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
