1971 – 2024
(† = deceased)
The Honourable Madam Justice Rosalie Abella, BA, LLB, DHumL (1989)
† Mary Janet (Jane) Abram, BEd, DHumL (2018)
Eugenia Addy, BSc(Hons), PhD, DHumL (2022)
† Marguerite Andersen, PhD, DHumL (1999)
† Doris H. Anderson, CC, BA, LLD, DHumL (1992)
The Honourable Louise Arbour, BA, LLL, LLD, DCL, DHumL (2001)
Berit Ås, MP, DHumL (1991)
Gail Asper, OC, OM, LLD, DHumL (2017)
Ninette Babineau, BME, MM, DHumL (1995)
† Constance McGrath Baird, BA, DHumL (1985)
Catherine A Banks, BA, BEd, DHumLitt (2015)
Barbara Barde, BA, MA, DHumL (1997)
Maude Victoria Barlow, BA, LLD, DLitt, DHumL (2016)
† R. Nita Barrow, Dame of St. Andrew, LLD, DSc, FRCM, DHumL (1988)
† Sheela V. Basrur, OOnt, BSc, MD, MSc, DHuML (2008)
† Sonja Bata, OC, LLD, DHumL (1989)
Marie Battiste, OC, FRSC, BS, EdM, EdD, DHumL (2022)
The Honourable Monique Begin,OC, CP, PC, MP, MA, HonPhD, DHumL (1982)
The Honourable Wanda Thomas Bernard, PhD, CM, ONS, DHumL (2023)
† Rosalie Bertell, GNSH, BA, MA, PhD, DHumL (1985)
† Edris Leatrice Bird, BA, DipEd, MA, EdD, DHumL (1994)
† The Honourable Florence Bird, CC, LLD(Hon), DHumL (1974)
Cindy Blackstock, PhD, DHumL (2016)
Roberta Bondar, OC, OOnt, BSc (Agr), MSc, PhD (Neurobiology), MD, FRCP (C) (Neurology), DHumL (1990)
† Roy Bonisteel,CM, DLitt, DD, LLD, DHumL (1983)
† Elisabeth Mann Borgese,CM, BA, Dip Music, DHumL (1986)
The Honourable Jocelyne Bourgon, CP, OC, BA, MBA, DHumL (1998)
Louise Bradley, CM, DHumL (2019)
† The Honourable Rosemary (Wedderburn) Brown, PC, OC, OBC, CD MLA, BA, MSW, DHumL (1981)
† The Honourable Sister Peggy Butts, BA, BEd, MA, PhD, LLD, DHumL (2001)
Winnie Byanyima, BSc, MSc, DUniv, DHumL (2017)
† June Callwood, CC, OOnt DU, DSLitt, LLD, DLitt, DHumL (1993)
† Sr. Paule Cantin, SC, BA, MA, DHumL (1990)
Margaret Casey, CM, MD, LLD, DHumL (2012)
† The Honourable Thérèse Casgrain,CC, OBE, LLD, DHumL (1977)
Margaret Catley-Carlson,OC, BA (Hons), LLD, LITTD, DHumL (1990)
The Right Honourable Adrienne Clarkson, PC, CC, CMM, CD, DHumL (2008)
Senator Hillary Rodham Clinton, AB, JD, DHumL (1995)
† John H. Coleman, KM, LLD, DHumL (1981)
F. Anthony Comper, BA, DHumL (1995)
† Janet Conners, DCL, DHumL (1997)
Margaret Conrad, OC, PhD, DHumL (2007)
† Jill Kerr Conway, BA, PhD, DHumL (1980)
The Honourable Paula A. Cox, CBE, JP, DHumL (2024)
The Honourable Jane Cordy, BEd, DHumL (2023)
Joan Craig, CM, DHumL (2007)
† Mary Helen Creighton, CM, LLD, DesL, DCL, DHumL (1982)
† Elizabeth Cromwell, DHumL (2014)
Lorna Crozier, DHumL (2013)
Natalie Zemon Davis, CC, PhD, FAAAS, FBA, DHumL (2015)
Catherine (Kiki) Delaney, CM, LLD, DHumL (2014)
† Graham Dennis,CM, BA, DCL, DHumL (2006)
The Honourable Anne S. Derrick, BA (Hons), LLB, DHumL (1999)
† Olive Patricia Dickason, CM, BA, MA, PhD, DLitt, LLD, DHumL (1999)
† John Dickey, QC, BA, LLB, LLD, DHumL (1981)
Arlene Dickinson, DHumL (2010)
Elizabeth Dowdeswell, OC, BScHEc, MSc, DDL, DHumL (1998)
Michelle Douglas, DHumL (2024)
† Anita (Rosenblum) Dubinsky, BSc, DHumL (1983)
† Muriel Duckworth,CM, BA, DipEd, DHumL (1978)
Mary Eberts, LLM, DHumL (1988)
† Jean Bethke Elshtain, DHumL (2012)
Françoise Enguehard, BA, MA, DHumL (2018)
Judy Erola, PC, DHumL (1992)
Leilani Isabella Farha, BA, MSC, LLB, DHumL (2015)
† Sister Irene Farmer, SC, LHD, DHumL (1981)
† The Honourable Sylvia Fedoruk,OC, SOM, BA, MA, DSc, LLD, FCCPM, DHumL (1993)
† Evelyn Fitzgerald, SC, BA, MA, PhD, DHumL (1986)
Deanne Fitzpatrick, BA, MEd, DHumL (2022)
Louise Fleischmann, DHumL (2005)
† Maureen Forrester, CC,QC, LLD, DLitt, DMus, DHumL (1992)
Elizabeth Fountain, DCnL, DHumL (2017)
Margaret Anne Fountain, CM, BHE, DHumL (2021)
The Honourable Mayann Francis, ONS, BA, MPA, DHumL (2008)
† Ursula Franklin, CC, OOnt, PhD, FRPI, DSc, DHumL (1986)
Margot A. Franssen, BA, DHumL (1995) OC
Sheila Fraser, FCA, DHumL (2011)
The Honourable Myra A. Freeman, CM, ONS, DHumL (2004) ONS
Monique Frize,OC, BASc, MBA, MPh, HonDEng, HonDSc, HonD, PhD, PEng, DHumL (2006)
† E. Margaret Fulton, OC, BA, MA, PhD, LLD, DHumL (1994)
† Mavis Gallant, CC, LLD, DHumL (1999)
† Mary Lua Gavin, SC, BA, MSc, DHumL (1981)
† Sylva Gelber, OC, LLB, DHumL (1976)
Deborah Gillis, MA, DHumL (2018)
† Joan Glode, CM, MSW, DHumL (2012)
† The Honourable Constance Glube, OC, ONS, BA, LLB, LLD, DHumL (1998)
Dale Godsoe, CM, BA, BEd, MA, DHumL (1997)
Judith Gold, CM, DHumL (2002)
† Ruth Goldbloom, OC, DipPE, DHumL (1985)
Charlotte Gray, BA, DipSocAdmin, LSE, DHumL (1995)
† Cora de Jong Greenaway, CM, DFA, FRSA, DHumL (2003)
Naomi Elizabeth Griffiths, OC, BA, MA, PhD, DHumL (1994)
Agnes Grossmann, DHumL (1991)
† Mary Albertus Haggerty, SC, BA, MA PhD, LLD (Civil), DHumL (1985)
† Marie Hamilton, DHumL (1985)
† Ruth Hammond, APR, BA, ABC, DHumL (1998)
Sharon Hampson, CM, DHumL (1996)
Richard Hansen, CC, OBC, DHumL (2019)
† The Most Reverend James M. Hayes, JCD, DHumL, DD (1985)
Chantal St-Cyr Hébert, OC, BA, DHumL (2015)
Maxine Antoinette Henry-Wilson, MP, DHumL (2004 – Jamaica)
Angela Hewitt, OC, DU, LLD, B.Mus., ARCT, DHumL (2003)
† The Honourable Henry Hicks,CC, QC, BSc, BCL, MA, DCL, DEd, LLD, DHumL (1981)
Arlie Hochschild, BA, MA, PhD, DHumL (2013)
Linda Inkpen, CM, OC, MD, DHuml (2006)
†Anne Innis Dagg, CM, BA (Hons), MA, PhD, Hon DSc, DHumL (2020)
Roberta Jamieson CM, LL.B., LL.D., DHumL (2010)
Stephen A. Jarislowsky, CC, GOQ, DHumL (2012)
† Lena Isabel Coldwell Jodrey, DHumL (1986)
† The Honourable Rita Joe, CM, PC, LLD, DHumL (1998)
† Josephine Johnson, DHumL (2010)
† Ruth Johnson, DHumL (1991)
Jessie Jollymore, BScN, DHumL (2021)
Lynn Jones, BA, Hon D Hum, DHumL (2020)
Donald Julien, OC, ONS, HDCL, DHumL (2008)
Maureen Kempston Darkes, OC, OOnt, DHumL (2013)
† Betty Kennedy, OC, DHumL (1989)
Nuala Kenny, OC, SC, BA, MD, FRCP(C), DHumL (1992)
Verna Kirkness, CM, BA, BEd, MEd, DHumL (1990)
Maria Klawe, PhD, DHumL (2009)
† Margaret Wade LaBarge, CM, BA, BLit (Oxon), DHumL (2003)
Huguette Labelle, CC, BSc, BEd, MEd, PhD, LLD, DHumL (1994)
Phyllis Lambert, OC, CC, GOQ, CQ, FRAIC, RCA, LLD, DHumL (1992)
† Jeanne Lamon, CM, DHumL (2007)
Aldéa Landry, CP, CM, QC, BA, LLB, DHumL (2004)
Michele Landsberg, OC, BA (Hons), DCL, LLD, DHumL (1991)
Dennice Leahey, CM, BA, DHumL (2014)
Suzie LeBlanc, DHumL (2013)
Mary Jo Leddy, CM, BA, BEd, MA, PhD, LLD, DHumL (1994)
† Gabrielle Leger,CC, DHumL (1979)
Megan Leslie, BA, LLB, DHumL (2018)
Julia Levy, OC, BA (Hons), PhD, DU, FRS, DHumL (1990)
† Daurene Lewis, CM DTSN, DHumL (1993)
Lascelles Lewis, OD, DHumL (2001)
Stephen Lewis, CC, DHumL (2010)
† Lois Lilienstein, CM, BMS, DHumL (1996)
† Marjorie Adeline Lindsay, LLD, DHumL (2016)
† Jean Little, CM, BA, DLit, HonEdD, DHumL (1996)
Linda Lundström, DHumL (2002)
Last updated: May 28, 2024