Volunteer Awards

2020 Volunteer Awards

Please note that the 2020 Volunteer Awards are postponed until further notice. Information regarding a new date will be shared with recipients once confirmed, and updates will be posted on this page. 

Questions can be directed to Shawna Shirley at 902.869.4202 or shirles@halifax.ca. 

2019 Volunteer Award Recipients 

The following residents were awarded 2019 Halifax Regional Municipality Volunteer Awards. Additional awards as noted. 

For more information, please contact Shawna Shirley at 902.869.4202 or email shirles@halifax.ca.

A group photo of the 2019 Volunteer Award winners

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.)