• Awarded on: December 4, 2003

Carrol Tonkin, Nanaimo, British Columbia
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

For 25 years, Carrol Tonkin has shown deep commitment to issues affecting youth. She is a founding member of the McCreary Centre Society, a non-profit organization for youth with health issues. She has raised funds and promoted the Society's projects, and remains a source of continuing energy and guidance. For many years, she coordinated a special summer camp for adolescents with eating disorders and volunteered as the secretary of the International Association for Adolescent Health. She has been on numerous boards and committees, in Vancouver and on Gabriola Island. With an innate warmth and helpfulness, Mrs. Tonkin listens and gives generously of her time and energy to those who reside in her community.