Recipients of the 2017 Canada’s Volunteer Awards

It’s never too late to recognize volunteers. I’d like to give a shout out to those recipients of the 2017 Canada’s Volunteer Awards.

Here’s a summary:

  • Timothy Nusse (recipient of the Thérèse Casgrain Lifelong Achievement Award)
  • Pierre Latraverse (recipient of a Community Leader award for work in Quebec)
  • Deborah Morrow (recipient of a Community Leader award for work in British Columbia and the North)
  • Sheila Milner and The Laura Milner White Committee (recipient of a Community Leader award for work in the Prairies)
  • Li Yuan Ma (recipient of a Community Leader award for work in the Atlantic region)
  • Marie-Claire Ivanski (recipient of a Community Leader award for work in Ontario)
  • Valérie Toupin-Dubé (recipient of an Emerging Leader award for work in Quebec)
  • Akuechbeny Kuol (recipient of an Emerging Leader award for work in British Columbia and the North)
  • Poshika Dhingra (recipient of an Emerging Leader award for work in the Prairies)
  • Mark Allison (recipient of an Emerging Leader award for work in the Atlantic region)
  • Prakash Amarasooriya (recipient of an Emerging Leader award for work in Ontario)
  • Lufa Farms Inc. (recipient of a Business Leader award for work in Quebec)
  • Green Chair Recycling Inc. (recipient of a Business Leader award for work in British Columbia and the North)
  • Britton’s Your Independent Grocer (recipient of a Business Leader award for work in the Prairies)
  • New Brunswick Community College (recipient of a Business Leader award for work in the Atlantic region)
  • UPS™ Canada (recipient of a Business Leader award for work in Ontario)
  • Le Pivot (recipient of a Social Innovator award for work in Quebec)
  • Iqaluit Music Society and Iqalunninijjausijarnimut Katujjiji (recipient of a Social Innovator award for work in British Columbia and the North)
  • Calgary Firefighters Burn Treatment Society (recipient of a Social Innovator award for work in the Prairies)
  • Metro Non-Profit Housing Association (recipient of a Social Innovator award for work in the Atlantic region)
  • Parkdale Food Centre (recipient of a Social Innovator award for work in the Ontario region)
More information on these amazing people can be found here: https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/volunteer-awards/2017-recipients.html
I was raised to volunteer: nursing homes, clinics, church nurseries, school, everywhere that could use help. It’s such an intrinsic part of me, to use my life to help improve the quality of others.
Debby Ryan