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Order of Canada

The Order of Canada is Canada's highest civilian award[?].

Recipients include:

David Ahenakew - First Nations leader
Pitseolak Ashoona - Inuit artist
Pierre Berton - Journalist, author, popularizer of Canadian history
Leonard Cohen - writer, poet and musician
Ernie Coombs[?], a.k.a. "Mr. Dressup[?]" - Canadian Broadcasting Corporation TV personality
Terry Fox - Athlete and cancer fundraising activist
Geddy Lee, musician
Jan Narveson, educator
Mordecai Richler, author
Jeffrey Simpson, journalist

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