Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: October 5, 2006
• Invested on: May 04, 2007

Hanna Newcombe is a lifelong activist who has dedicated herself to promoting world peace. As editor of the Peace Research Abstracts Journal for the past four decades, and as editor and publisher of the Peace Research Reviews, she has influenced and motivated generations of leaders in the peace movement. She has chaired, presided over or been a member of more than 20 associations, committees and councils, including Operation Dismantle, Project Ploughshares and the United Nations Association in Canada. Her dedication and commitment to equal rights and justice have earned her the United Nation's Peace Messenger Award, and the Pearson Peace Medal, among others.