Lt.-Gov. Anita Neville<\/a>, who serves as chancellor of the Order of Manitoba. The ceremony will also be livestreamed for the public.<\/p>\nEstablished in 1999, the Order of Manitoba recognizes individuals who have demonstrated excellence and made lasting contributions to the social, cultural or economic well-being of the province. Recipients are entitled to use the initials O.M. after their names for life.<\/p>\n
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“The 12 exceptional Manitobans being inducted into the Order of Manitoba this year epitomize what makes Manitoba so special,” Neville said in a statement.<\/p>\n
“From world-class athletes and gifted musicians to compassionate community leaders and brilliant medical and scientific minds, their diverse achievements reflect the extraordinary breadth of talent, dedication and service across our province.”<\/p>\n
This year’s recipients are:<\/p>\n
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Tracy Dahl, internationally acclaimed opera singer and vocal educator.
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Andrew Harris, former Winnipeg Blue Bombers running back and founder of the Thirty3 Foundation.
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Chantal Kreviazuk, Juno Award-winning singer-songwriter and War Child Canada ambassador.
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Jocelyne Larocque, Olympic medallist and Professional Women’s Hockey League defender.
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Dr. Peter MacDonald, internationally recognized orthopedic surgeon and longtime team physician for the Winnipeg Jets and Winnipeg Blue Bombers.
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Ash Modha, CEO of Mondetta Clothing and philanthropist.
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Brian Pallister, Manitoba’s 22nd premier.
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Dr. Joss Reimer, physician, educator and Canada’s chief public health officer.
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Diane Roussin, Indigenous social innovator and community leader.
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Elder Billie Schibler, M\u00e9tis Elder and advocate for children and families.
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Dr. Lotfollah Shafai, University of Manitoba researcher and pioneer in satellite and wireless communications.
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Douglas Stephen, hospitality entrepreneur and philanthropist.
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Appointments to the Order of Manitoba are made by the chancellor based on recommendations from an advisory council. A permanent display recognizing all Order of Manitoba members is housed in the Manitoba Legislative Building.<\/p>\n
The investiture ceremony begins at 4 p.m. Thursday and will be available to watch online through the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba’s official YouTube channel.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Twelve Manitobans from fields including sports, medicine, music, business and community leadership will receive the province’s highest honour…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":806232,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[194296],"tags":[49,48,22073],"class_list":["post-806231","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-winnipeg","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-winnipeg"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806231","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=806231"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/806231\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/806232"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=806231"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=806231"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=806231"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}