Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2009-11-04
Invested on: 2010-09-03
Dan Hanganu is one of Canada's most talented architects. He has designed plans for a wide variety of buildings, and his great creativity and bold projects have won him the admiration of his peers and the public. He is renowned for creating buildings with strong personalities that respect their environment and users. His achievements, which include Pointe-à-Callière, the Montréal Museum of Archaeology and History, have won him many awards, notably from heritage preservation societies. He is also recognized as an inspiring and encouraging teacher at the universities of McGill, Laval and Montréal. In addition, he shows his human side by volunteering his time as a mentor to architecture students in his homeland of Romania.