Memorable Manitobans: Premier’s Volunteer Service Awards

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This award was established by Premier Howard Pawley in 1987. The program was expanded with a Youth category in 1993 and a community one in 1997.

The following is an incomplete list of recipients.

Individual Awards (* Youth)

Name begins: A | B | C | D | E | F | G | H | I | J | K | L | M | N | O | P | Q | R | S | T | U | V | W | X | Y | Z

Recipient	Community	Year
Mark Abejuela	Winnipeg	1992
Yisa Akinbolaji	Winnipeg	2018
Sydney Allen	The Pas	1991
Francess Amara*	Winnipeg	2011
Doris Anderson	Gimli	2008
Lee Anderson	Winnipeg	2000
Maricor Andrada*	Winnipeg	2003
Cheryl Antonio	The Pas	2022
Randy Antonio	Winnipeg	2024
Brian Armstrong	Winnipeg	1994
Jodi Arnold*	Winnipeg	1999
Bob Ashuk	Winnipeg	1996
B
Haraldur Backman	Lundar	1994
Alan Barkley	Lorette	2002
Chris Barkley	Virden	2002
Rosie Barrett	Fisher Branch	1990
George Barteaux	Birtle	1998
Mary Kathleen Weekes Beamish (1918-2015)	Winnipeg	2000
Janice Becking	Snow Lake	1994
Jack Bennett	Winnipeg	1990
Glen Bergeron	Winnipeg	2000
Carole Bergeson	Erickson	2012
Charles Bergstresser*	Morris	2010
Kwame Bonsu	Winnipeg	2018
Lillian Borger*	Winnipeg	2021
Rachelo Borkowsky*	Teulon	2005
Penny Bowles	Winnipeg	1992
Danny Boyko	Winnipeg	2022
Kanwal Brar*	Winnipeg	2009
Ravneet Brar*	Winnipeg	2019
Corinne Bremner	Winnipeg	2000
Ainley Bridgeman	Winnipeg	2002
Katie Grace Brown*	Minnedosa	2020
Murielle Bugera	St-Pierre-Jolys	2020
Jo Bunka	Winnipegosis	2020
K. Barrie Burnett	Pinawa	2014
William Butler	Foxwarren	1987
C
Mary Joyce Cabigting*	Winnipeg	1996
Judith Cameron	Gimli	2006
Karley Campbell*	Teulon	2006
Sarah Campbell*	Winnipeg	2017
Lawrence Carpenter	Winnipeg	2007
Neil Challis	Winnipeg	1999
Pat Challis	Winnipeg	1999
Kevin Chief	Winnipeg	2009
Shelley Chochinov	Anola	2010
Arlene Collier	Virden	1993
Arnold Collins	Pilot Mound	2001
Earl James Collins	Pilot Mound	1990
Eileen Collins	Pilot Mound	2001
Gladys Cook	Portage la Prairie	1992
Kaitlyn Cook*	Winnipeg	2012
Francis William Crew	Brandon	2019
Barbara Culbertson	Winnipeg	2009
Wendy Cull	The Pas	2010
Sabrina Cutting	Brandon	2006
Ian Cyr	Pine Falls	2011
D
Debra Danco	Winnipeg	2021
Connie Dancyt	Lac du Bonnet	2004
Curtis Dancyt	Lac du Bonnet	2004
Donald Daymond	Pinawa	2011
Betty Anne de Ceuleneer	Swan Lake	1987
Ernie Didur	Winnipeg	2017
Ron Dodds	Flin Flon	2012
Jennifer Doms*	Winnipeg	2005
Douglas Dorsey	Winnipeg	1988
Susan Drayson	Neepawa	1991
Dawn Dumas*	Thompson	2004
Diane Dwarka	Winnipeg	1998
Loretta Dyck	Winnipegosis	2021
Sylvia Dziver	Elphinstone	2017
E
Tahl East	Winnipeg	2005
Melanie Edel*	Morris	2011
George Einarson	Winnipeg	1993
Ernest Ens	Teulon	1991
Bernice Enstrom	Stonewall	2014
Norma Evans	?	2016
F
Emil Feniuk	Winnipeg	1996
Skylar Ferguson	Winnipeg	2018
Winnie Field	Brandon	1998
Naomi Finkelstein	Winnipeg	2021
Jean Fisher	Mariapolis	2007
Jeanette Foot	Winnipeg	2015
Donna Forester	Winnipeg	1989
Lily Francis*	Winnipeg	2024
Eleanor Fraser	Churchill	1998
Heidi Fraser-Kruck*	Brandon	2001
Marcel French	?	2016
Edgar Freynet	Winnipeg	1999
Eira Alice “Babs” Friesen (1917-2008)	Winnipeg	1998
Rudy Friesen	St. Francois Xavier	2003
G
Halley Gardham	Miniota	2018
Kendra Goforth*	Pierson	2002
Alba Lopez Gomez	Winnipeg	2021
Martin Gosselin	Winnipeg	2001
Arnold Grambo	Brandon	2002
Marilyn Grambo	Brandon	2002
Heather Grant-Jury	?	2013
Christian Marie Gravoso*	Winnipeg	2012
Bunny Gurvey	Winnipeg	1997
H
Abseret Hailu	Winnipeg	2018
Wendy Hallgrimson	?	2013
Mary Hanson	Winnipeg	1995
Shanna Hapko*	Winnipeg	2000
Marjorie Milner “Marj” Hawking (1908-2000)	Killarney	1992
Christina Hazzard	Winnipeg	2004
Cora Hew	Winnipeg	2011
Kathy Hildebrand	Winkler	2018
Sarah Holtmann*	?	2016
Jacinda Houle*	Portage la Prairie	2020
I
Iris Ingram	Winnipeg	2000
J
George Jarvis	Winnipeg	2006
Nadine Jenkins	Selkirk	1989
Walter Jennings	Winnipeg	1997
Yan Jiang	Winnipeg	2019
Donald R. Johnson	Morris	1988
Damon Johnston	?	2016
Beatrice Emmett “Bea” Jolly (1928-2021)	Brandon	1999
K
Emily Kalo*	Winnipeg	2022
Duaa Kanan*	?	2013
Colin Kazina*	Winnipeg	1999
Pam King	?	2013
Lana Knor	Teulon	2018
Dennis Kowal	Rossburn	2004
Enid Krause	Winnipeg	1991
Cameron Krisko	Winnipeg	2017
Allison Kulikowski*	Lac du Bonnet	2008
Terumi Kuwada	Winnipeg	2022
L
Raymond Lafond	Winnipeg (St. Boniface)	1992
John “Jack” Lamb	Newdale	2006
Gabe “Dancing Gabe” Langlois	Winnipeg	2001
Elizabeth “Betty” Laschuk	Winnipeg	2010
Channing Lavallee*	St. Ambroise	2010
Letty Lawrence	Winnipeg	2019
Louise Lawrie	Churchill	1992
Pamela LeBoldus	Winnipeg	1999
Sharon Lee	Waskada	1997
Andy Leochko	Winnipeg	1989
Ron Lewandoski	Erickson	2005
Jon Lewis	Minnedosa	1999
John Linford	Winnipeg	1993
Devon Liscum*	?	2014
Jeremy Liscum*	?	2014
Pam Lucenkiw	Winnipeg	2024
Francesca Lucia*	Winnipeg	1996
Janice Lukes	Winnipeg	2012
Stacy Lyne*	Snowflake	1997
Alex Lytwyn*	Winnipeg	1998
M
Robert MacKenzie	Dauphin	1987
Tiffany Mamakeesic	Winnipeg	2011
Peter Martin	Winnipeg	2018
Ronald “Ron” Mazur (?-2022)	Winnipeg	2024
Irene McConachy	Winnipeg	2011
Gloria McDonald	?	2013
Vicki McDuff	The Pas	1993
Marni McFadden*	Minnedosa	1993
Atticus McIlraith*	Winnipeg	2015
Eadie McIntyre	Stonewall	2018
Terry McKellep	The Pas	2021
Janet Menec	Winnipeg	2020
Shayne Merritt*	Selkirk	2019
Elizabeth Millar	Winnipeg	2005
Lorne Mitchell	Winnipeg	2002
Mel Mitchell	Lac du Bonnet	2003
Ken Mikolayenko	Ethelbert	2005
Bobbi Montean	The Pas	1988
Frances Lucille Moore (1915-2007)	Teulon	?
Donna Morken	Rivers	2015
Garry Morris	Virden	2004
James “Jim” Morton	Strathclair	1993
Dave Mouland	?	2013
Cecile Mulaire	St-Pierre-Jolys	1990
Jim Mulligan	Portage la Prairie	2009
Irene Murphy	La Salle	1994
N
Bill Nahuliak	Winnipeg	2015
Sangeetha Nair	?	2014
Bernice Nerbas	Brandon	1997
Raymond Ngarboui	Winnipeg	2017
Leona Nickel	Rosenfeld	2010
Carissa Nikkel	Winnipeg	2008
Sierra Noble*	Winnipeg	2002
Trinity Nylen*	Erickson	2019
O
Carli Osbak*	Teulon	2006
P
Lisa Pao*	Portage la Prairie	2004
Rakesh Patel	Brandon	2022
Bob Pelletier	Brandon	1997
Parker Pelletier*	Selkirk	2022
Eleanor Penner	Steinbach	1988
Rachel Penner	Mitchell	2015
Linda Perrin	Souris	1995
Gail Pouliot	The Pas	2015
Marie Pouteau	Mariapolis	2008
Kenneth Price	Winnipeg	1994
Breanna Pullis*	Winnipeg	2007
Q
Hazel Quinton	Winnipeg	1995
R
Humaid Razool	?	2016
Mark Reyes*	Winnipeg	2006
Isabel Rinn	Stonewall	1996
Joseph Duncan “Joe” Robertson (1913-2007)	Dauphin	?
Keith Robertson	Minnedosa	2008
Celina Romaniw*	St. Andrews	2021
Ollie Romanow	Lynn Lake	2007
Sandy Rothnie	Strathclair	2012
Ryan Runearth*	Winnipeg	1997
S
Frederick Salter	Lynn Lake	2009
Oswald Sawh	Thompson	2014
Mark Schaan*	Winnipeg	1997
Lorne Schram	Pinawa	2017
Lynn Scott	Winnipeg	2019
Maxine Segall	Winnipeg	1987
Tommy Semchyshyn*	?	2016
Lynda Shapiro	Winnipeg	2001
Shep Shell	Winnipeg	1996
P. O. “Chummy” Sigurdson	Lundar	1995
Roland Simard	Lac du Bonnet	2007
Reesa Simmonds*	Winnipeg	2003
Simryn Singh*	Winnipeg	2019
Samir Sinha*	Winnipeg	1995
Patricia Sisco	Winnipeg	1995
Kay Slobodzian	Dauphin	2017
Darlynne Smith	Brandon	2020
George Smith	Winnipeg	2008
Nicole Soliman	Winnipeg	2019
Betty Stephen	Dauphin	1989
Elaine Stevenson	Winnipeg	2003
Abigail Stewart*	Winnipeg	2020
Cynthia Stewart	Winnipeg	2003
Margaret Strachan	Winnipeg	2006
Violet “Vy” Streuber	Winnipeg	1988
Robert Struth	Ninette	1996
Raya Stutsky*	Teulon	2006
Tracy Sumka*	Winnipeg	1994
Naddia Swereda	Shoal Lake	1990
Jonathan Syms*	Winnipeg	1998
T
Dave Taylor	Winnipeg	2003
Lexi Taylor*	Winnipeg	2024
Rose Taylor	Rorketon	2010
Ursula Taylor	Swan River	2012
Chester Steven “Chet” Tesarowski (1935-2008)	Matlock	1987
Catherine Tetrault	St. Malo	2009
Bob Thompson	Winnipeg	2005
Ella Thomson*	?	2013
Deborah Thorlakson	Headingley	2007
Anne Thoroughgood	Winnipeg	2020
James Treble	Crystal City	1989
Rebecca Trudeau*	Winnipeg	2014
Sydney Tuk*	Winnipeg	2020
Miriam Turk*	Winnipeg	2021
Ruth Turk*	Winnipeg	2021
U
V
W
Barbara Wainwright	Winnipeg	2004
Anne Walker	Brandon	2021
Richard E. “Dick” Walker	Swan River	2014
Dodie Wardle	Flin Flon	1991
Darrell Warren	Winnipeg	2001
Lisa Webinger	?	2016
Margaret Willis	Winnipeg Beach	2009
Kati Wilson*	Brandon	2015
X
Y
Gladys Yeung*	Winnipeg	2008
Z
Mehreen Zafar*	Winnipeg	2021
Joanne Zahaiko*	Winnipeg	2001

Community Awards

Awardee	Community	Year
Artbeat Studio	Winnipeg	2011
ArtsJunktion	Winnipeg	2017
Bénévoles du Centre Flavie-Laurent	Winnipeg	2010
Bison Transport - Brooklands Bison Reading Buddies Volunteers	Winnipeg	2021
Breast Cancer Centre of Hope Peer Support Team	Winnipeg	2001
Broadway Neighbourhood Centre	Winnipeg	2012
Cakes for Kids	Winnipeg	2019
Canadian Foodgrains Bank	Winnipeg	1999
Canadian Polish Athletic Club Inc.	Winnipeg	1999
CancerCare Manitoba	Winnipeg	2013
Carberry Super Troopers	Carberry	2009
Children's Hospital Book Market	Winnipeg	2020
Children's Hospital Foundation of Manitoba's Champion Children	Winnipeg	2024
Children's Wish Foundation (South Interlake Chapter)	Woodlands	2003
Churchill Ladies Club	Churchill	2014
Circus and Magic Partnership (CAMP)	Winnipeg	1999
Community Volunteer Income Tax Program Volunteers	?	2016
Dakota Collegiate Black and Gold Society	Winnipeg	2011
Delta Kappa Gamma Society (Brandon Chapter)	Brandon	2001
Ecole Tuxedo Park Parent Community	Winnipeg	2003
Emergency InterAct 88 Inc.	Winnipeg	2001
Engineers Without Borders Manitoba	Winnipeg	2008
Evergreen Basic Needs	Gimli	2010
Family Liaison Program - Health Sciences Centre	Winnipeg	2022
Grande Pointe Homeowners Association	Grande Pointe	2015
Hospice and Palliative Care Manitoba	Winnipeg	2007
Hutterian Brethren Friends of Siloam Mission	Ste. Agathe	2022
Keeping Abreast Committee	?	2013
Killarney Communities in Bloom	Killarney	2015
Killarney and District New Facility Committee	Killarney	2008
Lafarge Canada Inc.	Winnipeg	2013
L’Arche Winnipeg Tova Café	Winnipeg	2017
Macdonald Youth Services - Positive Alternatives for Youth	Winnipeg	2008
Mamingwey Burn Survivor Society	Winnipeg	2004
Manitoba Association of Agricultural Societies	Winnipeg	2004
Manitoba High Schools Athletic Association for Champions	Winnipeg	2000
Manitoba Japanese Canadian Cultural Centre	Winnipeg	2002
Meals on Wheels Winnipeg	Winnipeg	2020
Morden Caring and Sharing	Morden	2006
Native Orchid Conservation Inc.	Winnipeg	2006
New Friends Community Mentorship Inc.	Lac du Bonnet	2003
Norway House Artificial Ice Committee	Norway House	2000
Ochre River Recreation Commission	Ochre River	2016
Palliative Manitoba	Winnipeg	2015
Parent Child Home Program	Brandon	2005
Pilot Mound Millennium Recreation Complex Volunteers	Pilot Mound	2009
Pinawa Bus Depot Volunteers	Pinawa	2010
Pinawa Land Development Group	Pinawa	2000
Prison Libraries Committee	Winnipeg	2019
Royal Bank Cup 2001 Cup Host Committee	Flin Flon	2002
Royal Canadian Legion Branch #57	Ashern	2020
Ste. Agathe Community Development Inc.	Ste. Agathe	2017
St. Malo Quilters	St. Malo	2019
Sipiweske Museum Committee	Wawanesa	2002
Soroptimist International of Winnipeg	Winnipeg	2012
South Interlake Recreation Centre Phase One Committee	Warren	2007
Stony Mountain School Earth Club Volunteers	Stony Mountain	2016
Students Working Against Tobacco (SWAT)	Winnipeg	2006
Swan Lake First Nation Health Care Centre Staff	Swan Lake First Nation	2011
Telephone Pioneerse of America	Winnipeg	1999
Ten Thousand Villages Volunteer Team	?	2014
The Catholic Women of Notre Dame de Lorette	New Bothwell	2021
The Marquis Project Inc.	Brandon	2005
The Pas Helping Hands 4H Club	The Pas	2021
Tiny Turtle Playroom Inc.	Boissevain	2004
Volunteers of the 1999 Pan Am Games	Winnipeg	2000
Volunteers of the Mennonite Central Committee (MCC) Manitoba Thrift Stores	Various	2000
William Whyte Parent Council	Winnipeg	2005
Winnipeg Folk Festival	Winnipeg	2007
Winnipeg Ostomy Association Inc.	Winnipeg	2009
Woodlands Community Hall	Woodlands	2014
World Police and Fire Games 2023 Finish Liners	Winnipeg	2024
Youth Community Partnership	Gimli	2007
Youth Revolution	Brandon	2012

See also:

Manitoba Recipients of the King George V Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Coronation Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Silver Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Diamond Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Queen Elizabeth II Platinum Jubilee Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the King Charles III Coronation Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award / Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers

Manitoba Recipients of the Meritorious Service Medal (Civil Division)

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the British Empire

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of St. Gregory the Great

Manitoba Inductees to the Order of the Falcon

Manitoba Recipients of Knighthoods

Manitoba Recipients of the Canadian Centennial Medal

Manitoba Recipients of the 125th Anniversary of Canadian Confederation Medal

Manitoba Members of the Order of Canada

Manitoba Members of the Order of Military Merit

Members of the Order of Manitoba

Members of the Order of the Metis Nation

Members of the Manitoba Order of the Buffalo Hunt

Recipients of the Manitoba Centennial Medal

Members of the Manitoba Order of the Crocus

Lieutenant Governor’s Award for Historical Preservation and Promotion

City of Winnipeg Community Service Awards

Premier’s Volunteer Service Awards

Winnipeg Citizens Hall of Fame

Recipients of Manitoba 150 Honours

Recipients of Winnipeg 150 Medals

Historic Sites of Manitoba: Order of Manitoba Monument (Assiniboine Park, Winnipeg)

Sources:

“Volunteer service award established by province,” Interlake Spectator, 28 January 1987, page 22.

“Volunteer service awards presented,” Steinbach Carilllon, 27 April 1988, page 2.

We thank Oliver Bernuetz (Legislative Library of Manitoba) for providing additional information used here.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 8 October 2024

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