Member of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 19, 2015
• Invested on: November 17, 2016

Sandra Paikowsky, C.M.
Montréal, Quebec
Member of the Order of Canada

For her contributions to the development of Canadian art history as a discipline.

Scholar, curator, editor and publisher Sandra Paikowsky played a central role in the emergence of Canadian art history as a discipline. A professor at Concordia University in Montréal for over 40 years, she helped found the country’s first Canadian art history program, and was the curator and director of the Concordia Art Gallery for more than a decade. She is best known for devoting over 30 years to the Journal of Canadian Art History as its managing editor. Her tireless work has provided an invaluable forum for collaboration and discussion, which has immeasurably strengthened the study of our national art.