http://www.gg.ca/honours/faqoc_e.asp
Thanks, Catherine. The above links to the FAQ's, but is not particularly revealing (the awards are not granted posthumously, apparently). Perhaps if one studies the application form, one will glean more about the prerequisites, etc. I do not have the time today. I also noted the there were 388 names on the list of Companions (pre-Joni), so of the 400 or so who have received the designation, more than half are deceased. That sounds like a very exclusive list to me. Bob S. Catherine wrote: unfortunately, the GG's site doesn't get into a lot of detail as to what one has to do to rate the different levels, except to say "Three different levels of membership honour people whose accomplishments vary in degree and scope: Companion, Officer and Member." Companion is the highest honour, and that's what our Joni got. I also notice that Bruce Cockburn was named "Officer" but that this was a promotion within the order - so I guess you can start off at the "member" level, be promoted to "officer", and then I suppose to "companion" - although some are immediately placed in a higher level without working their way up.
