Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2008-10-23
Invested on: 2010-04-07
Throughout her life, Angela Rebeiro has tirelessly promoted Canadian playwrights, poets and authors. Involved with the marketing and publishing of Canadian books for more than 40 years, she was most recently the publisher of Playwrights Canada Press. There, she quadrupled sales, dramatically increased the number of playwrights published, and ensured that their work received international exposure. As a volunteer, she has helped to lead countless literary and arts-related organizations. She has been a driving force in the creation of the Word on the Street book and magazine festival, of advocacy groups and of an organization devoted to supporting African-Canadian artists.