Canadian Style Tip #21: University degrees & professional designations

This post is part of the Canadian Style series.

1.08 University degrees, professional designations, military decorations, honours, awards and memberships

Do not follow a person’s name with more than two abbreviations unless required for information or protocol purposes. Select the two highest honours of different types and list them in the following order of precedence:

  1. Distinctions conferred directly by the Crown (VC, QC, OC, etc)
  2. University degrees
  3. Membership in societies and other distinctions.

Do not use periods.

By Kim Siever

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