- Leonard Cohen
- Pierre Berton
- Allen Ginsberg
- W.O. Mitchell
- George Woodcock
- Hugh MacLennan
- Phyllis Webb
- Wayson Choy
- Peter Trower
- Jeannette Armstrong
- Jack Whyte
- Ivan E. Coyote
- Hubert Evans
- Glynnis Whiting
- George Fetherling
- George Faludy
- Gail Anderson-Dargatz
- W.P. Kinsella
- Wayde Compton
- Susan Musgrave
- Rudolf Vrba
- Michel Tremblay
- Joy Kogawa
- Jane Rule
- Howard White
- George Price
- Douglas Gibson
- bill bissett
- Alice Munro
- Angie Abdou
- Anne Cameron
- Alexandra Morton
- Chuck Davis
- Dennis Foon
- Marketa Goetz-Stankiewicz
- W. O. Mitchell
- Dorothy Livesay
- Stephen Vizinczey
- David Lester
- Yosef Wosk
- William Gibson
- Caroline Woodward
Simon Fraser University Bestowal of Honourary Doctorate
- SFU photos by Eugene Doudko
Receiving Awards
- Lieutenant Governor, the Honourable Judith Guichon [left], presented the Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Literary Excellence at Government House in Victoria on Saturday, April 30, 2016
- Canada’s Governor General, The Right Honourable David Johnston presented the Order of Canada at Rideau Hall in Ottawa on May 8, 2015.