King Charles III Coronation Medals awarded to outstanding Canadian Red Cross volunteers, donors, and staff

Celebrating the dedication and impact of 97 recipients

The Canadian Red Cross is proud to announce that 97 of its volunteers, staff, and donors, have been awarded the King Charles III Coronation Medal. The King Charles III Coronation Medal was created to mark the Coronation of His Majesty King Charles III, which took place on May 6, 2023. It is the first Canadian commemorative medal to mark a Coronation. Red Cross recipients represent a wide range of skills, experiences, and backgrounds from across the country, and they embody many of the Red Cross  Fundamental Principles — from their humanity and impartiality to their spirit of voluntary service.

The nomination criteria were set by the Governor General and Canadian Red Cross. The Red Cross invited its staff and volunteers to submit nominations for Canadian Red Cross volunteers, employees or delegates who have:

• made a significant contribution to the country, a province, territory, region or community, or made an outstanding achievement abroad, or has made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada;
• been alive on May 6, 2023, the date of The King’s Coronation. Nominations can be made posthumously, if the nominee was alive on that date;
• at least three (3) years of service with the Canadian Red Cross.

All nominations received were reviewed for eligibility. Only individuals who met all of the above criteria were successful in receiving the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

"It is a privilege to recognize such deserving individuals for their dedicated service in communities across Canada and around the world,” said Conrad Sauvé, president and CEO of the Canadian Red Cross. “This prestigious honour is a fitting recognition of their compassion, humanitarian spirit, and unwavering commitment to helping others. I want to congratulate all recipients and thank them for their commitment to Canada and the Canadian Red Cross.”

The following individuals have been awarded The King Charles III Coronation Medal, representing the final recipients from the Canadian Red Cross:

Bahar Ahmadi
Reg Appleyard
Janine Bain
Penny Balfour
Dana Banke
Lori Barnhart
Byron Barton
Nicole Beauchamp
Robert Beauchamp
Andre Bowes
Tracey Braun
Alan Brose
Louise Carson
Luisa Castro
Susan Chant
Debora Chmara
Kirsteen Donachie
Robert Droine
Roma Dubczak
Tanya Elliott
Leonard Eng
Myretta Farrell
Domenic Filippelli
David Fraser
Denis Gagné
Arlene Gendron
Gavin Giles
Diane Girard
Georges Gohier
Al Goodwin
Gerald Grandey
Réjeanne Grenier
Catherine Gribbin
Lynn Hendersen
Brenda Hind
Miranda Hubbs
Anna Hunt-Binkley
Laura Isidean
Debbie James
Helen James
David Johnson
Otto Kalwa
Lyle Karasiuk
Bonnie Kearns
Guy Lepage
Denis Lessard
Chiran Livera
Betty Lou
Sherry Lozecki
Ha Lu
Janis Mack
Betty MacKenzie
Andrew MacPherson
Steve Malone
Lauralee March
Sue Mariage
Steward Marshall
Sunny Marshall
Glen Martin
Keith Mashinter
Candace McCool
David McCoubrey
Peter McGuinness
Anne Mcintosh
Krista McNutt
Nicole Nazareth
Mary Ness
Rudolph North
Ken Oakley
Alen Okanovic
Aaron Orkin
Kevin Paes
Elsa Patricia Vargas
Ali Paul
Bernice Paul
Margaret Pinkerton
Kyle Ramperstad
Joan Savoie
David Schiller
Jennifer Schoenberger
Rhonda Schwab
Manjit Singh
Robert Sklar
Adrian Smith
Eric Smith
Sandra Sosic
Jocelyn Souliere
Robbin Stephens
Nate Stepner
Edda Sterner
Chantal Sylvain
Jeff Taylor
Ken Tulloch
Édouard Viau
Todd Weiss
Sheila Wilson
 

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