The following is a list of past Volunteer Award recipients.
2023 Volunteer Award Recipients
We would like to recognize the volunteers and community groups who were selected to receive a 2023 Volunteer Award.
District 1
- Gerald Burgress
- Kim Conrad
- Jim Reid
- Emma Browne (Youth)
- Ewan Hawley (Youth)
- Sarah Williams
District 2
- Paul Anderson
- Adam Baggs
- Colin Cameron
- Jessie Davies
- Carrie Knowlton-Trider
- Doug MacLeod
- Krista Samuelsen
District 3
- Shannon Bezanson
- Mikayla Boucher
- Nadine Grimm
- Hugh Millward
- Kimberly O'Brien
- Larissa Page
- Jack Burton (Youth)
- Rebecca Mannette (Youth)
- Adam Sherlock
- Norman Steele
- Mel Zilkowsky
District 4
- Sean Brushett
- Rob Gillis
- Colin McCrae
- Jessica Quillan
- Amanda Velutini
- Jeremy Wilkin
District 5
- Juliana Bruce (Youth)
- Robert Bertrand
- Marc Carver
- Alex A Joseph
- Sam Schwartz
- Kieran Sharpe
- Michael Vlahos
District 6
- Cindy Fowler
- Cheyenne Hardy
- Daniel Rice
- Colleen Upson
- Lauren Hurst (Youth)
- Tarelle Sterling (Youth)
District 7
- George Boyd
- Joan Dobbie
- Richard Jardine
- Pearl Michael
- Daniel O'Connor
District 8
- Eileen Beazley
- Mikhail Klemychev
- Chantal LeBlanc
- Paul McLennaghan
- Georgie Boutilier (Youth)
- Mohamed Jabi (Youth)
- Dawn Miller
District 9
- Lillian Pappas (Youth)
- Michael Tynes Jr. (Youth)
- Tia MacDougall
- Hong Wang
- Catherine & Maura Woodman
District 10
- Josh Brown
- Erin Clements
- Khalieha Cunningham
- Dr. Margaret Bateman Ellison
- Benjamin Amusan (Youth)
- Andrew Brooks (Youth)
- Jane Garnier (Youth)
- Casey MacDonald (Youth)
- Emily Fougere
- Ju (Teresa) He
- Nicole Mauger
District 11
- Jacob Rafuse & Steven MacLeod
- Miranda Pike
District 12
- Helen Burchell
- Taquiddin Hashmi
District 13
- Richard MacLellan
- Sarah Finkle (Youth)
- Lilah MacIsaac (Youth)
- Mike Marriott
District 14
- Willa Morvan (Youth)
- Van Bernard (Youth)
- Carol Oliver
- Diana Oliver
- Isabel Oliver
- Yvette Oliver
- Cindy Parsons
District 15
- Cailyn Robinson (Youth)
- Buddie Crandall
- Janey Hughes
- Verna Jonasson
- Kathie Nixon
District 16
- Johanna Sutton
- Twila MacDonald
- Emily Ellen Walker
- Aretha Williams
Community Group Awards:
- Halifax West Ecumenical Food Back
- United DFC
- Cheetahs for Change
Provincial award recipients:
- Wendy Keen
- Colin McCrae
- Kim Conrad
- Normal Steele
- Jacob Rafuse
- Steven MacLeod
- Hugh Millward
- Rob Gillis
- Mikayla Boucher
- Janey Hughes
Volunteer of the year
- Wendy Keen
2022 Volunteer Award Recipients
We would like to recognize the volunteers and community groups who were selected to receive a 2022 Volunteer Award.
District 1
- Louise Brooking-McDow
- Andrea Forrest
- Louise MacDonald
- Jackson McNeil (Youth)
- Lauren Peveril (Youth)
- Kirk Stephen
- Barry Dalrymple
District 2
- Wendy Vaughan MacKenzie
- Olivia Matheson (Youth)
- Pat Wilcott
District 3
- Anthony Brown
- Ahmed El Bouwab
- Shyla Gupta
- Peter Lee
- Kelly Legato
- James MacDonald
- Renée Graziella Gandon-Thomas
- Dion Thomas-Hodges
District 4
- Scott Collens
- Robin Veinotte
- John Zorychta
District 5
- Shabad Kaur (Youth)
- Heather Ritchie
- Peter Walker
District 6
- Clark MacIntosh
- Jane Matthews
- Liz McPhail
- Greg Milner
District 7
- Loukman Ghouti
- Sarah Greening
- Aline Maybank
- Aarushi Patil (Youth)
- Linxi Zhang
District 8
- Mustafa, Muhammed & Omar Antebi
- Lynn Barrett
- Sofia Julianne So
District 10
- Mohammad Ehsan
- Indrasena
- Weerasinghe
District 11
- Kathleen Hall
- Paul Hunt
- Linda Stewart
District 12
- Zoya Hussain (Youth)
- Bob Angus
- Kate Xinyi He
District 13
- Sarah Finkle (Youth)
- Sharon Jessup Joyce
- Jim Steffens
District 14
- Sean Bowes (Youth)
- Luke Webb (Youth)
- Walter Fekeshazy
District 15
- Micaiah Aladejebi (Youth)
- Ashley Butler
District 16
- Daphnée de Lamirande
- Margaret Gullage
- Farhan Pir Muhammad
- Abby Nagar (Youth)
- Michael Ruan
- Sonia Verabioff
- Mitchell Zussman
Community Group Awards:
- Asiah Sparks (Youth) – Volunteer of the Year
- English Conversation Group – Group Award #1
- The Friends of First Lake Society – Group Award #2
- Multicultural Drummers (Malaria Warriors) – Youth Award
The following individuals were also provincial award recipients:
- Lauren Peveril
- Pat Wilcott,
- Asiah Sparks
- Loukman Ghouti
- Aline Maybank
- Heather Nicole McGrath
- Mohammad Ehsan
- Daphnée de Lamirande
- Margaret Gullage
- Michael Ryan
2021 Volunteer Award Recipients
Each year during National Volunteer Week, the Halifax Regional Municipality holds an award ceremony to acknowledge and honour the contributions of volunteers and volunteer organizations in our communities. While our celebration had to be postponed this year, we would like to recognize the volunteers and community groups who were selected to receive a 2021 Volunteer Award. Please join us in thanking these exceptional community volunteers and organizations.
District 1
- Jay Cameron
District 2
- Leanne Hines
- Karen MacRoberts
- Neil Parnell
- Paige Williams
District 3
- Shelly Bhardwaj
- Allan Carrington
- Gloria Mannette
- Layla McFadden
- Doug Pickrem
- Teresa Trider
District 4
- John Brant
- Michael Cutcliffe
- Judie and Jim Edgar
- Sean François
- Michael R. Klenavic
- Philip Love
District 5
- Jeff Aucoin
- Natasha Beuree-Edwards
- Michelle Thornhill
District 6
- Dee Vipond
District 7
- Shikha Sarah Gupta
- Thomas Williams
- Kendall R. Worth
- Julia Meredith Wright
District 8
- Marion Lakenman
- Chris Felix
- Mike Beamish
- Eptehal Nashnoush
- Melbourne Neily
- Erin Poirier
District 10
- Abraham Amusan
- Helga Cunningham
- Kimberley Wotherspoon
District 11
- Dorothy Mitchell
- Martina Redden
- Maureen Yeadon
- Kathy Powell
District 12
- Jerjis Kapra
- Colleen Rollings
- Jacquelyn Stevenson
District 13
- Beverly Carlsen
- Chris Pelham
District 14
- Gary Carter Jr.
- Lyle Mailman
- Gwendolyn Marsh
District 16
- Jeffrey Koscik
- Sydney Mogae
Volunteer of the Year
Kiyana Kamali – Volunteer of the Year
Provincial Award Winners
Kiyana Kamali
Judie Edgar
Jim Edgar
Kendall Worth
Colleen Rollings
Jeff Aucoin
Lyle Mailman
Natasha Beuree-Edwards
Julia Meredith-Wright
Martina Redden
Group Awards
Group Awards – Category 1
Change is Brewing Collective
Group Awards – Category 2
Autism Nova Scotia
2020 Volunteer Award Recipients
We would like to recognize the volunteers and community groups who were selected to receive a 2020 Volunteer Award.
District 1
- Jacob Lucas Andre Boudreau (Youth)
- Marilyn Clarke
District 2
- Brenda Brooks
- Kenny Dolomont
- Sha’ondra Downey
- Rhonda M. Frank
- Dylan Mackenzie (Youth)
- Gwyn Osborne (Youth)
- Grace Robinson-Crawley (Youth)
- Kent Smith
- Marilyn A. Smith
- Leah Stienburg (Youth)
- Gary Stronach
District 3
- Dilkeerat Dhillon
- Joseph Yurchesyn (Youth)
District 4
- Bryanna Banfield (Youth)
- Harvey Foston
- Chloe Hovey (Youth)
District 5
- Bonie Moore (Conrad)
- Pat Moffatt
- Jennifer Waugh (Youth)
- Dianne West
District 6
- Gail Boyle
- Alden Killen
- Joy Laing
- Rainie Murphy
- Lynn Orton
- Britanny Peters
- Phil Power
District 7
- Bob Goodall and Ann Marie Tompkins
- Brian L. Maloney
- Yolana Wassersug
District 8
- Sophia Junfang Fu
District 9
- Yasmin Abd El-Rahaman (Youth)
- Karema Alarabi (Youth)
- Mohamed Nashnoush (Youth)
- Marco Redden
- Gracie Walker (Youth)
District 10
- Andrew Curran
- Adora Fernando (Youth)
- Teresa Flinn
- Amber Thornton (Youth)
District 11
- Bonnie Conrad
- Gizelle de Guzman
- Haillie Hersey (Youth)
- Daryl Joseph
District 12
- Ifeoma Esonwune
- George Findlay
- Brian Johnson
- Faris Kapra
- Linda Lawlor
- Joseph MacPherson
- Ratnam Mohan
- Dr. Genlou Sun
District 13
- Irekanmi Awoyiga (Youth)
- James Mitchell
- Coady Monk (Youth)
- Caitlin Slauenwhite (Youth)
- Alex Stapleton (Youth)
District 14
- Roberta Hibbert
- Twan Jansen
- Victor Sampson
- Janice West
District 15
- Tom LeBlanc
District 16
- Stephanie Graham
- Alexander Hancox
- Madeline Harper (Youth)
- Darrell Johnston
- Tanya MacLennan-Scott
- Edward John McHugh
- Christina Ruan
- Dr. Yonggan Zhao
Community Group Awards
Community Group (Community Group with Annual Finances Under 50,000): Ketch Harbour Area Residents Association (KHARA) - District 11
Community Group (Community Group with Annual Finances exceeding $50,000): The Friends of the Public Gardens - District 7
Community Group (Youth): Chebucto Minor Hockey Association – Junior Coach Leadership Program - District 11
2019 Volunteer Award Recipients
The following residents were awarded 2019 Halifax Regional Municipality Volunteer Awards. Additional awards as noted.
District 1
- Brooke Clarke
- Michele Flemming
- Abby Hanson
- Ella Hanson
- Pat Healey
- Sarah Jane MacDonald-Miles (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Lee Muir-Buckley
- Nick Yeomans
District 2
- Robert Downey
- Gina Dunn
- Melda Hodder (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Jennie MacKenzie (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Katrina Manette
- Donald Mosher
- Shaquille Smith
- Juliette Thomas
District 3
- Reva Bhardwaj
- Scott Connolly
- Eric Alexander Gallant
- Dalyce Mallion (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Michelle Myers
- Shelby Myers
- Wendy Smith
- Hugh & Dorothy Webber
- Julia Yurchesyn
District 4
- Steve Carr
- Emme Morin
- James Ryan
- Gilbert (Gil) Smith
District 5
- Holly Blackler
- Jayne Dempsey
- Miranda Koivu
District 6
- Norm Collins
- Kristen Coveyduc
- Kayley Dixon (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Graham Greene (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Sarah White
District 7
- Joseph Allen
- Tahmina Dewan (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Andres Guardia
- Robert Shaw (HRM Volunteer of the Year) (Provincial Award Recipient)
District 8
- Daphne & Steven Beeler
- Diane Chiasson
- Ray Fernandes
- Taya Hooper-Dixon
- Milena Khazanavicius
District 9
- Terri M. Roberts (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Sean Wang
District 10
- David J. Aalders (Provincial Award Recipient)
- Aya Ali
- Dennis R. Peters
District 11
- Atiqullah Amiri
- Usha K. Goel
- Kate Jollimore
District 12
- Aseel Mohammed Ali
- Denise Chisholm
- Nikunjkumar Kachhadiya
- Alice Walsh
District 13
- Patti Peters
District 14
- Collette Berezowski
- Caroline Gallop
- Ann McCulloch
District 15
- Rachel Donovan
- Allan Smith
District 16
- David Bathurst
- Geneviève Doiron
- Abigail Harper
- Emily Rudderham
Community Group Awards
Community Group, Category 1 - Victim Services Volunteer Association
Community Group, Category 2 - Acadia Recreation Club Society
Community Group Youth - Helping the Earth while Acting Together (H.E.A.T.)
2018 Volunteer Award Recipients
The following residents were awarded 2018 Halifax Regional Municipality Volunteer Awards.
District 1
- Barbara Bell
- Braden Marshall
- Erika Pineo
- Lucky Sharpe
District 2
- Lorri Arnold
- Anne Bennett
- Ronald Edward David
- Carole Jones
- David George Kerr
- Ivory Provo
- Shirley Tolhurst
District 3
- Vishal Bhardwaj
- Ron Burbidge
- David Currie
- Linda Forward
- Lorne Perry
- Chris Peters
- Georgia Ayre
- Anne Yurchesyn
District 4
- Rick Betyna
- Susan Steele
- Mekayla Bull
- Allison Flewwelling
District 5
- William Joseph Tait
District 6
- Arthur Bennett
- Jack Martin
- Barbra Minard
- Nathalie Prud'homme
- Anthony Sarto Morrison
District 7
- Wenceslao Amezcua
- Ding Fan
- Dave Jones
- Meredith Otley
District 8
- Rodin Leitão
- Joanne Light
District 9
- Robert Bray
- Charles Fonseca
- Saida Gazie
- Anil K Rana
District 10
- Judy Arbique
- Juliana Murphy
District 11
- Vince Norris
- Scott Reinhardt
- Logan Henderson
District 12
- Natalie Bishop
- Essam Hashish
- Bob Purcell
District 13
- Nicholas Horne
- Alex MacAulay
- Ailie Sullivan
District 14
- Christine Jamieson
- Ron & Judy MacIntosh
- Sue McLearn
- Peter Stackaruk
District 15
- Wilma Treen
- Mallory Hookey
District 16
- Kacy Burn
- Terry Choyce
- Nicole Martell
- Kathleen Pellerine
- Diane Swanzey
- Victor Tétrault
- Skyler Boylan
Community Group Awards
Category 1 Sheet Harbour Lions Club (District 2)
Category 2 Frontier College Organizational Team (District 16)