The Vimy Award is an award presented by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) to the "Canadian who has made a significant and outstanding contribution to the defence and security of
Canada
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and the preservation of (its) democratic values". The "VIMY AWARD", a -scale statue of a World War I officer by
André Gauthier, was commissioned for the CDA Institute. The award, first presented in 1991, is given annually in November at a dinner held at the
Canadian War Museum
The Canadian War Museum (french: link=no, Musée canadien de la guerre; CWM) is a national museum on the country's military history in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The museum serves as both an educational facility on Canadian military history, in a ...
. The 2013 Vimy Award went to Brigadier-General Don Macnamara, a former President of the CDA Institute and member of the CDA Institute's Board of Directors; the CDA is the sponsor of the Vimy Award since 1991. The Award honours the bravery and sacrifices of the Canadian soldiers who were victorious at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917.
Past winners
Past recipients of the Vimy Award are:
:1991
Joe Clark
Charles Joseph Clark (born June 5, 1939) is a Canadian statesman, businessman, writer, and politician who served as the 16th prime minister of Canada from 1979 to 1980.
Despite his relative inexperience, Clark rose quickly in federal polit ...
, Right Honourable
:1992
John de Chastelain
Alfred John Gardyne Drummond de Chastelain (born 30 July 1937) is a British-Canadian retired army officer and diplomat.
De Chastelain was born in Romania to Scottish and American parents and was educated in England and Scotland before his famil ...
, General
:1993
Lewis MacKenzie
Lewis Wharton MacKenzie Order of Canada, CM, Meritorious Service Cross, MSC, Order of Ontario, OOnt, Canadian Forces Decoration, CD (born 30 April 1940) is a Canadian retired major general, author and media Pundit (expert), commentator. MacKenzi ...
, Major-General
:1994
William Howard, Major-General
:1995
Roméo Dallaire
Roméo Antonius Dallaire (born June 25, 1946) is a Canadian humanitarian, author, retired senator and Canadian Forces lieutenant-general. Dallaire served as force commander of UNAMIR, the ill-fated United Nations peacekeeping force for Rwanda b ...
, Major-général
:1996
Jack Granatstein
Jack Lawrence Granatstein (May 21, 1939) is a Canadian historian who specializes in Canadian political and military history.SeJack Granatsteinfrom The Canadian Encyclopedia
Education
Born on May 21, 1939, in Toronto, Ontario, into a Jewish fam ...
, Doctor
:1997
Brian Dickson
Robert George Brian Dickson (May 25, 1916 – October 17, 1998) was a Canadian lawyer, military officer and judge. He was appointed a puisne justice of the Supreme Court of Canada on March 26, 1973, and subsequently appointed the 15th Chief Jus ...
, Right Honourable
:1998
Larry Murray, Vice-Admiral
:1999
Charles H. Belzile, Lieutenant-général
:2000
Barnett Danson, Right Honourable
:2001
Leonard Birchall
Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, (6 July 1915 – 10 September 2004), "The Saviour of Ceylon", was a Royal Canadian Air Force (RCAF) officer who warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon during the Second World War.
Early life
Bi ...
, Air Commodore
:2002
John Allen Fraser
John Allen Fraser, (born December 15, 1931) is a Canadian retired parliamentarian and former Speaker of the House of Commons.
Fraser was born in Yokohama, Japan, where his father was working as a lumber salesman. His parents returned to Britis ...
, Colonel, the Honourable
:2003
Paul David Manson
General Paul David Manson (born August 20, 1934) is a retired Canadian Forces officer, fighter pilot and businessman.
Early life and education
Born in Trail, BC, Paul Manson attended both Royal Roads and Royal Military College of Canada. He was ...
, General
:2004
David Bercuson
David Jay Bercuson (born 1945) is a Canadian labour, military, and political historian.
Career
Born on 31 August 1945 in Montreal, Quebec, he attended Sir George Williams University, graduated there in 1965 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in hi ...
, Doctor
:2005
Gordon Hamilton Southam
Gordon may refer to:
People
* Gordon (given name), a masculine given name, including list of persons and fictional characters
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* Gordon (slave), escaped to a Union Army camp during the U.S. Civil War
* Clan Gordon, ...
:2006
David Fraser, Brigadier-General
:2007
Ray Henault
General (Canada), General Raymond Roland Joseph Henault, (born April 26, 1949) is a retired Canadian Forces Air Command, Canadian Air Force officer. He was the Chief of Defence Staff (Canada), Chief of the Defence Staff of Canada from June 28, 2 ...
, General
:2008
Rick Hillier
Rick may refer to:
People
*Rick (given name), a list of people with the given name
*Alan Rick (born 1976), Brazilian politician, journalist, pastor and television personality
*Johannes Rick (1869–1946), Austrian-born Brazilian priest and mycol ...
, General
:2009
William Kenneth MacDonald
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, Warrant Officer
:2010
Adrienne Clarkson
Adrienne Louise Clarkson (; ; born February 10, 1939) is a British Hong Kong, Hong Kong-born Canadian journalist who served from 1999 to 2005 as Governor General of Canada, the List of Governors General of Canada#Governors General of Canada, 1 ...
, Right Honourable
:2011
Jonathan Vance
General Jonathan Holbert Vance (born January 3, 1964) is a retired Canadian Forces officer who served as a general in the Canadian Army. Vance was the chief of the Defence Staff from 2015 to 2021.
In July 2021, Vance was charged with one cou ...
, Major-General
:2012
Federick Mannix, Honorary Colonel
:2013
Don Macnamara
Don, don or DON and variants may refer to:
Places
*County Donegal, Ireland, Chapman code DON
*Don (river), a river in European Russia
*Don River (disambiguation), several other rivers with the name
*Don, Benin, a town in Benin
*Don, Dang, a vill ...
, Brigadier-General (Ret’d)
:2014
Blake Goldring
Blake Charles Goldring (born September 13, 1958) is a Canadian business leader, philanthropist, and entrepreneur. He is the executive chairman of AGF Management Limited, an independent Canadian-based investment management firm serving retail an ...
, Honorary Colonel
:2015
Hugh Segal
Hugh Segal (born October 13, 1950) is a Canadian political strategist, author, commentator, academic, and former senator. He served as chief of staff to Ontario Premier Bill Davis and later to Canadian Prime Minister Brian Mulroney. Segal resig ...
, Senator
:2016
James Boutilier
James is a common English language surname and given name:
*James (name), the typically masculine first name James
* James (surname), various people with the last name James
James or James City may also refer to:
People
* King James (disambiguat ...
, Doctor
:2017
William Graham, Right Honourable
:2018
Christine Whitecross, Lieutenant-General
:2019
Richard Fadden, OC
:2020
J.O. Michel Maisonneuve, Lieutenant-général
References
External links
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Canadian awards