Christopher McCreery

The Order of Canada (eBook, PDF)

Genesis of an Honours System, Second Edition

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Produktbeschreibung

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.

McCreeryChristopher:

Christopher McCreery is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Canadian Museum of History. He was appointed to the Royal Victorian Order by Queen Elizabeth II and has served as an adviser to the Canadian and British governments on honours policy.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: University of Toronto Press
• Seitenzahl: 532
• Erscheinungstermin: 4. März 2019
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9781487512125
• Artikelnr.: 56993220

Autorenporträt

Christopher McCreery is the private secretary to the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia and executive director of Government House Halifax.

Inhaltsangabe

Message from the Queen
Preface
Acknowledgments
Abbreviations
CHAPTER ONE
False Starts and Honours in Canada, 1867-1917: The Creation of aCanadian
Policy
CHAPTER TWO
Controversy and Discontent, 1917-1935: The Decline and Brief Revivalof
British Honours in Canada
CHAPTER THREE
The Honours Quagmire, 1935-1948: The Ubiquitous Canada Medal
CHAPTER FOUR
More False Starts: Massey Presses Forward
CHAPTER FIVE
First Successful Steps: Founding the Order of Canada
CHAPTER SIX
Selection and Reaction: The First Honours List
CHAPTER SEVEN
Transition to a Complete Honours System
CHAPTER EIGHT
Enlargement and Acceptance
CHAPTER NINE
The Logistics of a National Order
CHAPTER TEN
Unity and Diversity: The Composition of the Order of Canada
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Honorary Membership: The Extended Project
CHAPTER TWELVE
Centrepiece of a Modern Honours System: Recognition from Sea to Sea
Appendix 1: Members of the Interdepartmental Committee and Awards
Co-ordination Committee, 1942
Appendix 2: Royal Warrant Creating the Canada Medal, 1943
Appendix 3: Proposed Royal Warrant Creating the Canadian Award of Honour
and Canadian Decoration of Honour, 1943
Appendix 4: Letters Patent Founding the Order of Canada, 1967
Appendix 5: Constitution of the Order of Canada, 1967
Appendix 6: Nomination Form from Vincent Massey
Appendix 7: Distribution of First Awards of the Order of Canada, July 1967
Appendix 8: Recipients of the Order of Canada, July 1967
Appendix 9: Constitution of the Order of Canada, 1972
Appendix 10: Order of Canada Insignia Manufacture, 1967-2004
Appendix 11: Chancellors of the Order of Canada
Appendix 12: Officials of the Order of Canada
Appendix 13: Members of the Advisory Council of the Order of Canada
Appendix 14: Honorary Recipients of the Order of Canada
Appendix 15: Constitution of the Order of Canada, 2001
Appendix 16: Amendments to the Constitution of the Order of Canada
Notes
Bibliography
Illustration Credits
Index