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Three Edmontonians are being appointed to the Order of Canada, one of the country’s highest civilian honours, Gov. Gen. David Johnston was to announce Friday. The announcements coincide with the 50th anniversary of the order, whose first list of appointments was announced July 1, 1967.

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Anita Molzahn

“For her influential research on quality of life in aging populations and for her administrative leadership in the field of nursing.”

Molzahn thinks other nurses will be excited to see one of their own receive this honour.

“I think that the work that nurses do is often not very visible to the public,” she said. “People see us when we’re providing care or students see us when we’re providing education, but we’re not really front and centre in the media in the same way that a musician might be or a politician might be.”

An international leader in quality of life research, Molzahn completed her studies at the University of Alberta before starting her academic career there. She returned nine years ago to become dean of the faculty of nursing.

Through her research, she’s been involved with the World Health Organization to develop quality of life measurements that could be used across cultures. Molzahn is also a director of the Canadian Academy of Health Sciences.