The Lieutenant Governor's Medal of Distinction in Public Administration Past Winners
2010
2009
2008 Shirley Hoy, former Toronto City Manager
2007 Gwen Boniface, retired Commissioner of the Ontario Provincial Police
2005 Sandra Lang, former Deputy Minister, Government of Ontario
2004 Robert Gillett, President and CEO of Algonquin College
2003 Gerry Thompson, Regional Municipality of Waterloo
2002 George M. Thomson, National Judicial Institute
2001 Rita Burak, Government of Ontario
2000 William Pascal, Health Canada
1999 Glenn Thompson, Canadian Mental Health Association
1998 Merv Beckstead, Region of Ottawa-Carleton
1997 Michael Fenn, Region of Hamilton-Wentworth
1996 Peter Barnes, Government of Ontario
1995 Duncan Allan, Government of Ontario (posthumous award)
1994 Don Evans, Ont Ministry of the Solicitor General & Correctional Services
1993 Art Daniels, Ont Ministry of Consumer and Commercial Relations
1993 Dennis Cromarty, Nishnawbe-Aski First Nation
1992 Herbert Akehurst, Regional Municipality of Sudbury
1991 Bruce Doern, Carleton University
1990 Mary Mogford, Ontario Ministry of Treasury and Economics
For more information visit the Lieutenant Governor's Medal of Distinction website.
Student Essay Prize Past Winners
Janice Cunningham - Arctic Emergence - Governance Emergency? A Co-management Approach
Janice's paper concerns itself with emerging resource issues in the Arctic, due to the ever-increasing effects of climate change on this fragile environment. With the possibility of an ice-free summer in the Arctic a possibility by 2013, and anticipated hydrocarbon reserves (up to 25% of the world's as yet untapped reserves) becoming "unlocked" in the near future, her paper advocates immediate action to address the issue of governance in this area. The paper discusses three models of co-management and proposes a hybrid model as a possible guide to governance in the Arctic.
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2006 National Capital Region Student Essay Prize Winner
2005 National Capital Region Student Essay Prize Winner
2004 National Capital Region Student Essay Prize Winner
2003 National Capital Region Student Essay Prize Winner
