Memorable Manitobans: Manitoba Recipients of the Governor General’s Caring Canadian Award / Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers
Established in 1995 by Governor General Romeo Leblanc, this award is given to people and groups whose voluntary contribution provide extraordinary help or care to their community. Recipients must have served several years and, normally, not received a national or provincial honour. In 2015, it was renamed the Sovereign’s Medal for Volunteers.
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Recipient |
Location |
Year |
Paulette Lenore Aamot |
The Pas |
? |
Basil Agnew |
Morden |
1997 |
Ethan Allard |
Winnipeg |
2014 |
Doreen Ander |
The Pas |
? |
Wendy Anderson |
Tilston |
2006 |
Eleanor Anderson |
Dauphin |
1998 |
John Anderson (?-?) |
Dauphin |
1998 |
Vernon Anderson |
Winnipeg |
2019 |
Shonda Ashcroft |
Birtle |
2018 |
B |
Anita Barlow |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Lilianne Barnabé |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
M. Myrtle Barnett |
Selkirk |
1999 |
Sandra Margaret Bartlett |
The Pas |
? |
Harold Denis Bastable |
Winnipeg |
2001 |
Theresa Bastien |
The Pas |
? |
Rose Bateman |
Killarney |
2016 |
Bryanne Bates-Ewanyshyn |
Gilbert Plains |
2016 |
Christine Beaumont |
Sainte-Anne |
2018 |
Janice Becking |
Snow Lake |
1996 |
Sonja Mandziuk Bejzyk (1932-2022) |
Winnipeg |
2012 |
Michael Patrick Belhumeur |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Stella Blackbird |
Elphinstone |
2013 |
James Blake |
The Pas |
? |
John Bockstael |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
William H. M. “Bill” Brace (1924-2007) |
Clandeboye |
1999 |
Glenda Brading |
Reston |
2006 |
Katelyn Brown |
Minnedosa |
2017 |
Lucille Sharon Bruce |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
C |
Brenda Cameron |
Virden |
2016 |
Anita J. Campbell |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Claudia Ruth Campbell |
Teulon |
2008 |
David Grant Campbell |
Teulon |
2004 |
Dianne Ruth Campbell |
The Pas |
? |
Sharon Campbell |
The Pas |
? |
Elena Catalano |
The Pas |
? |
Lois Charron |
Snow Lake |
2018 |
David Chartrand |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Norman William “Norm” Cheyne (c1937-2017) |
Melita |
2006 |
Philip Chiappetta |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Robert Chochinov |
Anola |
2016 |
Valerie Christie |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Mackenzie Hunter William Clark |
Brandon |
2015 |
Geraldine Cloutier |
The Pas |
? |
Linda Maxine Conley |
The Pas |
? |
Jennifer Cook |
The Pas |
? |
Jim William Corman |
Snow Lake |
2017 |
Hazel Roseline Corman |
Snow Lake |
2017 |
Robin Peter Cox |
Carman |
2014 |
Raymond Francis Currie |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
D |
Kathleen Dawson |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Alice Marion Turner Dent (1918-2016) |
Dauphin |
1999 |
Edward William “Bill” Docking |
Teulon |
2007 |
Isabella Dryden |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Clifford R. Ducharme |
Winnipeg |
1999 |
Charlene Dziedzic |
Teulon |
2017 |
E |
Erle T. Einarsson |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Peter Elwick |
Ste. Anne |
? |
F |
Skylar Ferguson |
Manitoba |
2018 |
Nancy Friederici Fleury (1946-2022) |
Teulon |
2013 |
Kevin Freedman |
Winnipeg |
2014 |
Kiana Friesen |
Kleefeld |
2015 |
G |
Shirley L. Gibb (1929-2001) |
Winnipeg |
2001 |
Madison Gigolyk |
Kleefeld |
2015 |
Adrienne Gill |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Shayla Gillis |
Baldur |
2014 |
Lina Sophia Gordon |
Franklin |
2014 |
Murray Edward Green (1922-2008) |
Napinka |
2006 |
Lorne Gregorash |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
H |
Christopher Hall |
Winnipeg |
2019 |
Tom Hamson |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Murray Harvey |
The Pas |
2017 |
Gerald Charles Hawranik |
Winnipeg |
1999 |
Pamela Gail Hawranik |
Winnipeg |
1999 |
Dona Henderson |
Whitemouth |
2016 |
Carlee Henderson |
Manitou |
2017 |
Madeline Hiebert |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Jorden Hill |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Douglas Hinchliffe |
Swan River |
2018 |
Carol Hiscock |
Winnipeg |
2012 |
Adrian Honish |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Craig Houston |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
Janice Howe |
Dugald |
2016 |
Richard Glenn “Rick” Hubbs |
The Pas |
? |
I |
Henry A. Idonije |
Brandon |
2008 |
Choice Omovbe Idonije |
Winnipeg |
2012 |
Alexa Ilag |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Hilde Ilmer |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Ken Ivey |
Virden |
2016 |
J |
Irene Janzen |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Hayley Jenkins |
Thompson |
2017 |
Joseph Raymond Johnson |
Winnipeg |
2004 |
Dolly Johnson |
Portage la Prairie |
1998 |
K |
Shaye Kemball |
Winnipeg |
2014 |
Eugène J. A. Kirouac |
La Broquerie |
2004 |
Hank Klassen |
Steinbach |
2014 |
Menno Klassen |
Winnipeg |
1999 |
Edgar Klassen |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Hannah Koversky |
Brandon |
2016 |
John Kroeker |
Steinbach |
2020 |
Francis Kusner |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Terumi Kuwada |
Winnipeg |
2012 |
Yvonne Kyle |
Winnipeg |
? |
L |
Krista Laberge |
Winnipeg |
2020 |
Suzanne Lachance-Maas |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Alice Langill |
St-Anne-des-Chênes |
2007 |
Gabriel Langlois |
Winnipeg |
2019 |
Jeremy Larway |
Oak Lake |
2016 |
Raymond Alexander “Sonny” Lavallee |
The Pas |
? |
Daniel Leclair |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Nelliene E. Leifer |
Russell |
2001 |
Jeremy Liscum |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Devon Liscum |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Helen Wilms Litz (1932-2021) |
Winnipeg |
1999 |
Michel Loiselle |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
Delmar Floyd Loucks |
Melita |
2006 |
M |
Katerina MacGregor |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Ian MacLean |
Winnipeg |
2014 |
Roma Maconachie |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Beverly Ann MacTavish |
The Pas |
? |
Brooklyn Maguathi |
Brandon |
2016 |
Don Maksymchuk |
The Pas |
? |
Audrey Anne Maksymchuk |
The Pas |
? |
Donald Mann |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Devanand Michael Manny |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Barry P. Marchand |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
Jean Marshall |
Woodlands |
2003 |
Linnea Martens |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Raymond Massinon |
Haywood |
? |
Patricia McBeth |
Winnipeg |
2019 |
Dorothy Marion McClintock Faris (?-2016) |
Winnipeg |
1998 |
Julia Catherine McDonald (1902-2005) |
Selkirk |
1996 |
Linda McFarland |
The Pas |
? |
Ellen McFarlane |
Flin Flon |
1999 |
Valerie McIntyre |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Bonnie Lynne Meadows |
The Pas |
? |
Beruk Meshesha |
Winnipeg |
2014 |
Jeannette Metcalfe (1932-2021) |
Winnipeg |
2004 |
Alexandra Michaels |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Sonia Michalyshen |
Oakbank |
2013 |
Janet M. Miller |
Winnipeg |
2001 |
Kathy Miller |
Winnipeg |
? |
Peter Mosondz |
The Pas |
? |
Melville Russell Huntley “Mel” Mummery (1918-2004) |
Minnedosa |
1996 |
N |
Amy Neufeld |
Darlingford |
2017 |
Brooklyn Nichol |
Darlingford |
2018 |
McKenna Nicholls |
Morden |
2014 |
Annette Niven |
The Pas |
? |
Ron Nobess |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Deborah “Debbie” Norman |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
O |
Joeseph Kyle Olaski |
Winnipeg |
2019 |
P |
Carla Paddock |
Brandon |
2018 |
Emile Paul |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
William Pearcey |
Portage la Prairie |
2017 |
Braiden Pergis |
Winniepg |
2016 |
Brittany Perkins |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Leonard Donnelly Peto (1918-2001) |
Winnipeg |
1996 |
Alana Plett |
Landmark |
2016 |
Michelle Pottinger |
Neepawa |
2016 |
Shania Pruden |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Louise Pryslak |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Bob Putko |
Flin Flon |
2013 |
Q |
R |
David Ramesar |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Cassie Ranville |
Rorketon |
2015 |
Phyllis Reader |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
Strinivasan Reddy |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
John Francis Reilly (1930-2011) |
Winnipeg |
1999 |
Erica Ritter |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Brett Robinson |
Brandon |
2005 |
Elizabeth Rochon |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Fred J. Ross |
Stonewall |
1998 |
S |
Lesley Sacouman |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
Walter Saltzberg |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Yvonne Savard |
La Broquerie |
2020 |
John Shaw |
Brandon |
2016 |
Greg Shedden |
Stonewall |
2016 |
Annie Shwaluk |
Shoal Lake |
2002 |
Jasmyn Singh |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Simryn Singh |
Winnipeg |
2020 |
Sandra Skibo |
Brandon |
2017 |
Journey Skjaerlund |
Landmark |
2018 |
Avery Skog |
Morris |
2014 |
Denny Smith |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Deb Smith |
Pinawa |
2017 |
Declan Smith |
Neepawa |
2018 |
Debra Smith |
The Pas |
? |
Bernice Smith |
The Pas |
? |
Rimsha Sohail |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Philip Stairs |
Beausejour |
2015 |
Dale F. Stewart |
Winnipeg |
2006 |
Angelika Stoesz |
Altona |
2017 |
T |
John Jacob Thiessen |
Winnipeg |
2001 |
George Henry Thomson (?-?) |
Winnipeg |
2000 |
Candace A. Thorne |
Oak Bluff |
2013 |
Sharon Faye Thorne |
The Pas |
2020 |
Irene Elizabeth Tillett (1914-2017) |
Selkirk |
1999 |
Jaring Timmerman |
Winnipeg |
2002 |
Susan Tozer |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Kirsten Trimble |
Oakville |
2015 |
U |
V |
Gerry Valois |
Winnipeg |
2015 |
Verna Van Roon (1920-2011) |
Winnipeg |
1998 |
W |
Linda Wall |
Winnipeg |
2018 |
Erin Ward |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
Amarjeet Singh Warraich |
Winnipeg |
2017 |
Eleanor Fison Warren (1902-2003) |
Birtle |
2002 |
John David Wawryk |
Winnipeg |
? |
Harold Westdal |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Wyatt Whalen |
Winnipeg |
2016 |
Mollie Wheeler |
Moren |
2014 |
William Whiteway |
Arnes |
2018 |
Cole Wielgosz |
Winnipeg |
2014 |
Connor Wielgosz |
Winnipeg |
2014 |
Robert Raymond Williams |
Winnipeg |
2013 |
William Worden |
Winnipeg |
2020 |
Linda Worone |
Beausejour |
2016 |
X |
Y |
Ella E. Younger |
Rivers |
2001 |
William Allan Douglas Yuill |
Grandview |
2018 |
Z |
Sources:
“Retired Mountie’s tireless volunteering merits Governor General’s caring award,” Winnipeg Free Press, 23 May 1998.
“Volunteer honoured,” Winnipeg Free Press, 31 July 1998.
“Couple get ‘Caring Canadian’ award for establishing first rural food bank,” Winnipeg Free Press, 11 December 1999.
“Clarkson hands out awards,” Winnipeg Free Press, 2 August 2000.
Obituary [Murray Edward Green], Redpath Funeral Home.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Awards
This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.
Page revised: 28 May 2023
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