Awards and recognition Roméo Dallaire

in 1996, dallaire made officer of legion of merit of united states, highest military decoration available award foreigners, service in rwanda. dallaire awarded inaugural aegis trust award in 2002, , on october 10 of same year, inducted officer in order of canada.

the canadian broadcasting corporation s greatest canadian program saw dallaire voted, in 16th place, highest rated military figure. several months after broadcast, on march 9, 2005, governor-general adrienne clarkson awarded dallaire 25th pearson medal of peace. on october 11, 2006, center unconventional security affairs @ university of california, irvine awarded dallaire 2006 human security award.

romeo dallaire carrying olympic flag in 2010

dallaire has received honorary doctorates large number of canadian , american universities. received doctor of laws degrees university of guelph, university of saskatchewan, st. thomas university, boston college, university of calgary, memorial university of newfoundland, athabasca university, trent university, university of victoria, university of western ontario, concordia university, , simon fraser university, honorary doctor of humanities degree university of lethbridge , honorary degrees university of northern british columbia , university of york. on june 1, 2006, romeo dallaire awarded doctorate of humane letters queens college of city university of new york (cuny) in recognition of efforts in rwanda , afterwards speak out against genocide. received ovation crowd comment no human more human other . senator dallaire named fellow of ryerson polytechnic university, , honorary fellow of royal college of physicians , surgeons of canada.

in 2002, dallaire given canada s world peace award, in recognition of peacekeeping experience , study of children in conflict, world federalist movement-canada

his book shake hands devil: failure of humanity in rwanda, awarded governor general s literary award non-fiction in 2004.

dallaire received loyola medal concordia university in 2006.

general dallaire planted tree @ kofi annan international peacekeeping training centre, accra, ghana in 2007 @ invitation of commandant, major-general john attipoe.

senator dallaire made officer of order of canada in 2002, grand officer of national order of quebec in 2005. granted inaugural aegis award genocide prevention aegis trust (united kingdom).

dallaire recipient of vimy award.

as part of 50th anniversary commemoration of founding of pugwash peace exchange, in 2007 general dallaire accepted sir joseph rotblat s nobel peace prize.

there elementary schools named after dallaire in winnipeg, manitoba, ajax, ontario, , french-immersion elementary school in maple, ontario. there french high school in barrie, ontario. named dallaire. also, street named after him in lincoln park neighbourhood of calgary, alberta.

dallaire 1 of 8 olympic flag bearers @ opening ceremony 2010 olympic winter games, in vancouver.