Nordiq Canada Awards

Dave Rees Award

Awarded to a man or woman who has made an outstanding long-term commitment to cross country skiing in Canada. Nominees should have demonstrated leadership over an extended period at all organizational levels, local, regional and national, in various activities.

Previous Recipients

1989	Dave Rees
1990	Per Gaarder
1991	Bjorger Pettersen
1992	Don Sumanik
1993	Mike Carleton
1994	Jean-Paul Sansfacon
1995	Guy Laviolette
1996	Al Maddox
1997	Dave Sutherland
1998	Bob Vanderwater
1999	George LeFeuvre
2000	Gerry Rideout
2001	Tony Daffern
2002	Larry Sinclair
2003	Georgia Manhard
2004	John Langstone
2005	Lorne Luhta
2006	Rob Bernhardt Robert Hogg
2007	Leopold Nadeau
2008	Michael Neary
2009	Blair Dunbar
2010	Einer Field
2011	Reijo Puiras Dale Swanson
2012	Delores Franz Los
2013	Bruce Jeffries
2014	Ken Hewitt
2015	Jim Burbee
2016	Jim McCarthy
2017	Dave Mallory
2018	Greg Thompson
2019	Brent Bottomley Len Apedaile
2020	Norbert Meier
2021	Claude Laramée

Firth Award

Awarded to a woman who has made an outstanding contribution to cross country skiing in Canada. Nominees should have demonstrated leadership in activities at the local or regional level, and ideally also national level. They have contributed to cross country skiing in ways that have encouraged and influenced others.   

Previous Recipients

1991	Trice Cameron
1992	Shirley Pommier
1993	Elizabeth Eso
1994	Angela Schmidt-Foster
1995	Wendy Gayfer
1996	Sue Hill
1997	Judy May
1998	Diane Thomson
1999	Margaret Tibbo
2000	Pat Pearce
2001	Jacquie Walsh
2002	Helen Lindfors
2003	Lise Begin-Langlois
2004	Eileen Woodford
2005	Beckie Scott, Sara Renner
2006	Chandra Crawford
2007	Jean Funk
2008	Anne Mettam, Mary-Louise Crooks, Sue Crooks, Jocelyn Francis
2009	Jean Bristow, Milaine Theriault
2010	Maureen Kershaw, Joan Skinstad
2011	Sue Holloway
2012	Linda Dunbar
2013	Sherryl Yeager
2014	Jan Sedgewick
2015	Patti Kitler
2016	Jillian Stamp
2017	Sally Venne, Miriam Greene
2018	Linda Murray
2019	Amanda Deuling
2020	Jo-Ann Wolach, Emily Nishikawa
2021	Michelle Deacon , Caroline Forest
2022	Shawne Kokelj

  Distinguished Volunteer Award

Awarded to a man or woman who has made a significant contribution to cross country skiing at the local, regional or national level. 

Previous Recipients

1989	Frances Vyse, Guy Laviolette, Jean-Pierre Sansregret
1990	David Smith, Georgia Manhard, Al Maddox
1991	Paula Kaki, Val Weed, Sam Robbins
1992	Elmer Vuormaki
1993	Norm Dymond
1994	Mike Lushington, Brite Ostby
1995	Ray Thibodeau, Ken Solheim
1996	John Clarke
1997	Gordon Brewer
1998	Louise Poirier, Luc Germain
1999	Pierre Trudeau
2000	Reijo Puiras, Al White
2001	Don MacKinnon
2002	Dennis Doyon
2003	Dale Swanson, Martin and Dawna Nighbor
2004	Bill Jeffery, Anthony Story
2005	Jacques Dumont
2006	Lise and Richard Leblanc, Bruce LeGrow
2007	Randy Erickson, Michael Badham
2008	Dan Farrell
2009	Juneva Green
2010	Claude Chabot, Joan Stanton
2011	John Stephenson, Gerry Rideout
2012	Dan Brisbin
2013	Marie Laforme
2014	Dirk Rohde
2015	Pierre Millette
2016	Jake Weaver
2017	Ken Lindfors, Kevin McLean
2018	Craig Francis, Abbi May
2019	Dave Moore, Gerry Breneman
2020	Richard Turgeon, Lorenzo Caterini
2021	Chris Serratore, Peter Wiltmann and Dave Price
2022	Eric Luiker, Grant Hall

Media Recognition Award

An individual or organization that has gone out of their way to promote the sport or athletes.

Previous Recipients

1990	Tom Thomson, CKNW/98
1991	Ron McFadyen, CBC Whitehorse
1992	Benjamin Sadavoy, Skitrax Magazine
1993
1994
1995	Thunder Bay Chronicle
1996	Pierre Robichaud, L’Acadie Nouvelle
1997	Colleen Priest, Vermillion Standard
1998	Pierre Harvey, SCR Olympic Coverage Jack Sasseville, CBC Olympic Coverage
1999	Anton Scheier, Canada Games Coverage
2000	John Simms, National Championships Website
2001	Blanka Jellen, CCC Media/Communications
2002	Dan Barnes, Edmonton Journal
2003	Martin Cleary, Ottawa Citizen
2004	Dan Roycroft, Gord Jewett
2005	Pierre Shanks, SRC Radio Canada
2006	Scott Russell, CBC Sports
2007	Whitehorse Media – CBC Radio, CKRW Radio, Whitehorse Star, Yukon News
2008	Marina Knez, Media Chair, 2008 Ski Nationals
2009	Gary Kingston, Vancouver Sun Terry Bell, The Province
2010	Allan Maki, Globe and Mail Jackie Pierce, Whitehorse Star
2011	Anton Scheier
2012	Randy Starkman, Toronto Star
2013	Quebecor
2014	Justin Brisbane, Rocky Mountain Outlook
2015	Alain Bergeron, Journal de Quebec
2016	Tom Patrick, Yukon News
2017	Vicky Hall
2018	Anton Scheier
2019	Carl Tardif, Le Soleil – Quebec
2020
2021	Donna Spencer
2022	Doug Stephen

Malcolm Hunter Award

Presented annually to the Senior Aggregate winners at the Cross Country Ski Championships. The award was established in 1999 in recognition of the contribution made to the sport by Malcolm Hunter, 1970 Olympian and past CCC Treasurer, Coach and Executive Director. More info – Malcolm Hunter skied for Canada at the 1972 Olympics at the age of 21, placing 43rd and 45th. He won the 1969 Junior Championships by over a minute and a half and also won the Canadian Senior Championships that year. He was a long time Executive Director and volunteer with Cross Country Canada, author of a book on the history of skiing in the Gatineau and this trophy in his name honours the senior aggregate champions of the Ski Championships. The sculpture was created by Angus Cockney. The polar bear represents strength needed to be a Champion with an image of a female face with braid to ensure it includes male and female champions. The bear is somewhat unfinished as a symbol that Nordiq Canada will always be challenged in improving and refining programs to develop Champions so the work will always be on-going.

Canada Cup

Annually recognizes the top skiers, male and female on the domestic race circuit.

AltaGas Club Aggregate Trophy

Presented Annually to the club accumulating the most points during the Canadian Championships, the AltaGas Club Aggregate trophy was made in celebration of 10 years of AltaGas partnering with Nordiq Canada. Inuit sculptor and multimedia artist, Angus Cockney created the award. A former national team skier and national champion, Angus is also the father to NST alumni Jesse Cockney. The Award represents AltaGas’s flame. A second interpretation is the image of an iceberg. Given the purpose of the trophy as it is presented to a national champion…champions come-and-go with time. Just like an iceberg seems strong and solid, it too eventually disappears. But there will always be an iceberg to be seen…as a national champion is crowned every year. The trophy is made from a very hard stone called “dolomite”, and it is found in the town Rock Creek in southern BC.

Buff/Teck Sprint Trophy

Presented annually to the overall sprint champions, male and female, competing in the Canadian FIS Regional Series. The concept was originally introduced by Madshus in 2004 and sponsored by Teck Resources in 2007. The Series is currently supported by BUFF Canada Ltd.

Devlin Cup

Originally donated by W.C. Devlin, VP of the Canadian Ski Association in 1931, the Cup is awarded annually to the winner of the 15 km men’s race at the Canadian Ski Championships. The original Cup, as pictured here, was constructed of solid silver and stood 15 inches high. The current version resides at the Bill Warren Training Centre and now stands almost 3 feet high and contains the names of skiers dating back to the first Canadian Championships in 1921.

Sofie Manarin Award

The Sofie Manarin Award was established in 2004 in memory of Sofie Manarin, a member of the 2001 Junior NST who passed away while training as a result of a traffic accident in Sudbury. At the age of 16, Sofie has already won 13 Junior Championship medals in her short career and was the top North American women at the 2001 World Junior Championships. The Sofie Manarin Award is awarded annually to the Juvenile Aggregate Champions at the Ski Nationals.

Hickory Wing Trophy

The Hickory Wing Trophy was donated by the founding members of the Hickory Wing Ski Club of Prince George, BC. It is annually awarded to the winner of the Ladies 5 km event at the Canadian Cross-Country Ski Championships.

Mary Anderson Award

As a resident of the northern BC community of Burns Lake, Mary Anderson was a pioneer coach and cross-country ski promoter. She was a tireless and unselfish worker, often soliciting ski equipment for her young skiers from as far away as Europe. The Mary Anderson plaque is presented to the Women’s distance winner at the Canadian Cross-Country Ski Championships.

Rolf Petterson Trophy

This trophy was initially donated by the Viking Construction Ltd. from Prince George, BC. in honour of Rolf Petterson a former National Ski Team and Olympian for Canada. The Petterson Trophy is awarded annually to the winner of the 50 kilometer event at the Canadian Championships.

Pepsi Cola Trophy

Pepsi Cola trophy was introduced in 1956 at the first Canadian Junior Cross Country Ski Championships. At that time the trophy was presented to the top Junior aggregate team by the Pepsi Cola Company. In recent years the plaque has been presented to the top Junior Men’s Relay team at the National Championships. In 2007 the award was presented to the Team Sprint winners.

Sponsor of the Year

Any sponsor or supplier who has gone beyond their agreement with NC to support the sport or the National team.

Previous Recipients

1990	Jeep Eagle division of Chrysler Canada
1991	Marks Work Warehouse
1992	Louis Garneau
1993	N/A
1994	Canadian Airlines
1995	Canadian Airlines
1996	Husky Oil
1997	Midland Walwyn
1998	Marty Hall
1999	Brooks
2000	Madshus
2001	Sporthill
2002	Salomon
2003	Lazer Graphics, John Hart
2004	Haywood Securities Inc
2005	Alpina Boots Mike Doble
2006	Fresh Air Experience Dennis Thomsson and Al Granston
2007	Igloo Vikski
2008	AltaGas Ltd
2009	Canadian Pacific
2010	Statoil Canada
2011	Haywood Securities Inc
2012	Auclair
2013	Buff Canada
2014	AltaGas
2015	EC3D
2016	Mackenzie
2017	Banff Airporter
2018	Swix Lanctot
2019	Lanctot / Fischer
2020	N/A
2021	Sandman Hotels
2022	N/A