Members of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts come from a broad range of disciplines and are leaders within their fields. Over the course of their respective practices, many have been honoured by organizations outside the Academy in recognition of the excellence of their work.

*denotes deceased members of the Academy

The Order of Canada

Paul Almond, QC, filmmaking, O.C. 2001; Denys Georges Arcand QC, filmmaking, O.C. 1986, C.C. 2005; Louis Archambault*, sculpture, O.C. 1968; Paul Rodney Arthur*, ON, graphic design, C.M. 1993; Pitseolak Ashoona, NT, printmaking, C.M. 1977; Kiawak Ashoona, NT, sculpture, O.C. 1999; Marcel Barbeau, QC, painting, O.C. 1995; Robert Bateman, BC, painting, O.C. 1983; Iain Baxter, ON, painting, O.C. 2002; Aba Bayefsky*, ON, painting, C.M. 1979; Micheline Beauchemin, QC, textile art, O.C. 1973; Roloff Beny*, AB, photography, O.C. 1972; Lois Etherington Betteridge, ON, silversmithing, C.M. 1997; André Bieler*, ON, painting, C.M. 1988; Bertrand Binning*, BC, painting, O.C. 1971; David Lloyd Blackwood, ON, printmaking, C.M. 1993; Hans Blumenfeld*, architecture, O.C. 1978; Bruno Joseph Bobak, NB, painting, C.M. 1995; Molly Lamb Bobak, NB, painting, C.M. 1995; Donald Code Brittain*, ON, filmmaking, O.C. 1989; Fred Bruemmer*, QC, photography, C.M. 1983; Jack Bush*, ON, painting, O.C. 1976; Norman Campbell*, ON, filmmaking, O.C. 1978; Douglas Cardinal, ON, architecture, O.C. 1989; Alfred Casson*, ON, painting, O.C. 1978; Christopher Martin Chapman, ON, filmmaking, C.M. 1987; Charles F. Comfort*, ON, painting, O.C. 1972; Ernest Cormier*, QC, architecture, O.C. 1974; Gustavo U. da Roza, BC, architecture, O.C. 1988; Michel Dallaire, QC, industrial design, C.M. 1999; Thomas Cullen Daly, QC, painting, O.C. 2000; Ken Danby, ON, painting, C.M. 2001; Robert Davidson, BC, sculpture, C.M. 1996; Dora de Pédery-Hunt, ON, sculpture, O.C. 1974; Abel Joseph Diamond, ON, architecture, O.C. 1995; Jennifer Dickson, ON, printmaking, C.M. 1995; Atom Egoyan, ON, filmmaking, O.C. 1999; Arthur C. Erickson, BC, architecture, O.C. 1973, C.C. 1981; Sorel Etrog, ON, sculpture, C.M. 1994; Barker Fairley*, ON, painting, O.C. 1978; Gathie Falk, BC, painting, C.M. 1997; Ivan Graeme Ferguson, ON, filmmaking, C.M. 1992; Edouard Fiset*, QC, architecture, O.C. 1967; Kenneth Keith Forbes*, painting, O.C. 1967; Thomas De Vany Forrestall, NS, painting, C.M. 1986; Bruno Freschi, US, architecture, O.C. 1987; Yves Gaucher*, QC, painting, C.M. 1980; Edward W. Godwin, AB, painting, O.C. 2004; Betty Goodwin, QC, painting, O.C. 2003; Erica Deichmann Gregg, NB, ceramics, C.M. 1987; Helen Gregor*, ON, textile art, C.M. 1987; Elizabeth Holbrook, ON, sculpture, C.M. 1995; Cleeve Horne*, ON, sculpture, O.C. 1996; Yvonne McKague Housser*, painting, C.M. 1984: E.J. Hughes, BC, painting, C.M. 2001; Francesco Iacurto*, painting, C.M. 1991; Alexander Young Jackson*, ON, painting, C.C. 1967; Alex Janvier, AB, painting, 2007; Tamara Jaworska, ON, textile art, C.M. 1994; Norman Jewison, ON, filmmaking, O.C. 1981, C.C. 1991; Yousuf Karsh*, ON, photography, O.C. 1967, C.C. 1990; Illingworth Holey Kerr*, AB, painting, C.M. 1982; Allan King, ON, filmmaking, O.C. 2002; Roy Kenzie Kiyooka*, BC, painting, O.C. 1978; Dorothy Knowles, SK, painting, C.M., S.O.M. 2004; William Kurelek*, ON, painting, C.M. 1976; Phyllis B. Lambert, QC, architecture, C.M. 1985, O.C. 1990; J. Fenwick Lansdowne, BC, painting, O.C. 1976; Robert LaPalme*, illustration, O.C. 1972; Jean-Paul Lemieux*, QC, painting, C.C 1968 ; Ernest Lindner*, painting, O.C. 1979; Arthur Lismer*, painting, C.C. 1967; Kenneth Lochhead, ON, painting, O.C. 1970; Colin Low, QC, painting, C.M. 1995; Duncan MacPherson*, ON, illustration/illustration, C.M. 1987; Henri Masson*, painting, O.C. 1994 ; Doris McCarthy, ON, painting, C.M. 1986; Norman McLaren*, filmmaking, O.C. 1968, C.C. 1973; R. Eleanor Milne, ON, sculpture, C.M. 1988; Leo Mol, MB, sculpture, O.C. 1989; Guido Molinari*, QC, painting, O.C. 1971; Raymond Moriyama, ON, architecture, O.C. 1985; Norval Morrisseau, ON, painting, C.M. 1978; Ann Mortimer, ON, ceramics, C.M. 2000; Robert Murray, US, sculpture, C.M. 2000; Cornelia Hahn Oberlander, BC, architecture, C.M.1990; Daphne Odjig, BC, painting, C.M. 1986; Toni Onley*, BC, painting, O.C. 1998; Jessie Oonark*, NT, printmaking, O.C. 1984; Pierre Ouvrard, QC, book binding, C.M. 1983; John Cresswell Parkin*, ON, architecture, C.C. 1972; David Partridge, ON, sculpture, C.M. 2002; John Patkau, BC, architecture, C.M. 2004; Patricia Patkau, BC, architecture, C.M. 2004; Freeman Patterson, NB, photography, C.M. 1985; Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, BC, painting, C.M. 1984; Alfred Pellan*, painting, C.C. 1967; William W. Perehudoff, SK, painting, C.M. 1998; Joseph Plaskett, France, painting, O.C. 2001; Mary Pratt, NL, painting, C.C. 1996; Christopher Pratt, NL, painting, O.C. 1973, C.C. 1983; Henry Purdy, painting, C.M. 2001; Nina Raginsky, photography, O.C. 1984 ; Jean-Paul Riopelle*, QC, painting, C.C. 1969; William Goodridge Roberts*, ON, painting, O.C. 1969; Fred Ross, NB, painting, C.M. 2002; Mariette Rousseau-Vermette, QC, textile art, O.C. 1976; Jean-Marie Roy, QC, architecture, C.M. 1995; Moshe Safdie, USA, architecture, O.C. 1986, C.C. 2005; Allen Sapp, SK, painting, .C. 1986; Henry Saxe, ON, sculpture, O.C. 1988; Carl Schaefer*, ON, painting, C.M. 1978; Gordon Smith, BC, sculpture, C.M. 1996; Michael Snow, ON, painting, O.C. 1981; Gerald Squires, NL, painting, C.M. 1999; Donald Stuart, ON, metalsmithing, C.M. 2002; George Swinton*, MB, painting, C.M. 1979; Tony Tascona, MB, painting, C.M. 1996; Bing Wing Thom, BC, architecture, C.M. 1995; Ronald Thom*, BC, architecture, O.C. 1980; Claude Tousignant, QC, painting, O.C. 1976; Harold B. Town*, ON, painting, O.C. 1968; Yves Trudeau, QC, sculpture, C.M. 1995; Anthony Morse Urquhart, ON, painting, C.M. 1994; Blanche Lemco van Ginkel, ON, architecture, C.M. 2000; H.P. Daniel (Sandy) van Ginkel, ON, architecture, C.M. 2007; Irene F. Whittome, QC, sculpture, O.C. 2005; Joyce Wieland*, ON, painting, O.C. 1982; Eberhard Zeidler, ON, architecture, O.C. 1984.


The Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

Iain Baxter, ON, painting, 2004; Carl Beam, ON, printmaking, 2005; Ghitta Caiserman-Roth, QC, painting, 2000; Eric Cameron, AB, painting, 2004; Douglas Cardinal, ON, architecture, 2001; Ian Carr-Harris, ON, sculpture, 2007; John Chalke, AB, ceramics, 2000; Aganetha Dyck, MB, sculpture, 2007; Gathie Falk, BC, painting, 2003; Murray Favro, ON, sculpture, 2007; Betty Goodwin, QC, painting, 2003; Daphne Odjig, BC, painting, 2007; Roland Poulin, QC, sculpture, 2005; Michael Snow, ON, painting, 2000; Lisa Steele, ON, video art, 2005; Françoise Sullivan, QC, painting, 2005; Kim Tomczak, ON, video art, 2005; Irene Whittome, QC, sculpture, 2002.


The Saidye Bronfman Award

Micheline Beauchemin, QC, textile art, 1982; Lois Etherington Betteridge, ON, glass art, 1978; Dorothy Caldwell, ON, textile art, 1990; Daniel Crichton, ON, ceramics, 1994; Walter Dexter, BC, ceramics, 1992 ; Louise Doucet, QC, sculpture, 1980 ; Peter Fleming, ON, furniture design, 2000 ; Michael C. Fortune, ON, furniture design, 1993; Léopold L. Foulem, QC, ceramics, 2001; Louise Genest, QC, book binding, 1995; Lutz Haufschild, BC, glass art, 1988; Robin Hopper, BC, ceramics, 1977; Harlan House, BC, ceramics, 1989; William (Grit) Laskin, ON, luthier, 1997; Susan Low-Beer, ON, sculpture, 1999; Marcel Marois, QC, textile art, 1998 ; Bill Reid*, BC, sculpture, 1986 ; Carole Sabiston, BC, textile art, 1987; Satoshi Saito, QC, sculpture, 1980; Maurice Savoie, QC, ceramics, 2004.


The Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards

Each year the Canada Council designates up to three Canadian artists who have received grants in the fields of music or visual arts as holders of Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Awards. This designation is made to honour the memory of the benefactor, whose bequest to the Council enables it to increase the number of grants to artists. In addition to the grant, each winner receives an additional $4,000 award. (taken directly from http://www.canadacouncil.ca)

Marcel Barbeau, France, painting, 1972; Iain Baxter, ON, painting, 1980; Micheline Beauchemin, QC, textile art, 1971; Douglas Bentham, SK, sculpture, 1980; Bruno Bobak, NB, painting, 1971; Geneviève Cadieux, QC, photography, 1994; Eric Cameron, AB, painting, 1992; Ian Carr-Harris, ON, sculpture, 2002; Jack Chambers, ON, painting, 1973; Melvin Charney, QC, architecture, 1996; Yvon Cozic, QC, mixed media, 2001; Charles Daudelin, QC, sculpture, 1971; Louis de Niverville, BC, painting, 1982; Paterson Ewen, ON, painting, 1987; Murray Favro, ON, sculpture, 1977; Vera Frenkel, ON, installation, new media, 1981; Betty Goodwin, QC, painting, 1981; John Greer, NS, sculpture, 1987; Reginald Holmes, USA, painting, 1971; Harlan House, ON, ceramics, 1986; Gershon Iskowitz*, ON, painting, 1974; Geoffrey James, ON, photography, 1991; Ann Kipling, BC, painting, 1987; Roy Kiyooka*, BC, painting, 1973; Hobuo Kubota, ON, sculpture, 2000; Jean McEwen, QC, painting, 1976; John Meredith, ON, painting, 1971; Guido Molinari*, QC, painting, 1973; Ronald Moppett, AB, painting, 1986; Roland Poulin, QC, sculpture, 1995; Mark Prent, USA, sculpture, 1977; David Rabinowitch, USA, sculpture, 1976; Walter Redinger, ON, sculpture, 1975; Françoise Sullivan, QC, painting, 1983; Claude Tousignant, QC, painting, 1974; Irene Whittome, QC, sculpture, 1989; Joyce Wieland*, ON, painting, 1972.


The Gershon Iskowitz Prize

Denis Juneau, painting, QC, 1990; Gathie Falk, painting, BC, 1990; Irene Whittome, sculpture, QC, 1992; Vera Frenkel, installation, new media, ON, 1993; Eric Cameron, painting, AB, 1994; Betty Goodwin, painting, QC, 1995; Murray Favro, sculpture, ON, 1997; Ron Moppett, painting, AB, 1997; Paterson Ewen, painting, ON, 2000; Geoffrey James, photography, ON, 2002.


Governor General's awards in Architecture

George Baird/ Raymond Moriyama, ON, 1994; Raymond Moriyama, ON, 1986; Joost Bakker/ Norman Hotson, BC, 2002; Bill Chomik, AB, 1986; Carmen Corneil, Norway, 1992; A. Jack Diamond, ON, 1986, 1994, 1997; A. Jack Diamond / Barton Myers, ON, 1992; Dan Hanganu, QC, 1994, 2002; A. Gregory Henriquez/ Richard G. Henriquez, BC, 1990, 2004; John R. Hix, ON, 1986; R.E. Hulbert, BC, 1986; Barry Johns, AB, 1992; Ronald D. Keenberg, ON, 1986; Gene Kinoshita, ON, 1986; Bruce Kuwabara, ON, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2004; Bruce Kuwabara / Barton Myers, ON, 1992; Brian MacKay-Lyons, NS, 1986, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002; Donald O. Moffat, ON, 1986; Barton Myers, USA, 1986, 1992; John Patkau/ Patricia Patkau, BC, 1986, 1990, 1992, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2004; Jean-Marie Roy, QC, 1986, 1990; Moshe Safdie, USA, 1992; Brigitte Shim/ Howard Sutcliffe, ON, 1994, 1997, 2002, 2004; Jeremy Sturgess, AB, 1997; Bing Thom, BC, 1990; Eberhard Zeidler, ON, 1986, 1997.

for more details on this award see http://www.raic.org

Provincial Orders

The Alberta Order of Excellence
Dr. John Snow, painting/la peinture

The Order of British Columbia
Robert Bateman, painting/la peinture, 2001; Robert Davidson, sculpture/la sculpture, 1995; Gathie Falk, painting/la peinture, 2002; Dr. Edward John Hughes, painting/la peinture, 2005; Richard Hunt, sculpture, painting/la sculpture, la peinture, 1991; J. Fenwick Lansdowne, painting/la peinture, 1995; Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic, painting/la peinture, 2001; Bill Reid, sculpture/la sculpture,1994; Carole Sabiston, textile art/l'art textile 1992; Jack Shadbolt, painting/la peinture, 1990; Gordon A. Smith, painting/la peinture, 2000; Takao Tanabe, painting/la peinture, 1993

The Order of Manitoba
Leo Mol, sculpture/la sculpture

The Order of New Brunswick
Molly Lamb Bobak, painting/la peinture; Claude Roussel, sculpture/la sculpture

The Order of Ontario
David Blackwood, printmaking/l'estampe; Norman Campbell, filmmaking/ le cinéma; Ken Danby, painting/la peinture; A. Jack Diamond, architecture/l'architecture ; Elizabeth Bradford Holbrook, sculpture/la sculpture; Burton Kramer, graphic design/le design graphique; Doris McCarthy, painting/la peinture; Ray Moriyama, architecture/l'architecture; Eberhard Zeidler, architecture/l'architecture

The Order of Saskatchewan
Victor Cicansky, sculpture/la sculpture; Dorothy Knowles, painting/la peinture; William Perehudoff, painting/la peinture; Allen Sapp, painting/la peinture

 
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