Prix Manitoba Award

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In 1987, the Manitoba government initiated the Prix Awards to recognize Manitobans and organizations that enhanced the quality of provincial life in the areas of culture, heritage, recreation, and multiculturalism. A partial list of award recipients follows. The awards were presented most recently in 2003.

People

Recipient	Community	Year
Fratellanza Amatese	Winnipeg	1993
Nancy Anderson	Winnipeg	2001
Brian Bailey	Neepawa	2000
Robert Barrow	Winnipeg	1989
Tony Beach	Winnipeg	1996
Borislaw Nicholas Bilash (1929-2021)	Winnipeg	2002
David Bradell	Reston	1993
Lorraine Brandson	Churchill	1991
Jean Broadfoot	Winnipeg	1996
Margaret Aileen Hunt Carter	Winnipeg	1991
Susan Charles	Dugald	1992
Mae Chwaluk	Oakburn	2002
Donalee Deck	Winnipeg	2000
Denise Desjarlais	Leaf Rapids	2000
Joanne DiCosimo	Winnipeg	1997
Dan Donahue	Winnipeg	1998
George Edward Wesley Down (1913-1994)	Holland	1994
Henry Engbrecht	Winnipeg	2000
Frank Froese	Steinbach	2002
Leanne Gregory	Brandon	2003
Jean Oscar “John” Guiboche (1927-2003)	Portage la Prairie	1999
Harry Gutkin (1916-2004)	Winnipeg	1997
Leigh Hambly	Winnipeg	1989
Jack Harper	Winnipeg	1993
Benjamin Horch (1907-1992)	Winnipeg	1987
Charles Richard Huband (1932-2023)	Winnipeg	1998
Marilyn MacFarlane Huband (?-2013)	Winnipeg	1998
Lawrence Klippenstein (1930-2022)	Winnipeg	1998
Larry Kristjanson	Gimli	2000
Sid Kroker	Winnipeg	1993
Gilles Lesage	St. Boniface	1990
Shirley Elizabeth Perret Loewen (1936-2022)	St. Norbert	1999
William H. Loewen	St. Norbert	1999
Roland Mahe	Winnipeg	1995
Rosemary Malaher	Winnipeg	1992
Leslie Marks	Winnipeg	1996
Judy Marvin	Forrest	1998
Neil McDonald	Hamiota	2001
Earl Townsend Mills (1915-2003)	Winnipeg	2001
Aiden O’Brien	Winnipeg	1989
Ken Osborne	Winnipeg	1996
David Patsack	Portage la Prairie	2003
Anelia “Nellie” Pawlik (1913-2015)	Winnipeg	1992
Jeanne Perreault (c1919-2008)	Winnipeg	1995
Virginia Petch (1946-2018)	Winnipeg	1998
Leo Pettipas	Winnipeg	1995
Neal Putt	Winnipeg	1992
Pamela B. Rebello	Winnipeg	?
Sharon F. Reilly	Winnipeg	1999
Shirley Hurst Render	Winnipeg	1990
Joe Robertson	Dauphin	1996
Marcia Rowat	Inglis	1998
Harry Schellenberg	Winnipeg	1989
C. Thomas Shay	Winnipeg	1997
Diane Skalenda	Winnipeg	1989
Shirlee Anne Smith (1926-2020)	Winnipeg	1995
Elza Vilhelmina Snikeris (1919-2001)	Winnipeg	1988
E. Leigh Syms	Winnipeg	1994
Corinne Tellier	Winnipeg	1997
James Ogden Turner (1913-1998)	Winnipeg	1995
Peter Oliver Walker (1939-2011)	Winnipeg	1989
Lorne Watson (1919-2010)	Brandon	1996
Valentine “Val” Werier (1917-2014)	Winnipeg	1989
Noah [Noach] Witman (1904-2000)	Winnipeg	1989
Timothy “Tim” Worth	Winnipeg	1994

Organizations

Recipient	Community	Year
Associated Manitoba Arts Festivals	Winnipeg	1995
Association of Manitoba Archivists	Winnipeg	1990
Beta Sigma Phi - Manitoba Chi	Shoal Lake	2003
Boundary Commission - North West Mounted Police Trail Association	Emerson	1991
Clegg Collection of Horse-Drawn Vehicles (Roland E. Clegg)	Arrow River	2000
Commonwealth Air Training Plan Museum	Brandon	1994
Dugald Costume Museum	Dugald	1988
Festival du Voyageur	St. Boniface	1989
Fisher Branch Women’s Institute	Fisher Branch	2001
Folk Arts Council of Winnipeg	Winnipeg	1989
The Forks Heritage Advisory Committee	Winnipeg	2002
Friends of Old Pinawa	Pinawa	2001
Friends of Spruce Woods	Glenboro	2000
Gimli Municipal Heritage Committee	Gimli	1996
Gretna History Committee	Gretna	1988
Hamiota Aquatic Centre	Hamiota	2000
Hudson’s Bay Company	Toronto	1995
India School of Dance, Music and Theatre	Winnipeg	1987
International Centre of Winnipeg	Winnipeg	1989
Jewish Historical Society of Western Canada	Winnipeg	1989
Lower Fort Garry Volunteer Association	Lower Fort Garry	1993
Manitoba Association of Community Arts Councils	Winnipeg	1995
Margaret Laurence Home Committee	Neepawa	1990
Magdaragat Philippine Folk Arts	Winnipeg	1989
Manitoba Council of the Girl Guides of Canada	Winnipeg	1998
Manitoba Crafts Museum	Winnipeg	2001
Manitoba Historical Society	Winnipeg	1998
Manitoba Museum of Man and Nature	Winnipeg	1991
Manitoba Theatre Centre	Winnipeg	2000
Memorial Park - Selo Site	Dauphin	2001
Mennonite Heritage Village Ladies Auxiliary	Steinbach	1996
Moncur Gallery of Prehistory	Boissevain	1991
Morden and District Museum	Morden	2001
Morning Musicale	Winnipeg	1998
Mosaic Massey	Brandon	1995
Neepawa Theatre Centre	Neepawa	1993
Optimist International Band Festival	Winnipeg	2000
Paulencu Family Farmhouse	Lennard	2002
Selkirk District Ukrainian Dance School	Selkirk	2000
Sled Smart Snowmobile Safety Awareness Program	Winnipeg	2001
Société historique de Saint-Boniface, Centre du patrimoine	St. Boniface	1999
Souris River Communications Cooperative	Souris	1989
The Sunshine Fund	Winnipeg	1996
Western Canada Aviation Museum	Winnipeg	1999
Winnipeg Art Gallery	Winnipeg	1988
Winnipeg Music Competition Festival	Winnipeg	1995

Sources:

“1998 Prix Manitoba awards for heritage honour outstanding efforts of four Manitobans,” Manitoba News Release, 12 May 1998.

“Prix Manitoba awards honour contributions to the arts,” Manitoba News Release, 22 November 2000.

“Prix Manitoba award winners to be honoured at Legislature,” Manitoba News Release, 28 June 2001.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 17 June 2023

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