Governor General to Invest 47 Recipients into the Order of Canada
OTTAWA-His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada, will preside over an Order of Canada investiture ceremony at Rideau Hall, on Friday,
February 12, 2016, at 10:30 a.m. The Governor General, who is chancellor and Principal Companion of the Order, will bestow the honour on 1 Companion, 7 Officers and 39 Members.
The Order of Canada was created in 1967, during Canada’s centennial year, to recognize outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation. Since its creation, more than 6 000 people from all sectors of society have been invested into the Order.
A schedule for the investiture ceremony, the list of recipients with citations, and a backgrounder on the Order of Canada are attached.
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Julio Montaner, O.C., O.B.C.
Vancouver, British Columbia
Julio Montaner has helped set the global standard of care for HIV/AIDS. He is the director of the British Columbia Centre for Excellence in HIV/AIDS, the Chair in AIDS Research at the University of British Columbia, and the former president of the International AIDS Society. His groundbreaking clinical trials identified combination antiretroviral drug therapy as the first effective treatment for preventing HIV transmission, the progression of the virus to AIDS, and premature death. In his province, he initiated a comprehensive strategy known as Treatment as Prevention that has recently been adopted by the United Nations as the cornerstone for the control of HIV/AIDS.