Name
|
Recipient
City
|
Basis
for Nominations
|
|
Joan Acosta
|
North
Vancouver
|
Recognised
leader in education and literacy
|
|
Kurt Alberts
|
Langley
|
Community
leader and mayor of the Township of Langley
|
|
Jean
Jacques André
|
Victoria
|
Outstanding
artistic leadership for the Royal British Columbia Museum
|
|
F.
Gordon Antoine
|
Merritt
|
Service
to the aboriginal community
|
|
Nava Ashraf
|
Kelowna
|
Student,
human rights and peace activist
|
|
Dr. Vivien
E. Basco
|
Vancouver
|
Physician
and professor
|
|
Don H.
Bell
|
North
Vancouver
|
Community
leader and mayor of the District of North Vancouver
|
|
Dr. John
(Jack) Patrick Blaney
|
Vancouver
|
Post-secondary
education leader
|
|
Malcolm
Brodie
|
Richmond
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Richmond
|
|
Bernard
O. Brynelsen
|
Langley
|
Prominent
leader in the mining sector
|
|
Helen Burnham
|
Vancouver
|
Alcoholism
Recovery Pioneer
|
|
Alex
A. Campbell
|
Saanichton
|
Business
leader and service to the community
|
|
R.
Wayne Campbell
|
Victoria
|
Conservationist
and ornithologist
|
|
Brian
A. Canfield
|
Point
Roberts
|
Community
service and prominent leader in telecommunications
|
|
Ric Careless
|
Gibsons
|
Environmental
activist
|
|
Christopher
Causton
|
Victoria
|
Community
leader and mayor of the District of Oak Bay
|
|
Simon Charlie
|
Duncan
|
Renowned
aboriginal leader and artist
|
|
Phyllis
Chelsea
|
Williams
Lake
|
Aboriginal
community leader and educator
|
|
Dr. Suezone
Chow
|
Richmond
|
Gifted
forestry researcher and business leader
|
|
Michael
Conway Baker
|
North
Vancouver
|
Prominent
music composer and educator
|
|
Robert
Cooper
|
Terrace
|
Community
service to the province’s northern communities
|
|
Edna Cooper
|
Terrace
|
Community
service to the province’s northern communities
|
|
George
Frederick Curtis
|
Vancouver
|
Founding
dean of the UBC Law School
|
|
Marilyn
Dahl
|
Vancouver
|
Advocate
for the hearing impaired
|
|
Kathleen
Dalzell
|
Port
Clements
|
Community
service and historian
|
|
Sushma
Datt
|
Burnaby
|
Prominent
broadcaster in the Indo-Canadian community
|
|
Lorne
W. Davies
|
Maple
Ridge
|
Prominent
university football athlete and coach
|
|
Isabelle
Diamond
|
Vancouver
|
Community
service and prominent fundraiser
|
|
Doug Drummond
|
Burnaby
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the City of Burnaby
|
|
Frances
L. Fleming
|
White
Rock
|
Prominent
leader in the educational field. Medal accepted on her behalf by daughter
Edith Ehlers
|
|
Thomas
James Foord
|
Coldstream
|
Business
leader
|
|
Timothy
J.C. Frick
|
Port
Coquitlam
|
Prominent
wheelchair basketball coach
|
|
Gerry Furney
|
Port
McNeill
|
Community
leader and mayor of the Town of Port McNeil
|
|
Garde
B. Gardom, Q.C.
|
Vancouver
|
Outstanding
service to the people of British Columbia
|
|
Joan Gentles
|
Williams
Lake
|
Service
to the aboriginal community
|
|
Patsy George
|
Vancouver
|
Anti-poverty
worker
|
|
Virginia
Giles
|
Vancouver
|
Alcoholism
recovery pioneer
|
|
Dr. Gurdev
S. Gill
|
New
Westminster
|
Physician
and Indo-Canadian community leader
|
|
Charan
Pal Singh Gill
|
Surrey
|
Outstanding
service to the community and advocate for social justice
|
|
Murray
Goldman
|
West
Vancouver
|
Business
and community leader
|
|
Clint Hames
|
Chilliwack
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Chilliwack
|
|
Rendina
Hamilton
|
Kelowna
|
Prominent
leader in the law profession
|
|
Dr. Walter
Gordon Hardwick
|
Vancouver
|
Leader in
education and public service
|
|
Sean Harvey
|
Vernon
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Vernon
|
|
Kathleen
Heddle
|
Vancouver
|
Distinguished
rowing athlete
|
|
Jane Heffelfinger
|
Victoria
|
Arts
advocate and volunteer
|
|
Al Hogarth
|
Maple
Ridge
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the District of Maple Ridge
|
|
Rex Hollett
|
Chemainus
|
Community
leader and former mayor for the District of North Cowichan
|
|
Paul
Frederick Howard
|
West
Vancouver
|
Recognised
fuel cell engineer
|
|
Wayne Hunter
|
Victoria
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the District of Central Saanich
|
|
Lois
E. Jackson
|
Delta
|
Community
leader and mayor of the District of Delta
|
|
Henry Ketcham
|
Vancouver
|
Business
leader
|
|
Jon Kingsbury
|
Coquitlam
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Coquitlam
|
|
Colin Kinsley
|
Prince
George
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Prince George
|
|
Kazuko
Komatsu
|
West
Vancouver
|
Business
leader
|
|
Gary
R. Korpan
|
Nanaimo
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Nanaimo
|
|
Diana Krall
|
Nanaimo
|
Jazz
singer
|
|
Kerrin
Lee-Gartner
|
Fernie
|
Olympic
gold medal skier
|
|
Peter
James Lester
|
Prince
Rupert
|
Retired
mayor and community leader
|
|
Dr. Victor
Ling
|
Vancouver
|
World-renowned
cancer researcher
|
|
Corinne
Lonsdale
|
Squamish
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the District of Squamish
|
|
Alan Lowe
|
Victoria
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Victoria
|
|
Gordon
F. MacFarlane
|
Burnaby
|
Business
and community leader
|
|
Colin Mayes
|
Salmon
Arm
|
Community
leader and mayor of the District of Salmon Arm
|
|
Doug McCallum
|
Surrey
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Surrey
|
|
David
George Alexander McLean
|
Vancouver
|
Business
and community service
|
|
Ken McRae
|
Port
Alberni
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Port Alberni
|
|
Kenneth
McVay
|
Nanaimo
|
Anti-Hate
literature activist
|
|
Margaret
Mitchell
|
Vancouver
|
Women’s
rights activist
|
|
Basil Morissette
|
Kamloops
|
Native
courtworker program developer
|
|
Alan Moyes
|
Victoria
|
Outstanding
public service to the people of British Columbia
|
|
Beverly
Nann
|
Burnaby
|
Active
leader in promoting multiculturalism
|
|
Abe Neufeld
|
Mission
|
Community
leader and mayor of the District of Mission
|
|
Grace
Elliott Nielsen
|
Nanaimo
|
Aboriginal
community leader
|
|
R.T.
(Phil) Nuytten
|
North
Vancouver
|
Subsea
engineer, carver and author
|
|
Dr. Michael
V. O'Shaughnessy
|
Maple
Ridge
|
AIDS
advocate and researcher
|
|
Mike Pearce
|
Penticton
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the City of Penticton
|
|
Dr. Leonel
Perra
|
Surrey
|
Outstanding
leader in education
|
|
Derek Porter
|
Victoria
|
Two-time
Olympic rowing medallist
|
|
Ross Priest
|
Cranbrook
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Cranbrook
|
|
Ross
Charles Purse
|
Nanaimo
|
Advocate
for the visually impaired
|
|
Raymond
Rice
|
Esquimalt
|
Community
leader and former Mayor of the Township of Esquimalt
|
|
Dr. R.
Hayward Rogers
|
Victoria
|
Pioneer
in medicine and treatment for cancer patients
|
|
Mel Rothenburger
|
Kamloops
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Kamloops
|
|
Jane Rule
|
Galiano
Island
|
Renowned
international author
|
|
Carole
Sabiston
|
Victoria
|
Prominent
textile artist
|
|
Dr. Martha
Salcudean
|
Vancouver
|
Prominent
mechanical engineer and professor
|
|
Gian
Singh Sandhu
|
Williams
Lake
|
Lumber
company founder and charity supporter
|
|
Dr. Martin
T. Schechter
|
Vancouver
|
Physician
and AIDS researcher
|
|
Don Scott
|
Prince
Rupert
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the City of Prince Rupert
|
|
Barbara
Ann Sharp
|
North
Vancouver
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of North Vancouver
|
|
Arthur
Skidmore
|
Burnaby
|
Business
leader and philanthropist
|
|
Helen Sparkes
|
New Westminster
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the City of New Westminster
|
|
A.J.
(Jim) Spilsbury
|
West
Vancouver
|
Radio and
airline pioneer, author and artist
|
|
Dr. Richard
Stace-Smith
|
Vancouver
|
Internationally
recognised agriculture scientist
|
|
Hardy
K. Staub
|
White
Rock
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the City of White Rock
|
|
Sarah-Spring
Stump
|
Williams
Lake
|
Service
to the community
|
|
Alison
Sydor
|
North
Vancouver
|
Olympic
mountain bike medallist
|
|
Dr. Harvey
Thommasen
|
Prince
George
|
Prominent
physician and author
|
|
Dr. Roger
S. Tonkin
|
Gabriola
|
Adolescent
and youth health-care innovator
|
|
Joe Trasolini
|
Port
Moody
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Port Moody
|
|
Nancy
J. Turner
|
Victoria
|
Internationally
distinguished scholar and scientist
|
|
Roy
Henry Vickers
|
Brentwood
Bay
|
Internationally
recognized artist
|
|
Henry
Hiroshi Wakabayashi
|
Burnaby
|
Recognized
mega-project engineer
|
|
Ron Webber
|
Courtenay
|
Community
leader and former mayor of the City of Courtenay
|
|
Howard
White
|
Madeira
Park
|
Business
leader, promoting B.C. history and literature
|
|
Lorna Williams
|
Victoria
|
Native
educator and author
|
|
Jan Willoughby
|
Victoria
|
Leadership
in promoting research and treatment of prostate cancer
|
|
Ken Willoughby
|
Victoria
|
Leadership
in promoting research and treatment of prostate cancer
|
|
Ron Wood
|
West
Vancouver
|
Community
leader and mayor of the District of West Vancouver
|
|
Dr. Yosef
Wosk
|
Vancouver
|
Philanthropist
and community leader
|
|
Scott Young
|
Port
Coquitlam
|
Community
leader and mayor of the City of Port Coquitlam
|
|
Wolfgang
Zimmerman
|
Port
Alberni
|
Forestry
safety activist
|
