Vancouver History: The Good Citizen Award is Just That
byLast week I featured a recent recipient of Surrey’s Good Citizen Award and wondered whatever happened to Vancouver’s similar medal of distinction.
Strolling the archives on VancouverHistory.ca I kept coming across recipients of the “Good Citizen Award†like Pearl Steen, Sister Frances, or Arthur William Delamont but it made me wonder if this award still exists today. [Yes, I’m quoting my own post]
After a few inquiries I heard back from the city archives so here’s a quick update:
City archive sources have no record of when the award ceased to be handed out, however it appears that its last recipient was in 1981.
With that, the Good Citizen Award remains a piece of our history and as Vancouverites we should always remember those who helped make this city great (you know, all those selfless volunteers and innovators pre-1981). If you’re interested in learning more, the pamphlet is available for free at the City Archives.
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So does that mean that everyone in Vancouver has not been good since 1981? Sad. Time honored awards for being ‘good’ just seem to be trumped by all the attention on the negative.
Start the rally cry! Bring it back!!
My father won that award in, I think, 1961. The award was given at a dinner at the Tea House in Stanley Park. He earned this award mainly due to his work with “VOTHA”. Voice of the handicaped arthritic. Oh, his name was James Frederick Morris. he worked for Eatons Department Store at the time.