Mr. David Johnston

  • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Extraordinary Companion of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: September 5, 2010
    • Invested on: September 05, 2010

    Twenty-eighth Governor General of Canada

  • Companion of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: October 23, 1997
    • Invested on: May 07, 1998

    His name is synonymous with leadership. After serving an exceptional fifteen-year term as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University, he turned his considerable talents to the chairmanship of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. Always open to new challenges and change, he headed the Information Highway Advisory Council, to ensure a place for Canadians in the evolving world of communications. He also co-chaired the successful 1996 United Way campaign for Greater Montreal and was elected the first non-American President of the Board of Overseers of Harvard University. This is a promotion within the Order.

  • Officer of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: July 11, 1988
    • Invested on: November 08, 1988

    His administrative and leadership abilities as Principal and Vice-Chancellor of McGill University and as President of the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada have been outstanding, and his expertise in the fields of securities regulations, corporation law and labour law is invaluable to the many committees in which he participates. He is highly regarded by his colleagues in the law profession, students, faculty and all for and with whom he serves.