Glebe residents receive coronation medals
Isabel Metcalfe, with Ottawa Centre MP Yasir Naqvi, receiving the King Charles III Coronation Medal on February 23, 2025.
Glebe residents receive coronation medals
A number of Glebe residents were recently awarded King Charles III Coronation Medals in recognition and celebration of their volunteer commitments and achievements in the community.
The coronation medal was created to mark the coronation of His Majesty King Charles III in 2023. To be eligible, a person must have made a significant contribution to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region of, or community in, Canada, or attained an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada; and have been alive on May 6, 2023, the date of the king’s coronation.
Martha Bowers is a dedicated community organizer renowned for her leadership in coordinating the Glebe Art in Our Gardens and Studio Tour. With a deep passion for local art and culture, she connects residents through creative events that celebrate artistic expression and community.
Beatrice Keleher-Raffoul is a devoted volunteer and a skilled, compassionate connector of people and causes, especially women. Keleher-Raffoul played a key role in placing the Women Are Persons! monument on Parliament Hill in 2000.
Angela Keller-Herzog is an economist active in environmental and social justice, a People’s Official Plan Coalition leader, the founding executive director of CAFES and an initiator of Ottawa Centre Refugee Action.
Isabel Metcalfe has played a multitude of volunteer roles with distinction over many years. Among her achievements, she was the founding chair of Famous 5 Ottawa, the group that ensured the placement of the Women are Persons! monument on Parliament Hill. Metcalfe also received the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal (2022), the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2012), and the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal (2002).
Neil Saravanamuttoo is a prominent Ottawa urban development expert, economist and community organizer. As director and co-founder of CitySHAPES, he champions sustainable city planning, housing, transit and climate action.
If you are a Glebe resident who received the coronation medal and we somehow missed you, please do get in touch. The Glebe Report will be happy to add your name to this impressive list of worthy honourees!