Member of the Order of Canada
Awarded on: 2013-11-21
Invested on: 2014-05-07
For his commitment to fostering the next generation of entrepreneurs.
Wesley Nicol has fostered Canadian entrepreneurship and strengthened his community. A self-made man, lawyer and community developer, he has shared much of his wealth through his family foundation, which supports several charitable organizations in his community. He is best known for his long-standing, passionate devotion to encouraging student entrepreneurship. In that pursuit, he founded a national university-level entrepreneurial competition and established an entrepreneurial institute at Carleton University.