The Ontario Medal for Young Volunteers is an honour presented annually by the Lieutenant Governor of Ontario for outstanding contributions by young volunteers in the province of Ontario. The medal is not part of the Canadian honours system and therefore cannot be worn on the left side of the chest with medals that are part of the Canadian Honours system.
Background
The medal was created in 1998 to recognize the outstanding contributions of young people between the ages of 15 and 24, to improve the quality of life in Ontario and internationally through volunteer activities. By honouring outstanding contributions made by youth volunteers, this award recognizes exceptional young people as role models. Up to 10 recipients are chosen each year. Recipients are selected by an independent advisory council made up of seven members appointed by the lieutenant governor on the advice of his or her premier. The lieutenant governor is the honorary chair of the advisory council.
Description
The medal is in the shape of a circle with an Ontario trillium - the province's floral emblem - in the centre and surrounded by three identical shapes signifying V for volunteer, and also signifying active people. The colours of the medal are red, white and green, and gold.
Recipients
1998: 1999: 2000: Jeremy Baillargeon, Melissa Gould, Brenda Rollo 2001: Erin Ashley Beckett, Shashi Bhat, Shantel Ivits, Upasana Krishnadev, Heather McMullen, Heather Menzies, Louroz Munson Mercader, Marie-Claude Robert, Cynthia Rutters, Thomas Urbaniak 2002: 2003: 2004: 2005: Arthur Kong, Jessica Asnani, Regina Lui, Kevin Goswell, Jordan Axani, Judy Hole, Sukhveer Bains, Myuri Manogaran, Adam Birrell, Tyler Meredith, Paul Cescon, Heather Muir, Sarah Dell, Christian Scenna, Roxanne Dubois, Jeffery Siu, Catherine French, Valeria Spezzano, Christina Fung, Victoria Zimmer 2006:Christopher Berrigan, David George, Mireille Gomes, Christina Katsios, Clifford Mushquash, Cheryl Perera, Alim Nagji, Jeeniraj Thevasagayam 2007: Maddison Babineau, Justin Lucas Beaver, James Binsfeld, Jeremy Dias, Ryan Hreljac, Christine Kerr, Laura Konkel, Derek Lawrence, Rohit Mehta, Jason Slater, Nomusa Taylor-Dube 2008: Wendell Adjetey, Monica Armanious, Viviana Astudillo-Clavijo, Michaela Chen, Matthew Cutler, Julie Harmgardt, Justin Fontaine, Gerald Mak, Adam Wheeler. 2009: Danny Fee, Tamara Gordon, Jonathan Hesler, Miles Hoffman, Mina Kazemi, Bronwyn Loucks, Billy Morrison, Bret Shier 2010: Arnav Agarwal, Christopher Albert, Neeka Allison, Michael Greige, Chris-Anna Manning, Lashawn Murray, Gorick Ng, Bryan Peart, Rob Ross, Eric Tan, Denny Timm, Matthew Wakem 2011: Amber Albert, Lorenzo Colocado, Joshua Edwards, Tyler Lisacek, Megan Myles, Rebecca Rainey, Conner Weed 2012: Meaghan Walker, Victoria Edwards, James Farry, Janette Hammell, Simon Harmgardt, Rebecca Linder 2013:Janelle Brady, Mariah Bunz, Alex Escobar, Tyson Grinsell, Mohsin Khan, Josie Linton, Jean-Phillippe Vinette, Haleigh Wiggins, Stephanie Zhou 2014:Mitchell Case, Paige Dillabough, Sierra Howald, Dalton Parkinson, Joel Speers, Chloé St. Amand, Tom Yanch 2015: Sarah Day, William Laurie, Kylee Mazerolle, Robbie Palmer, Liam Rondeau, Samantha Smith, Danielle Sparkes, Taylor Young 2016: Fitsum Areguy, Lucie Bingley, Jillian Bjelan, Janson Chan, Josh Copperthwaite, Austin Fowler, Sebastien Martin-Schultz, Taylor Redmond, Carly Robinson, Jessica van der Veer 2017: Justin Tiseo, Joshua Austin, Christopher McCormick 2018: Vickram Bachan, Alannah Burris, Hayden Cheung, Josie Kearney, Ornela Kljakic, Dylan Langan, Ashley Muir, Radhika Nangia, Michelle Schenk
