RURAL SERVICE AWARD (RSA) Recipients
The Rural Service Award was introduced in 2002 to provide recognition for physicians who have done solid work in rural communities over the years. The Rural Service Award is presented to physicians who have been members of the SRPC for the last 5 consecutive years and have served rural Canada for 10 years or more.
2024
Dr Prean Armogam
Dr Jane Bishop
Dr. Michael Cotterill
Dr. Donald Curtis
Dr Sarah Gower
Dr Aimee Seguin
Dr. Caroline Shooner
Dr. Jonathan Wallace
2023
Dr. Amanda Bergman, Winkler, MB
Dre Coralie Boudreau, Concession, NS
Dr. Norma Charriere, Hiller, ON
Dr. Roderick Cheung, Kapuskasing, ON
Dr. Bruce Cook, Dryden, ON
Dr. Robert Greidanus, Peace River, AB
Dr. Amber Hayward-Stewart, Canmore, ON
Dr. Andreas Mostert, Revelstoke, BC
Dr. Robert Nugent, Fort Frances, ON
Dr Martin Papineau, Hearst, ON
Dr. Lyn Power, Burin Bay Arm, NL
Dr. Katherine Turner, Moose Factory, ON
Dr. Roohina Virk, Chilliwack, BC
2022
Dr. Ryan Falk – Chilliwack, BC
Dr. Andre Jakubow – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Sarah Lespérance – Petitcodiac, NB
Dr. Tracy Morton – Queen Charlotte City, BC
Dr. Mark Saul – Chelsea, QC
2021
Dr. Dennis Atoe, Wallaceburg, ON
Dr. Janet Fisher, Rossland, BC
Dr. Katie Forfar, Pembroke, ON
Dr. Hugh Perrin Mount, Forest, ON
Dr. Stephen Viherjoki, Dryden, ON
Dr. Robert Warren, Sundre, AB
Dr. Vesta Warren, Sundre, AB
2020
Dr. Peter Barnes, Botwood, NL
Dr. Bret Batchelor, Revelstoke, BC
Dr. Pamela Frazee, Tofino, BC
Dr. Randall Friesen, Prince Albert, SK
Dr. Joshua Greggain, Hope, BC
Dr. Steven Griffin, Bancroft, ON
Dr. Megan Grigg, Wiarton, ON
Dr. Samantha Harper, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Timothy Heerema, Hanover, ON
Dr. Scott Kish, Dauphin, MB
Dr. Courtney Rennie, Revelstoke, BC
Dr. Modar Safar, Alliston, ON
Dr. Erich Van der Linde, Lake Newell Resort, AB
2019
Dr. Michael Ackermann, Sherbrooke, NS
Dr. Johannes Badenhorst, Penetanguishene, ON
Dr. Helen Cluett, Wellington, ON
Dr. Lydia Derzko, Beausejour, MB
Dr. Stacy Desilets, New Liskeard, ON
Dr. Karen Forgie, Halfmoon Bay, BC
Dr. John Guilfoyle, Garibaldi Highlands, BC
Dr. James Halvorson, Comox, BC
Dr. Susan McArthur, Walkerton, ON
Dr. Kirk McCarroll, Revelstoke, BC
Dr. Jeffrey Patterson, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Terry Suggitt, Listowel, ON
Dr. Todd Young, Springdale, NL
2018
Dr. Heather Abramenko – Almonte, ON
Dr. Vanessa Cardy – Chisasibi, QC
Dr. Julie Copeland – Mount Brydges, ON
Dr. David Goranson – Salt Spring Island, BC
Dr. Sara Goulet – Winnipeg, MB
Dr. Wendy Graham – Channel -Port Aux Basques, NL
Dr. Gabe Woollam – Happy Valley Goose Bay NL
2017
Dr. Fran Berard – Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB
Dr. Les Cunning – Bragg Creek, AB
Dr. Carla Foolen – Sundre, AB
Dr. Robert Halse – Ponoka, AB
Dr. Art Jaroni – Camrose, AB
Dr. Michael Kirlew – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Jaelene Mannerfeldt – Okotoks, AB
Dr. Kirstie Overhill – Mansons Landing, BC
Dr. Gavin Parker – Pincher Creek, AB
Dr. Christopher Patey – St. John’s, NL
Dr. Eben Strydom – Melfort, SK
Dr. Jared Van Bussel – Pincher Creek, AB
Dr. Angela Wang – Petrolia, ON
2016
Dr. Gerald Clayden – Carman, MB
Dr. Steyn De Wet – Pincher Creek, AB
Dr. Steve Ferracuti – Haliburton, ON
Dr. Sean Groves – La Ronge, SK
Dr. Ed Marquis – Prince George, BC
Dr. Shaun Marshall – Wingham, ON
Dr. Elizabeth Massarelli – Sackville, NB
Dr. Robert Menzies – Morden, MB
Dr. Sara Van Der Loo – Atikokan, ON
2015
Dr. Julian Carrasco – Mistissini, QC
Dr. Helen Cluett – Wellington, ON
Dr. Chris Cressey – Palmerston, ON
Dr. Amita Dayal – Port Perry, ON
Dr. Nancy Fitch – Marathon, ON
Dr. Eric Lane – Winkler, MB
Dr. Ray Markham – Valemount, BC
Dr. Anjali Oberai – Wawa, ON
Dr. Dennis Rashleigh – Corner Brook, NL
Dr. Judith Roger – Corner Brook, NL
Dr. Theresa Ross – Invermere, BC
Dr. Jason Scott – Dauphin, MB
Dr. Barb Zelek – Marathon, ON
2014
Dr. Chris Gooch – Invermere, BC
Dr. Michelle Lajzerowicz – Chelsea, QC
Dr. Jenny Lee – Hazelton, BC
Dr. Hassan Lockhat – Stettler, AB
Dr. Todd Loewen – Fernie, BC
Dr. Sandra Lofgren – Dauphin, MB
Dr. Kevin Page – Fort St John, BC
Dr. Maurianne Reade – Mindemoya, ON
Dr. Catherine Rublee – Penticton, BC
Dr. Shamim Tejpar – London, ON
Dr. Tandi Wilkinson – Yellowknife, NT
2013
Dr. Susan Boron – Hanover, ON
Dr. Michelle Cipera – Ottawa, ON
Dr. Ginny Clark – Golden, BC
Dr. Dennis Dahl – Moose Factory, ON
Dr. Roderick Dickey – 100 Mile House, BC
Dr. Sean Ebert – Vanderhoof, BC
Dr. Alexandra Farrugia – Revelstoke, BC
Dr. John Haggie – Appleton, NL
Dr. C. Ralph Hayes – Sidney, BC
Dr. Bob Henderson – Gabriola, BC
Dr. Andrew Jackson – Didsbury, AB
Dr. Andrew Kotaska – Yellowknife, NT
Dr. Peter Lake – Queen Charlotte City, BC
Dr. Chris MacDonald – Revelstoke, BC
Dr. Bruce Mohr – Whistler, BC
Dr. John O’Connor – Edmonton, AB
Dr. Jim Petzold – Roberts Creek, BC
Dr. Oswaldo Ramirez – Alliston, ON
Dr. Sara Roxin – Burgeo, NL
Dr. Becky Temple – Fort St John, BC
Dr. Murray Trusler – Fairmont Hot Springs, BC
Dr. Etienne Van Der Linde – Clarenville, NL
Dre Ruth Vander Stelt – Gatineau, QC
Dr. Margaret Anne Woodside – Yellowknife, NT
2012
Dr. Michael Britton-Foster – Elliot Lake, ON
Dr. Nadine Caron – Prince George, BC
Dr. Michelle Cipera – Ottawa, ON
Dr. Jel Coward – Pemberton, BC
Dr. Nicole Ebert – Vanderhoof, BC
Dr. Brian Geller – Saskatoon, SK
Dr. Tara Gill – Trail, BC
Dr. Gordon Horner – Queen Charlotte City, BC
Dr. Nancy Humber – Lillooet, BC
Dr. Michael Jackson – McBride, BC
Dr. Rebecca Lindley – Pemberton, BC
Dr. Francois Louw – Invermere, BC
Dr. Sharen Madden – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Terry Miller – Lillooet, BC
Dr. Cameron Molder – Revelstoke, BC
Dr. Shiraz Moola – Nelson, BC
Dr. John Murray – West Vancouver, BC
Dr. Peter Newbery – New Hazelton, BC
Dr. Janet Northcott – Calgary, AB
Dr. Rod Oishi – Edson, AB
Dr. David O’Neil – Cochrane, AB
Dr. John Pawlovich – Abbotsford, BC
Dr. Michael Pilgrim – Pouce Coupe, BC
Dr. Ian Routley – Lillooet, BC
Dr. Leah Seaman – Inuvik, NT
Dr. Robb Sebastian – Grand Forks, BC
Dr. John Slanina – Lamont, AB
Dr. Mark Smillie – High River, AB
Dr. Wesley Steed – Taber, AB; Provost, AB
Dr. Paul Stent – Fort St James, BC
Dr. Paul Walker – Nelson, BC
Dr. Wendy Wilson – Parry Sound, ON
Dr. Galt Wilson – Vancouver, BC
2011
Dr. Robert Algie – Fort Frances, ON
Dr. Peter Boronowski – Inuvik, NT
Dr. Carolyn Brown – Bancroft, ON
Dr. Ben Chan – Toronto, ON
Dr. Essandoh Dankwa – St Anthony, NL
Dr. Raymond Dawes – Barry’s Bay, ON
Dr. Rob Drysdale – Golden, BC
Dr. R. Bruce Edington – Hanover, ON
Dr. G. William Fitzgerald – St Anthony, NL
Dr. Robert Forsey – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Joanne Fry – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Allan Garbutt – Bellevue, AB
Dr. Catherine Gudmundson – Ste Rose Du Lac, MB
Dr. C. Stuart Johnston – Oliver, BC
Dr. Peter Kapusta – Saskatoon, SK
Dr. J. René Lafleche – Hearst, ON
Dr. Stephanie Langlois – Renfrew, ON
Dr. Trina Mathison – Dauphin, MB
Dr. Bill McCready – Thunder Bay, ON
Dr. Ken Milne – Goderich, ON
Dr. Wade Mitchell – Collingwood, ON
Dr. Sarah Newbery – Marathon, ON
Dr. Mary O’Keefe – St Anthony, NL
Dr. Eliseo Orrantia – Marathon, ON
Dr. Brian Power – Flesherton, ON
Dr. Dan Reilly – Fergus, ON
Dr. Ralph Suke – Southampton, ON
Dr. Michael Whittle – Princeton, BC
Dr. Anthony Wiens – Dauphin, MB
2010
Dr. Robert Barkwell
Dr. Albert Michael Beller
Dr. Claudette Chase
Dr. Jeewani Irfan
Dr. Marilyn Koval
Dr. David Morgan
Dr. Bill Potvin
Dr. Larry Willms
2009
Dr. Denis Fortier – Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB
Dr. Yordan Karaivanov – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Kate Miller – London, ON
Dr. R. Bruce Nicolson – 108 Mile House, BC
Dr. Gheorghe Roxin – Burge, NL
2008
Dr. Merrilee Brown – Spruce Grove, AB
Dr. Allison Kennedy – Perth-Andover, NB
Dr. Lawrence MacNeil – Arichat, NS
Dr. Paul McArthur – Walkerton, ON
Dr. Judith Ophel – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Robert Pealing – Flowers Cove, NL
Dr. Wieslaw Rawluk – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Yogi Sehgal – Sioux Lookout, ON
2007
Dr. Dennis Boettger – High River, AB
Dr. Robert Cameron – Pincher Creek, AB
Dr. Don Gelhorn – Hudson, QC
Dr. Darren Jakubec – Numerous
Dr. A. William Marcoux – Cochrane, AB
Dr. Kenneth Murray – Neil’s Harbour, NS
Dr. Jeffrey Sloan
Dr. Deborah Waters – Grand Bend, ON
2006
Dr. Saskia Acton – Golden, BC
Dr. Linda Baker – Nipawin, SK
Dr. Hendrik Basson – Winkler, MB
Dr. Jaime Belen – Inverness, NS
Dr. Eva Berman-Wong – Gladstone, MB
Dr. Heather Blois – Thessalon, ON
Dr. Nancy Bozek – Huntsville, ON
Dr. Dieter Bueddefeld – Altona, MB
Dr. Paul Cano – West Lincoln, ONA
Dr. J. Stephen Cronjé – Nipawin, SK
Dr. Joseph Dooley – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Charles Eckfeldt – Hazelton, BC
Dr. Stuart Iglesias – Bella Bella, BC
Dr. Karen Juce – Dauphin, MB
Dr. Sally MacDonald – Whitehorse, YT
Dr. David Mann – Powell River, BC
Dr. Robert Manness – Morris, MB
Dr. Charles Mustard – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Anna Reid – Nelson, BC
Dr. Patrick Rice – Portage la Prairie, MB
Dr. Nichole Riese – Northern Manitoba
Dr Maurice Roy – Ste Anne, MB
Dr. Said Secerbegovic – Watson Lake, YT
Dr. Krishan Sethi – Flin Flon, MB
Dr. David Skinner – Whitehorse, YT
Dr. Blair Stanley – Trail, BC
Dr. Bruce Starke – Golden, BC
Dr. Tim Wehner – Kenora, ON
Dr. David Wildeboer – Fort MacLeod, AB
2005
Dr. Ewan Affleck – Yellowknife, NT
Dr. Rita Affleck – Cochrane, ON
Dr. Susan Alton – Whitehorse, YT
Dr. David Bell – Perth Andover, NB
Dr. Elaine Blau – Mount Forest, ON
Dr. Harold Booy – Winkler, MB
Dr. Garth Campbell – Beausejour, MB
Dr. James Chrones – Queen Charlotte City, BC
Dr. Stephen Cooper – Little Current, ON
Dr. Peter Englert – Grand Bend, ON
Dr. Marie Gear – Teeswater, ON
Dr. James Goertzen – Thunder Bay, ON
Dr. George Harpur – Tobermory, ON
Dr. Fred Janke – Sylvan Lake, AB
Dr. Roy Jeffery – Little Current, ON
Dr. Erle Kirby – Wawa, ON
Dr. Neil Leslie – Revelstoke, BC
Dr. Dave McLinden – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Larry McPherrin – Cochrane, ON
Dr. Shelagh McRae – Western Manitoulin, ON
Dr. Maureen McTavish – Salmon Arm, BC
Dr. David Miller – Puvirnituq, QC
Dr. Arif S. Qureshi – Listowel, ON
Dr. John Reaume – Mount Forest, ON
Dr Pierre Saint-Georges – Haute-Gatineau, QC
Dr. Richard Taor – Port Aux Basques, NL
Dr. Ifor Thomas – Clearwater, BC
Dr. David Topps – Airdrie, AB
Dr. Robert S Webster – Vulcan, AB
2004
Dr. W. A. MacDonald – Iqaluit, NU
Dr. Granger Avery – Port McNeill, BC
Dr. David Beach – Picton, ON
Dr. Martin Benfey – Fort Coulonge, QC
Dr. Roger Bennett – Prince Rupert, BC
Dr. Christine Bois – Port-Cartier, QC
Dr. Gordon Brock – Temiscaming, QC
Dr. Keith Charles – Nelson, BC
Dr. William Cross – Cobourg, ON
Dr. Richard Denton – Tarzwell, ON
Dr. Arthur Dick – Renfrew, ON
Dr. Rochelle Dworkin – Hanover, ON
Dr. Tony Eckersley – Prince George, BC
Dr. James Evans – Sutton West, ON
Dr. Mark Fowler – Carrot River, SK
Dr. Yvon Gagnon – Vermillon Bay, ON
Dr. Vydas Gurekas – Temiscaming, QC
Dr. Karl Hartwick – Haliburton, ON
Dr. Daniel Johnson – Kindersley, SK
Dr. Michael Jong – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Caroline Knight – Iqaluit, NU
Dr. Johann Kuschke – Drumheller, AB
Dr. Julian Lisinski – Ladysmith, BC
Dr. Chuck MacNeil – Inuvik, NT
Dr. Ronald Mundy – Sechelt, BC
Dr. Ted Osmun – Mount Brydges, ON
Dr. Earle Potvin – Shawville, QC
Dr. Dan Rooyakkers – Seaforth, ON
Dr. Pieter Rossouw – Powell River, BC
Dr. Paul Rutherford – Listowel, ON
Dr. Catherine Scrimshaw – Pincher Creek, AB
Dr. Gavin Semelhago – Palmerston, ON
Dr. Tom Smith-Windsor – Prince Albert, SK
Dr. Karl Stobbe – Beamsville, ON
Dr. Ross Thomas – Sackville, NB
Dr. Margaret Tromp – Picton, ON
Dr. John Van Dorp – Wiarton, ON
Dr. Mary Wall – Midway, BC
Dr. Art Wiebe – Kincardine, ON
Dr. Robert Wilson – Golden, BC
Dr. Jerry Woodruff – Bow Island, AB
2003
Dr. Urbanus Bester – Merritt, BC
Dr. John Bosomworth – Princeton, BC
Dr. Suzanne Crocker – Dawson, YT
Dr. Pascal Croteau – Shawville, QC
Dr. Emer Dudley – Youghal Co. Cork
Dr. Deon Erasmus – Unity, SK
Dr. William Harry Ford – Oliver, BC
Dr. Richard Gage – Moody
Dr. Odell Garry Olson – Clearwater, BC
Dr. Hal Irvine – Sundre, AB
Dr. Robert John Wedel – Taber, AB
Dr. Denis Lacroix – Hearst, ON
Dr. Trina Larsen Soles – Golden, BC
Dr. Don Lewis-Watts – Golden, BC
Dr. Mary Ellen McColl – Saanichton, BC
Dr. Marius Mostert – Melville, SK
Dr. Conleth O Maonaigh – Fogo, NL
Dr. Bryan David Skrenes – New Denver, BC
Dr. John Andrew Soles – Clearwater, BC
Dr. Joanne Spencer – Atikokan, ON
Dr. Garnett Melverton Tarr – Osoyoos, BC
Dr. J.W. Gerard Parsons – Dawson, YT
Dr. William Gorden Watt – Fort St. John, BC
Dr. Michael Desmond Wright – Fort St. John, BC
2002
Dr. Robert Clare Allin
Dr. Alistair Anderson
Dr. Nancy J. Anderson
Dr. Wojciech Aniol
Dr. Samuel Appavoo
Dr. Stephen G. Arif
Dr. Ron Aspinall
Dr. Kenneth S. Babey
Dr. Denis R.C. Brown
Dr. David J.M. Butcher
Dr. Ron Clark
Dr. Patrick Conlon
Dr. Michael Cortens
Dr. Donna Courchesne
Dr. Joseph Cybulski
Dr. Mark Dahmer
Dr. Dale Dewar
Dr. John R. J. Dimma
Dr. John F.C. Dove
Dr. Carl Eisener
Dr. Anita Foley
Dr. Fred French
Dr. Corrine Mary Gehrels
Dr. Fred Hamilton
Dr. Frank Healey
Dr. John Rigsby Hedden
Dr. Charles Helm
Dr. Bob Henderson
Dr. Jobst Von Heymann
Dr. Hugh Hindle
Dr. Bent Hougesen
Dr. David Howe
Dr. Gordon Hutchinson
Dr. Peter Hutten-Czapski
Dr. Mary T. Johnston
Dr. Joe Johnston
Dr. Michael T. Johnston
Dr. Bev Karras
Dr. Diana Kelland
Dr. Leonard F. J. Kelly
Dr. Don H. Klassen
Dr. Abrahim de Klerk
Dr. W. F. John Knox
Dr. Jill Konkin
Dr. Maurice Lamarche
Dr. Robin Laughlin
Dr. Lionel A. Lavoie
Dr. Elisabeth Lewke-Bogle
Dr. Patti Louttit
Dr. Peter Loveridge
Dr. Faye MacKay
Dr. Keith MacLellan
Dr. George Magee
Dr. Karen Mazurski
Dr. Raymond McIlwain
Dr. Sydney McKnight
Dr. Robert Scott McNie
Dr. Robert G. Minty
Dr. Gerald Moore
Dr. Jonathon E. G. Morgan
Dr. Brian Moulson
Dr. Teresa A. O’Driscoll
Dr. Thomas O’Neill
Dr. Ian R. A. Park
Dr. Richard Parker
Dr. Erik T. Paterson
Dr. Allan Ranson
Dr. Mohamed Ravalia
Dr. Sherry Reed-Walkiewicz
Dr. Murray Bruce Reimer
Dr. Elizabeth Rhoades
Dr. James Rourke
Dr. Leslie Rourke
Dr. Alan W. Ruddiman
Dr. Rand Rudland
Dr. Mary Frances Savory
Dr. David R. Shaw
Dr. John Slater
Dr. Neal C. Stretch
Dr. Frank Timmermans
Dr. Patricia Vann
Dr. Peter Wells
Dr. Keith White
Dr. Mark Whittaker
Dr. David Wiseman
Dr. John Wootton
Dr. Diane Zielke
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