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The 'Order of British Columbia' or OBC is British Columbia's highest award for outstanding achievement. Established by statute in 1989 the award is appointed by the Lieutenant Governor of British Columbia based on recommendations from an advisory council.
The advisory council includes:

★ The Chief Justice of British Columbia (Chair)

★ The Speaker of the Legislative Assembly

★ A President, in turn, of one of British Columbia's Public Universities, for a two-year term

★ The President of the Union of B.C. Municipalities

★ The Deputy Minister responsible for the Order of British Columbia

★ Two past recipients of the Order
Past appointments include:

★ Bryan Adams (1990) Grammy Award winning musician and photographer

★ Michael Conway Baker (1997)

★ Dr. Geoffrey Ballard (2003)

★ Henry Pybus Bell-Irving (1990)

★ Frank Arthur Calder (2004)

★ Raffi Cavoukian (2001)

★ Iona Campagnolo (1998)

★ Lori Fung (1990)

★ Garde Gardom (2002)

★ E. J. Hughes (2005)

★ Douglas Jung (1997)

★ Diana Krall (2000)

★ Trevor Linden (2003) NHL hockey player, and captain of the Vancouver Canucks from 1991 to 1997

★ Sarah McLachlan (2001) musician, singer and songwriter

★ Mavor Moore (1999)

★ Derek Porter (1996)

★ Ernest Smith (2002) - Was the last living Canadian recipient of the Victoria Cross (d.2005)

★ Ken McVay (1995)

★ David Suzuki (1995) environmentalist and television personality

★ Peter Wing (1990)
On May 18, 2006, Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo appointed 13 people to the Order.[1] These included Steve Nash, NBA basketball star, and Joy Kogawa, an author and poet.

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See also

★ List of Canadian awards

★ List of Canadian provincial and territorial orders

External link

★ The order of British Columbia - Provincial Government