of Global Affairs* Dr. Rory Fisher – headed the Department of Extended Care at Sunnybrook Hospital in Toronto for almost 20 years* Anne Golden – administrator* Joan Green – Toronto Board of Education's first female CEO* Dr. Vladimir Hachinski – neurologist and teacher* John D. Honsberger – lawyer* Dr. Shafique Keshavjee – thoracic surgeon and world leader in lung transplantation* Fr. Joseph MacDonald – founder of Poverello Charities Ontario* Don MacKinnon – advocate of Ontario's energy industry* Deepa Mehta – filmmaker and women's rights activist  * Vincent Pawis – Native Inmate Liaison Officer * Sr. Helen Petrimoulx – advocate for refugees* The Honourable Sydney Robins – Supreme Court of Ontario judge* Dr. Gail Robinson – psychiatrist, professor and advocate, she co-founded Canada's first rape crisis centre* Mamdouh Shoukri – president and vice-chancellor of York University* Barry Smit – professor and climate change researcher * Brian Stewart – reporter and foreign correspondent* Frank Tierney – teacher and founder of the Borealis Press and Tecumseh Press=== 2013 ===Reference:*Irving Abella – scholar and historian*Dr. Mohit Bhandari  – orthopaedic surgeon and researcher*Paul Burston  – public servant *George E. Carter – lawyer and the first Canadian-born Black judge*Ellen Campbell – founder and CEO of the Canadian Centre for Abuse Awareness*Penny Collenette – leader and innovator*Ronald Common – President of Sault College*Paul Corkum – physicist and the father of attosecond science*David Cronenberg – filmmaker*Alvin Curling – first Black Speaker of the Ontario Legislature*Allison Fisher – Executive Director of Wabano Centre for Aboriginal Health*Claude Gingras – former chair of the Fondation Franco-Ontarienne*Avvy Yao Yao Go – lawyer*Piers Handling – Director and CEO of the Toronto International Film Festival*Paul Henderson – hockey player and mentor*Justin Hines – singer, songwriter and founder of Justin Hines Foundation*Ronald Jamieson – former Senior Vice President of Aboriginal Banking at BMO Financial Group*Jeanne Lamon – Music Director of Toronto's Tafelmusik Baroque Orchestra*Frances Noronha – civil servant*Lyn McLeod – former leader of the Ontario Liberal Party*Diane Morrison – former Executive Director of the Mission, an Ottawa homeless shelter*Steve Paikin – journalist and television host*Dr. James Rutka – pediatric neurosurgeon and researcher *Adel Sedra – engineering scholar, professor and administrator *Toby Tanenbaum – philanthropist and volunteer=== 2014 ===Reference:* Mary Anne Chambers – Cabinet Minister and MPP* Ming-Tat Cheung – cardiologist and medical researcher* Michael Dan – neurosurgeon and philanthropists * Don Drummond – economist* Rick Green – performer, writer and advocate for people with ADD* Patrick Gullane – head and neck surgeon* Joseph Halstead – civil servant and administrator * Alis Kennedy – Métis leader* Sylvie Lamoureux – teacher, scholar, and academic* Gilles LeVasseur – lawyer, economist and professor* Gary Levy – founding Director of the Multi-Organ Transplant Program at Toronto General Hospital * Sidney B. Linden – former Chief Justice of the Ontario Court of Justice* Barbara MacQuarrie – advocate for women's rights* Eva Marszewski – founder and Executive Director of Peacebuilders International* Marilyn McHarg – Co-founder and former Executive Director of the Canadian branch of Doctors Without Borders/Médécins Sans Frontières* Hans Messner – scientist and physician* James Murray – philanthropist* Robert Nixon – former Minister of Finance and leader of the Ontario Liberal Party* Dhun Noria – surgical pathologist* Maryka Omatsu – retired Ontario Court Justice and Canada's first Asian-Canadian female judge* Charles Pachter – artist* John Ralston Saul – writer and lecturer* Najmul Siddiqui – entrepreneur, community leader and philanthropist* Jeffrey Turnbull – physician, humanitarian and Medical Director of Ottawa Inner City Health* Dolores Wawia – pioneer in native education* David Williams – Canadian astronaut, physician and scientist* Warren Winkler – former labour lawyer, mediator and Chief Justice of Ontario=== 2015 ===Reference:* Hugh Allen  Surgeon and Specialist in Obstetrics and Gynecology* Susan Bailey  Nurse, Teacher and Pioneer in Palliative care* Isabel Bassett  Former Ontario Cabinet Minister and MPP* Monica Elaine Campbell  Pioneer in the Development of Palliative Care Services for the Deaf in Ontario* Dennis Chippa  Community Leader and Humanitarian* Wendy Craig  Professor of Psychology at Queen's University and Expert on the Prevention of Bullying* Gordon Cressy  Former Politician, Public Servant, Humanitarian, Mentor and Youth Advocate* Madeline Edwards  Community Advocate and Founding Member of the Congress of Black Women of Mississauga and Area Chapter* Hoda ElMaraghy  Professor and Director of the Intelligent Manufacturing Systems Center at the University of Windsor* Robert Fowler  Critical Care Physician at Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and Associate Professor of Medicine and Critical Care Medicine at the University of Toronto* Herbert Gaisano  Professor and Researcher at the University of Toronto's Faculty of Medicine and Gastroenterologists* John Gignac  Veteran Fire Captain* June Girvan  Founder of the J'Nikira Dinqinesh Education Centre in Ottawa* Beverley Gordon  Founding CEO of The Safehaven Project for Community Living* Richard Gosling  community leader and youth advocate* Stephen Goudge  Former Judge in the Court of Appeal for Ontario* Anton Kuerti  Concert Pianist and Composer* Rita Letendre  Painter, Muralist and Printmaker* Jackie Maxwell  Artistic Director of the Shaw Festival* Errol Mendes  Professor of Law at the University of Ottawa, Author and Advocate for the Universal Application of Human Rights* Julian Nedzelski  Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist and Head and Neck Surgeon at the Sunnybrook Health Sciences Centre and a Pioneer of Cochlear Implants in Ontario* Mike Parkhill  Founder of SayITFirst* René Pitre  Business Leader and Advocate of French Language Culture, Community and Education in Ontario* Donna Trella  Founder of Reach for the Rainbow* Stanley Zlotkin  A Nutrition Specialist and Researcher at The Hospital for Sick Children=== 2016 ===Reference:* Peter A. Adamson  Surgical Specialist in Otolaryngology* Mehran Anvari  Surgical Robotics Pioneer* Donovan Bailey  Track and Field Icon* Jennifer Bond  Professor of Law and Human Rights Advocate* Angèle Brunelle  Advocate for Northwest Ontario's Francophone Community* Ronald F. Caza  Lawyer and Defender of Francophone Linguistic Rights* Anthony Kam Chuen Chan  Pediatric Hematologist and Scientist* Ethel Côté  Entrepreneur, Volunteer and Community leader* Jim Estill  Entrepreneur and Philanthropist* Carol Finlay  Anglican Priest and Education Advocate* Cheryl Forchuk  Scholar in the Fields of Homelessness, Poverty and Mental Health* Dorothée Gizenga  International Development Expert and Human Rights Advocate* Shirley Greenberg  Lawyer and Women's Rights Advocate* Robert Pio Hajjar  Motivational Speaker* Greta Hodgkinson  Prima Ballerina* Dorothy Anna Jarvis  Pediatrician* Lisa LaFlamme  Broadcast Journalist* M.G. Venkatesh Mannar  Expert in Food Science Technologies and Nutrition* Ernest Matton (Little Brown Bear)  Community Capacity Builder and Spiritual Ambassador* Dennis O'Connor  former Associate Chief Justice of Ontario* David Pearson  Professor and Promoter of Science Communication* Fran Rider  Women's Hockey Advocate* Beverley Salmon  Anti-Racism and Community Activist* Hugh Segal  Public Servant* Helga Stephenson  Arts Administrator and Human Rights Activist* Margo Timmins  Vocalist=== 2017 ===Reference:*Dr. Upton Allen  pediatric infectious disease specialist*Daniel Aykroyd  actor and entrepreneur*Dr. Alan Bernstein  cancer researcher and research leader*Dr. David Cechetto  neuroscientist and director of international medical development projects*Dr. Peter Chang  lawyer and psychiatrist*The Honourable Sandra Chapnik  lawyer and judge*Dr. Tom Chau  biomedical engineer*Dr. Dorothy Cotton  psychologist and mental health advocate*Peter Dinsdale  Anishinaabe community leader*Leslie Fagan  singer and promoter of Canadian music*Michael Geist  scholar and public intellectual*Shashi Kant   professor of forest resource economics*Myrtha Lapierre  retired nursing professor*Floyd Laughren  former MPP and Finance Minister*Michael Lee-Chin  entrepreneur and philanthropist*Gail Nyberg  former Daily Bread Food Bank executive director and former school trustee*Dr. Dilkhush Panjwani  psychiatrist*Elder Geraldine Robertson  educator and advocate for residential school survivors*Allan Rock  former politician and UN Ambassador*Robert J. Sawyer  celebrated science-fiction author*Sandra Shamas  writer, performer and comedian*Elizabeth Sheehy  criminal law, scholar*Ilse Treurnicht   CEO and advocate for women and innovation=== 2018 ===Reference:* Jean Augustine  politician and social justice advocate* Salah Bachir  businessman and philanthropist* Dr. Sue Carstairs  veterinarian and conservationist* Ralph Chiodo  entrepreneur and philanthropist* Dr. Zane Cohen  colorectal surgeon* Dwayne De Rosario  soccer player* Michele DiEmanuele  CEO and public servant* Philip Epstein  lawyer, scholar in family law* Dr. Aaron Fenster  biomedical physicist* Mark Freiman  lawyer, public servant and former Deputy Attorney General of Ontario* Emmanuelle Gattuso  philanthropist* Mary Gordon  social entrepreneur, educator and child advocate* Edward Greenspon  journalist* Spider Jones  sports journalist, author and member of the Canadian Boxing Hall of Fame* Neal Jotham  animal welfare advocate* Dalton McGuinty  provincial politician and former Premier of Ontario 2003-2013* Peter Menkes  businessman* Janice O'Born  entrepreneur and philanthropist* Cheryl Perea  child advocate* Dr. Lyne Pitre  physician and educator* Col. A. Britton (Brit) Smith  philanthropist=== 2019 ===Reference:* Melanie Adrian  law professor at Carleton University* Roland Armitage  former Ontario politician and Member of the Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame* Dr. Allan Carswell  physicist* Helen Ching-Kircher  businesswoman and philanthropist* John Colangeli  CEO of Lutherwood and Lutherwood Child and Family Foundation* Nancy Coldham  businesswoman and philanthropist* Sean Conway  former Ontario Cabinet Minister under David Peterson* Clare Copeland  former Chair of Toronto Hydro* Barbara Croall  composer and musician* Lisa Farano  charity executive* Geoffrey Fernie  biomedical engineer* Dr. Allan Fox  neuroscientist* John Freund  author and peace activist* Susan Hay  journalist* Dr. John Jennings  historian* Dr. Marlys Koschinsky  Biochemistry Professor* James W. Leech  former head of the Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan* Audrey Loeb  law professor* Dani Reiss  President and CEO of Canada Goose Incorporated* Janis Rotman  philanthropist* Linda Silver Dranoff  lawyer* Joan Sutton Straus  journalist=== 2020 ===Reference:* Daniel Allen  public servant* Dr. Joseph Raymond Buncic  physician at The Hospital for Sick Children* Michael DeGasperis  property developer and philanthropist* Dr. Raymond Desjardins  atmospheric scientist* Ernest Eves  former Premier of Ontario 2002-2003* Hershell Ezrin  public servant* Carlo Fidani  businessman and philanthropist* Karen Goldenberg  occupational therapist* Michael Deane Harris  former Premier of Ontario 1995-2002* Ellis Jacob  President and CEO of Cineplex Entertainment * Dr. Jing Jiang   engineering professor at the University of Western Ontario* Dr. Shana O. Kelley  professor at the University of Toronto* Dr. André Lapierre  linguistics professor at the University of Ottawa* Dale Lastman  lawyer* André M. Levesque  soldier* Dr. Peter Liu  cardiologist* Hazel McCallion  former Mayor of Mississauga 1978-2014* Arden McGregor  humanitarian* Janet McKelvy  philanthropist* George McLean  artist* Hon. Rosemary Moodie  Senator* Hon. Robert W. Runciman  former Senator 2010-2017* Dr. Marilyn Sonley  pediatric oncologist* Ahmad Reza Tabrizi  philanthropist* Hon. Karen M. Weiler  former judge=== 2021 ===Reference:* Payam Akhavan* Walter Arbib* Teresa Cascioli* George Chuvalo* Angela Cooper Brathwaite* Aimée Craft* Stephen Diamond* Nishan Duraiappah* Mitch Frazer* Leo Goldhar* Steve (Suresh) Gupta* Elise Harding-Davis* Armand P. La Barge* Sandra Laronde* Dave Levac* David McKay* Barbara Morrongiello* Lori Nikkel* Rose M. Patten* Christina Petrowska Quilico* Robert Poirier* Kevin Smith* Joan VanDuzer* Sara Waxman=== 2022 ===Reference:* Dyane Adam* Cindy Adams* Jordan Bitove* Vanessa Burkoski* Dr. Michael Cheng* Dianne Cunningham* Andre De Grasse* Rhoda Howard-Hassmann* Dr. David J. Jenkins* Christina Jennings* Dr. Mohamed Lachemi* Eric Lindros* Arthur Lockhart* Lorin MacDonald* Christine Nesbitt* Dr. Beverley A. Orser* Pauline Shirt* Dr. Frank Silver* Dr. John P. Smol* Dr. David Tannenbaum* Biagio Vinci* Dr. Ajay Virmani* Dr. Padraig Warde* Dr. MaryLynn West-Moynes* Marva Wisdom* Elizabeth Witmer*
References
External links *  Order of Ontario