Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers
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The Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers is an honour presented annually by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario for outstanding contributions by young volunteers in the province of Ontario. The medal is not part of the Canadian honours system and therefore cannot be worn with medals that are part of the Canadian Honours system.
Background
The medal was created in 1998 to recognize the outstanding contributions of young people between the ages of 15 and 24, to improve the quality of life in Ontario and internationally through volunteer activities. By honouring outstanding contributions made by youth volunteers, this award recognizes exceptional young people as role models. Up to 10 recipients are chosen each year.
Recipients are selected by an independent advisory council made up of seven members appointed by the lieutenant governor on the advice of his or her premier. The lieutenant governor is the honorary chair of the advisory council.
Description
The medal is in the shape of a circle with a trillium (Ontario's floral emblem) in the centre and surrounded by three identical shapes signifying V for volunteer, and also signifying active people. The colours of the medal are red (the colour of the flag of Ontario), white (the colour of the trillium), blue and gold.
Recipients
1998:
1999:
2000: Jeremy Baillargeon, Melissa Gould, Brenda Rollo
2001: Erin Ashley Beckett, Shashi Bhat, Shantel Ivits, Upasana Krishnadev, Heather McMullen, Heather Menzies, Louroz Munson Mercader, Marie-Claude Robert, Cynthia Rutters, Thomas Urbaniak[http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2001/04/23/c6676.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2002: Aaron James
2003:
2004:
2005: Arthur Kong, Jessica Asnani, Regina Lui, Kevin Goswell, Jordan Axani, Judy Hole, Sukhveer Bains, Myuri Manogaran, Adam Birrell, Tyler Meredith, Paul Cescon, Heather Muir, Sarah Dell, Christian Scenna, Roxanne Dubois, Jeffery Siu, Catherine French, Valeria Spezzano, Christina Fung, Victoria Zimmer[http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2005/10/06/c8381.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2006: Christopher Berrigan, David George, Mireille Gomes, Christina Katsios, Clifford Mushquash, Cheryl Perera, Alim Nagji, Jeeniraj Thevasagayam[http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/June2006/23/c8800.html CNW Group | ONTARIO MINISTRY OF CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION | Young Ontarians recognized for their volunteer contributions]{{cite web |url=http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=4321 |title=McMaster Daily News |website=dailynews.mcmaster.ca |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706185513/http://dailynews.mcmaster.ca/story.cfm?id=4321 |archive-date=2011-07-06}}
2007: Maddison Babineau, Justin Lucas Beaver, James Binsfeld, Jeremy Dias, Ryan Hreljac, Christine Kerr, Laura Konkel, Derek Lawrence, Rohit Mehta, Jason Slater, Nomusa Taylor-Dube[http://ogov.newswire.ca/ontario/GPOE/2007/06/04/c8623.html?lmatch=&lang=_e.html Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2008: Wendell Adjetey, Monica Armanious, Viviana Astudillo-Clavijo, Michaela Chen, Matthew Cutler, Julie Harmgardt, Justin Fontaine, Gerald Mak, Adam Wheeler.
2009: Danny Fee, Tamara Gordon, Jonathan Hesler, Miles Hoffman, Mina Kazemi, Bronwyn Loucks, Billy Morrison, Bret Shier[http://www.newswire.ca/en/releases/archive/April2009/17/c2872.html Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2010: Arnav Agarwal, Christopher Albert, Neeka Allison, Michael Greige, Chris-Anna Manning, Lashawn Murray, Gorick Ng, Bryan Peart, Rob Ross, Eric Tan, Denny Timm, Matthew Wakem[http://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2010/04/ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-recipients.html Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2011: Amber Albert, Lorenzo Colocado, Joshua Edwards, Tyler Lisacek, Megan Myles, Rebecca Rainey, Conner Weed[https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2011/04/ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-2011-recipients.html Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2012: Meaghan Walker, Victoria Edwards, James Farry, Janette Hammell, Simon Harmgardt, Rebecca Linder[https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2012/04/ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-2012-recipients.html Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2013: Janelle Brady, Mariah Bunz, Alex Escobar, Tyson Grinsell, Mohsin Khan, Josie Linton, Jean-Phillippe Vinette, Haleigh Wiggins, Stephanie Zhou[https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2013/04/ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-2013-recipients.html Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2014: Mitchell Case, Paige Dillabough, Sierra Howald, Dalton Parkinson, Joel Speers, Chloé St. Amand, Tom Yanch[http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/citizenship/honours/omyv_2014_recipients.shtml Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2015: Sarah Day, William Laurie, Kylee Mazerolle, Robbie Palmer, Liam Rondeau, Samantha Smith, Danielle Sparkes, Taylor Young[https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2015/4/2015-ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-recipients.html?_ga=1.133941966.1389476387.1452724853 Government of Ontario, Canada - News]
2016: Fitsum Areguy, Lucie Bingley, Jillian Bjelan, Janson Chan, Josh Copperthwaite, Austin Fowler, Sebastien Martin-Schultz, Taylor Redmond, Carly Robinson, Jessica van der Veer{{cite web| url = https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2016/05/2016-ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-award-recipients.html| title = Ontario Newsroom}}
2017: Justin Tiseo, Joshua Austin, Christopher McCormick{{Cite news|url=https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2017/05/2017-ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-award-recipients.html|title=2017 Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers Award Recipients|work=news.ontario.ca|access-date=2017-11-09|language=en}}
2018: Vickram Bachan, Alannah Burris, Hayden Cheung, Josie Kearney, Ornela Kljakic, Dylan Langan, Ashley Muir, Radhika Nangia, Michelle Schenk{{Cite web|url=https://news.ontario.ca/mci/en/2018/04/2018-ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-award-recipients.html|title=2018 Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers Award Recipients|website=news.ontario.ca|language=en|access-date=2019-03-25}}
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2019: Anjana Balachandran, Amanda Bishop, Kathryn Cheng, Tejas Dhami, Grace Gong, Lucas Gordon, Sarah Jordan, Lucia Marchionda, Divya Massilamani, Jack McCormick, William McCormick, Leighton Schreyer, Aditi Sivakumar, Tristan Wild, Karl Zhu{{Cite news|url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1002126/ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-2019-and-2020-recipients|title=Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers: 2019 and 2020 Recipients|work=news.ontario.ca|access-date=2024-03-04|language=en}}
2020: Joshua Callaghan, Olivia Dey, Jackie Han, Ruby Hopkins, Arya Peruma, Noga Shachak, Joy Xu, Leo Xu, Nathan Yiu{{Cite news|url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1002126/ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers-2019-and-2020-recipients|title=Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers: 2019 and 2020 Recipients|work=news.ontario.ca|access-date=2024-03-04|language=en}}
2021: Kanish Baskaran, Natalie Chen, Mehak Dhaliwal, Shannon Edwards, Alexandra Elmslie, Aryan Gautam, Haya Khan, Andrew Mao, Ashvini Muralitharan, Avery Parkinson, Aditi Soin, Illyria Volcansek{{Cite news|url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1004245/ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers|title=Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers|work=news.ontario.ca|access-date=2024-03-03|language=en}}
2022: Fikayo Aderoju, Lia Chang, Paul Drakos, Jada Finch, Kevin Guo, Arvind Krishendeholl, Maya Mikhael, Nikolaus Provenzano, Kusha Shirani, Meihuan Yu, Meilun Yu, Ally Zlatar{{Cite news|url=https://news.ontario.ca/en/backgrounder/1004245/ontario-medal-for-young-volunteers|title=Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers|work=news.ontario.ca|access-date=2024-03-03|language=en}}
See also
References
External links
- [http://www.citizenship.gov.on.ca/english/honours/omyv/ Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration: Young Volunteers]
{{Canadian Honours System}}
Category:Civil awards and decorations of Canada
Category:1998 establishments in Ontario
Category:Volunteering in Canada