CA-K1622Culture & sport

Miriam Toews, Officer of the Order of Canada

Miriam Toews. Miriam Toews 2015 (19269944925) · Alessio Jacona from Rome, Italy · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 2.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Miriam Toews was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2025. The appointment recognizes a novelist whose work explores human suffering and comedy.

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The author as described in the Governor General’s Order of Canada citation.

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Ms. Miriam Toews | The Governor General of Canada ↗

The Governor General of Canada

Order of Canada — award rank, appointment date (not investiture) and recipient citation