YWCA WOMEN OF DISTINCTION AWARDS NOMINEES
1982
The Arts
Rosemary Hunt
Dorothy Knowles
Rosalie Lane
Kay Nouch
Marilyn Pelcher
Mary Tkachuk
Lorna Whelan - deceased
Sylvia Wintringham
Business, Professional and Labour
Fran Alexson
Isabel Anderson
Holly Ann Knott
Liz Delahey
Ellen Gaunt
Mary McKercher
Gwen Randall
Villy Reid
Kathleen Robertson
Carol Teichrob
Edna Thorpe
Ms. Weatherdale
Community Service
Bessie Anderson
Audrey Atchison
Ms. Ballantyne
Muriel Baynes
Ms. Bond
Shirley Byrnes
Lou Chrones
Olive Garland
Dorothy Gathercole
Margaret Harris
Mary Heskett
Marjorie Langley
Marjorie Martens
Marian McVicar
Patricia Melnychuk
Joanna Miller
W. Parker
Ruthe Prestley
Elizabeth Richards
Winnie Rowles
Nellie Schnell
Etta Stacey
Margaret Turnbull
Melsie Waldner
Katherine Waygood
Helen Williams
Peggy Woods
Marion Younger
Education
Margaret Crowle
Jeanette Dean
Mona Finlayson
Verla Forsyth
Marion Graham
Rita Hlady
Dayle Norman
Irene Poelzer
Carole Wakabayashi
Health
Carole Bichon
Sylvia Fedoruk
Henrietta Goplen
Mavis Kyle
Madge McKillop
Shirley Patola
Unknown Category
Christine Devrome
Thal Truscott
Rita Spencer
1983
Unknown Catergories
Kathy Bond Tabb
Rita Collis
Zoe F. Dallas
Demi Dunlap
Doris C. Firor
Henrietta Goplen
Ethyle Hirsch
Anne Hnatiuk
Dolores Halabura
Louise Langdon
Irma C. Leeseberg
Judy Martin
Joanna Miller
Sheila Neugebauer
Maureen Patterson
Gwen Randall
Heather-Jane Robertson
Kathleen M. Robertson
Marguerita Spencer
Lily Stonehouse
Ann Tkachuk
Lorna Whelan - deceased
1984
The Arts
Dorothea Fisher
Margaret Kippen
Kathleen Nouch
Mary Pattison
Ruth Smillie
Jeanne Walters
Business, Professions & Labour
Lynn Armitage
Marlene Kucey (deceased)
Myrtle Crawford
Dr. Aruna Thakur
Community Service
Moira Birney
Sister Ursula Ehman
Joanna Miller
Margaret (Peggy) Ridgway
Ruth Robinson
Kathleen Storrie
Bessie Sweet
Daphne Tkachuk
Education
Margaret Crowle
Christine Fondse
Thelma Howard
Mary Long
Anne Smart
Fitness and Health
Joyce Brack
Lesley Diana
Patti McKay
Status of Women
Sandra Mitchell
1985
Beverly Anne Bazowski
Donna Lee Birkmaier
Marjorie Castle
Annie Colley
Marion Genevieve Cox
Carole Lesley Forster
Danielle Marie Fortosky
Rosemary Nesta Hunt
Marie Kishchuk
A. Virlea McPherson
June Rennie
Ruth Robinson
Agnes Salikin
Pat Sheridan
Olive Alice Sitler
Lily M. Turnbull - deceased
1986
Nominees for all categories
Marilyn Armitage - deceased
Ethel May Woddley Benson
Moira Birney
Joan Brewster
Janice Courtice
Margaret Dutli
Sylvia Fedoruk
Georgia Goodspeed
Naomi Hersom
Kathleen Hitchings
Valerie Lehman
Arlis McQuarrie
Eloise Opheim
Christa Ortlepp
June Rennie
Dorothy Robinson
Rita V. Spencer
Lorraine Stewart
Gertrude Elizabeth Story
Daphne Tkachuk
Lily M. Turnbull
Jeanne Isabel Walters
Dr. Arva G. Watson
1987
Nominees for all categories
Frances Alexson
Joan Brewster
Glenda Cooney-Braitenbach
Kathleen Hitchings
Rita Hlady
Louise MacPherson
Caroline Robins
Nell Stakiw
Lorraine Stewart
Kathleen Storrie
Patricia Thomson
Dr. Arva Watson
Marion Andrews Younger
1988
Business, Labour & the Professions
Myrtle E. Crawford
Rita Marie Hlady
Sister Virgina Evangeline Pryslak
Rubie Evelen Westvelt
Community Service
Glenda Cooney-Braitenbach
Shirley Irene Patola
Status of Women
Lorraine Kenaschuk
Marion Andrews Younger
1989
Nominees for all categories
Margo Bowman
Olga Bobiash
Pat Lorje
Marnie McNiven
Sheila Robertson
Patricia Soltys-Janetzki
Rita Thomas
Melsie Waldner
Frances Morrison
Ruth Horlick
Anne Szumigalski
1990
Business, Labour & the Professions
Bernice England
Joan Flynn
Sharon Maher
Elaine Wheaton
Community Service
Leslie Angele
Marilyn Harrison
Debra Heinrichs
Leslie Sichello
Bessie Sweet
Status of Women – 20 th Anniversary Award
Judith Martin
Caroline Robins
Youth Award
Jo-Ann Beckie
Louise Simbandumwe
1991
Business, Labour & the Professions
Fran Alexson
Glenna Barber
Rev. Shelagh MacKinnon
Lusia Lydia Pavlychenko
Laura Sackville
Bernelda Wheeler
1991
Community Enhancement
Betty Bray
Irene Clinton
Phyllis Hallatt
Marji Pratt-Turo
Ann Schulman
Laverne Szejvolt
Ruth Thomson
Youth Award
April Brass
Denise LeBlanc
Jackie Stewart
1992
Business, Labour & the Professions
Susan Barrett
Dr. Anne Doig
Valerie Stubbs
Carole Wakabayashi
Community Enhancement
Ann Coxworth
Susan Delanoy
Leanne Glover
Eileen Provost
Sylvia Vicq
Dorothy Wilson
Youth Award
Sandra Blevins
Christa Kucey
Neena Saxena
Julie Stakiw
1992
Leadership in the Work Place
Shelley Chirpilo
Carol Lees
Shirley Andreen/Marjorie Cowper
Canada 125
Reik Ruys
The Aboriginal Woman
1993
Business and the Professions
Isabel Anderson
Louise McKinney
Marie Thiesson
Community Enhancement
Pat Heighes
Lori Isinger
Linda Popkin
Maureen Zoerb
Entrepreneur/Innovator
Cass Cozens/Joan Flood
Leadership in the Work Place
Beth Bilson
Alanna Danilkewich
Youth Award
Pauline De Jong
Janet Lindsay
1994
Business and the Professions
Shelley Brown
Claudia Bryden
Pat Dickson
Valerie Katarey
Marie Kishchuk
Maureen Strawson
Leslie Sullivan
Community Enhancement
Doreen Baker
Rita de Gagne
Elaine Lafreniere
Linda Popkin
Patricia Roe
Diane Waterer
Entrepreneur/Innovator
Ellen Skorski
Leadership in the Work Place
Bernadette Vangool
Geri Yee
Youth Award
Shauna Curry
Pauline de Jong
Luanne Lashyn
1995
Business and the Professions
Rita Bouvier
Kathy Ford
Marie Jensen
Arlene Jorgenson
Susan Lamb
Betty Anne Latrace-Henderson
Joanne Weber
Community Enhancement
Joan Champ
Catherine Fry
Mildred Kerr
Marjaleena Repo
Helen Smith-McIntyre
Mary Vinish
Geri Yee
Arts & Culture
Miriam Hills
Youth Award
Tina Bertoncini
Patricia Bird
Cindy Karstens
Sheri Taylor
Fitness & Wellness
Audrey Atchison
Ina Brammall
Bessie Sweet
Leadership in the Work Place
Linda McCann
1996
Business and the Professions
Joan Fast
Judy Harwood
Deanna Herman
Shan Landry
Community Enhancement
Carol Cisecki
Sandra Gardiner
Lori Isinger
Bessie Sweet
Karen Taylor-Browne
Loreen Wilsdon
Youth Award
Margo Bedo
Fitness and Lifestyles
Judy Warick
Cindy Tagseth
Arts and Culture
Elyse St. George
Ann Stewart
Leadership in Workplace Issues
Joanne Balint
Irma Grandon
1997
Community Development
Lorna Arcand
Karen Archibald
Helen Isbister
Nayda Veeman
Debra Wiegers
Working for Women
Culture and Heritage
Jyotsna Custead
Jennifer Encinas-Veszi
Alice Leung
Kate Waygood
The Arts
Cheryl Kloppenburg
Marketa Newman
Margaret Vanderhaeghe
Science and Technology
Sheri Dauk
Elaine Wheaton
Children's Well Being
Elizabeth Allen
Sylvia Cholodnuik
Nina Henry
Entrepreneur/Innovator
Arlene Jorgenson
Mary Ellen Hodgins
Janet Palmer
Heather Sawyer
Pat Tymchatyn/Abby Scott
Cherylynn Walters
Kim Weimer
1997
Social Activism
Delores Dzubin
Alona Leverick
Shirley Skelton
Helen Smith-McIntyre
Nettie Wiebe
Health and Education
Irene Bellegarde
Sherri Burgess
Karen Chad
Louise Forsyth
Gwen Gordon-Pringle
Lynne Lacroix
Linda Wason-Ellam
Margaret Wilson
Business, Management & the Professions
Darlene Andrews
Joan Greyeyes
Vera Heinze
Sandra Peters
Yvonne Pinder
Special Recognition Award
Gail Kozun
Shirley Stus (post humous)
1998
Special Recognition Award (posthumous)
Patricia Blacklock Linn
1998
Science, Technology, and the Environment
Margret Asmuss
Education/Life Long Learning
Darcey Kerr
Loretta Pete-Hall
Diana Relke
Wendy White
Community Development & Social Activism
Elaine Findlay
Bonnie Gillette
Arla Gustafson
Nayyar Javed
Fay Puckett
Lorette Roussin
Mary Ellen Turpel-Lafond
Health, Well-Being & Spirituality
Dory Cook
Marie Eaton
June Friesen
Shirley Handley
Muriel Jarvis
Denise Martin
Entrepreneur
Deborah Black
Grace Fedak
Patricia Genest-Axness
Dorothy McNulty
Culture & Arts
Patricia Deibert
Carol Young
1998
Management
Myrna Bentley
Beverley Brennan
Terri Lemke
Communications
Theresa Kirkpatrick
Young Women to Watch
Dolores LaPlante
Erin Scriven
Lifetime Achievement Award
Moira Birney
Iris Feist
Ruth Taylor
1999
Science, Technology & the Environment
Melanie Elliott
Darlene Fichter
Krystyna Sosulski
Education/Life Long Learning
Dorothy Fortier
Vera Heinze
Susan McMillan
Patricia Soltys
Ruth Vandekamp
1999
Community Development & Social Action
Michelle Beveridge
Maria Linklater
Michelle Michael
Rowena McLellan
Millie Reynolds
Launel Scott
Donna Thiessen
Nayda Veeman
Ailsa Watkinson
Health, Well-Being & Spirituality
Colette Bourgonje
Entrepreneur
Denise Balcaen
Arati Chattopadhyay
Rebecca Hanson
Rita Little
Grace Pidperyhora & Bonnie Larson
Heather Paull
Linda Prafke
Culture & Arts
Freda Ahenakew
Ann Newdigate
Angie Tysseland
Management
Phil Meister
Marla Adams
Sports & Fitness
Faye Katzman
1999
Young Women to Watch
Allyson Brady
Trina Faye
Bree Rooke
Lifetime Achievement
Pat Beck
Ellen Gaunt
Beth Johnson
2000
The Arts
Kate Hobin
Julie Janzen
Community Development and Social Activism
Sylvia Cholodnuik
Sherry Duncan Paterson
Virginia Fisher
Therese LeClaire
Culture and Heritage
Claire Bullaro
Women’s Calendar Collective
Education/Life Long Learning
Caroline Cottrell
Joan Hiebert
Entrepreneur
Mercy Arinze
Edith Hicks
Tracy Jeffrey
Annette Pshebylo
2000
Health, Well-Being and Spirituality
Sylvia Chorney
Lifetime Achievement
Rene Baxter
Betty Tydeman
Management
Elaine Shein
Science, Technology & the Environment
Roxane McKay
Sport and Fitness
Debbie Harksen
Youth
Kara Lee Baker
Eleanor Bonny
Candace Northey
2001
The Arts
Brenda Baker
Frances Robson
2001
Community Development
Jeanette Davenport
Rebecca Elder
Virginia Fisher
Wendy Portfors
Norma Sparrow
Pamela Thomas
Soroptimist International of Saskatoon
Elaine Zakreski
Culture and Heritage
Bernie Cruikshank
Education/Life Long Learning
Lillas Brown
Lynda McLean-Woodward
Diane Martz
Jennifer MacLennan
Entrepreneur
Jean McKen
Kim Weimer
Health, Well-Being & Spirituality
Nahid Ahmad
Lilah Brehon, Olga Stefaniuk, Marie Thiesson
Nicole Rebin
Joyce Tremmel
Lifetime Achievement
Margaret Caldwell
Marcia Clark
Diane Gossen
Jackie Groat
2001
Management
Suellen Beatty
Ruth Pepin
Science, Technology & the Environment
Deborah Fergusson
Sports & Fitness
Laura Friesen
Marilynn Georgas
Trish Mitchell
Youth Award
Dierdre Diachuk
Malvina Gersher
Shawna Sparrow
2002
The Arts
Linda Bardutz
Dawn Bevan
Nicole Haddock, Denyse Klette
Marilyn Whitehead
Community Development
Joan Beatty
Jeanne Remenda
Culture & Heritage
Ephthymia Kustsogiannis
Eleanor Shia
2002
Education/Life Long Learning
Eunice Begg
Bev Hanson
Jacqueline Hounjet
Terry Lowe
Entrepreneur
Melissa Hampson
Vera Heinze
Patricia Katz
Carol Shirley
Health, Well-Being & Spirituality
Esther Stenberg
Jo-Ann Sutherland
Lifetime Achievement
Joan Lidington
Savella Stechishin
Science, Technology & the Environment
Peta Bonham-Smith
Marie Ann Bowden
Sport & Fitness
Joan Germain
Women in the Professions
Karen Heise
Nancy Hopkins
Joanne Paulson
Laura Small
Alice Wong
2002
Youth Category
Tannis Hancock
2003
The Arts
Kathy Bond
Jacqueline Gautier
Marion Mills
Phoebe Voigts
Community Development & Social Activism
Christine Bennett
Bev Dubois
Cheryl Dupuis
Anne Elliott
Shirley Isbister
Cindy Karstens
JoAnn Linka
Lorette Roussin
Culture & Heritage
Belma Podrug
Laura Van Loon
Education/Life Long Learning
Judith Benson
Judy Boychuk Duchscher
Phyllis Fowler
Susan Hemmings
Sunava Peever
Entrepreneur
Arati Chattopadhyay
Brenda Cooke
Eileen Gelowitz
2003
Health, Well-Being & Spirituality
Barbara-Ann deHaan
Flo Lavallie
Lifetime Achievement
Eunice Mae Halen
Phyllis Hallatt
Lois Morrison
Science, Technology & the Environment
Cheryl Waldner
Lillian Dyck
Sport & Fitness
Shelley Ballard McKinlay
Barbara Maduck
Amanda Trenchard
Laurie Wachs
Women in the Professions
Myrna Berwick
Linda Braun
Marilyn Poitras
Wendy Dahl
Muriel Dickson
Colleen Mah
Eldeen Pozniak
Youth Category
Jacqueline Golding
Ellen Quigley
Ashley Smith
2004
The Arts
Lorette Brown
Community Development & Social Activism
Tammy Benson
Lynda Browning
Raj Dhir
Dorinda Stahl
Mireille Hanu-Lee
Everybody's Playground Committee
Culture & Heritage
Norma Jensen
Education/Life Long Learning
Diane Martz
Sheila Rutledge Harding
Eileen Gelowitz
Entrepreneur
Rhoda O’Malley
Loretta Lessing
Health, Well-Being & Spirituality
Mickey MacLellan
Marlys Misfeldt
Suzanne Claire
Lifetime Achievement
Carole Gorgchuck
Julia Korzeniowski
2004
Science, Technology & the Environment
Virginia Wittrock
Cathy Chrones
Women in the Professions
Lynne Fafard
Anne-Marie Graham
Karen Shaw
Alina Pete
Youth Category
Jessica Robinson
Janice Rosser
Nicole White
Jocelyne Kost
2005
The Arts, Culture & Heritage
Monique Martin
Phoebe Voigts
Karen Craven
Athletics
Jocelynne Orosz
Kathleen Podiluk
Maya Chakravarti
Community Builder
Francesca Iosca-Pagnin
Stephanie Leishman
Carey Rigby-Wilcox
Margaret Hurst
2005
Educators
Shauna Morrison
Dianne Woloschuk
Kathy Bond
Entrepreneurs
Donna Hagel
Garnette Weber
Allison Case
Health
Margaret Crossley
Louise Humbert
Suzanne Sheppard
Rita Fern Haight
Lifetime Achievement
Alice Hanlin
Fran Ness
V Lynne Pearson
Heather Anderson
The Staff of Saskatoon Interval House
Professions/Management
Janice MacKinnon
Pauline Melis
Shawna Nelson
Shirley Newman
Anne M Wallace
Lingyun (Lily) Wu
Science, Technology & Research
Cora Fehr
2005
Youth
Andrea Hansen
Julie Parchewski
Darlene Bessey
Special Recognition Award
Naoko Takaya
2006
Arts, Culture & Heritage
Brenda Bennett
Athletics
Loretta Booker
Shirley Collingridge
Bonnie Osicki
Community Builder
Carol Kivell
Lisa Rendall
Susan Tedesco
Valerie Korinek
Educator
Elda Clarke
Karen Storey
Rhonda Bourhis
Sandra Cey, Carol Koch
2006
Entrepreneur
Cheryl Cotton-Schmidt
Elsie Belcheff
Holly Hanley
Leane Durand
Sharon Odegard
Health
Dorothy Barrie
Nancy Harman B.S.P.
Sarah Nixon-Jackle
Wendy Stefiuk
Lifetime Achievement
Sandee Day
2006
Professions/Management
Donna Scott
Laura Kennedy
Sherry Rousell, Cindy Ashmeade
Science, Technology & Research
Elisabeth Schültke
Marilyn Baetz
Salma Toma Hanna
Susan Whiting
Suzanne Abrams
Wendy Duggleby
Youth
Carissa Klopoushak
Jennifer Wang
2007
Arts, Culture & Heritage
Evelyn Wojcichowsky
Athletics
Tracy Hazen
Evelyn Nesdole
Adrianne Vangool
Community Building
Cheryl Dougan
Joyce Lenz
Grandmothers for Grandmothers
Education
Captain Guinevere Bourque
Sharlene Brecknell
Colleen Konecsni
Millie Reynolds
Entrepreneurship
Janis Cousyn
Penney Murphy
Sue Panattoni
Health and Wellness
Zeba Ahmad
Lila Rudachyk
Rhonda Shishkin
Lifetime Achievement
Dinny Holroyd
Irene Morell
2007
Leadership and Management
Yvonne Brown
Lana Doke
Debbie Griffith
Lea Pennock
Science, Technology or Research
Karen Bailey
Norma Stewart
Youth
Marlowe Appleton
Katrina Kindrachuk
Michelle Safinuk
2008
Arts, Culture and/or Heritage
Marla Cole
Dorothy Myo
Chamundi Eswari Sevaraj
Athletics
Bobbi Janzen
Women 2000- Glenis, Joyce, Arlene, Rey, Rhonda, Bev, Leslie, Natasha,
Henriette, Tracy
Community Building
Sharon Ceslak
Monica Goulet
Terri Lemke
2008
Education
Anne McGilp
Mavis McPhee
Bati McComas , Maru Aguirre
Entrepreneurship
Check n Balances Business Services
Lana Sheppard , Linda Ball
Christine Hrudka
Monica Krueger
Health and Wellness
Elliott Paus-Jenssen
Barb Maduck
Nora McKee
Henrike Rees
Patricia Zipchen
Leadership and Management
Susan Diebert
Ruth Kinzel
Terri Parent
Donna Prefontaine
Shammi Rathwell
Lifetime Achievement
Donna Birkmaier Tillotson
Tracy Muggli
Science, Technology or Research
Mary Leggett
Caroline Tait
2008
Youth
Sarah Andray Michelle Hoppe
Kari Laborde
The Princess Shop – Chantal Moloney, Ainsley Robertson
2009
Arts, Culture and/or Heritage
Dianne Wilson
Athletics
Lisa Thomaidis
Ilana Duff
Community Building
Janie Funk
Judy Giles
Education
Diane Coté
Entrepreneurship
The Sanbox in the City – Colleen Tait, Juanita Schindel
Health and Wellness
Lovie Weslowski Spicer
Susan Shaw
Evelyn Reisner
Linda Martin
Debbie Criddle
2009
Leadership and Management
Patricia Cook
Heather Kuttai
Cindy Moslenko
Alison Renny
Barb Daigle
Sheri Praski
Lifetime Achievement
Shirley Ryan
Sharon Fyke
Science, Technology or Research
Deborah Black
Youth
Amy Dyck
Shannon Smadella
Laura Beddome
Karen Jones
2010
Arts, Culture and/or Heritage
Karen Reynaud
Carrie Catherine Horachek
Athletics
Darcy Hryn
Stefanie Lawton
Community Building
Susan Barrett
Elaine Blais
Ev Burnett
2010
Education
Lesya Sabada Nahachewsky
Laurel Chelsom
Entrepreneurship
Lorie Ann Henderson
Trena Mireau
Dawn Zhou
Vickie Dyck, Colleen Dyck, Jane Dyck Friesen
Health and Wellness
Barbara Schultz Hurlburt
Carla Eisenhauer
Stacey Mortenson
Leadership and Management
Verdyne Schmidt
Patricia Katz
Sheryl Harrow
Lifetime Achievement
Vera Pezer
Science, Technology or Research
Lisa Feldman
Julita Vassileva
Sara Williams
Sharon Acoose , Colleen
Melissa Mckibben
Youth
Ashley Smith
Lindsey Li
2011
Arts, Culture and/or Heritage
Claudine Audette-Rozon
Madeleine Blais Dahlem
Juliette Perry-Perez
Leona Theis
Lisa Wilson
Athletics
Michelle Dezell
Amanda Grainger
Community Building
Saba Andu
Namarta Kochar
Vanessa Charles
Shelley Loeffler
Lynn Schaan
Christine Mary Smillie
Education
Allison Cameron
Kathy Jo Simmie
Jodi Simpson
Entrepreneurship
Jen Faith
Maire Jensen
Diane Ehrhardt
Emma Love
Tracey Muzzolini
Susanne Neufeld
2011
Health and Wellness
Debbie Chodak
Patricia Blakley
Jeannette Ambrose
Debra Gudmundson
Jen Henrikson
Fran Hey
Peggy McLeod
Louise Oelke
Leadership and Management
Marion Ghiglione
Ijeoma Udemgba
Lifetime Achievement
Betty-Ann Heggie
Science, Technology or Research
Monique Dube
Angela Bowen
Youth
Jackie Cook
Ainsley Robertson
Angel Shingoose
2012
Arts, Culture and/or Heritage
Chris Lingren
Jackie Latendresse
Kathleen Lohrenz Gable
Valerie Hertz
2012
Athletics
Dawn Wotherspoon
Lorrie Dobni
Community Building
Cathy Watts
Chun Chen
Edna Warrington
Evelyn Johnston
Janea Bellay-Diena
Namarta Kochar
Peggy Vermette
Sheri L. Woods
Education
Connie Davis
Janet Christ
Loleen Berdahl
Shelly Loeffler
Terri-Lynn Gresty
Entrepreneurship
Tammie McCumber , Paula Woodhouse
Kristy Neumeier Sotnikow
Lana Sheppard
Lynette Zacharias, Krista Neufeld
Health and Wellness
Beth Horsburgh
Cheryl Hand
Shirley (Dee Dee) Maltman
Mercedes Montgomery
Shirley LeClaire
2012
Leadership and Management
Candy McBride
Cam Michalenko
Heather Magotiaux
Jane Wollenberg
May Henderson
Lifetime Achievement
Ellen Remai
Science, Technology or Research
Karen Schwean-Lardner
Catherine Littlejohn
Jennifer Poudrier
Margaret Gruber
Suzanne Abrams
Youth
Amy Gryba
Emily Clark
2013
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Heather Morrison
Karin Melberg Schwier
Bonnie Nicholson
Athletics
Laurie Wachs
Tammy Fleming
Jana Danielson
2013
Community Building
Fran Forsberg
Erica Bird
Rosanna Parry
Education
Arlene Shiplett
Bati McComas (Co-Nominee)
Maru Aguirre (Co-Nominee)
Entrepreneurship
Natasha Vandenhurk
Christin Butcher
Amanda Hudye
Nicola Lawson
Health and Wellness
Johanna Bergerman
Janaya Stevenson
Nicole Baba
Regan Courtney
Leadership & Management
Betty Anne Fisher
Patricia Prowse
DonnaLyn Thorsteinson
Lisa Ford
Eileen Deneiko
Science, Technology & Research
Lesley Anne McGilp – Award Recipient
Masoomeh Poorghorban
Qiaoqin Yang
Kathryn McWilliams
2013
Youth
Christy Dangas
Zondra Roy - Award Recipient
Jillian Humbert
Robyn Rechenmacher
Lifetime Achievement
Margaret Tosh – Award Recipient
2014
Arts, Culture or Heritage
Lynn Ewing
Elaine Will
Lisa Bird-Wilson – Award Recipient
Joi Arcand
Athletics
Rebecca Winterhalt
Michelle Kocur Rachey
Valarie Perry
Michelle Nelson – Award Recipient
Community Building
Sheri Benson – Award Recipient
Andrea Hansen
Michele Cozart
Haidah Amirzadeh
Education
Jacquie Ackerman – Award Recipient
Sara Spiggot
Mina Niazi
2014
Entrepreneurship
Tisha Paget
Laura Petrishen-Ha
Sara Wheelwright – Award Recipient
Health & Wellness
Brigitte Boyes
Jennifer Sparks Berthelot
Chandra McIvor
Kelly Duncalfe-Baker
Heather Pocock – Award Recipient
Leadership & Management
Beth Bilson – Award Recipient
Kelly Harris
Trish St. Onge
Nancy Hopkins
Prabha Vaidyanathan
Tiffany Paulsen
Brynn Boback-Lane
Science, Research & Technology
Chithra Karunakaran
Sandy Marie Bonny – Award Recipient
Monique Haakensen
Youth
Saleema Mohamed – Award Recipient
Sierra Bronkhorst
Lifetime Achievement
Phyllis Hallatt – Award Recipient
2015
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Tasha Hubbard – Award Recipient
Sherry Hudson
Miranda Jones
Leslee Newman
Alison Norlen
Athletics
Michelle Duchene – Award Recipient
Elva Taylor
Regan Dawn Wilderman
Community Building
Jennifer Chouinard
Sylvia Cory
Namarta Kochar
Ephthymia (Effie) Kutsogiannis
Chickadee Morin – Award Recipient
Shawna Nelson
Christine Ruys
Jami Young
Shannon Hill
Education
Randi Barker
Janet Christ
Sheila Erickson
Lori Kindrachuk
Karon Shmon – Award Recipient
Connie Tenaski
Carlene Walter
Avon Whittles
2015
Entrepreneurship
Jacqui Fleury
Katina German – Award Recipient
Corrin Harper
Amanda Soulodre
Jessica Tetu
Melissa Wyant
Health and Wellness
Shirley Berthelet
Jan Hiebert – Joint Award Recipient
Stacey Hornick
Jacqueline Lavallee
Shelly Luhning – Joint Award Recipient
Treena Wynes
Leadership
Sharon L. Acoose
Betty Ann Adam
Cecilia (CeCe) Baptiste
Kelly Bode
Tamara Bowman
Netha Dyck
Michelle J. Ouellette, Q.C. – Award Recipient
Frances Wach
Research and Technology
Deborah Anderson
Marli Bells
Azita Haddadi
Tanya Holt
Brittany Melnyk
Sylvia Van Den Hurk
Julita Vassileva – Award Recipient
2015
U29
Maile Crowe
Devon Fiddler
Jennifer Hildebrand
Kayla Ingram
Erica Lee – Award Recipient
Danica Slattery
Lifetime Achievement
Joan Borsa – Award Recipient
2016
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Jeanette Lynes – Award Recipient
Helen Oro
Marylou Mintram
Denyse Klette
Athletics
Janis Shirriff
Erica Gavel
Muriel Gieni – Award Recipient
Bobbi Janzen
Jessie Buydens
Jordana Jacobson
2016
Community Building
Heather Fenyes
Sandra Stack
DeeAnn Mercier
Jebunnessa Chapola
Maria Jane Linklater – Award Recipient
Nicole Smith
Jannica Hoskins
Namarta Kochar
Erica Weber
Alison Whelan
Stacey White
Education
Nancy Van Styvendale
Karen Robinson
Daphne Taras – Award Recipient
Entrepreneurship
Carolyn Schwab
Brett Francis
Malene Jorgensen
Melissa Squire
Chantal Hounjet – Award Recipient
Christie Peters
Mackenzie Firby
Health and Wellness
Kalli Youngstrom
Leah Ferguson
Erin Wasson
Heather Thiessen
Farrah Dzik
Katelyn Roberts
2016
Leadership and Professions
Angela Hill
Wanda Hunchak
Laura Plosz
Karen Kobussen
Gail Hendry
Peta Bonham-Smith – Award Recipient
Deb Labersweiler
Research and Technology
Lalita Bharadwaj – Award Recipient
Donna Beneteau
Julia Montgomery
U29
Alisha Esmail
Noura Sheikhalzoor
Jennifer Shewchuk
Michelle Keene
Devon Fiddler – Award Recipient
Alicia Soulier
Rachel Drew
Lifetime Achievement
Maureen Reed – Award Recipient
2017
Arts, Culture, and Heritage
Sandra Fraser
Joan Halmo
Yvette Nolan
Dawn Woroniuk
2017
Athletics
Darlene Danyliw
Carla Little
Sandra Nicholat
Community Building
Twyla Baschuk
Connie den Hollander
Judy Hannah
Carin Holroyd
Shirley Isbister
Shelley James
Chantelle Johnson
Caval Olson-Lepage
Keisha Sharp
Marlee Walker
Education
Claudette Degagne-Ellis
Lana Elias
Cathy Mills
Janet Mola Okoko
Patti Rowley
Kelly Van Damme
Dr. Chelsea Willness
Entrepreneurship
Mackenzie Firby
Shaina Lynden
Jessica Tetu
2017
Health and Wellness
Noreen Agrey
Jana Danielson
Dr. Vicki Holmes
Blanche Johnston
Haylie Lashta
Amy Morris
Dorthea Swiftwolfe
Patricia Tait
Ceal Tournier
Leadership & Professions
Nykea Behiel
Kari Calder
Joy Crawford
Kathryn J. Ford (Lifetime Achievement)
Uyen Huynh
Nancy Lautner
Véronique Loewen
Louise Oelke
Research & Technology
Jacqueline Cook
Dr. Erika Dyck
U29
Maizie Bowkowy
Ashlyn George
Renata Huyghebaert
Anna Tavares
2018
Lifetime Achievement Award
Sandra Maxwell
Arts, Culture and Heritage
Kari Alba
Maria Munoz
Peggy Sarjeant - Award Recipient
Athletics
Tara Hall
Marie Robertson- Award Recipient
Community Building
Nancy Linklater
Audrey Armstrong
Dorothy Aubichon
Shari Bedient
Kayla Brien- Award Recipient
Candace Skrapek
Education
Susana Chan
Audrey Hestand- Award Recipient
Joanne LaBrash
Nicole Wilton
Entrepreneurship
Heather Abbey
Kaitlyn Blair
Mackenzie Firby
Jordana Jacobson-Award Recipient
Colleen Shalley
2018
Health and Wellness
Amanda Brindley
Jill Hubick
Barbara Jiricka- Award Recipient
Kim Jones
Kim Keller
Dr. Cassandra Phillips
Leadership and Professions
Lesley Anderson
Leanne Johnson
Chief Kim Jonathan
Peggie Koenig-Award Recipient
Laurie O'Connor
Leadership in the Trades
Devin West-Award Recipient
Allison Zerr
Research and Technology
Elizaveta Petelina
U29
Siera Bearchell
Colby Budnick
Dolapo Fadare
Rachael Henderson
Andrea Hill-Award Recipient