Christopher McCreery 
The Canadian Honours System [EPUB ebook] 

• Foreword by General John de Chastelain, CC, CMM, CD, CH 


• Acknowledgements 


• Introduction to the Second Edition 


• PART I 


• Chapter 1 Orders, Decorations, and Medals Around the World: Ubiquitous National Institutions 


• Chapter 2 Honours in Canada from the Earliest Times 


• Chapter 3 Imperial Honours in Canada from Confederation to the Centennial 


• Chapter 4 Peerages, Baronetcies, and Imperial Orders of Chivalry 


• Chapter 5 Imperial Gallantry Decorations 


• Chapter 6 Imperial Campaign Medals 


• Chapter 7 Imperial Long Service Decorations and Medals 


• Chapter 8 Imperial Commemorative Medals 


• Chapter 9 Special Imperial Medals 


• Chapter 10 The Confederation Medal: Canada’s First Honour 


• PART II 


• Chapter 11 The Privy Councils: An Honour and High Office 


• Chapter 12 The Order of Canada: The Basis for Canada’s Honours System 


• Chapter 13 The Order of Military Merit 


• Chapter 14 The Order of Merit of the Police Forces 


• Chapter 15 The Queen’s Personal Honours 


• Chapter 16 The Most Venerable Order of the Hospital of St. John of Jerusalem 


• Chapter 17 The Provincial Orders 


• Chapter 18 Military Valour Decorations 


• Chapter 19 Decorations for Bravery 


• Chapter 20 The Meritorious Service Decorations 


• Chapter 21 Mentions in Dispatches 


• Chapter 22 The Sacrifice Medal 


• Chapter 23 War, Operational, and Service Medals 


• Chapter 24 The United Nations Service Medals 


• Chapter 25 The North Atlantic Treaty Organization Medals 


• Chapter 26 International Mission Medals 


• Chapter 27 Special Medals 


• Chapter 28 Commemorative Medals 


• Chapter 29 Royal Canadian Mounted Police Long Service Medal 


• Chapter 30 Canadian Forces’ Decoration 


• Chapter 31 Exemplary Service Medals 


• Chapter 32 Organizational Long Service Medals 


• Chapter 33 Provincial Decorations and Medals 


• Chapter 34 Commonwealth and Foreign Awards 


• PART III 


• Chapter 35 The Memorial Cross and Next-of-Kin Mementos 


• Chapter 36 Commendations 


• Chapter 37 Components of Canadian Honours 


• Chapter 38 Canadian Honours in Heraldry 


• Chapter 39 Self-Styled Orders, Unofficial Medals, and Other Elements Outside of the National Honours System 


• Chapter 40 Protocol 


• Appendix 1 The Canadian Order of Precedence of Honours, Awards, and Decorations 


• Appendix 2 Instruments Creating and Amending Canadian Honours 


• Appendix 3 Equalization Chart: Pre-1967 Imperial Honours and Modern Canadian Honours 


• Appendix 4 Canadian Honours System Ribbon Chart 


• Notes 


• Bibliography 


•  Photo Credits 


• Index

Christopher Mc Creery is a founding member of the Institute for the Study of the Crown in Canada and is the author of more than a dozen books. He is private secretary to the lieutenant governor of Nova Scotia and is a Fellow of the Royal Canadian Geographical Society. In 2010, he was appointed a member of the Royal Victorian Order by the Queen. He lives in Halifax.