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4 Canadian Jews Awarded the Order of Canada

January 4, 1983
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Four Canadian Jews were among the 63 persons awarded the Order of Canada, it was announced by Governor General Edward Schreyer. The four are:

A. Alan Borovoy, general counsel for the Canadian Civil Liberties Association. He is also active in the Canadian Jewish Congress and the Jewish Labor Committee; and Allan Gotlieb, senior civil servant and presently Canada’s Ambassador to the United States. His family is active in the Zionist movement. His mother was the national chairperson of Hadassah-WIZO. Both Bovoroy and Gotlieb were named Officers of the Order.

Marjorie Blankstein of Winnipeg is a past president of the National Council of Jewish Women of Canada, chairman of the Canadian Jewish Congress for the Manitoba-Saskatchewan region, and president of the Jewish Community Council of Winnipeg; and Dr. William Feindel, a neurosurgeon, who replaced Dr. Wilder Penfield as director of the Montreal Neurological Institute. Both Mrs. Blankstein and Feindel were named as Members of the Order.

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