Mrs. Michelle Ahern Tisseyre

  • Deceased
  • Montréal, Quebec, Canada

Order of Canada

  • Member of the Order of Canada

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

    Radio and television moderator for many years; actress and journalist. She is currently helping to make the great English Canadian writers known to the Francophone public through the translation and publication of their works.

  • Officer of the Order of Canada

    • Awarded on: May 30, 2001
    • Invested on: October 17, 2001

    She contributes to the excellence of our literary world and the promotion of culture in Canada. Thanks to this remarkable woman, the works of many of English Canada's greatest novelists have been translated and published in French, mainly through the "Collection des Deux Solitudes," which she founded and directed. She is known for her determination to establish closer ties between the cultural worlds of the two linguistic communities and for her deep affection for her country. She is also known for her dedication to various community organizations, such as governor of Portage, an organization devoted to the treatment of substance abuse, and the Société Pro Musica. This is a promotion within the Order.