Persons Case Awards

Governor General’s Awards in Commemoration of the Persons Case

Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada with the 2005 recipients of the Governor General’s Award in Commemoration of the Person’s Case. The Governor General’s Awards in the Commemoration of the Persons Case salute the contribution of contemporary women to the advancement of women's equality. The recipients from left to right (sitting) are: Josephine Enero Pallard (Edmonton, Alberta), Her Excellency the Right Honourable Michaëlle Jean, Governor General of Canada, Ruth Marion C.R. Bell (Ottawa, Ontario)), second row (from left to right), Aoua Bocar LY-Tall (Montreal, Quebec), Bonnie Diamond (Gatineau, Quebec), the Honourable Anita Neville, Parliamentary Secretary to the Minister of Canadian Heritage and Minister responsible for the Status of Women, Erica Jamie (Samms) Hurley (Mount Moriah, Newfoundland and Labrador) and Muriel Stanley Venne (Edmonton, Alberta).