Vimy Award

The Vimy Award is an award presented by the Conference of Defence Associations Institute (CDA Institute) to the "Canadian who has made a significant and outstanding contribution to the defence and security of Canada and the preservation of (its) democratic values". The "VIMY AWARD", a $1/4$-scale statue of a World War I officer by André Gauthier, was commissioned for the CDA Institute. The award, first presented in 1991, is given annually in November at a dinner held at the Canadian War Museum. The 2013 Vimy Award went to Brigadier-General Don Macnamara, a former President of the CDA Institute and member of the CDA Institute's Board of Directors; the CDA is the sponsor of the Vimy Award since 1991. The Award honours the bravery and sacrifices of the Canadian soldiers who were victorious at the Battle of Vimy Ridge in April 1917.

Past winners
Past recipients of the Vimy Award are:
 * 1991 	Joe Clark, Right Honourable
 * 1992 	John de Chastelain, General
 * 1993 	Lewis MacKenzie, Major-General
 * 1994 	William Howard, Major-General
 * 1995 	Roméo Dallaire, Major-général
 * 1996 	Jack Granatstein, Doctor
 * 1997 	Brian Dickson, Right Honourable
 * 1998 	Larry Murray, Vice-Admiral
 * 1999 	Charles H. Belzile, Lieutenant-général
 * 2000 	Barnett Danson, Right Honourable
 * 2001 	Leonard Birchall, Air Commodore
 * 2002 	John Allen Fraser, Colonel, the Honourable
 * 2003 	Paul David Manson, General
 * 2004 	David Bercuson, Doctor
 * 2005 	Gordon Hamilton Southam
 * 2006 	David Fraser, Brigadier-General
 * 2007 	Ray Henault, General
 * 2008	Rick Hillier, General
 * 2009  William Kenneth MacDonald, Warrant Officer
 * 2010  Adrienne Clarkson, Right Honourable
 * 2011  Jonathan Vance, Major-General
 * 2012  Federick Mannix, Honorary Colonel
 * 2013  Don Macnamara, Brigadier-General (Ret’d)
 * 2014  Blake Goldring, Honorary Colonel
 * 2015  Hugh Segal, Senator
 * 2016  James Boutilier, Doctor
 * 2017  William Graham, Right Honourable
 * 2018  Christine Whitecross, Lieutenant-General
 * 2019  Richard Fadden, OC
 * 2020  J.O. Michel Maisonneuve, Lieutenant-général
 * 2023  Jacqueline O'Neill, Ambassador