To now be among the latest recipients of one of Canada’s highest honours stands as proof, Dagg said, that her work had an impact. She credits the film, “The Woman Who Loves Giraffes,” with the fact her name is now on anyone’s radar — including the Order of Canada committee — at all. Brian Theodore McGeer, who goes by Tad, credits in part another pioneering woman in science for his inclusion on this year’s list of Order recipients — his mother. Edith McGeer received the Order herself in 1995, along with her husband Patrick, for their achievements in neuroscience. Duncan Sinclair, whose accomplishments include efforts in the late 1990s to reform health care in Ontario, is among the new recipients of the Order.

Source: thestar December 27, 2019 21:56 UTC