Vimy Award
Introduction 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 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 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, Right Honourable:1992 	John de Chastelain, General:1993 	Lewis MacKenzie, Major-General:1994 	William Howard, Major-General:1995 	Roméo Dallaire, Major-général:1996 	Jack Granatstein, Doctor:1997 	Brian Dickson, Right Honourable:1998 	Larry Murray, Vice-Admiral:1999 	Charles H. Belzile, Lieutenant-général:2000 	Barnett Danson, Right Honourable:2001 	Leonard Birchall, Air Commodore:2002 	John Allen Fraser, Colonel, the Honourable:2003 	Paul David Manson, General:2004 	David Bercuson, Doctor:2005 	Gordon Hamilton Southam:2006 	David Fraser, Brigadier-General:2007 	Ray Henault, General:2008	Rick Hillier, General:2009   William Kenneth MacDonald, Warrant Officer:2010   Adrienne Clarkson, Right Honourable:2011   Jonathan Vance, Major-General:2012   Federick Mannix, Honorary Colonel:2013   Don Macnamara, Brigadier-General (Ret’d):2014   Blake Goldring, Honorary Colonel:2015   Hugh Segal, Senator:2016   James Boutilier, Doctor:2017   William Graham, Right Honourable:2018   Christine Whitecross, Lieutenant-General:2019   Richard Fadden, OC:2020   J.O. Michel Maisonneuve, Lieutenant-général:2023   Jacqueline O'Neill, Ambassador
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