2023 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Caroline Sparks (YT)

Emerging Leader Award

• Maxwell Joy (NU)
• Haley Smith (NS)

Partnership Award

• Jumpstart

CPRA Award of Merit

• Kyle St. Laurent (NU)
• Matthew Smith (PEI)
• David Bosiak (MB)
• Masooma Sayed Hashim (BC)

2021 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Pierre Morin (QC)

Emerging Leader Award

• Ashley Broker (NS)

Partnership Award

• On the Land Collaborative

CPRA Award of Merit

• Trisha Davison (BC)
• Damara Geddes (MB)
• Baffinland Iron Mines Corporation (NU)
• Island Trails (PEI)
• Sue Meikle (YT)

2020 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Geoff Ray (NWT)

Emerging Leader Award

• Quentin Sala (NU)

Partnership Award

• Michael Nadler

CPRA Award of Merit

• Jocelyn MacLeod (MB)
• Makigiaqta Inuit Training Corporation (NU)

2019 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Norm Campbell (SK)

Emerging Leader Award

• Kelsey Johnson (BC)

Partnership Award

• Jays Care Foundation

CPRA Award of Merit

• Dan Pagely (AB)
• Doreen Nitsiza (NWT)
• Kimberley Masson (NU)
• Darryl Condon (BC)
• ROC Eastman (MB)

2018 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Murray Kopp (BC)

Emerging Leader Award

• Vikki Niptanatiak (NU)

CPRA Award of Merit

• Starbuck Recreation Centre (MB)
• John Andersen (NL)
• Berry Freeze (NB)
• Sue Fraser (PEI)
• Blaise MacEachern (NS)
• North West Company (NU)
• Tony Devlin (NWT)
• Terry Welsh (AB)

2017 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Larry Ketcheson (ON)

CPRA Partnership Award

• Canadian Parks Council

CPRA Award of Merit

• Pam Meunier (AB)
• Johanna Elliott (NWT)
• Qikiqtani Inuit Association (NU)
• O’Leary Kraft Hockeyville Committee (PEI)
• Murray Kopp (BC)

2016 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Barbara Hill (AB)

CPRA Partnership Award

• University of Alberta Faculty of Physical Education and Recreation
• HIGH FIVE Canada

CPRA Award of Merit

• Marc-André Lavigne (QC)
• Jason Tologanak (NU)
• Tim Burton (AB)
• HIGH FIVE (Janie Romoff, Nina de Vaal, Joanne Russell) – (ON)
• Susanne Moore (MB)

2015 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Randy Kinnee (SK)

CPRA Award of Merit

• John Macintyre (ON)
• John Maurice (NU)
• Shane Thompson (NWT)
• Chris Szabo (AB)
• Ian Reid (NB)
• Brenda Robertson (NS)
• André Thibault (QC)
• Caroline Sparks (YT)

2014 Recipients

CPRA President’s Award of Distinction

• Don Hunter (BC)

CPRA Award of Merit

• Jennifer Reynolds (ON)
• Chris Nelson (BC)
• Rick Gilbert (NS)
• Randy Kinnee (SK)
• Romeyn Stevenson (NU)
• Shelley Shea (AB)
• Nancy McMinn (PEI)