Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2024-04-17
Invested on: 2026-06-25
Nima Gyaltsen Dorjee, C.M.
Calgary, Alberta
For decades, leading engineer and Tibetan human rights activist Nima Dorjee has devoted his time and expertise to the well-being of others. He transformed the University of Calgary’s Schulich School of Engineering internship program into Canada’s largest. Under his leadership as president, the Project Tibet Society has played a pivotal role in the resettlement of more than 1 000 displaced Tibetans in Canada.