On February 20, 2007 Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, announced  new appointments to the Order of Canada. Carol Newell, SLU '79 was among them.  According to the official web site for the Order of Canada " 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."

According to Carol's biography at the Renewal Partners Company's web site (full biography linked below): In 1990 Carol was a co-founder of the Sage Foundation that designed and produced environmental education programs .  In 1992, she founded the Endswell Foundation to increase support for the critical work of grassroots groups who were working to conserve British Columbia ecosystems.  In 1993 in collaboration with with Joel Solomon,  Renewal Partners was founded. Renewal Partners works with businesses "that promote an economic vision for the province that relies on a thriving sustainable economy."

Read more about Carol and the Order of Canada at the links below:

• Biography at  Renewal Partners Company: http://www.renewalpartners.com/who_we_are/carol_bio.htm
• Order of Canada: http://www.gg.ca/honours/nat-ord/oc/index_e.asp
• February 20, 2007 Press Release  : http://www.gg.ca/media/doc.asp?lang=e&DocID=4984
• Renewal Partners Company:  http://www.renewalpartners.com/index.html
  
• Endswell Foundation:  http://www.endswell.org/
  
• Social Funds Press Release: http://www.socialfunds.com/news/release.cgi/7645.html