Le Prix Riel

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This award, established in 1983 and presented annually by La Société Franco-Manitobaine, recognizes Francophones in Manitoba who have contributed substantially to the development of the community and a greater appreciation of French life and culture.

People

Surname 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	Category	Year
Louis Allain	Community Development	2007
Gérard Archambault	Community Development	2000
B
Cécile Bahuaud	Heritage	1986
Lucile Bazin	Heritage	2017
Marjorie Beauchemin	Education	1985
Florence Beaudry	Heritage	1983
Georges Beaudry	Heritage	1983
Lorette Beaudry-Ferland	Health/Social Services	2013
Derrek Bentley	Community Development	2011
Murielle Bérard	Education	1994
Réal Bérard	Arts/Culture	1990
Louis Bernardin	Prix Maurice-Gauthier	2005
Janine Bertrand	Community Development	2015
Roger Bilodeau	Law/Politics	1985
Raymond Bisson	Law/Politics	1993
Hélène Marie Désange Blais (1917-2012)	Heritage	1987
Jacqueline Blay	Heritage	2014
Aurèle Boisvert	Education	1999
Michelle Boulet	Arts/Culture	1986
Guy Boulianne	Arts/Culture	1990
C
Sr Gilberte Carrière	Community Development	2003
Thérèse Carrière	Heritage	1996
Michelle Cenerini (1955-2012)	Community Development	2013
Paul Cenerini	Health/Social Services	2008
Maria Chaput	Community Development	1998
Clément Charrière	Arts/Culture	1996
Priscilla Chaudouet	Community Development	1999
Barbara Comte	Community Development	1997
Gilbert Comte	Health/Social Services	2008
Clément Cormier	Education	2007
D
David Dandeneau	Community Development	1984
Auguste Débusschère	Community Development	2012
Thérèse Débusschère	Community Development	2012
Claudette Delaquis	Community Development	1999
René Deleurme	Education	1988
Armand Desharnais	Arts/Culture	1992
Crystal Desrosiers	Community Development	2021
Paul Desrosiers	Heritage	2019
Katrine Dilay	Community Development	2012
Thérèse Dorge	Community Development	2012
Diane Dornez-Laxdal	Community Development	2014
Roger Dubois	Community Development	1991
Gabriel Dufault	Heritage	2011
Léo Dufault	Arts/Culture	2012
Sylvie Dufour	Education	2009
Ronald J. “Ron” Duhamel (1938-2002)	Prix Maurice-Gauthier	2002
Joanne Dumaine	Education	2004
W. Yvon Dumont	Community Development	2005
Yolande Dupuis	Education	2008
E
F
André Fauchon	Community Development	1995
Marcien Ferland	Arts/Culture	1983
Yvonne Fontaine-Godard	Community Development	2013
Gabriel Forest	Community Development	2013
Marcelle Forest	Arts/Culture	1999
Marie Boulianne Fournier (1934-2007)	Arts/Culture	2001
G
Étienne-Joseph “Steve” Gaboury (1930-2022)	Community Development	2000
Raymonde Gagné	Community Development	2015
André Garand	Education	1994
Hubert Gauthier	Health/Social Services	2004
Irma Gauthier	Heritage	1983
Laurent Gimenez	Communications	1991
Marcel Gosselin	Arts/Culture	1991
Fernand Grégoire	Sports/Leisure	2004
Paul Grenier	Economic Development	2017
Lucien Guenette (1932-2018)	Community Development	2011
Lynne Guertin	Community Development	2003
H
Emile Hacault	Communications	1991
Alice Hébert	Community Development	1989
Gisèle Johnson Himbeault	Arts/Culture	2017
I
Régine Ings-Geiger	Community Development	1995
J
Anita Jamault	Community Development	2007
Gérard Jean	Arts/Culture	1993
Justin Johnson	Law/Politics	2021
K
Rayannah Kroker	Community Development	2012
L
Marie C. Labossière	Community Development	2010
Monique Lacoste	Arts/Culture	2002
Raymond Lafond	Economy	1990
Madeleine Laroche	Arts/Culture	1985
Christine Lamontage	Arts/Culture	2014
Alfred Laurencelle	Heritage	1984
Charles Lavack	Communications	2005
Émile Lavallée	Arts/Culture	2009
Ronald Lavallee	Communication	1988
Adrien Leclerc	Community Development	1993
Denise Lécuyer	Communications	2019
Gérard Lécuyer	Community Development	1992
France Lemay	Heritage	1986
Marcien “Mars” Lemay (1926-2005)	Arts/Culture	2005
Doris Lemoine	Heritage	2021
Gilles Lesage	Heritage	1990
Lucien Loiselle	Arts/Culture	1997
Lucienne Loiselle	Arts/Culture	1997
M
Yvette Mallet	Education	2009
Fernand Marion (1926-2003)	Education	1989
Marc Marion	Communications	2021
Odile Martel	Community Development	1997
Michel McDonald	Sports/Leisure	1983
Paul McKenna	Community Development	2008
Yvonne Mireault	Arts/Culture	1984
Alfred Maurice Monnin (1920-2013)	Community Development	2010
Caroline Mousseau	Community Development	2012
Cécile Gagnon Mulaire (1932-2022)	Sports/Leisure	1983
Mariette Mulaire	Prix Maurice-Gauthier	2017
N
O
Jean-Marc Ousset	Communications	2004
P
Noëlie Palud-Pelletier (1928-2022)	Heritage	1991
Louis Paquin	Communications	2005
Jeanne Lemaire Perreault (1918-2008)	Heritage	1989
Jean-Louis Perron	Heritage	2001
Marie-Laure Perron	Heritage	2001
Karine Pilotte	Community Development	2019
Raymond Poirier	Education	1992
Q
R
Léo Rémillard	Community Development	1997
Diane Robert	Community Development	2003
Léo Robert	Community Development	2003
Me Laurent Roy (?-?)	Community Development	2003
Michel Roy	Sports/Leisure	1986
S
Marie Annette Aline Saint-Pierre	Heritage	2007
Paul Sherwood	Arts/Culture	1995
Taïb Soufi	Community Development	2009
T
Joanne Therrien	Community Development	2009
Maurice Therrien	Economic Development	2010
Gabriel Tougas	Arts/Culture	2017
Janine Tougas	Communications	1990
Marc-François Tremblay	Arts/Culture	2019
U
V
Auguste Vermette	Heritage	1986
Dé-Anne Vermette	Arts/Culture	1995
Albert Vielfaure (1923-2007)	Community Development	2001
Jeanne Vinet	Heritage	1996
Thérèse Vuignier	Community Development	1987
W
Claudette Warnke	Education	2007
X
Y
Z

Organizations

Recipient	Category	Year
123 Children's Center Committee	Community Development	1997
La Brigade de la Rivière Rouge	Heritage	2010
Center Dom Benoît Construction Committee	Community Development	1987
Cinémental	Arts/Culture	2004
La Company de Sieur de la Vérendrye	Heritage	1994
La Coopérative du Comité culturel de Ste-Anne Inc.	Arts/Culture	2000
Corporation de développement communautaire de Saint-Laurent	Community Development	2002
Council of the Village of Saint-Pierre-Jolys	Law/Politics	1989
CUSB Gathering of the Century Organizing Committee	Community Development	1992
Economic Development Council for Manitoba Bilingual Municipalities	Economic Development	1998
L’équipe de médecins du Centre médical Seine	Health/Social Services	2007
Francofonds	Community Development	1998
Franco-Manitoban Youth Parliament	Law/Politics	1996
Habitat Chez-Soi	Community Development	1996
Laurier French School Parents' Committee	Education	1996
La Liberté	Communications	1998
La ligue d’improvisation du Manitoba	Arts/Culture	2001
Les Louis Boys	Arts/Culture	2002
Partners of Fort Gibraltar	Heritage	1997
Provincial Federation of Parents' Committees	Education	1993
Red River Dancers	Arts/Culture	1988
Saint-Claude Parents' Committee	Education	1998
Saint-Georges Parents' Committee	Community Development	1994
Saint-Lazare Youth Club	Sports/Leisure	1996
Sœurs Grises de l’Ouest (Région Manitoba)	Health/Social Services	2002
Somerset Cultural Committee	Communications	1989
Women's Network	Law/Politics	1994

Sources:

Obituary [Michelle Cenerini], Winnipeg Free Press, 5 July 2012.

List of Riel Prize recipients, Wikipedia.

This page was prepared by Gordon Goldsborough.

Page revised: 1 January 2023

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