The Nina Carlisle Award is given to a longstanding volunteer (at least five years) who is actively involved in the activities of the Toronto Bruce Trail Club. Such volunteering could be in the areas of trail maintenance, hike leading, social event planning, communications, administrative tasks, fund raising and Board service. The award is not restricted to any one volunteer specialty.
Nina Carlisle Volunteer Award Recipients
2008 Nina Carlisle 2009 Frances Walker
2010 Malcolm Sanderson 2011 Stephen Kamnitzer
2012 Larry Haigh 2013 Paul Vanhanen
2014 Peter Leeney 2015 Grant Leigh
2016 Teresa Karolewski 2017 David Paape
2018 Wayne Crockett 2019 Barbara Euler
2020 Vlad Bosnar
2021 Alina Lin (photo, left)
Todd Bardes Volunteer Award
In 2016, the Board established an award to recognize significant volunteer contributions over a shorter time span (the last one or two years).
2017 – Deb Brander, acknowledging her groundbreaking work in re-designing the Club’s website.
2018 – Martina Furrer, for her dedicated administration of the ski / snowshoe program.
2019 – Thomas Swales, for his tremendous contribution to the urban walks and the Hiker Initiation Program.
2020 – No award was given
2021 – Jacqueline Van Dyke (photo, left)
Nominate for the Awards
To nominate a volunteer for either the Nina Carlisle Award or the Todd Bardes Award, please fill in and submit the nomination form by March 15th.
The awards will be given out at the next Club’s Annual General Meeting.
