Officer of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2018-05-11
Invested on: 2019-07-04
Cindy Blackstock, O.C.
Ottawa, Ontario
Together with Elders, leaders, children and young people of all diversities, Cindy Blackstock has been tireless in advancing their shared vision of a brighter future for First Nations children. A professor of social work at McGill University, she is also head of the First Nations Child and Family Caring Society of Canada, a reconciliation-based organization she helped launch over 20 years ago. In these roles, she has been an articulate voice in the collective effort to improve conditions for Indigenous children and families, notably in education, health and child protection.