Meritorious Service Medal

• Awarded on: September 27, 2016
• Invested on: March 25, 2019

Frances Noronha, O.Ont., M.S.M., M.B.E.
Etobicoke, Ontario

After a 30-year career in Ontario’s civil service, Frances Noronha became an advisor in Iraq, working to instill the core values of impartiality and accountability into the country’s government institutions. Operating as a consultant in a dangerous and factionalized environment, she encouraged collaboration and demonstrated quiet courage, thus gaining the trust of the civil service leadership and imparting Canadian principles of good governance.