Criteria:

1. This award may be given annually at the Breaking the Silence conference.
2. The award should be granted to that person, persons, or organization whose efforts have had a long-term impact on social justice for sexual minorities. It could be granted posthumously.
3. The award should be granted to those whose service/work was performed in Saskatchewan, or to those who have had a close relationship with communities in this province. The service/work may have been done outside of our province but would have affected us in Saskatchewan directly.
4. The work undertaken by a nominee should be done in a field of education broadly defined

Recipients of the Award:

2010 - Gens Hellquist, Community activist, Executive Director of the Canadian Rainbow Health Coalition, and for many years Director of the Gay and Lesbian Health Centre in Saskatoon.

2011 - Neil Richards, Librarian, Member of the Committee to Defend Doug Wilson, Archivist of materials that document the gay, lesbian, and trans communities in Saskatchewan.

2012 - Kay Richards, activist in many progressive causes, member of the
national board of directors for PFLAG beginning in 2004, co-founder of
the PFLAG-Saskatoon, and member of the Breaking the Silence advisory
board since 1997.

Nominations:

Nominations for this award may be sent to B.the.S@usask.ca.

Please describe briefly your reasons for your recommendation.