Dan was appointed a Member of the Order of Canada on December 27, 2014 by Governor General of Canada David Johnston for “celebrating rural communities as the playwright of the much-loved Wingfield Farm series, and for championing the dramatic arts outside of Canada’s major centres.”
http://ottawacitizen.com/entertainment/local-arts/dan-needles-creator-of-walt-wingfield-joins-order-of-Canada
http://www.thecreemoreecho.com/2015/01/dan-needles-appointed-to-order-of-canada/
