Order of Canada

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

• Dedication FrontispieceMessage from the QueenForeword by the Governor General Preface to the Second EditionAcknowledgementsChapter One False Starts & Honours in Canada, 1867-1917: The creation of a Canadian policyChapter Two Controversy and Discontent, 1917-30: The decline of British honours in CanadaChapter Three The Brief Revival of British honours and the Creation of the First Canadian Honour, 1930-35; Bennett's Canadianized systemChapter Four The Honours Quagmire, 1935-48: An incomplete systemChapter Five More False Starts and Modest Progress: Massey presses forward Chapter Six Founding the Order of Canada: the impending centennial of ConfederationChapter Seven Selection and Reaction: The first honours listChapter Eight Transition to a More Complete Honours SystemChapter Nine Enlargement and Acceptance; Into the 1980sChapter Ten Unity and Diversity: The composition of the Order of CanadaChapter Eleven Honorary and Extraordinary Membership: The extended projectsChapter Twelve Refused, Resigned and RevokedChapter Thirteen The Logistics of a National Order: Crowns, ribbons and snowflakesChapter Fourteen Fifty Years of Recognition: Centrepiece of a modern honours systemAppendix One Members of the Interdepartmental Committee and Awards Coordination Committee, 1942Appendix Two Royal Warrant Establishing the Canada Medal, 1943Appendix Three Royal Warrant Establishing the Canadian Award of Honour and Canadian Decoration of Honour, 1943Appendix Four Amendments to the Constitution of the Order of Canada and EnlargementsAppendix Four Letters Patent Establishing the Order of Canada, 1967Appendix Five Constitution of the Order of Canada, 1967Appendix Six Constitution of the Order of Canada, 1972Appendix Seven Constitution of the Order of Canada, 2013Appendix Eight Policy and Procedure for Terminiation of Appointments to the Order of Canada Appendix Nine Sovereign and Chancellors of the Order of CanadaAppendix Ten Officials of the Order of CanadaAppendix Eleven Members of the Advisory Council of the Order of CanadaAppendix Twelve Nomination form from Vincent Massey Appendix Thirteen Distribution of the First Order of Canada Appointments, July 1967Appendix Fourteen Appointments to the Order of Canada, July 1967Appendix Fifteen Order of Canada Insignia Manufacture, 1967-2017Appendix Sixteen Honours postnominals