Honorary appointments to the Order of Canada
Introduction Five '''honorary appointments to the Order of Canada''' are permitted per year by the order's constitution. The following is a list of all honorary appointments to date. Names rendered in italics were later made Canadian citizens; these memberships thereby became regarded no longer as honorary but instead as substantive. #  Name  Citizenship  Appointment  Investiture  Death/removal  Occupation/field of endeavour '''Companions''' ''5.'' Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela   3 September 1998 24 September 1998 5 December 2013 Former President of South Africa. ''6.'' Queen Elizabeth The Queen Mother 23px  1 August 2000 31 October 2000 30 March 2002 Former Royal Consort of Canada. ''9.'' ''Frank Gehry''   12 November 2002 16 June 2003  Architect. ''10.'' Boutros Boutros-Ghali   8 May 2003 7 May 2004 16 February 2016 Former Secretary-General of the United Nations. ''11.'' Václav Havel  8 May 2003 3 March 2004 18 December 2011 Former President of the Czech Republic. ''12.'' Aga Khan IV     29 October 2004 6 June 2005  Imam of the Shia Imami Ismaili Muslims. '''Officers''' ''2.'' John Kenneth Galbraith  17 April 1997 5 November 1997 29 April 2006 Economist. ''3.'' James Hillier  17 April 1997 5 November 1997 15 January 2007 Inventor of the electron microscope. ''4.'' Charles Dutoit  23 October 1997 30 January 2002  Conductor of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. ''8.'' Tanya Moiseiwitsch  10 October 2002 16 May 2003 19 February 2003 Theatre designer for the Stratford Festival. ''15.'' Charles Aznavour   10 April 2008 5 July 2008 1 October 2018 Musician and actor. ''16.'' Bernard Pivot  10 April 2008 7 May 2008  Television host and culture promoter. ''18.'' Sima Samar  25 May 2009 17 November 2010  Human rights leader. ''19.'' Ronnie Hawkins  29 June 2013  7 May 2014 29 May 2022 Rock Musician ''20.'' Bramwell Tovey  29 June 2013 21 November 2014 12 July 2022 Conductor and composer''22.'' Michael Schade  30 Dec 2016 25 August 2017  Opera singer ''25.'' Marie Ann Battiste  27 June 2019 6 May 2022  Indigenous rights activist and language educator ''28.'' Richard Wayne Hill Sr.  28 December 2023   Indigenous arts activist  '''Members''' ''1.'' ''Zena Sheardown''   11 October 1981 29 December 1986  Instrumental participant during the Canadian Caper. ''7.'' Lois Lilienstein  1 May 2002 24 October 2003 22 April 2015 Member of Sharon, Lois & Bram. ''13.'' Francis Cabot  29 June 2005 9 September 2005 19 November 2011 Horticulturist. ''14.'' Salome Bey  17 November 2005 26 October 2006 9 August 2020 Musician. ''17.'' Zachary Richard  25 May 2009 7 April 2010  Singer, songwriter, and poet. ''21.'' Johann Olav Koss  1 July 2015 13 May 2016  Olympic speedskater and founder of Right to Play. ''23.'' Kathy Reichs  27 Dec 2018 18 Nov 2019  Forensic Anthropologist and crime fiction writer . ''24.'' 27 Dec 2018 4 Sep 2019  Banker and Philanthropist, Founder of the Richard J. Schmeelk Canada Fellowship . ''26.'' Alfred E. Slinkard  27 Nov 2020 13 April 2022  Plant scientist and agronomic breeder. ''27.'' Jackie Richardson  29 Dec 2021  Jazz singer and actress.
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