Awards and Recognition
Laurence won two Governor General's Awards for her novels A Jest of God (1966) and The Diviners (1974). In 1972 she was made a Companion of the Order of Canada.
The Margaret Laurence Memorial Lecture is an annual lecture series organized by the Writers' Trust of Canada.
The Stone Angel was one of the selected books in the 2002 edition of Canada Reads, championed by Leon Rooke.
The University of Winnipeg named a Women's Studies Centre, and an annual speaker series, in Laurence's honour.
At York University in Toronto, one of the undergraduate residence buildings (Bethune Residence) named a floor after her.
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