Deryck Thomson Award
“We’re engaged in a noble profession with a significant past and a challenging future. While forces and events may swirl about us, our objectives have been the same–to develop the human condition while protecting its weakest from harm. The ways in which we go about the task may differ, but the goal remains constant."
Recent Recipients
For a more detailed description of past recipients, download the Past Recipients List.
- 2021/2022 The Tk’emlúps te Secwépemc First Nations, The Savage Society, Julia’s Junction, Walk With Me and Linda Lavallee
- 2020/2021 Positive Living North Buckley Valley (PLN BV), Canadian Mental Health Association (CMHA), Phoenix Choir Chamber, The Indian Residential School Survivor’s Society (IRSSS) and A Way Home Kamloops (AWHK)
- 2019/2020 All Nations Driving Academy, Ocean Legacy Foundation and Unity Centre Association for Black Cultures (UCABC)
- 2018/2019 North Okanagan Community Chaplaincy, Port Alberni Shelter Farm Project and The Fort Nelson Aboriginal Friendship Society
- 2017/2018 Some Assembly Arts Society and the Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group (RHYTAG)
- 2016/2017 West Coast Women’s Legal Education and Action Fund (LEAF)
- 2015/2016 The Cinderella Project
- 2014/2015 The Coastal Family Research CoalitionJason DaSilva
- 2013/2014 British Columbia Aboriginal Network on Disability Society (BCANDS)
- 2011/2012 Organizational Award: Storytellers’ Foundation, Hazelton
- 2010/2011 Brandon Hughes
- 2009/2010 Peer Net BC
- 2008/2009 John Talbot
- 2007/2008 Mabel Jean Rawlin
- 2006/2007 Alex Michalos, Community Planning Council of Prince George
- 2005/2006 Michael Clague
- 2004/2005 (no award conferred)
- 2003/2004 Elizabeth (Bunny) Shannon
- 2002/2003 Cindy Carson, Provincial Coordinator, First Call: BC Child and Youth Advocacy Coalition
- 2001/2002 Randy Lambright, Municipal Social Planner, City of Kamloops
- 2000/2001 Walter Paetkau, Abbotsford Community Services SocietySome Assembly Arts Society and the Roundhouse Youth Theatre Action Group