page_title: W. G. Hardy
section_title: Honours and awards
hierarchical_section_title: W. G. Hardy / Honours and awards
caption_attribution_description: English: A replica of Father Maurice Proulx's Order of Canada Medal on display in the Musee Francois Pilot in La Pocatiere Quebec.
context_page_description: William George Hardy CM was a Canadian professor, writer, and ice hockey administrator. He lectured on the Classics at the University of Alberta from 1922 to 1964, and served as president of the Canadian Authors Association. He was an administrator of Canadian and international ice hockey, and served as president of the Alberta Amateur Hockey Association, the Canadian Amateur Hockey Association, the International Ice Hockey Association, and the International Ice Hockey Federation.
  Hardy was self-taught in Greek and Latin. He paid his way through university by earning scholarships, and won the Governor General's Academic Medal in Classics and English. He earned a Master of Arts at the University of Toronto, and then a Ph.D. at the University of Chicago. He educated about the Classics and world events by radio, and gave 250 talks on CBC Radio. He was critical of progressive education in Alberta, arguing it did not prepare students for university and lacked emphasis on the three Rs. He authored eight novels, six other books, and over 200 short stories published in Maclean's and The Saturday Evening Post.
context_section_description: Hardy received several merit awards from hockey associations. He was made a life member of the CAHA on April 14, 1941, and was made a life member of the AAHA on November 10, 1941. He was given the AHAUS citation award in 1950, the Ontario Hockey Association Gold Stick award in 1953, and the CAHA order of merit in 1969. The CAHA presented Hardy with a service medallion at its general meeting in 1969.
  For his literary career, he was named a lifetime fellow in the International Association of Arts and letters. He was given the honorary tribal chief title of "Chief Running Eagle" by the Sarcees. On April 30, 1958, the city of Edmonton honoured him with a gold-bound copy of his book "City of Libertines". In July 1962, he received the University of Alberta national award in letters, presented at the Banff School of Fine Arts. He was given an honorary Legum Doctor degree from the University of Alberta in 1973.
  On December 17, 1973, the Governor General of Canada named Hardy a Member of the Order of Canada. The order was formally invested on April 2, 1974, for "his services to higher education and his contributions to amateur sport and to literature, as novelist and historian".
  Hardy was honoured with several posthumous awards. In 1987, he was named as a member of the University of Alberta Wall of Fame. In 1989, he was inducted into the builder category of both the Hockey Alberta Hall of Fame, and the Alberta Sports Hall of Fame. In 2019, he was inducted into the builder category of the Canada West Hall of Fame.
caption: Medal of the Order of Canada
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