Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 21, 2020
• Invested on: October 20, 2022

Ronald Ivan Cohen, C.M., M.B.E.
Manotick, Ontario

For 50 years, Ronald Cohen has been preserving the literary and cultural heritage of the nation, as well as its broadcast standards. A respected lawyer and film producer, he co-founded the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, and led the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. His numerous contributions to Library and Archives Canada include a vast collection of the works of Lucy Maud Montgomery. A renowned bibliographer and pre-eminent Churchill expert, he was a founder of the Sir Winston Churchill Society of Ottawa and has been internationally recognized for his “services to British history.”