Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 7, 2015
• Invested on: February 12, 2016

For his contributions as a champion of Ontario’s Francophone community, and for his efforts to build bridges between communities as a journalist and administrator.

Pierre Bergeron is a model of community involvement and a great champion of the Francophonie, education and regional news. Former publisher and editorialist for Le Droit, he used this forum to spearhead efforts to save the French-language Hôpital Montfort and to establish the Fondation de La Cité collégiale in Ontario. He also championed French-language education as director general of the Réseau des cégeps et des collèges francophones du Canada. In addition, he has also dedicated himself to numerous other organizations, including the Royal Canadian Geographical Society and the Michener Awards Foundation, which he chaired.