Awards
The Margaret Griffiths Award
Margaret Griffiths taught for 25 years at the McGill School of Social Work. In a second career, after her retirement, Ms Griffiths became actively involved in many organizations concerned with the health and welfare of seniors in Ottawa. These included the Good Companions Seniors Centre, the Glebe Centre, the District Health Council, and the Council on Aging of Ottawa.
It was in recognition of her outstanding contribution in the volunteer field that the Margaret Griffiths Award was established. The award is presented annually to a senior volunteer who, like Ms. Griffiths, has contributed substantially to the betterment of the quality of life of seniors in Ottawa
Dr. Terri White Lobsinger
2018 Recipient
Kathy Yach
2017 Recipient
Claire Caron
2016 Recipient
Dianne Breton
2015 Recipient
Past Recipients
2023 Peggy Edwards
2022 Russ Robinson
2021 Nancy Garrard, Diane Hupé, Robert Greenslade, Grace Welch
2021 Trudy Medcalf
2020 Louise Brunelle
2019 John Johnson
2018 Dr. Terri White Lobsinger
2017 Kathy Yach
2016 Claire Caron
2015 Dianne Breton
2014 Senior Citizen’s Council
2013 Jean-Louis Schryburt
2012 Dr. Louise Plouffe
2011 Dr. Roland Lecomte
2010 Dr. Hugh Armstrong
2009 Nicole Robert
2008 Carol Burrows
2007 Joan A. Skene
2006 Susan Van Iterson
2005 Hubert Frenken
2004 Barbara Burns
2003 Marian Chapman
2002 Dr. Beatrice Wickett-Nesbitt
2001 Jacqueline Neatby
2000 Marion Routledge
1999 Charlie Hurst
1998 Germain Aubut
1997 Jessie Whtye
1996 Sylvia Goldblatt
1995 Margaret Wade Labarge
1994 Bert Hanmer
The Service to Seniors Award
As part of the Council on Aging of Ottawa’s 40th Anniversary in 2015, we marked the year with a new award, the Service to Seniors Award. The purpose of this award is to recognize individuals who share the Council’s values of making a difference in the lives of seniors in Ottawa in a variety of ways. We are very proud of this new award and look forward to receiving many nominations from the community in years to come.
