NOVA SCOTIA - Five Annapolis Valley residents have been selected to receive the prestigious Order of Nova Scotia distinction.
Geraldine Browning of Centreville, Wolfville resident Ray Ivany and Annapolis Royal’s Peter Nicholson will be invested into the Order of Nova Scotia during a ceremony at Province House Nov. 7.
"Those who are appointed to our province's highest honour have committed themselves to a lifetime of excellence and their extraordinary acts and achievements have benefitted their fellow Nova Scotians and Canadians," said Lt.-Gov. Arthur LeBlanc in a press release issued Oct. 13.
Browning is a founding member of the Black Business Initiative, the Black Cultural Society and the Valley African Nova Scotia Development Association.
“Mrs. B, as she is widely known, advocates for the protection of women and children from violence and abuse, promotes literacy and education, and visits schools to share her experiences with young Nova Scotians,” the announcement introducing the 2017 Order of Nova Scotia recipients reads.
Ivany is well known as an author of the One Nova Scotia Commission’s report, and through work consulting with governments on a variety of matters related to public policy.
“Ray Ivany has spent his career focused on higher education and public policy, and on making Nova Scotia a place where we can all prosper,” the release reads.
“He is known internationally as an innovator, having transformed the Nova Scotia Community College into a national leader in applied post-secondary education and elevating Acadia University into one of Canada's leading primarily undergraduate universities.”
Nicholson is being recognized for his work in pushing for policy changes relating to the fisheries, third-world debt and science and technology.
“He helped set out principles that govern the Canadian fishery, proposed a resolution to the Latin American debt crisis of the late-1980s, and served as deputy chief of staff in the prime minister's office,” the release states.
“Mr. Nicholson has a long list of volunteer service in the fields of science and technology, and is a leading voice for innovation and science and economic policy in Canada.”
Learn more about the 2017 Order of Nova Scotia recipients at: https://novascotia.ca/iga/2017recipients.asp
