Officer of the Order of Canada

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

For her contributions to expanding the administration of justice in Canada as a judge at the Quebec Court of Appeal, and for having created and established judicial mediation systems.

With a forward-thinking approach, Louise Otis helped expand the administration of justice in Canada and abroad. A retired justice of the Quebec Court of Appeal, she instituted the first integrated judicial mediation system in Canada, thereby easing and expediting the dispute resolution process. In addition to being a mediator, arbitrator and judge in international courts, she founded such organizations as the Canadian Conference of Judicial Mediation. She is also renowned as an outstanding educator in McGill University’s Faculty of Law.