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Order
of British Columbia Recipients
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The
Order of British Columbia was established by statute on
April 21, 1989, to recognize those persons who have served
with the greatest distinction and excelled in any field
of endeavor benefiting the people of the Province or elsewhere.
Fields of endeavor may consist, for example, of community
leadership; business; labor; industry; volunteer service;
the professions and other occupations; research; culture;
the arts; sports, and others. Federal, provincial and municipal
elected representatives are not eligible for appointment
to the Order while they remain in office. A person my not
be appointed to the Order posthumously unless the Advisory
council recommends the appointment to the Lieutenant-Governor
in Council before the person’s death. Any person
or organization may nominate a resident of British Columbia
or former long-term resident. The following HKIN graduates
have received the Order.
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Richard
M. Hansen
BPE
1986, LLD 1987,
O.B.C.
1990
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Rick
Hansen exemplifies the triumph of determination over personal
tragedy. He thereby has set, for all British Columbians,
the highest standard of individual accomplishment in the
face of adversity.
During his early high school days in Williams Lake, Rick was a superb athlete,
receiving all-star awards in five sports. Then tragedy struck, but through
a remarkable personal adjustment, Rick turned his tragedy into triumph.
Rick began coaching, using his wheelchair in sports, and set his sights
on a degree in physical education. He became skilled in wheelchair basketball
and the driving force on a team that achieved five national titles in six
years. He went on to become both the National Disabled Athlete of the Year
in 1979 and to share the Lou Marsh Trophy with Wayne Gretzky as Canada's
Outstanding Athlete of 1983.
Rick had a dream - to change public attitudes and to improve the prospects
for those who had suffered spinal cord injury. In the two-year "Man
in Motion Tour" he mobilized his dream into action. It took strength
of character and determination of the highest order. He achieved the tour's
twin goals in spades.
He is the recipient of many awards, including the Order of Canada.
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May
Brown
MPE
1961, LLD 1987,
O.B.C.
1993
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May
Brown has been and continues to be the role model for community
involvement. Her contributions over the years in teaching,
physical education, sports and public service are a matter
of record to British Columbia.
Starting in the field of parks and recreation, while raising her family,
she worked with young people in training and coaching athletic teams.
In 1972, she won election to the Vancouver Parks and Recreation Board and
in 1976 to Vancouver City Council. On that Council, May Brown took the
initiative and provided leadership on many, many boards and committees.
Several other organizations benefited from her involvement: she served
on the Minister's Sport and Recreation Advisory Council, the U.B.C. Athletic
Council, the National Advisory Council on Fitness and Amateur Sport, the
Boards of the Vancouver Symphony and of St. Paul's Hospital ...the list
goes on.
The Victoria Commonwealth Games Society recognized her talents early on,
for May Brown in now vice chair of its Board. Here she has won the respect
of her fellow Board members through her no-nonsense attention to central
issues and through her ready willingness to find solutions.
As an appropriate postscript, it needs to be added that May Brown became
a Member of the Order of Canada in 1986.
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Tim Frick
BPE 1975
O.B.C. 1999 |
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Timothy J. C. Frick of Port Coquitlam has been a coach for over 30 years, 11 of those coaching wheelchair basketball.
He has had a positive impact on the lives of thousands of athletes. He was instrumental in the planning and implementation of the Rick Hansen Man in Motion Tour which raised the world’s awareness of the potential of people with disabilities and the barriers they face.
He is the "winningest" coach in women's wheelchair basketball and the only coach in Canada to win a Gold Medal at the World Championship or Olympic Games in basketball, able-bodied or wheelchair. |
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17-Jan-2006
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