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Press Releases Dr. Ursula M. Franklin, O.C. FRSC to be the 22nd Recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal Ursula Franklin - a woman who has earned an enviable national and international reputation among friends and colleagues during a lifetime of service and activism - is the 22nd recipient of the Pearson Peace Medal. Mr. Geoffrey Pearson, National President of the United Nations Association in Canada, will make the medal presentation on Tuesday, 15 January, 2002 at the Ursula Franklin Academy in Toronto. Dr. Franklin came to Canada in 1949 after completing her Ph.D. in experimental physics at the Technical University of Berlin. She has had a distinguished scientific and teaching career in her chosen field of metallurgy and ancient materials at the Ontario Research Foundation and then at the University of Toronto, including her current position as Professor Emeritas in that university's Department of Metallurgy and Materials Science. More than 70 scholarly papers and major contributions to books and seminars attest to her scientific abilities, as do several honorary degrees and other recognitions. She is a Companion of the Order of Canada and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada. She has also been one of the moving forces in the efforts to ensure
peace, social justice and human rights in both this country and internationally.
Her energy and intellect have kept her in the forefront of these critical
global issues for years. To quote her nominator for this honour, "by
her direct actions, in support of or in opposition to ideas and policies,
she has changed the thinking, the assumptions, the direction of the
lives of those who have welcomed her clarity, her honesty, her beautiful
and often humorous use of language, her constant search for truth and
her ability to share this search with others". UNA-Canada awards the Pearson Peace Medal annually to a Canadian who has personally contributed to those humanitarian causes to which Lester B. Pearson devoted his distinguished career and honours outstanding Canadian achievements in the field of international service and understanding . The Medal was first awarded in 1979 to Cardinal Paul-Émile Léger. Recent recipients have included Flora Macdonald (1999), Pat Roy Mooney (1998) Hanna Newcombe (1997), Gerry Barr (1996), Gisèle Côté-Harper (1995) and Martin Connell (1994). A jury of eminent Canadians selects the recipient of the Medal (http://www.unac.org/en/news_events/pearson/index.asp). Date and Time: Tuesday, January 15, 2002 at 7:00 pm - 30 - For further information, contact: |
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