Professor Sherrill E. Grace has been named an Officer of the Order of Canada, in recognition of her outstanding contributions to scholarship in the Humanities. Her work has significantly enhanced the public debate of subjects such as the nation’s role in the North and in the two world wars. Her many accomplishments have been recognized across Canada and abroad, and she has received some of the most prestigious awards that her home university, the University of British Columbia, and the Canadian and European scholarly communities have to offer. In recognition of her exceptional achievements, she is richly deserving of the nation’s highest honour.

The Investiture Ceremony was held at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on May 7, 2014. (Photo: GG staff photographer)

with Stephen Toope upon receiving the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal in 2013

Sherrill Grace (with Stephen Toope) received the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal, an award that recognizes significant contributions by Canadians and permanent residents to Canada over the previous sixty years. This medal comes from the Governor General of Canada and was presented by the President of The Royal Society of Canada at a reception held at UBC in January 2013. See “Prof. Sherrill Grace Awarded Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal” on Arts Wire.