Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 12, 2016
• Invested on: May 12, 2017

Diane Juster, C.M.
Montréal, Quebec

For her brilliant career as a musician and for her dedication for over 40 years to ensuring copyright protection for artists across Canada.

Diane Juster is one our country’s most successful singer-songwriters. She has written some of the most beautiful songs for several of Canada’s leading performers. With a rich discography of her own, she has been enchanting audiences with her voice and talent at the piano for over 40 years. Known affectionately as the “copyright fairy,” she has tirelessly dedicated herself to promoting and protecting the work of artists across Canada. She co-founded the Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec and the Society for Reproduction Rights of Authors, Composers and Publishers in Canada.