Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: May 6, 2010
• Invested on: May 27, 2011

Jamie MacDougall has worked tirelessly to improve the quality of life for deaf and disabled people in Canada. Associate professor of psychology at McGill University, he is the founder of the Canadian Deafness Research and Training Institute and of the Institute for Rehabilitation Research and Development. As executive director of the MacKay Centre School, he empowered students to achieve their full potential by introducing a program integrating the use of sign language with other communication modes. He developed innovative literacy training programs in Eastern and Atlantic Canada and he was the first to recognize and document the Inuit Sign Language. As part of his advocacy for equal rights and services for the deaf and the disabled, he has advised provincial, federal and territorial organizations.