Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 21, 2020
• Invested on: December 01, 2022

Harvey Andrew McCue (Waubageshig), C.M.
Ottawa, Ontario

Harvey Andrew McCue is a leading advocate for Indigenous health and education. An Anishinaabe from the Georgina Island First Nation, he addresses issues of physical and emotional well-being among at-risk youth. He is the principal and co-director of the First Nations Youth Suicide Prevention curriculum, a free, online program that promotes resilience through culture. He helped establish Mi’kmaw Kina’matnewey, an innovative educational organization in Nova Scotia that has inspired other First Nations in Canada to follow suit. He is also the co-founder of Trent University’s trailblazing Indigenous studies program.