Garnet Angeconeb to be Invested into the Order of Canada

Press Release

November 27, 2015

OTTAWA—On behalf of His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, Her Honour the Honourable Elizabeth Dowdeswell, Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, will present the insignia of Member of the Order of Canada to Garnet Angeconeb. The ceremony will take place at the Centennial Centre in Sioux Lookout, Ontario, on Monday, November 30, 2015, at
10 a.m. CST. Mr. Angeconeb was appointed on November 19, 2012.

Garnet Angeconeb, C.M.
Sioux Lookout, Ontario
Member of the Order of Canada

Garnet Angeconeb is a community builder and an advocate for reconciliation. As a journalist and former councillor in Sioux Lookout, he worked to promote his Anishinabek language and culture, and to foster intercultural dialogue between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities. A residential school survivor, he has been involved with both the Aboriginal Healing Foundation and the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada, sharing his story of courage and resilience, and serving as an inspiration to survivors across the country.

For more information about the Order of Canada, visit our website at www.gg.ca/honours.

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Media interested in covering this event are asked to contact
the Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario.

Media information:

Marie-Pierre Bélanger
Rideau Hall Press Office
613-998-9166
marie-pierre.belanger@gg.ca

Tom Connelly
Office of the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
416-325-7789
647-409-2792 (cell)
tom.connelly@ontario.ca

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