Meritorious Service Medal
Awarded on: 2004-04-26
Invested on: 2005-05-30
Roy Wordsworth, M.S.M., Toronto, Ontario
Meritorious Service Medal (civil division)
Roy Wordsworth is the founding president of Performing Arts Lodges of Canada (PAL), a national charitable organization dedicated to providing affordable housing and health care for senior members of the performing arts and allied professions. Following the 1993 opening of PAL Place in Toronto, the first residential lodge housing some 200 members of the arts community, Mr. Wordsworth’s successful concept has expanded with chapters in four other cities: Calgary, Halifax, Stratford, and Vancouver.