The Order of Canada
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The Order of Canada

Genesis of an Honours System, Second Edition

  1. 532 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

The Order of Canada

Genesis of an Honours System, Second Edition

About this book

The second edition of The Order of Canada continues the celebration of the order. Christopher McCreery sheds new light on the development of Canadian honours in the early 1930s, the imposed prohibition on honours from 1946 to 1967, and new details on those who have been removed or resigned from the Order.

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Information

Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Year
2019
eBook ISBN
9781487512125
Edition
2
Topic
History
Subtopic
North American History
Index
History

Table of contents

  1. Contents
  2. Message from the Queen
  3. Message from the Governor General
  4. Preface to the Second Edition
  5. Acknowledgments
  6. CHAPTER ONE. False Starts and Honours in Canada, 1867-1917: The Creation of a Canadian Policy
  7. CHAPTER TWO. Controversy and Discontent, 1917-1930: The Decline of British Honours in Canada
  8. CHAPTER THREE. The Brief Revival of British Honours and the Creation of the First Canadian Honour, 1930-1935: Bennett’s Canadianized System
  9. CHAPTER FOUR. The Honours Quagmire, 1935-1948: An Incomplete System
  10. CHAPTER FIVE. More False Starts and Modest Progress: Massey Presses Forward
  11. CHAPTER SIX. Founding the Order of Canada: The Impending Centennial of Confederation
  12. CHAPTER SEVEN. Selection and Reaction: The First Honours List
  13. CHAPTER EIGHT. Transition to a More Complete Honours System
  14. CHAPTER NINE. Enlargement and Acceptance: Into the 1980s
  15. CHAPTER TEN. Unity and Diversity: The Composition of the Order of Canada
  16. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Honorary and Extraordinary Membership: The Extended Project
  17. CHAPTER TWELVE. Refused, Resigned, and Revoked
  18. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Logistics of a National Order: Crowns, Ribbons, and Snowflakes
  19. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Fifty Years of Recognition: Centrepiece of a Modern Honours System
  20. APPENDIX ONE: MEMBERS OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE AND AWARDS COORDINATION COMMITTEE, 1942
  21. APPENDIX TWO: ROYAL WARRANT ESTABLISHING THE CANADA MEDAL, 1943
  22. APPENDIX THREE: PROPOSED ROYAL WARRANT CREATING THE CANADIAN AWARD OF HONOUR AND CANADIAN DECORATION OF HONOUR, 1943
  23. APPENDIX FOUR: AMENDEMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA AND ENLARGEMENTS
  24. APPENDIX FIVE: LETTERS PATENT ESTABLISHING THE ORDER OF CANADA, 1967
  25. APPENDIX SIX: CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA, 1967
  26. APPENDIX SEVEN: CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA, 1972
  27. APPENDIX EIGHT: CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA, 2013
  28. APPENDIX NINE: POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR TERMINATION OF APPPINTMENTS TO THE ORDER OF CANADA
  29. APPENDIX TEN: SOVEREIGN AND CHANCELLORS OF THE ORDER OF CANADA
  30. APPENDIX ELEVEN: OFFICIALS OF THE ORDER OF CANADA
  31. APPENDIX TWELVE: MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF CANADA
  32. APPENDIX THIRTEEN: NOMINATION FORM FROM VINCENT MASSEY
  33. APPENDIX FOURTEEN: DISTRIBUTION OF FIRST ORDER OF CANADA APPOINTMENTS, JULY 1967
  34. APPENDIX FIFTEEN: APPOINTMENTS TO THE ORDER OF CANADA, JULY 1967
  35. APPENDIX SIXTEEN: ORDER OF CANADA INSIGNIA MANUFACTURE, 1967–2017
  36. APPENDIX SEVENTEEN: HONOURS POSTNOMINALS IN ORDER OF PRECEDENCE
  37. Notes
  38. Bibliography
  39. Illustration Credits
  40. Index