Editing Chris Hadfield (section)

== Special honours and affiliations ==
[[File:Chris Hadfield - Bazilika, Brain Bar Budapest (1).jpg|thumb|Hadfield at Brain Bar Budapest, 2016]]
Hadfield is the recipient of numerous awards and special honours. These include appointment to the [[Order of Ontario]] in 1996,<ref name="oontario">{{cite web |title=Honours and Awards: Order of Ontario |url=http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citizenship/honours/orderofontario_appointees.shtml#1996 |publisher=Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration |access-date=June 24, 2013 |archive-date=November 28, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181128223316/http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citizenship/honours/orderofontario_appointees.shtml#1996 |url-status=dead }}</ref> as an [[Officer of the Order of Canada]] in 2014,<ref name="ocanada">{{cite web |title=Order of Canada Appointments |url=http://www.gg.ca/document.aspx?id=15694&lan=eng |publisher=The Governor General of Canada |access-date=July 1, 2014}}</ref> receipt of the Vanier Award in 2001, [[NASA Exceptional Service Medal]] in 2002, the [[Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal]] in 2002, and the [[Queen's Diamond Jubilee Medal]] in 2012. He is also the only Canadian to have received both a military and civilian [[Meritorious Service Cross]], the military medal in 2001 and the civilian one in 2013.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://globalnews.ca/news/677333/chris-hadfield-gets-meritorious-service-medal/ |title=Chris Hadfield gets meritorious service medal |publisher=Globalnews.ca |date=June 27, 2013 |access-date=July 1, 2013}}</ref>

In 1988, Hadfield was granted the Liethen-Tittle Award (top pilot graduate of the [[USAF Test Pilot School]]) and was named US Navy Test Pilot of the Year in 1991. He was inducted into Canada's [[Canadian Aviation Hall of Fame|Aviation Hall of Fame]] in 2005. Eleven years later, he was recognized as a Genius 100 Visionary<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.genius100visions.com |title=Genius 100 – An active and engaged community of 100 exceptionally imaginative and impactful human beings |publisher=Genius100visions.com |date= |accessdate=2022-02-26}}</ref> and contributed his vision of the future in the 3D publishing milestone '"Genius: 100 Visions of the Future."'<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/15e03bBwwuM Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20181129174633/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15e03bBwwuM Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=15e03bBwwuM| title = The Making of the 3D Publishing Milestone: Genius: 100 Visions of the Future | website=[[YouTube]]| date = November 21, 2018 }}{{cbignore}}</ref> Further, the Royal Military College granted Hadfield an honorary Doctorate of Engineering in 1996 and he was presented with an honorary Doctorate of Laws from [[Trent University]] three years later. In 2013, Hadfield was presented with an Honorary Diploma from [[Nova Scotia Community College]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nscc.ca/explorenscc/convocation/honorary_diplomas.asp |title=Honorary Diplomas |publisher=NSCC |date=June 12, 2013 |access-date=June 14, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181122143546/https://www.nscc.ca/explorenscc/convocation/honorary_diplomas.asp |archive-date=November 22, 2018 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Hadfield was commemorated on [[Royal Canadian Mint]] silver and gold coins for his spacewalk to install [[Canadarm2]] on the [[International Space Station]] in 2001.<ref name=csabio /> In [[Sarnia]], the city airport was renamed to [[Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport]] in 1997<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.sarniaairport.com/ |title=Sarnia Chris Hadfield Airport |publisher=Sarniaairport.com |access-date=January 16, 2012}}</ref> and there are two public schools named after him – one in Milton, Ontario and the other in Bradford, Ontario.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://chr.hdsb.ca/ |title=Chris Hadfield Public School |publisher=Chr.hdsb.ca |access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |author=nurun.com |url=http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2013/06/25/bradford-school-named-after-hadfield |title=New school named after Hadfield &#124; Local &#124; News |newspaper=Barrie Examiner |date=June 25, 2013 |access-date=July 1, 2013 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103192027/http://www.thebarrieexaminer.com/2013/06/25/bradford-school-named-after-hadfield |archive-date=November 3, 2013 }}</ref> The asteroid [[14143 Hadfield]] is also named after him. In 2005, the [[Royal Canadian Air Cadets]] 820 Milton Blue Thunder Squadron was renamed as the 820 Chris Hadfield Squadron in honour of Hadfield, who was a cadet there from 1971 to 1978.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.820miltonsquadron.ca/about-820 |title=About 820 – 820 Milton Squadron |publisher=Sponsoring Committee for 820 Chris Hadfield Squadron, Royal Canadian Air Cadets |access-date=January 17, 2014 |archive-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140107001400/http://www.820miltonsquadron.ca/about-820 |url-status=dead }}</ref> The Town of Milton also named a municipal park and street after Hadfield.<ref>{{cite web|title=STREET SMARTS: Milton's Chris Hadfield Way has 'out of this world' connection |url=https://www.insidehalton.com/community-story/7223838-street-smarts-milton-s-chris-hadfield-way-has-out-of-this-world-connection/ |website=www.insidehalton.com |last=LeBlanc |first=Steve |date=April 6, 2017 |access-date=December 2, 2017}}</ref> His name was in 2014 added to the Wall of Honour at the [[Royal Military College of Canada]] in [[Kingston, Ontario]],<ref>{{cite web|title=Hadfield humbled by honour|date=September 28, 2014|access-date=December 9, 2021|last=McKay|first=Julia|website=[[The Kingston Whig-Standard]]|url=https://www.thewhig.com/2014/09/28/hadfield-humbled-by-honour/}}</ref> and, in 2020, the newly discovered ''[[Andrena hadfieldi]]'', a species of bee, was named in his honour.<ref>{{cite web|title=New species of bee named after Canadian astronaut Chris Hadfield|url=https://globalnews.ca/news/7121293/new-bee-species-canadian-astronaut-chris-hadfield/|access-date=July 4, 2020|website=Global News|language=en}}</ref>

His affiliations include membership in the Royal Military College Club, [[Society of Experimental Test Pilots]], Canadian Aeronautics and Space Institute, and serving as honorary patron of [[Lambton College]], former trustee of [[Lakefield College School]], board member of the International Space School Foundation, and executive with the Association of Space Explorers.

Upon his taking command of the International Space Station, [[Elizabeth II]], [[Monarchy of Canada|Queen of Canada]], sent Hadfield a personal message of congratulations, stating "I am pleased to transmit my personal best wishes, and those of all Canadians, to Colonel Christopher Hadfield as he takes command of the International Space Station".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2013/MessagetoCommanderHadfieldandtheInternationalSpace.aspx |last=Elizabeth II |title=Message from The Queen to Colonel Hadfield, 13 March 2013 |publisher=Queen's Printer |date=March 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130316044052/http://www.royal.gov.uk/LatestNewsandDiary/Pressreleases/2013/MessagetoCommanderHadfieldandtheInternationalSpace.aspx|archive-date= March 16, 2013}}</ref> Elizabeth's successor, [[Charles III]], held an audience with Hadfield at [[Buckingham Palace]] on February 9, 2023, to discuss sustainability in space.<ref>{{citation| url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/royal-endorsement-legacy-meeting-canadians-coronation-playlist-1.6741296| last=Davison| first=Janet| title=The royals have their causes, but how much difference can they make?| date=February 12, 2023| publisher=CBC News| accessdate=June 4, 2023}}</ref>