Past Award Winners: CAAWS Breathrough Awards

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	Homophobia in Sport

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	Women 55 - 70

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CAAWS BREAKTHROUGH AWARDS

PAST AWARD WINNERS

The Breakthrough Awards were established by CAAWS in 1986 to recognize exceptional accomplishments that 'break through' traditional limits and pave the way for girls and women to participate.

Individual Category:

Year	Recipient
1986	Sharon Wood
1987	Justine Blainey
1988	Betty Baxter
1989	Andrea Borys
1990	Vicki Keith
1992	Sandra O’Brien Cousins
1993	Women’s Olympic Rowing Team
1994	Patty Schlafen
1995	National Women’s Ice Hockey Team
1996	Colette Bourgonje
1997	Christine Nordhagen

Media

Year	Recipient
1986	Chatelaine
1987	Sally Armstrong
1988	Broadside: A Feminist Review
1989	Linda Walker
1990	Vicki Keith
1992	Bob Ross
1993	Mary Jollimore
1994	Mary Jollimore
1995	Steve Lyons
1996	Mike Earls
1997	Wendy Long and James Christie (tie)

Organisme

Year	Organization
1986	Lloyd’s Bank
1988	City of Ottawa – Women in Sport
1989	CIAU – Women’s Committee
1990	Rick Hansen Centre
1992	Port Coquitlam Parks and Recreation
1993	Canada Games Council
1994	Commonwealth Games Association of Canada and the Victoria Commonwealth Games Society
1995	Alliance des femmes active

Herstorical

Year	Recipient
1989	Helen Gurney
1990	Helen Lenskyj
1992	Abby Hoffman
1993	Dorothy Richardson
1994	Women’s Amateur Athletic Federation
1995	Marion Lay

Grace Under Pressure

Year	Recipient
1994	Sylvie Fréchette
1995	Angela Chalmers

	About the Breakthrough Awards
	Submission Requirements
	Nomination Process
	Nomination Form
	Past Award Winners


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