Achievement Awards recognizes 45 British Columbians

Forty-five outstanding British Columbians were today named the recipients of the fifth annual BC Community Achievement Awards by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.

"As British Columbia celebrates its 150 anniversary this year, we recognize the strength of our province is founded in the spirit, ideas and passion of our people," said Campbell. "It is a privilege to acknowledge the efforts of these individuals who work for the betterment of our communities and our entire province."

"These individuals have shared the most valuable of today's commodities, their time and compassion and, in doing so, have positively contributed to their communities." added Mitchell. "We're honoured to celebrate the contributions of these exceptional British Columbians."

The recipients of the 2008 awards are:


An independent advisory council selects the recipients of the British Columbia Community Achievement Awards. The 2008 advisory council members are Kurt Alberts, Mayor of Langley; Terry Lake, Mayor of Kamloops; Marcia Smith, Managing Partner of National Public Relations and past Community Achievement Awards recipients Sandra Heydon of Chemainus and Grace Wong of Vancouver.

The British Columbia Achievement Foundation is an independent foundation established by an initial endowment of $6 million from the Province to recognize and celebrate B.C.'s spirit of excellence in the arts, humanities and community service. The Community Achievement Awards, launched in 2003, were the first initiative of the foundation, followed by BC Creative Achievement Awards, the BC Award for Canadian Non-Fiction and the Time to Read award for early literacy

Deadline for 2009 Awards: November 1, 2008.

2008 award recipients

2008 Presentation Ceremony video highlights

British Columbia Community Achievement Award main page

Past award recipients

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2007 Presentation Ceremony

See the 2007 Presentation Event video

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British Columbia Award for Achievement by a Community