The Pearson Medal of Peace () is an award given out annually by the United Nations Association in Canada to recognize an individual Canadian's "contribution to international service". Nominations are made by any Canadian for any Canadian, excluding self-nominations. The medal was first announced in 1979 and named in honour of Lester B. Pearson, Nobel Peace Prize winner and Canada's fourteenth Prime Minister. The medal was to be selected by a jury of "eminent Canadians" and awarded by the Governor General of Canada on United Nations Day, October 24."Peace medal planned", Leader-Post, August 13, 1979. After the 2004 medal was awarded to Roméo Dallaire, it was not awarded again until it was revived in 2011 to honour peace activist Ernie Regehr.Campbell Clark, "Governor-General honours veteran of the war on war", The Globe and Mail, January 20, 2011.
Recipients of the Pearson Medal of Peace 1979 - Paul-Émile Léger 1980 - J. King Gordon 1981 - E. L. M. Burns 1982 - Hugh L. Keenleyside 1983 - George-Henri Lévesque 1984 - George Ignatieff 1985 - Lois Miriam Wilson 1986 - Meyer Brownstone 1987 - Nancy Meek Pocock 1988 - Edward Scott 1989 - Maurice Strong 1990 - Murray Thomson 1991 - Muriel Duckworth 1992 - Eric Hoskins 1993 - Escott Reid 1994 - Martin Connell 1995 - Gisèle Côté-Harper 1996 - Gerry Barr 1997 - Hanna Newcombe 1998 - Pat Roy Mooney 1999 - Flora MacDonald 2000 - No award made 2001 - Ursula M. Franklin 2002 - Alex Morrison 2003 - Stephen Lewis 2004 - Roméo Dallaire 2005 - 2009 - No award made 2010 - Ernie Regehr 2013 - Donald S. Ethell 2014 - Nigel Fisher 2016 - Louise Arbour 2017 - Lloyd Axworthy 2018 - Willie Littlechild 2019 - 2020 - No award made 2021 - Beverly McLachlin 2022 - John McGarry
See also List of Canadian awards
References
External links UNAC Pearson Medal information