Rosemary Ganely a writer, activist, and teacher was recently named a Member of the Order for her lifelong advocacy for human rights, gender equity, and social justice, including co-founding Jamaican Self Help, an organization of Canadians working to support the development of healthy Jamaican communities.
Ganley, a contributing columnist to the Peterborough Examiner, wrote about her reaction to the news.
“The first one (emotion) was immense surprise. I am an ordinary person, a senior, a widow, in my late 80s, not an athlete or academic or musician or scientist; but a former teacher with an international outlook, who has been blessed by my country in many ways, this latest being the ultimate one.”
Read the column: https://www.thepeterboroughexaminer.com/life/ganley-looking-ahead-to-investiture-to-the-order-of-canada/article_4d6d9226-2863-5697-a9c8-12fb70f0fbb9.html