Officer of the Order of Canada

• Awarded on: November 9, 2022
• Invested on: October 03, 2024

Brian Edward Stewart, O.C., O.Ont.
Toronto, Ontario

For more than five decades, Brian Stewart has helped Canadians understand global events. A senior correspondent at the CBC, he uncovered stories from crisis-afflicted areas around the world, setting the standard of investigative journalism. One of the first reporters to cover the 1984 Ethiopia famine, he helped mobilize humanitarian responses from both Canada and the United Nations. Past distinguished senior fellow at the Munk School of Global Affairs and Public Policy, he continues to serve as an advisory committee member of Human Rights Watch Canada.