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Roger LeBlanc Spirit Award
 

AIDS Calgary is pleased to accept your nominations for the

2005 Roger LeBlanc Spirit Award.

Click here for more info and to print a nomination form.

The award is named in honour of Roger LeBlanc, a long-term employee of SMED International, who was diagnosed with HIV in the early 1990s and strived to educate our community about HIV/AIDS.   Roger passed away on July 23, 2024 but his memory lives on through the Roger LeBlanc Spirit Award. The purpose of the award is to continue to keep Roger’s memory alive and to emphasize the importance of HIV/AIDS awareness.

Nominees can be recommended by peers, colleagues, patients, clients, family members, significant others, community members or by self-nomination.   Nominees may include individuals (living or posthumous), organizations or groups, institutions, businesses or companies who:

  • Have made an outstanding contribution to the AIDS movement in our community, and/or
  • Have impacted the lives of people in our community, through HIV education/prevention or support of persons living with HIV/AIDS, and/or
  • Have highlighted the importance of fighting discrimination against HIV+ people and educating the public about AIDS, safer sex and/or drug use.

Past Recipients:

2002 - Roxanne LeBlanc

2003 - Gerry McConnery

2004 - Rob Julien