Rural Long Service Award (RLSA)
First presented in 2012, The Rural Long Service Award is given to physicians who have been members of the SRPC for the last 5 consecutive years, have served rural Canada for 20 years or more, and have previously received the Rural Service Award.
2024
Dr Steyn De Wet
Dr. David Goranson
Dr. Robert Greidanus
Dr Amber Hayward-Stewart
Dr. Art Jaroni
2023
Dr. Shaun Marshall, Wingham, ON
Dr. H. Susan McArthur, Walkerton, ON
Dr. Dave McLinden, Huntsville, ON
Dr Mark Saul, Chelsea, QC
2022
Dr. Dennis Atoe, Wallaceburg, ON
Dr. Deon Erasmus, Provost, AB
Dr. Gordon Horner, Daajing Giids/Queen Charlotte, BC
Dr. Edward Marquis, Prince George, BC
Dr. John Pawlovich, Abbotsford, BC
Dr. Vesta Warren, Sundre, AB
Dr. Michael Wright, Charlie Lake, BC
Dr. Barbara Zelek, Marathon, ON
2021
Dr. Peter Boronowski, Powell River, BC
Dr. Carolyn Brown, Bancroft, ON
Dr. Karen Forgie, Halfmoon Bay, BC
Dr. Donald Gelhorn, Hudson Bay, SK
Dr. Catherine Gudmundson, Ste Rose Du Lac, MB
Dr. Terrence Miller, Lillooet, BC
2020
Dr. Claudette Chase, Neebing, ON
Dr. Christopher Cressey, Palmerston, ON
Dr J. J. René Lafleche, Hearst, ON
Dr. Michelle Lajzerowicz, Chelsea, QC
Dr. Bruce Mohr, Whistler, BC
Dr. Anjali Oberai, Wawa, ON
Dr. John Reaume, Mount Forest, ON
Dr. Leah Seaman, Kaslo, BC
Dr. Tandi Wilkinson, Nelson, BC
2019
Dr. Heather Abramenko, Almonte, ON
Dr. Robert Barkwell, Hampton, NS
Dr. Merrilee Brown, Port Perry, ON
Dr. Gerald Clayden, Carman, MB
Dr. Essandoh Dankwa, St Anthony, NL
Dr. Sean Ebert, Vanderhoof, BC
Dr. Nicole Ebert, Vanderhoof, BC
Dr. Charles Eckfeldt, Hazelton, BC
Dr. Stephen Ferracuti, Haliburton, ON
Dr. Charlene Fitzgerald, Happy-Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Robert Forsey, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Allan Garbutt, Blairmore, AB
Dr. Nancy Humber, Lillooet, BC
Dr. Mohammed Hussain Irfan, Port Au Choix, NL
Dr. Andrew Kotaska, Yellowknife, NT
Dr. Hassan Lockhat, Stettler, AB
Dr. Paul McArthur, Walkerton, ON
Dr. Sarah Newbery, Marathon, ON
Dr. Roderick Oishi, Edson, AB
Dr. Mary O’Keefe, Baddeck, NS
Dr. Judith Ophel, Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Eliseo Orrantia, Marathon, ON
Dr. Luis Rivero Pinelo, Shawville, QC
Dr. Theresa Ross, Manitouwadge, ON
Dr. Wesley Steed, Taber, AB
Dr. Anthony Wiens, Dauphin, MB
2018
Dr. Kirstie Overhill – Mansons Landing, BC
Dr. Frances Berard – Notre Dame de Lourdes, MB
Dr. Paul Mackay – Kamloops, BC
2017
Dr. Kenneth Murray – Neil’s Harbour, NS
Dr. Doug Myhre – AB
Dr. Cathy Scrimshaw – Pincher Creek, AB
2016
Dr. Paul Cano – Smithville, ON
Dr. Donna Courchesne – Shawville, QC
Dr. Stuart Iglesias – Denny Island, BC
Dr. Neil Leslie – Revelstoke, BC
Dr. Anna Reid – Yellowknife, NT
Dr. Bruce Starke – Golden, BC
Dr. Ross Thomas – Sackville, NB
Dr. Tim Wehner – Keewatin, ON
2015
Dr. Rita Affleck – Cochrane, ON
Dr. Martin Benfey – Shawville, QC
Dr. Elaine Blau – Mount Forest, ON,
Dr. Garth Campbell – Beausejour, MB
Dr. Stephen Cooper – Little Current, ON
Dr. William Cross – Cobourg, ON
Dr. Pascal Croteau – Shawville, QC
Dr. Peter Englert – Grand Bend, ON
Dr. Fred Janke – Sylvan Lake, AB
Dr. Don Klassen – Winkler, MB
Dr. Lawrence McPherrin – Cochrane, ON
Dr. Tom O’Neill – Shawville, QC
Dr. Arif Qureshi – Listowel, ON
Dr. Mary Wall – Kelowna, BC
Dr. John Wootton – Shawville, QC
2014
Dr. Wojciech Aniol – Red Lake, ON
Dr. Stephen G. Arif – Atikokan, ON
Dr. David Beach – Picton, ON
Dr. Gordon Brock – Temiscaming, QC
Dr. Ron Clark – Fernie, BC
Dr. Rochelle Dworkin – Hanover, ON
Dr. Mark Ashton Fowler – Carrot River, SK
Dr. Yvon Gagnon – Vermilion Bay, ON
Dr. Bent Hougesen – Hazelton, BC
Dr. Michael Jong – Happy Valley-Goose Bay, NL
Dr. Johann M. Kuschke – Pine Falls, MB
Dr. Sandy MacDonald – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Marius Mostert – Melville, SK; Fort Nelson, BC
Dr. Ted Osmun – Mount Brydges, ON
Dr. Paul Rutherford – Listowel, ON
Dr. Tom Smith-Windsor – Prince Albert, SK
Dr. Karl Stobbe – Beamsville, ON
Dr. Margaret Tromp – Picton, ON
Dr. Johannes Van Dorp – Wiarton, ON
Dr. Art Wiebe – Kincardine, ON
2013
Dr. John Bosomworth – Princeton, BC
Dr. Emer Dudley – Wallaceburg, ON
Dr. Lawrence Fawcett – Listowel, ON
Dr. Charles Helm – Tumbler Ridge, BC
Dr. Hugh Hindle – Hinton, AB
Dr. Gordon Hutchinson – 100 Mile House, BC
Dr. Hal Irvine – Sundre, AB
Dr. Michael T. Johnston – Dawson City, YT
Dr. Trina Larsen Soles – Golden, BC
Dr. Peter Loveridge – Glenwood, NS
Dr. Mary Ellen McColl – High River, AB
Dr. J.W. Gerard Parsons – Dawson City, YT
Dr. Murray Bruce Reimer – Winkler, MB
Dr. John Andrew Soles – Clearwater, BC
Dr. Keith Jamieson White – Port aux Basques, NL
2012
Dr. Ken Babey – Mount Forest, ON
Dr. Braam de Klerk – Inuvik, NWT
Dr. David Howe – Parrsboro, NS
Dr. Peter Hutten-Czapski – Haileybury, ON
Dr. Mary Johnston – Blind Bay, BC
Dr. Beverley Karras – Saskatoon, SK
Dr. Diana Kelland – Nakusp, BC
Dr. Len Kelly – Sioux Lookout, ON
Dr. Jill Konkin – Jasper, AB
Dr. Maurice Lamarche – Shawville, QC
Dr. Faye Mackay – Creston, BC
Dr. Keith Maclellan – Shawville, QC
Dr. George Magee – Burns Lake, BC
Dr. Sydney McKnight – Blind Bay, BC
Dr. Gerald Moore – Pender Island, BC
Dr. Allan Ranson – Hamiota, MB
Dr. Neal Stretch – Hanover, ON
Dr. Peter Wells – Collingwood, ON
Dr. Granger Avery – Port McNeill, BC
Dr. Alan Ruddiman – Oliver, BC
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Mrs. Jenna Keindel Email: nominations@srpc.ca
Society of Rural Physicians of Canada PO Box 893, 383 Route 148 Shawville, QC. J0X 2Y0
