General Information

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Part Number

1

Total Parts

3

AKA

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Patents

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General Description

White enamelled medal with gold gilded edges/circular red band and maple leaf/red and gold crown with white dots/metallic pin/ red and white striped ribbon with metal hook and eyes.

Dimensions

Note: These reflect the general size for storage and are not necessarily representative of the object's true dimensions.

Length

32.0 cm

Width

5.0 cm

Height

3.0 cm

Thickness

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Weight

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Diameter

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Volume

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Lexicon

Group

Fisheries

Category

Miscellaneous

Sub-Category

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Manufacturer

AKA

Unknown

Country

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State/Province

Unknown

City

Unknown

Context

Country

Canada

State/Province

Unknown

Period

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Canada

Order of Canada was established in1967 by Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth 11, the Order of Canada is the Centrepiece of Canada's honours system and recognizes a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to the community and service to the nation.to In 2006, Prof. Parsons was appointed as an Officer to the Order of Canada for his great contribution to the development of biological oceanography and to the well being of fisheries within ecosystems, contributions that have had and will have global consequences for years to come,

Function

Award for outstanding achievement and service, awarded to Dr. Tim Parsons, 2006 (Officer of the Order of Canada)

Technical

"His lifetime work has been to establish a new ecosystem approach for the management of fisheries using oceanographic information." Prof. Parsons has received many honours in the course of his professional career, most notably the Japan Prize, 2001(the only Canadian ever to receive this very high honour). The citation (précis) for this prestigious award reads: Through his research devoted to obtaining a holistic understanding of how pelagic organisms are interconnected in the trophodynamic food-web of the sea, he has made a great contribution to the development of Biological Oceanography. His goal has been to present an alternative method for the management of fisheries, based on measuring the dynamic relationship between fish and their physical, chemical and bilogical environments. The archived citation at http://archive.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4868 reads: An internationally renowned oceanographer, Tim Parsons has greatly contributed to the sustainability of the ocean for the benefit of future generations. Professor Emeritus at the University of British Columbia and Honorary Research Scientist at the Institute of Ocean Sciences, he has pioneered new approaches to fisheries management based on the relationship between marine life and its environment. The founding editor of Fisheries Oceanography, he has co-authored many seminal textbooks in his field. He was the first Canadian recipient of the prestigious Japan Prize in 2001, and in 2005, Fisheries and Oceans Canada established an award named in his honour.

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Details

Markings

Gold lettering on red band reads:"'DESIDERANTES MELIOREM PATRIAM'. Gold lettering on back reads:"CANADA/1686/RIDEAU/symbol of a asteriks/STER".

Missing

Complete.

Finish

White enamelled, gold plated, sterling silver medal/circular red band and maple leaf/red and gold crown with white dots/metallic pin/ red and white striped ribbon with metal hook and eyes.

Decoration

Red maple leaf and multicoloured crown on front of medal.