Order of Canada honours conferred

Gov. Gen. Michaëlle Jean presided over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony in Ottawa on Friday, bestowing the honour on four companions, 19 officers and 30 members.

Among those named companions to the order in the ceremony at Rideau Hall:

• Willard S. Boyle, an accomplished physicist who won the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physics, of Halifax.
• Kim Campbell, Canada's 19th, and first female, prime minister, of Vancouver.

Among those named officers of the order:

• Ivan Reitman, who directed the films Meatballs, Twins and Ghostbusters, of Montecito, Calif.
• Jack Rabinovitch, founder of the Giller Prize for literature, of Toronto.
• Burton Cummings, singer-songwriter, of Los Angeles.
• Mario Lemieux, former forward and now co-owner with the  Pittsburgh Penguins, of Pittsburgh.

Among those named members:

• Gordon Nixon, CEO of the Royal Bank of Canada, of Toronto.
• Tantoo Cardinal, aboriginal actress and co-founder of the Saskatchewan Native Theatre Company, of Vancouver.
• Jay Ingram, pioneer of programs devoted entirely to science on both national radio and television, of Toronto.

Created in Canada's centennial year, 1967, the Order of Canada recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the country. More than 5,000 people have been invested into the order since it was created.