The Vimy Award is an award presented by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) to the "Canadian who has made a significant and outstanding contribution to the defence and security of Canada and the preservation of (its) democratic values". The "VIMY AWARD", a 1⁄4-scale statue of a World War I officer by André Gauthier, was commissioned for the CDA Institute.^[1] The award, first presented in 1991, is given annually in November at a dinner held at the Canadian War Museum.^[2] The 2013 Vimy Award went to Brigadier-General Don Macnamara, a former President of the CDA Institute and member of the CDA Institute's Board of Directors; the CDA is the sponsor of the Vimy Award since 1991. The Award honours the bravery and sacrifices of the Canadian soldiers who were victorious at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917.^[3]

Past winners

Past recipients of the Vimy Award are:

1991 Joe Clark, Right Honourable

1992 John de Chastelain, General

1993 Lewis MacKenzie, Major-General

1994 William Howard, Major-General

1995 Roméo Dallaire, Major-général

1996 Jack Granatstein, Doctor

1997 Brian Dickson, Right Honourable

1998 Larry Murray, Vice-Admiral

1999 Charles H. Belzile, Lieutenant-général

2000 Barnett Danson, Right Honourable

2001 Leonard Birchall, Air Commodore

2002 John Allen Fraser, Colonel, the Honourable

2003 Paul David Manson, General

2004 David Bercuson, Doctor

2005 Gordon Hamilton Southam

2006 David Fraser, Brigadier-General

2007 Ray Henault, General

2008 Rick Hillier, General

2009 William Kenneth MacDonald, Warrant Officer

2010 Adrienne Clarkson, Right Honourable^[4]

2011 Jonathan Vance, Major-General

2012 Federick Mannix, Honorary Colonel

2013 Don Macnamara, Brigadier-General (Ret’d)

2014 Blake Goldring, Honorary Colonel

2015 Hugh Segal, Senator

2016 James Boutilier, Doctor

2017 William Graham, Right Honourable

2018 Christine Whitecross, Lieutenant-General

2019 Richard Fadden, OC

2020 J.O. Michel Maisonneuve, Lieutenant-général

2023 Jacqueline O'Neill, Ambassador