Saskatchewan Order of Merit

The Saskatchewan Order of Merit is intended to honour any Canadian citizen currently or formerly resident in Saskatchewan who has demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement in any field, improving the "social, cultural and economic well-being of the province and its residents"; the process of finding such individuals begins with call for nominations put out each spring by the Saskatchewan Honours Advisory Council. There are no limitations on population, but only ten new members may be created each year.

After the annual call for nominations, the Saskatchewan Honours Advisory Council makes its recommendations to the lieutenant governor. Posthumous nominations are accepted within one year of the date of death, and in 2001 the Provincial Emblems and Honours Act was amended to allow for honorary membership in the order, granted to those who are neither current nor former residents of Saskatchewan; Prince Charles, Prince of Wales, was the first honorary member of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, appointed on 24 April 2001.{{cite press release| title=Prince of Wales Honoured| publisher=Queen's Printer for Saskatchewan| date=24 April 2001| url=http://www.gov.sk.ca/news?newsId=b83f82e7-4131-45d5-ae82-a29a6918106d| access-date=16 August 2009}} The lieutenant governor of Saskatchewan, who is {{lang|la|ex officio}} a member and the chancellor of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit and remains a member following his or her departure from viceregal office,{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1988| loc=15}} then makes all appointments into the fellowship's single grade of membership by letters patent bearing the viceroyal sign-manual and the Great Seal of the province;{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1988| loc=18}} thereafter, the new members are entitled to use the post-nominal letters SOM and have their portrait added to the Athabasca Gallery at the Saskatchewan Legislative Building.{{cite web| url=http://www.ops.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=a4e9e20b-d74e-423c-8128-e53107c610c6| last=Office of the Provincial Secretary| title=About OPS > Protocol Office > Saskatchewan Honours and Awards Program > Saskatchewan Order of Merit| publisher=Queen's Printer for Saskatchewan| access-date=16 August 2009}}

Upon admission into the Saskatchewan Order of Merit, members are presented with the order's insignia at a ceremony held either at Government House in Regina or at a venue in Saskatoon. According to The Provincial Emblems and Honours Act, which stipulates the design of the order's badges and ribbon and how they are worn, the main emblem of the order is a silver medallion in the form of a six pointed star—an abstract rendition of a western red lilly, the province's official flower. The obverse is coated in white enamel and bears the escutcheon of Coat of arms of Saskatchewan within a circular ribbon that displays the provincial motto—{{langnf|la|multis e gentibus vires|from many peoples strength}}{{cite web| url=http://www.ops.gov.sk.ca/Default.aspx?DN=f9a022a1-b8e7-4bf7-bda2-c245967f30ab| last=Office of the Provincial Secretary| title=About OPS > Protocol Office > Emblems of Saskatchewan > Coat of Arms| publisher=Queen's Printer for Saskatchewan| access-date=16 August 2009}}—all topped by St. Edward's Crown symbolizing the Canadian monarch's role as the fount of honour.{{cite web| url=http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/hon/nat-honour-honneur/index-eng.htm| last=Royal Canadian Mounted Police| title=Honours and Recognition Programs > Canadian National Honours| publisher=Queen's Printer for Canada| access-date=20 May 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090323114038/http://www.rcmp-grc.gc.ca/hon/nat-honour-honneur/index-eng.htm| archive-date=23 March 2009}} This medallion is hung from a ribbon with a green-gold-green, vertical striped pattern, at the collar for men, and on a bow pinned at the left chest for women. Members also receive for wear on informal clothing a lapel pin in the form of a stylized western red lily bearing St. Edward's Crown.{{Harvnb| Elizabeth II| 1988| loc=19}}

{{Main category|Members of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit}}

The following are some notable appointees of the Saskatchewan Order of Merit:{{Cite web|last=Office of the Provincial Secretary| title=Saskatchewan Order of Merit Recipients| place=Regina| publisher=Queen's Printer for Saskatchewan| url=http://www.ops.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=372,128,122,121,81,1,Documents&MediaID=696&Filename=SOM+Recipients.pdf| access-date=16 August 2009| url-status=dead| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120225180151/http://www.ops.gov.sk.ca/adx/aspx/adxGetMedia.aspx?DocID=372,128,122,121,81,1,Documents&MediaID=696&Filename=SOM+Recipients.pdf | archive-date=25 February 2012}}

• Murad Al-Katib, agricultural entrepreneur, appointed 2017
• Freda Ahenakew {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, author and academic, appointed 2005
• John Hall Archer {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, librarian and historian, appointed 1987
• Don Atchison SOM, Mayor of Saskatoon, appointed 2019
• Lorne Allan Babiuk {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM FRSC}}, immunologist, molecular virologist, and vaccinologist, appointed 2003
• Marcel Alter Baltzan {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, physician and nephrologist, appointed 1999
• Lloyd Ingram Barber {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CC SOM}}, Chancellor of the University of Regina, appointed 1995
• Byrna Barclay {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM}}, author, appointed 2004
• Edward Dmytro Bayda {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM QC}}, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, appointed 2008
• Bruce W. Beatty, graphic designer, posthumously appointed 2011
• Allan Emrys Blakeney {{Post-nominals|post-noms=PC OC SOM QC FRSC}}, Premier of Saskatchewan, appointed 2000
• Elizabeth Winifred Brewster {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, poet and academic, appointed 2008
• Sharon Butala {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, writer and conservationist, appointed 2009
• Angus Daniel Campbell {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, founder of the Northern Ontario Hockey Association, appointed 1996
• Maria Campbell {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, author, playwright, broadcaster, filmmaker, appointed 2005
• Roger Colenso Carter {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM QC}}, Dean, University of Saskatchewan College of Law, appointed 1998
• Edward Milton Culliton {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CC SOM QC}}, Chief Justice of Saskatchewan, appointed 1988
• Donald Grant Devine, Premier of Saskatchewan, appointed 2009
• Thomas Clement Douglas {{Post-nominals|post-noms=PC CC SOM}}, Premier of Saskatchewan, appointed 1985
• Joseph Fafard {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, sculpture artist, appointed 2002
• Walter Henry Farquharson {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM DD}}, Moderator of the United Church of Canada, appointed 2007
• David Leon Kaplan {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, professor, performer, and conductor, appointed 2006
• Dorothy Knowles {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, landscape artist, appointed 1987.
• John Victor Hicks {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM}}, poet, appointed 1992
• Frederick W. Hill {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, appointed 1999, businessman
• Gordon MacMurchy {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM}}, politician, appointed 1999
• Peggy McKercher {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, Chancellor of the University of Saskatchewan, appointed 2001
• Kenneth Alexander Mitchell {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, actor, appointed 2001
• Robert Joseph Ogle {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, Roman Catholic priest, broadcaster, and politician, appointed 1995
• Thelma Pepper {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM}}, artist, appointed 2018
• William Perehudoff {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, artist, appointed 1994
• Elizabeth Raum, oboist and composer, appointed 2010
• Edward Rawlinson {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM FCA}}, broadcaster, appointed 1989
• Garnet "Sam" Richardson {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM}}, Curler, appointed 2005
• Roy John Romanow {{Post-nominals|post-noms=PC OC SOM KC}}, Premier of Saskatchewan, appointed 2003
• Allen Sapp {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, artist, appointed 1985
• Sandra Marie Schmirler {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM}}, Olympic athlete, posthumously appointed 2000
• Morris Cyril Shumiatcher {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM QC}}, civil rights lawyer, appointed 1996
• John William Tranter Spinks {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CC MBE SOM}}, appointed 1996
• Savella Stechishin {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, home economist and writer, appointed 1998
• Anne Szumigalski {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM}}, poet, appointed 1989
• Guy Clarence Vanderhaeghe {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, author, appointed 2003
• Charles III, King of Canada, appointed 2001
• Ernest Walker {{Post-nominals|post-noms=CM SOM}}, archaeologist and academic, appointed 2001
• Pamela Wallin {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, television journalist and diplomat, appointed 1999
• James Vernon Weisgerber {{Post-nominals|post-noms=SOM DD}}, prelate of the Roman Catholic Church, appointed 2005
• Prince Edward, Duke of Edinburgh {{Post-nominals|post-noms=KG GCVO SOM ADC(P)}}, member of the Canadian Royal Family, appointed 2005
• Stephen Worobetz {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM MC FRCSC}}, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, appointed 1999
• Clifford Emerson Wright {{Post-nominals|post-noms=OC SOM}}, Mayor of Saskatoon, appointed 1999
• Sylvia Fedoruk, Lieutenant Governor of Saskatchewan, appointed 1986

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