Order of Nova Scotia
The Order of Nova Scotia is a civil order of merit in the Canadian province of Nova Scotia. The award was introduced on 2 August 2001 and is awarded civilians that are noticed by special services. Each year, no more than five people are awarded with this Order. The Lieutenant Governor gets it automatically at the swearing and is at the same time during his tenure Chancellor of the Order.
Structure and appointment
The Order of Nova Scotia are current or former long -term residents of Nova Scotia are honored who have excelled in a particular area by a high level of performance and success, and have thereby brought himself and the province of honor and prestige. With regard to the maximum number of awardees, there are no restrictions, however, can not be more than five people per year will be awarded. The prerequisite is a Canadian citizen; excluded are persons who are currently elected or appointed member of a public body.
The nomination process, suitable persons to be searched with the begins with suggestions of the public in the Order Advisory Board. This consists of a person who is determined by the Prime Minister as Chairman, the President of the Supreme Court of the province, the government secretary, the president of a university that province and one each person who is determined by the Chairman of the represented parties in the House. All members must be resident in Nova Scotia. The Board shall meet at least once annually and makes recommendations to the provincial government from. Together, they determine a list of potential candidates for submission to the Deputy Governor. Posthumous nominations will be accepted until a year after the death of the nominee. The Lieutenant Governor, who is an ex officio member of the Advisory Board and Chancellor, announces the appointment with a known transfer, sealed with the Great Seal of the province. The new members of the Order have then the right to attach their names the initials ONS.
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Insignia
After admission into the Order, members receive in a ceremony at Government House in Halifax the insignia of the Order presented. The main emblem of the Order is a gold medallion in the shape of a Heather crop accurate Epigaea repens, the official flower of the province. The side is made of white enamel with gold edging and bears in the middle of the escutcheon of the arms of Nova Scotia, surmounted by the crown as a symbol of Edwards role of the Canadian monarch as a source of honor. The band consists of vertical stripes in red, blue, gold and white. Men wear appended to the Order of the collar at the end of the tape, women wear it on a loop at the left chest. For less formal occasions, members receive a lapel pin.