{"id":10109,"date":"2024-12-27T08:17:17","date_gmt":"2024-12-27T11:17:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/?p=10109"},"modified":"2024-12-27T08:17:17","modified_gmt":"2024-12-27T11:17:17","slug":"province-announces-five-new-order-of-nova-scotia-recipient","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/2024\/12\/27\/province-announces-five-new-order-of-nova-scotia-recipient\/","title":{"rendered":"Province Announces Five New Order of Nova Scotia Recipient."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Five Nova Scotians who have made significant contributions in a broad range of fields \u2013 including the arts, heritage, philanthropy, business, education and public service \u2013 have been appointed to the Order of Nova Scotia.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Lt.-Gov. Mike Savage, Chancellor of the Order of Nova Scotia, released the names of the order\u2019s newest members today, December 23.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cOn behalf of The King and all Nova Scotians, I am delighted to announce the 2024 appointments to the Order of Nova Scotia,\u201d said Lt.-Gov. Savage. \u201cThese Nova Scotians have made exemplary contributions and enhanced the social fabric and identity of Nova Scotia and Canada across diverse fields.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The 2024 recipients are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Afua Cooper, Halifax: author, historian, poet and educator; recognized for her study of Black Canadian life and her role as a mentor and academic<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>J. Michael MacDonald, Halifax: former chief justice; recognized for his service to the law and public service<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Allan Marble, Halifax: biomedical engineer, genealogist and medical historian; recognized for his diverse contributions to heritage and biomedical engineering, and as the author of multiple books<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Joseph Shannon, Port Hawkesbury; philanthropist and entrepreneur; recognized for his contributions to business and commerce, and philanthropic generosity<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Robert Sobey, Stellarton: philanthropist, patron of the arts and corporate leader; recognized for supporting the visual arts and access to higher education.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>An investiture ceremony will be held at Government House in the spring, when Lt-Gov. Savage will present the new members with their insignia and appointment scroll.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Quick Facts:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>the Order of Nova Scotia is the highest honour in the Province of Nova Scotia, recognizing people in many fields of endeavour who have distinguished themselves and made lasting contributions<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>126 members have been invested into the Order of Nova Scotia since it was established in June 2001<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>appointments to the order are made by the lieutenant-governor on the recommendation of an independent advisory council<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity\"\/>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Additional Resources:<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>More information on the order is available at:&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/iga\/order.asp\">https:\/\/novascotia.ca\/iga\/order.asp<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Source : Provincial Release <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five Nova Scotians who have made significant contributions in a broad range of fields \u2013 including the arts, heritage, philanthropy,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10110,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"_uf_show_specific_survey":0,"_uf_disable_surveys":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,10,12,13,18],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10109","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-featured","category-general","category-latest","category-news","category-top-stories"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10109","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10109"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10109\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":10111,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10109\/revisions\/10111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10110"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10109"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=10109"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nnpress.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=10109"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}