Lorraine Monk | |
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 Monk meets Gerald Ford during the United States Bicentennial, 1976 | |
| Born | Lorraine Althea Constance Spurrell May 26, 1922 |
| Died | December 17, 2020 (aged 98) Toronto, Ontario, Canada |
| Alma mater | McGill University |
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Lorraine Althea Constance Monk OC OOnt (née Spurrell; May 26, 1922 – December 17, 2020) was a Canadian photographer and executive producer with the National Film Board of Canada who led the production of multiple photography projects chronicling Canadian culture from the 1960s onward. She worked to establish the Canadian Museum of Photography in Toronto, which spawned multiple satellite museums across the country. Over 160,000 of the photographs that she commissioned to detail contemporary Canada are housed at the National Gallery of Canada. She also led the publication of photography books including Canada: A Year of the Land, Call Them Canadians, Canada with Love, Between Friends (which was Canada's gift to the United States on its bicentennial in 1976), and Photographs that Changed the World.
For her contributions in documenting contemporary history of the country and her encouragement of a generation of photographers, she was first made Member of the Order of Canada (1973) and later made Officer of the Order of Canada (1983). She was also a recipient of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal (2002), and Order of Ontario (2007).