Department of Law and Legal Studies Professor Melanie Adrian has been appointed to the Order of Ontario, the province’s highest honour, for establishing the university as a global leader in protecting vulnerable scholars and founding an organization to help cancer patients navigate the medical system.

Prof. Adrian was among 47 people appointed on New Year’s Day by Ontario Lt. Gov. Elizabeth Dowdeswell covering 2019 and 2020. The order honours “individuals whose exceptional achievements have left a lasting legacy in the province, in Canada and beyond.”

Read more about her innovative work here: Carleton’s Melanie Adrian Appointed to Order of Ontario.