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OTTAWA, July 7, 2011  —  The University of Ottawa is proud to announce that Professor David Staines has been named a member of the Order of Canada.

David Staines is a professor of English specializing in medieval, Victorian and Canadian literature in the University of Ottawa’s Faculty of Arts. He has been the editor of the Journal of Canadian Poetry since 1986 and of the New Canadian Library since 1988. Professor Staines’ publications include The Forty-Ninth and Other Parallels: Contemporary Canadian Perspectives (1986) and Beyond the Provinces: Literary Canada at Century's End (1995). In 2005, he was named a Fellow of the Royal Society of Canada.

The Order of Canada was established in 1967, during Canada’s centennial year, to recognize a lifetime of outstanding achievement, dedication to community and service to the nation. Over the last 40 years, more than 5,000 people from all sectors of society have been invested into the Order.