Order in Council 58/2018

On the recommendation of the undersigned, the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, by and with the advice and concurrence of the Executive Council of Ontario, orders that:

Whereas by Order in Council numbered O.C. 2298/2001, dated November 7, 2001, The Order of Ontario, being an award in recognition of those persons who have rendered service of the greatest distinction and of singular excellence in any field of endeavour benefiting society in Ontario or elsewhere, was continued;

And Whereas nominations have been submitted to the Advisory Council to The Order of Ontario for its consideration;

And Whereas the Advisory Council is of the opinion that certain of the nominees have the greatest merit for appointment to The Order of Ontario;

And Whereas the Lieutenant Governor in Council may appoint such nominees to The Order of Ontario;

Now therefore the following persons be appointed to The Order of Ontario:

Upton Allen, Toronto

Daniel Aykroyd, Sydenham

Alan Bernstein, Toronto

David Cechetto, London

Peter Chang, Thornhill

Hon. Sandra Chapnik, Toronto

Tom Chau, Toronto

Dorothy Cotton, Kingston

Peter Dinsdale, Ottawa

Leslie Fagan, Peterborough

Michael Geist, Ottawa

Shashi Kant, Toronto

Myrtha Lapierre, Nepean

Floyd Laughren, Whitefish

Michael Lee-Chin, Burlington

Gail Nyberg, Toronto

Dilkhush Panjwani, Etobicoke

Geraldine Robertson, Sarnia

Allan Rock, Ottawa

Robert J. Sawyer, Mississauga

Sandra Shamas, Georgetown

Elizabeth Sheehy, Ottawa

Ilse Treurnicht, Toronto