Past Recipients
2024
- Norman Fleury (D. Lit.)
- Phyllis Webstad (D.Ed.)
- Weiming Zhao (D. Lit.)
2021
- Tom Jackson (LL.D.)
- Brent Roussin (LL.D.)
2018
- Linda Hutcheon (D. Lit.)
2017
- Andy Murray (LL.D.)
2016
- Eric Friesen (LL.D.)
- Paul Martin (LL.D.)
2015
- Lisa de Wilde (LL.D.)
- Theoren Fleury (LL.D.)
- Philip S. Lee (LL.D.)
- Mitch Podolak (LL.D.)
2014
- Eric Lyle Dick (LL.D.)
- Dr. Christopher Summerville (LL.D.)
2013
- Lloyd Robertson (LL.D.)
2012
- Anton Kuerti (D. Mus.)
- Annette Osted (LL.D.)
2011
- Heather Bishop (LL.D.)
- Ray Bollman (D. Lit.)
- Gary Doer (LL.D.)
- Buffy Sainte-Marie (D. Mus.)
2010
- Phil Fontaine (LL.D.)
- Stephen Lewis (LL.D.)
2009
- Marlene Fitzsimmons (D. Sc.)
- Elizabeth Grant (D. Mus.)
- Basil Johnston (LL.D.)
- Brian Keating (D. Sc.)
2008
- Dr. Tom Breneman (D. Sc.)
- Dr. Kenneth Dorter (D. Lit.)
- Erin Moure (D. Lit.)
- Lorne Munroe (D. Mus.)
- Shirley Jo Paine (D. Sc.)
2007
- Diedre Irons (D. Mus.)
- Dr. William Morrison (D. Lit.)
- Fred Penner (D. Mus.)
- Justice Warren Winkler (LL.D.)
2006
- Justice Ronald Bell (LL.D.)
- Ms. Miriam Toews (D. Lit.)
2005
- Mr. Henry Champ (LL.D.)
- Mr. Tom Cochrane (D. Mus.)
- Ms. Shirley Douglas (LL.D.)
- Mr. James Ehnes (D. Mus.)
2004
- Dr. James Brown (D. Sc.)
- The Honourable Peter M. Liba (LL.D.)
2003
- Senator Sharon Carstairs (LL.D.)
- Victor Sharpe (D. Sc.)
2002
- D.P. Chang (D.Ed.)
- Matthew Choptuik (D. Sc.)
- Robert C. Prus (D. Lit.)
2001
- Randy Bachman (D. Mus.)
- Burton Cummings (D. Mus.)
- Leonard Evans (LL.D.)
- James Kale (D. Mus.)
- Don McDougall (D. Mus.)
- Garry Peterson (D. Mus.)
- Ian Cormack Palmer Smith (D. Sc.)
- Bill Wallace (D. Mus.)
- Norma Wylie (D.Ed.)
2000
- Yvon Dumont (LL.D.)
- Dr. John R. Wiens (D.Ed.)
- Westley G. Wong (LL.D.)
1999
- Donald Penny (LL.D.)
- Leo Pettipas (LL.D.)
1998
- Peggy Sharpe (D. Mus.)
- Eli Taylor (LL.D.)
1997
- Fred McGuinnes (LL.D.)
- Lawrence Stuckey (LL.D.)
1996
- Tomson Highway (D. Lit.)
1995
- Lydia Makhubu (LL.D.)
- Benjamin Schachter (LL.D.)
1994
- Arthur Amiotte (LL.D.)
- Charles Gordon (D. Lit.)
1993
- George Gooden (LL.D.)
- Dr. Lorne Watson (D. Mus.)
1992
- Dr. Donald A. Robertson (D.Ed.)
- Dr. David B. Stewart (LL.D.)
1990
- Dr. Ferdinand Eckhardt (LL.D.)
- Lewis Whitehead (LL.D.)
1989
- Dr. Wilfred McCutcheon (D.Ed.)
- Dr. Kenneth Winters (D. Mus.)
1988
- Dr. Robert Beamish (D. Sc.)
- Dr. Norma Walmsley (LL.D.)
1987
- Bishop Remi DeRoo (LL.D.)
- Dr. Thomas H. McLeod (LL.D.)
- Dr. John Warkentin (LL.D.)
1985
- Gerald A. McKinney (LL.D.)
1984
- Audrey Engle Hawthorn (LL.D.)
1982
- Dr. Henry Edmison Duckworth (D. Sc.)
1980
- August James Henzel (D. Sc.)
1977
- Walter Gilbert Dinsdale (LL.D.)
- Betty Margaret Gibson (LL.D.)
1976
- Laurence Harold Cragg (D. Sc.)
- James Harvey Tolton (D. Sc.)
- Jon Vickers (D. Mus.)
1975
- Andrew Hill Clark (D. Sc.)
- Frank Henry Epp (LL.D.)
- Harry B. Hawthorn (LL.D.)
- Grettir Leo Johannson (LL.D.)
- Margaret Laurence (D. Lit.)
- Laurence Gladwyn MacPherson (LL.D.)
1974
- John King Gordon (LL.D.)
- James Henry Gray (D. Lit.)
- Paul Gerhardt Hiebert (D. Lit.)
- Robert Dudley Howland (LL.D.)
- Henry Heard Marshall (D. Sc.)
- William Ormond Mitchell (D. Lit.)
- Dr. John Everett Robbins (LL.D.)
1973
- Beatrice Bridgen (LL.D.)
- Maurice Joseph Cooney (D.D.)
- Maurice Stanton Donovan (LL.D.)
- Chief Dan George (LL.D.)
1972
- Murray Adaskin (D. Mus.)
- Dr. Martin Wesley Johns (D. Sc.)
- Helen Clara Riesberry (LL.D.)
1971
- Sarah Persis Darrach (LL.D.)
- John Lane (LL.D.)
- Philipe Andre Renaud (LL.D.)
1970
- Thomas Clement Douglas (LL.D.)
- Sophie Carmen Eckhardt-Gramatté (D. Mus.)
- Paul Henrik Thorbjorn Thorlakson (D. Sc.)
1969
- Samuel Bronfman (LL.D.)
- J. W. Grant MacEwan (LL.D.)
- Christopher Riley (D. Sc.)
- W. L. Wright (D. Mus.)
1968
- Stuart Criddle (D. Sc.)
- Maurice F. Strong (LL.D.)
1967
- Dr. W. G. Bigelow (D. Sc.)
- Douglas L. Campbell (LL.D.)
- Milton C. Holden (LL.D.)
- Dr. Stanley H. Knowles (LL.D.)
- Rev. Dr. H. L. MacNeill ()
- Wilfred F. McGregor (LL.D.)