The Honourable Maurice F. Strong

  • Deceased
  • Ottawa, Ontario, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Officer of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: December 15, 1976
    • Invested on: April 20, 1977

    Chairman of the Board and Chairman of the Executive Committee of Petro Canada. Industrialist and public servant who has served Canada at home and abroad in numerous capacities, notably with the United Nations and as President of the Canadian International Development Agency.

  • Companion of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: October 21, 1999
    • Invested on: April 26, 2000

    He has earned an international reputation as one of the most visible and credible of environmental advocates. As Secretary-General of the United Nations Conference on Environment and Development, he led the 1992 UN Earth Summit in Rio de Janeiro. A guide and a catalyst for the cooperative protection of our planet and its diverse life-forms, he continues to be a leader in the Canadian conservation movement. This is a promotion within the Order.