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( Order of Canada)
The Order of Canada is the highest civilian honour within the Canadian system of honours, with membership awarded to those who exemplify the order's Latin motto, taken from Hebrews 1116, desiderantes meliorem patriam, meaning "They desire a better country." Created in 1967, the order was established as a fellowhip that recognizes the achievement of outstanding merit or distinguished service by Canadians, through life-long contributions in every field of endeavour, and who made a major difference to Canada, as well as the efforts made by non-Canadians who have made the world better by their actions.[1] The Canadian monarch, at present Elizabeth II, is Sovereign of the order, and the serving Governor General, Michaëlle Jean, is its Chancellor and Principal Companion. Appointees into the order are selected by an advisory board and formally inducted by the Governor General; as of April 2008, 5,479 people have been appointed to the Order of Canada,[2] including musicians, politicians, artists, athletes, television and film stars, benefactors, and others. Since 1994,[3] non-honorary members are the only regular citizens who are empowered to administer the Canadian Oath of Citizenship.[4] The Order of Canada was instituted on April 17, 1967, by Queen Elizabeth II, on the advice of her then Prime Minister, Lester B. Pearson, who was assisted with the establishment of the order by John Matheson. The order was officially launched on July 1, 1967, during the 100th anniversary celebrations of the formation of the Dominion of Canada. Governor General Roland Michener was the first inductee to the order, to the level of Companion,[5] with 90 more people appointed on July 7 of the same year, including Vincent Massey, Louis St. Laurent, Hugh MacLennan, Father David Bauer, Gabrielle Roy, Donald Creighton, Thérèse Casgrain, Wilder Penfield, Arthur Lismer, and Maurice Richard.[6] The Queen was presented with the Sovereign's badge by Michener during a visit by him to London, UK, that same year, and she first wore it during a banquet in Yellowknife in July, 1970.[7] The creation of the order was the beginning of a Canadian honours system, and reduced the use of the honours system of the United Kingdom and some of its former Crown colonies; prior to the creation of the Order of Canada, the main order Canadians were inducted into for the above criteria was the Order of the British Empire.[8] The order also inspired Australia and New Zealand to follow on Canada and create similar honours the Order of Australia and the Order of New Zealand respectively. The provinces also followed suit, each creating their own distinct orders.
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Tips To Handle Behaviours Of Autistic Children by Mike Selvon
Caring for autistic children can be difficult, yet there are steps and actions that can be taken by parents of autistic children to help them deal with the situations that will arise. Children who carry this autistic disorder can start showing signs ...
Startling Prevalence of Mood Disorders in TBI Patients by Jane Newsomelaw
According to Dr. Ricardo E. Jorge, a professor of psychiatry at the University of Iowa, traumatic brain injury constitutes a major public health concern. With an estimated 1.5 million Americans sustaining a TBI and some 90,000 of those ending up with...
How To Overcome Feelings Of Anxiety With Hypnosis by Alan Densky
Lots of people tend to use the words stress and anxiety interchangeably, but they are in fact two separate conditions. Stress is a response to a stimulus, which can be internal or external. You may feel stress because you feel frustrated with somet...
Get information Regarding Shingles - Type of Skin Disorder by Peter Hutch
Shingles is an unfortunately common and nasty problem. It is more than a simple skin rash. The virus that is responsible for the eruption also infects the nerves beneath the skin, resulting in a rash that hurts. Not just itches, but hurts. It is the ...
Causes and Cures of Imbalanced Brain Chemistry in Anxiety Disorders and Depression by James O'Neill
Anxiety and Depression is caused by an imbalance of brain chemistry. Symptoms are normally dealt with by drugs, such as Selective Serotonin Reuptake Inhibitors (SSRI's) like Paroxetine (Paxil), Sertraline (Zoloft) and Fluoxetine (Prozac).
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Diet pills influence sexual orientation of children! by James Petersen
We are used to reading all positive and attractive promises of weight loss and slimming pills. How would you react if you come to know a bitter fact that slimming pills cause pregnant women to give rise to babies who turn out to be gays in adulthood?...
Heavy Consumption of Red Meat, Junk Food, Culprits of Metabolism Syndrome! by James Petersen
In the world most of the people are non vegetarians. Nowadays however, there are many who are taking to the vegetarian ways, thanks to the booming awareness of the people regarding health. Even in the western countries where people are primarily non ...
Depression Drugs Bringing in the Danger of Excessive Weight Gain! by James Petersen
Mental disorders are such things that are present in some amount in the lives of almost all the people in the world. But all these people are not the serious sufferers of mental disorders. Most of the times the symptoms of any mental disorder in any ...
Weight Loss Surgery to the rescue of Type 2 Diabetes! by James Petersen
Obesity and overweight are two of the most rapidly increasing clinical ailments of the current society. Unbelievably around 66% of the Americans are obese or overweight. Because of this unprecedented rise, today scientists have come up with a number ...
Yoga a Way Out of ED, But is it Meant for That Purpose? by Sangi Tons
Erectile dysfunction has become more of a human disease for the simple fact that today we have ED medications that are a blunt answer to ED. Apart from the ED drugs, today people are much more aware of the anatomy of the disease then their ancestors....
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