On
December
28,
Her
Excellency
the
Right
Honourable
Julie
Payette,
Governor
General
of
Canada
announced
120
new
appointments
to
the
Order
of
Canada.
The
new
member
list
included
Donna
Strickland,
Anne
Dagg,
Paul
Born
and
Stuart
McGill,
who
are
all
affiliated
with
the
University
of
Waterloo.
Both
Donna
Strickland
and
Anne
Dagg
have
connections
with
the
Faculty
of
Science
as
well!
They were
appointed
for
outstanding
contributions
in
their
field
and
for
enriching
the
lives
of
others.
Companion
of
the
Order
of
Canada
Donna
Strickland
Donna
Strickland
is
a
professor
in
the
Department
of
Physics
and
Astronomy.
She
was
awarded
the
2018
Nobel
Prize
in
Physics
for
her
invention
of
chirped
pulse
amplification.
It has
several
applications,
including
the
cutting
of
a
patient’s
cornea
during
laser
eye
surgery.
Professor
Strickland
is
being
recognized
for
her
work
in
high-intensity
laser
physics.
Member
of
the
Order
of
Canada
Anne
Dagg
Anne
Dagg
has
had
a
distinguished
career
in
the
field
of
animal
biology
and
has
been
a
tireless
advocate
for
gender
equality
in
academia.
She
pioneered
the
study
of
animal
behaviour
in
the
wild
of
Africa
and
is
credited
with
being
the
first
person
to
study
wild
giraffes.
Dagg
worked
as
a
part-time
lecturer
at
Waterloo
Lutheran
University
in
anatomy
and
physiology
from
1962
to
1965,
and
then
as
an
anatomy
demonstrator
at
the
University
of
Waterloo
in
1966.
In
1967,
she
received
her
PhD
in
biology
from
the
University
of
Waterloo.
She
was
awarded
an
honorary
degree
from
the
University
of
Waterloo
in
2019.
