A multiple Stanley Cup winner and Olympic gold medallist, a world champion and a playoff MVP.

And Jonathan Toews is nevertheless still having a hard time believing the company he’s keeping with the latest honour bestowed upon him.

The Winnipeg hockey star, who won his third Stanley Cup with the Chicago Blackhawks last month, was among 12 notables invested into the Order of Manitoba in a ceremony on Thursday.

Toews, who won gold at the 2010 and 2014 Olympics and at the 2007 world junior championship, is in rarefied air among hockey players of his generation. However, in the Order of Manitoba, Toews said he is humbled to be mentioned next to the rest of the honourees.

“At my age, looking at the other recipients and seeing what they’ve done, the (impacts) they’ve had on the people around them and their communities - from all different walks of life — I almost feel unworthy to walk in that crew,” Toews said during an appearance at an event for The Winnipeg Foundation Thursday morning.

Among the 11 other new members, who were invested in a ceremony overseen by new Lt.-Gov. Janice Filmon, was rock legend Tom Cochrane, whose 1991 hit single Life is a Highway remains one of the most recognizable pop hits. Cochrane dedicated much of his life away from music to the poverty charity World Vision and credits his wife Kathy for being the backbone of many of his endeavours.

Cochrane, saying he was humbled by the Order honour, said the plight of impoverished children and families in Africa was one he could not ignore.

“These (callings) choose us,” he said. “You choose to acknowledge them or you don’t and that was one that hit home with me. That first trip I took to Africa (in 1989) was overwhelming for me and it was emotionally and spiritually very powerful experience and it changed me.”

Karen Beaudin spearheaded the city’s Aboriginal Employee Group in 2002 as a means of linking the Indigenous community with employment and educational opportunities.

“The education (efforts) about the Indigenous community is important to me because people have to learn the history to recognize where things are today in our community,” she said. “So that’s important to me, just educating people and creating that awareness.”

The Order of Manitoba was established in 1999 and is the highest honour the province can bestow upon a citizen.

The following people were invested today: