Stevie Cameron, author and investigative journalist, and a member of St. Andrew’s King Street, Toronto, received the Order of Canada Dec. 12, 2013 at a ceremony at Rideau Hall.
The Order of Canada recognizes those “who have demonstrated excellence, courage or exceptional dedication to service in ways that bring special credit to this country,” according to the governor general’s website.
Cameron is co-founder of Out of the Cold, a program run at St. Andrew’s that provides food, temporary shelter and other services to the homeless. Many churches across Canada have followed Cameron’s lead and have developed their own Out of the Cold programs.
She is also the author of several books, including On the Farm: Robert William Pickton and the Tragic Story of Vancouver’s Missing Women. She is currently working on a history of the Kingston Penitentiary.
In an email, Cameron told the Record that she still feels “disbelief, happiness and gratitude for all my blessings.
“I can’t even describe it. I was shocked, disbelieving, overjoyed—in that order and over quite some time.”
Photo by Sgt. Ronald Duchesne, Rideau Hall
©Her Majesty The Queen in Right of Canada represented by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (2013)
