Officer of the Order of Canada
- Awarded on: May 8, 2003
- Invested on: February 20, 2004
Exceptional communicator and an accomplished broadcaster, actor and writer, Jacques Languirand is also an internationally renowned playwright. Curious and possessed of an admirable sense of wonder, this host of the radio show Par 4 chemins has for 30 years explored with us the great issues of the day. His theatrical creation Faust et les radicaux libres was awarded the Special Jury Prize at the International Theatre Competition of the Onassis Foundation in Greece, marking the first time the prize has been awarded to a French-language play. Considered one of the fathers of multimedia theatre, he is also a talented stage and screen actor and a gifted speaker. This is a promotion within the Order.