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21 racialized Canadians who could help the Order of Canada look more like Canada


Racialized Canadians who could bring diversity to the country’s Order of Canada in the future include, top row, from left, Murray Sinclair, Afua Cooper, Winnie Ng, Adelle Blackett, Lynn Jones, Vivek Shraya, Debbie Douglas; middle row, from left, Akua Benjamin, Maryka Omatsu, Baldev Mutta, Avvy Go, Paul Taylor, OmiSoore Dryden, Amy Go; bottom row, from left, Alan Tai-Wai Li, Susan Eng, M. NourbeSe Philip, Grace-Edward Galabuzi, Angela Marie Macdougall, Gary Yee and Ingrid Waldron.
Toronto Star Composite
Earlier this week, the BlackNorth Initiative made a point that seemingly too  few people had realized: the 114 people named to the Order of Canada this year  were overwhelmingly white and men. ....

British Columbia , New Brunswick , Jamesr Johnston , Alan Tai , Angela Marie Macdougall , James Robinson Johnston , Murray Sinclair , Baldev Mutta , Omisoore Dryden , Maryka Omatsu , Dadelle Blackett , Nova Scotian , Gary Yee , Paul Taylor , M Nourbese Philip , Lynn Jones , Akua Benjamin , Susan Eng , Denham Jolly , Debbie Douglas , Ingrid Waldron , Afua Cooper , Julie Payette , Vivek Shraya , Edward Galabuzi , Centre For Internationally Educated Nurses ,