CA-K1609Culture & sport

Alistair MacLeod, Officer of the Order of Canada

Alistair MacLeod. Alistair MacLeod reading at Cape Breton University · Graham Iddon · Photo source · Photo licence: CC BY-SA 3.0. Resized for display; item previews may be cropped. The image remains under the licence shown.

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Alistair MacLeod was appointed Officer of the Order of Canada in 2007. The appointment recognizes a writer whose fiction draws on the landscape and communities of Nova Scotia.

Scope & context

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

Sources behind this record

Mr. Alistair MacLeod | The Governor General of Canada ↗

The Governor General of Canada

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