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 1/4-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 CDA Institute’s Board of Directors; 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 Honourable1992 John de Chastelain, General1993 Lewis MacKenzie, Major-General1994 William Howard, Major-General1995 Roméo Dallaire, Major-général1996 Jack Granatstein, Doctor1997 Brian Dickson, Right Honourable1998 Larry Murray, Vice-Admiral1999 Charles H. Belzile, Lieutenant-général2000 Barnett Danson, Honourable2001 Leonard Birchall, Air Commodore2002 John Allen Fraser, Colonel, the Honourable2003 Paul David Manson, General2004 David Bercuson, Doctor2005 Gordon Hamilton Southam2006 David Fraser, Brigadier-General2007 Ray Henault, General2008 Rick Hillier, General2009 William Kenneth MacDonald, Warrant Officer2010 Adrienne Clarkson, Right Honourable2011 Jonathan Vance, Major-General2012 Federick Mannix, Honorary Colonel2013 Don Macnamara, Brigadier-General (Ret’d)2014 Blake Goldring, Honorary Colonel2015 Hugh D. Segal