Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: December 19, 1983
• Invested on: April 11, 1984

Arnold Edinborough has taught English at Queen's and the Royal Military College in Kingston; edited the Kingston Whig-Standard and Saturday Night; been contributing editor on culture to the Financial Post; and founded the Council for Business and the Arts. In the midst of a busy life he has served on the councils of the Anglican Church, as a columnist in its official journal, and as a delegate to the World Council of Churches.