Wed, Dec 21, 2022

Tony Penikett, one of UArctic Founders, receives high award

Tony Penikett
Photo by Leonard Linklater/CBC

Tony Penikett, one of UArctic Founders and the Yukon's NDP premier from 1985 to 1992, has been invested as an officer into the Order of Canada on December 14th at Rideau Hall in Ottawa.

Penikett received one of Canada's highest honours for "his contributions as a teacher, negotiator and public servant, for his human rights activism," according to a news release from the Governor General's office.

Fourteen officers and 35 members were invested during the ceremony. Penikett's honour was originally announed in December 2020, with the ceremony having to be delayed due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

Warm congratulations!