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Rush
Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson and Neil Peart received Nipissing’s first honorary Doctor of Music. -
Dr. Donald Weaver
Dr. Donald Weaver began his career in neuroscience in the mid-1970s, toiling long hours in the lab at North Bay’s Chippewa Secondary School. -
The Honourable Frances Lankin
The Honourable Frances Lankin has devoted her life to public service and has made significant contributions to social justice as a politician and as a social service administrator, championing the rights of women and the disadvantaged. -
Dr. Mary Ferguson-Paré
Dr. Mary Ferguson-Paré is one of Canada’s most widely respected nurse leaders with 43 years of dedicated service to the nursing profession. -
Giles Blunt
Giles Blunt is a Canadian novelist and screenwriter who has captivated an international following and is recognized as one of Canada’s most successful crime writers. -
Muriel Sawyer
Muriel Sawyer is a custodian of language and culture and an irreplaceable advocate for Aboriginal education who enjoyed a 40-year teaching career. -
Craig Oliver
Craig Oliver, OC, is one of Canada's most respected political journalists and a member of the Canadian Association of Broadcasters’ Hall of Fame. A reporter and television host for more than 55 years, he has covered major political events and news stories, interpreting and explaining key issues of the day with insight, candour and skill. Currently, Oliver is CTV’s chief political correspondent and chief parliamentary correspondent. -
Geoff Green
Geoff Green, C.M., is an educator, social entrepreneur and adventurer who founded Students on Ice, the award-winning educational program that works to give the world’s youth a heightened understanding and respect for our planet’s global ecosystem, and the inspiration to protect it. -
Justice Harry LaForme
Justice Harry LaForme sits on the Ontario Court of Appeal. As a Mississauga Indian and a member of the Mississaugas of New Credit First Nation, LaForme is the first Aboriginal person in the history of Canada to be appointed to sit on any appellate court. -
Sandy Foster
Sandy Foster, a longtime resident of North Bay, founded Hope2Kenya (formerly known as Team Tumnini), a grassroots, non-profit organization aimed at improving the lives of children in Kenya, after she embarked on a trip to the African country to build playgrounds at two orphanages.
