Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 20, 2014
• Invested on: November 18, 2015

For her accomplishments as a business leader and for her extensive community engagement.

Wendy Cecil has demonstrated an abiding commitment to education, health care and the arts. A businesswoman and volunteer, she has shared her strategic planning, leadership and valuable counsel with a host of institutions, including the University of Toronto, the Canadian Opera Company, the Royal Canadian Geographical Society, the Canadian Canoe Museum and the Toronto Public Library. At St. Michael’s Hospital, she was instrumental in the development of the Li Ka Shing Knowledge Institute. Currently chancellor of Victoria University in Toronto, she continues to make a difference through her civic engagement.