Pearson Medal of Peace
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The Pearson Medal of Peace is an award given out annually by the United Nations Association in Canada
to recognize an individual Canadian's "contribution to international service". Nominations are made by any Canadian for any Canadian, excluding self-nominations. The award is named in honour of Lester B. Pearson
, Nobel Peace Prize
winner and Canada's fourteenth Prime Minister
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United Nations Association in Canada
The United Nations Association in Canada engages the Canadian public in the work of the United Nations and the critical international issues which face us all. Canada has been an integral part of the UNA and continues to do so in the future....
to recognize an individual Canadian's "contribution to international service". Nominations are made by any Canadian for any Canadian, excluding self-nominations. The award is named in honour of Lester B. Pearson
Lester B. Pearson
Lester Bowles "Mike" Pearson, PC, OM, CC, OBE was a Canadian professor, historian, civil servant, statesman, diplomat, and politician, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1957 for organizing the United Nations Emergency Force to resolve the Suez Canal Crisis...
, Nobel Peace Prize
Nobel Peace Prize
The Nobel Peace Prize is one of the five Nobel Prizes bequeathed by the Swedish industrialist and inventor Alfred Nobel.-Background:According to Nobel's will, the Peace Prize shall be awarded to the person who...
winner and Canada's fourteenth Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada
The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet, and thus head of government for Canada, charged with advising the Canadian monarch or viceroy on the exercise of the executive powers vested in them by the constitution...
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Recipients of the Pearson Medal of Peace
- 1979 - Paul-Émile CardinalCardinal (Catholicism)A cardinal is a senior ecclesiastical official, usually an ordained bishop, and ecclesiastical prince of the Catholic Church. They are collectively known as the College of Cardinals, which as a body elects a new pope. The duties of the cardinals include attending the meetings of the College and...
Léger - 1980 - J. King GordonJ. King GordonJohn King Gordon, CM was a Canadian editor, diplomat, and academic.Born in Winnipeg, Manitoba, the son of Charles William Gordon, he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Manitoba in 1920. A Rhodes scholar, he studied at Oxford University from 1920 to 1921. He was a United...
- 1981 - E.L.M. Burns
- 1982 - Hugh L. Keenleyside
- 1983 - Most ReverendMost ReverendThe Most Reverend is a style applied to certain religious figures.*In the Roman Catholic Church , all bishops are styled "The Most Reverend", as well as monsignors of the rank of protonotary apostolic de numero.*In the Roman Catholic Church , archbishops are styled "The...
George-Henri Lévesque - 1984 - George IgnatieffGeorge IgnatieffGeorge Pavlovich Ignatieff, CC was a noted Russian-Canadian diplomat. His career spanned nearly five decades in World War II and the postwar period.-Early life and education:...
- 1985 - The Very ReverendVery ReverendThe Very Reverend is a style given to certain religious figures.*In the Roman Catholic Church, by custom, priests who hold positions of particular note: e.g...
Lois Miriam WilsonLois Miriam WilsonLois Miriam Wilson, CC, O.Ont was the first female Moderator of the United Church of Canada, from 1980 to 1982... - 1986 - Meyer BrownstoneMeyer BrownstoneMeyer Brownstone was the 1986 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in education.Meyer is currently Chair Emeritus for Oxfam Canada.-External links:*...
- 1987 - Nancy Meek PocockNancy Meek PocockNancy Meek Pocock, O.Ont was the 1987 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for her work in disarmament, development and feminism. She was awarded the Order of Ontario in 1992.- External links :*...
- 1988 - ArchbishopArchbishopAn archbishop is a bishop of higher rank, but not of higher sacramental order above that of the three orders of deacon, priest , and bishop...
Edward ScottTed ScottEdward "Ted" Scott, CC was a Canadian Anglican bishop.Scott was born in Edmonton, Alberta in 1919 and grew up in Vancouver, where his father was a rector. He attended Anglican Theological College and was ordained in 1942... - 1989 - Maurice StrongMaurice StrongMaurice F. Strong, PC, CC, OM, FRSC is a Canadian entrepreneur and a former under-secretary general of the United Nations. Strong's first name is pronounced "Mor'ris" with the accent on the first syllable....
- 1990 - Murray ThomsonMurray ThomsonMurray McCheyne Thomson is a foundation executive. He was the 1990 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in peacekeeping.- External links :* *...
- 1991 - Muriel DuckworthMuriel DuckworthMuriel Helen Duckworth née Ball, CM, ONS was a Canadian pacifist, feminist and social and community activist. She was a practising Quaker, a religious denomination committed to non-violence. Duckworth maintained that war with its systematic violence against women and children is a major obstacle...
- 1992 - Dr. Eric HoskinsEric HoskinsEric William Hoskins, OC, MSC is a Canadian administrator and politician. Hoskins was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in a by-election on September 17, 2009, representing St. Paul's as a member of the Ontario Liberal Party...
- 1993 - Escott ReidEscott ReidEscott Graves Meredith Reid, CC , was a Canadian diplomat who helped shape the UN & NATO, author, international public servant and academic administrator....
- 1994 - Martin ConnellMartin ConnellMartin Philip Connell, OC, O.Ont is a Canadian business man and philanthropist. He is the 1994 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for his work in fighting poverty....
- 1995 - Gisèle Côté-HarperGisèle Côté-HarperGisèle Côté-Harper, OC is a Canadian lawyer and professor. She is the 1995 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for her work as a human rights activist. She is the first Francophone woman to receive such an honour....
- 1996 - Gerry BarrGerry BarrGerry Barr is the 1996 recipient of the Pearson Medal of Peace for the creation of the Steelworkers Humanity Fund.- External links :*...
- 1997 - Hanna NewcombeHanna NewcombeHanna Newcombe, co-founder of Peace Research Abstracts and Peace Research Reviews, was the recipient of the 1997 Pearson Medal of Peace and was elected a member of the Order of Canada in 2007 for her work in peace research and international relations. Newcombe was born Hanna Hammerschlag on Feb. 5,...
- 1998 - Pat Roy MooneyPat Roy MooneyFor more than thirty years, Pat Mooney has worked with civil society organisations on international trade and development issues related to agriculture, biodiversity and new technologies. Mooney has lived most of his life on the Canadian prairies...
- 1999 - Flora MacDonald
- 2000 - No award made
- 2001 - Dr.Doctor (title)Doctor, as a title, originates from the Latin word of the same spelling and meaning. The word is originally an agentive noun of the Latin verb docēre . It has been used as an honored academic title for over a millennium in Europe, where it dates back to the rise of the university. This use spread...
Ursula M. Franklin - 2002 - Alex MorrisonAlex MorrisonWilliam Alexander Morrison, MSC, CD is a former Lieutenant Colonel of the Canadian Forces.Born in Sydney, Nova Scotia, he is a graduate of Xavier Junior College. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in 1968 from Mount Allison University. He joined the Canadian Forces in 1959 and retired as a...
- 2003 - Stephen LewisStephen LewisStephen Henry Lewis, is a Canadian politician, broadcaster and diplomat. He was the leader of the social democratic Ontario New Democratic Party for most of the 1970s. During many of the those years as leader, his father David Lewis was simultaneously the leader of the Federal New Democratic Party...
- 2004 - Roméo DallaireRoméo DallaireLieutenant-General Roméo Antonius Dallaire, is a Canadian senator, humanitarian, author and retired general...
- 2005 - 2009 - No award made
- 2010 - Ernie Regehr