Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents ix
3. Message from the Queen xiii
4. Message from the Governor General xv
5. Preface to the Second Edition xvii
6. Acknowledgments xix
7. CHAPTER ONE. False Starts and Honours in Canada, 1867-1917: The Creation of a Canadian Policy 1
8. CHAPTER TWO. Controversy and Discontent, 1917-1930: The Decline of British Honours in Canada 25
9. CHAPTER THREE. The Brief Revival of British Honours and the Creation of the First Canadian Honour, 1930-1935: Bennett’s Canadianized System 54
10. CHAPTER FOUR. The Honours Quagmire, 1935-1948: An Incomplete System 72
11. CHAPTER FIVE. More False Starts and Modest Progress: Massey Presses Forward 108
12. CHAPTER SIX. Founding the Order of Canada: The Impending Centennial of Confederation 129
13. CHAPTER SEVEN. Selection and Reaction: The First Honours List 155
14. CHAPTER EIGHT. Transition to a More Complete Honours System 172
15. CHAPTER NINE. Enlargement and Acceptance: Into the 1980s 193
16. CHAPTER TEN. Unity and Diversity: The Composition of the Order of Canada 218
17. CHAPTER ELEVEN. Honorary and Extraordinary Membership: The Extended Project 228
18. CHAPTER TWELVE. Refused, Resigned, and Revoked 243
19. CHAPTER THIRTEEN. The Logistics of a National Order: Crowns, Ribbons, and Snowflakes 256
20. CHAPTER FOURTEEN. Fifty Years of Recognition: Centrepiece of a Modern Honours System 283
21. APPENDIX ONE: MEMBERS OF THE INTERDEPARTMENTAL COMMITTEE AND AWARDS COORDINATION COMMITTEE, 1942 301
22. APPENDIX TWO: ROYAL WARRANT ESTABLISHING THE CANADA MEDAL, 1943 302
23. APPENDIX THREE: PROPOSED ROYAL WARRANT CREATING THE CANADIAN AWARD OF HONOUR AND CANADIAN DECORATION OF HONOUR, 1943 304
24. APPENDIX FOUR: AMENDEMENTS TO THE CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA AND ENLARGEMENTS 306
25. APPENDIX FIVE: LETTERS PATENT ESTABLISHING THE ORDER OF CANADA, 1967 309
26. APPENDIX SIX: CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA, 1967 311
27. APPENDIX SEVEN: CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA, 1972 316
28. APPENDIX EIGHT: CONSTITUTION OF THE ORDER OF CANADA, 2013 321
29. APPENDIX NINE: POLICY AND PROCEDURE FOR TERMINATION OF APPPINTMENTS TO THE ORDER OF CANADA 326
30. APPENDIX TEN: SOVEREIGN AND CHANCELLORS OF THE ORDER OF CANADA 328
31. APPENDIX ELEVEN: OFFICIALS OF THE ORDER OF CANADA 329
32. APPENDIX TWELVE: MEMBERS OF THE ADVISORY COUNCIL OF THE ORDER OF CANADA 331
33. APPENDIX THIRTEEN: NOMINATION FORM FROM VINCENT MASSEY 339
34. APPENDIX FOURTEEN: DISTRIBUTION OF FIRST ORDER OF CANADA APPOINTMENTS, JULY 1967 340
35. APPENDIX FIFTEEN: APPOINTMENTS TO THE ORDER OF CANADA, JULY 1967 342
36. APPENDIX SIXTEEN: ORDER OF CANADA INSIGNIA MANUFACTURE, 1967–2017 351
37. APPENDIX SEVENTEEN: HONOURS POSTNOMINALS IN ORDER OF PRECEDENCE 356
38. Notes 361
39. Bibliography 437
40. Illustration Credits 449
41. Index 451