Recipients of the Lamp of Service have given distinguished and dedicated service to CPRS. It is awarded to a member whose personal activities, leadership and dedication have resulted in a striking illustration of the Society’s principles or a notable advancement in the prestige of the Canadian Public Relations Society.
 

 

2024 recipient - Margaret Pearcy, APR

Previous recipients
  • 1962 Jack A. Brockie
  • 1963 John H. Yocom, APR
  • 1964 Harvey W. Adams
  • 1965 Charles W. Tisdall, APR
  • 1966 Edward C. Hopkins
  • 1967 Ernest J. Little
  • 1968 Paul A. Filteau
  • 1969 Edna Scott
  • 1970 Stanley N. Conder, APR
  • 1971 No Award
  • 1972 Neil M. Oakley, APR
  • 1973 R. Brian O'Regan, APR
  • 1974 Ronald Coulson, APR
  • 1975 Paul Dumont-Frenette, ARP
  • 1976 Walter B. Herbert, APR
  • 1977 Melbourne V. James, APR
  • 1978 Monty Berger, APR
  • 1979 J. Bryan Vaughan C.M.
  • 1980 Serge De La Rochelle, ARP
  • 1981 André Barnard
  • 1982 No Award
  • 1983 Louise Rousseau
  • 1984 Joyce Mitton, APR
  • 1985 Louis J. Cahill, APR
  • 1986 C. Edmund Murray, APR
  • 1987 No Award
  • 1988 No Award
  • 1989 Don. H. Hoskins, APR
  • 1990 T.A.G. Watson, APR
  • 1991 John D. Francis, APR
  • 1992 No Award
  • 1993 Donald J. LaBelle, APR, FCPRS, LM
  • 1994 No Award
  • 1995 No Award
  • 1996 No Award
  • 1997 No Award
  • 1998 Verne Prior
  • 2000 David Fraser Likely, APR
  • 2001 Gordon Eckert
  • 2002 Colleen Killingsworth, APR, FCPRS
  • 2003 Sharlene Smith, APR, FCPRS
  • 2004 Grace Diffey, APR, Colleen Kilingsworth,
    APR, FCPRS, Joan Yates, APR, Pierre Pontbriand, ARP,
    Guy Litalien, ARP, Richard Sparkes,
    APR - Governance Review Task Force
  • 2005 Mary Barker, APR, FCPRS(H)
  • 2006 Nancy MacLeod, APR
  • 2007 Tracey Bochner, APR
  • 2008 No Award
  • 2009 Sean Kelly APR, FCPRS, Karen McCarthy, Edsel Bonnell C.M., APR, FCPRS(H)
    L.M, Richard Sparkes APR, FCPRS, Sarah K. Jones APR, FCPRS
  • 2010 No Award
  • 2011 No Award
  • 2012 No Award
  • 2013 Barbara Sheffield APR, FCPRS LM
  • 2014 No Award
  • 2015 Bill Carney
  • 2016 Richard Truscott MBA, APR
  • 2017 - Christine Smith B.ED, Claudine Wilson APR, LM,
    Colin Babiuk MA, APR, FCPRS, Kathleen Garrett APR, Patrice Leroux MA, APR
  • 2018 - Kim Blanchette APR, FCPRS and Colleen Killingsworth MCM, APR, FCPRS
  • 2019 - Jane Adams, APR
  • 2020 - Karen Dalton, CAE, APR, FCPRS(H) and Kiki Cloutier
  • 2021 recipient - Vincent Power, APR, FCPRS
  • 2022 - Tim Conrad, APR
  • 2023 - Michelle James, APR