Nominations now being accepted (via form below) 

COPA’s Volunteer Awards Program recognizes individuals and organizations who demonstrate an outstanding record of support for aviation in Canada and aid in the promotion, growth and prosperity of aviation in Canada. Awards are presented at the COPA Convention each summer. 

Nominate someone for a COPA Volunteer Award through the link below.

SUBMIT A NOMINATION HERE 

Nominations accepted through April 19, 2024

List of Awards

  • JOHN BOGIE
    The John Bogie Memorial Award is presented to any aviation company, organization, individual, government agency or department that has raised the image of aviation, piloted and remotely piloted, in Canada. 
  • PRESIDENT’S AWARD
    Awarded annually to an individual(s) who has made a notable contribution to aviation in Canada. 
  • CHAIRPERSON’S AWARD
    Presented to any COPA member who has shown an outstanding commitment to our objectives to maintain our Freedom to Fly. 
  • EDITOR’S AWARD
    Presented to an individual that has made a substantial contribution to the COPA Flight magazine. 
  • DIRECTOR’S AWARD
    COPA’s Board of Directors provides regional recognition for the many efforts being made to advance, promote and preserve our Canadian Freedom to Fly. 
  • APPRECIATION AWARD
    Awarded to any group or aviator who made a significant contribution to support or promote flying, piloted and remotely piloted, in Canada. Nominations are made by COPA Members. 
  • *NEW* COPA FLIGHT EXCELLENCE AWARD
    The COPA Flight Excellence Award is a new award designed to recognize excellence in an active COPA chapter and its members for their commitment, service, and involvement in their COPA Flight, aviation and/or community-at-large. Nominations are made by COPA members and/or COPA Flights. 

Nominations for Awards

Eligibility

  • Normally, applicants and nominees must be residents of Canada and members of COPA. In some cases, it might be appropriate to honour an individual or organization with an award where the recipient is not a member of COPA. The  Selection Committee members shall make this decision. 
  • Any individual or organization, public or private, is eligible to receive an award. The recognized contribution may be a single incident of an outstanding nature or continuous service to aviation, piloted and remotely piloted, over a period of time. 
  • Currently serving members of the Board and Staff are not eligible for an award. 

Selection Criteria

  • Awards should normally be for a contribution to aviation in Canada. 
  • The impact of the contribution should relate to improvements within aviation, piloted and remotely piloted, in areas such as safety, management, engineering, leadership, promotion etc. 
  • In the case of the President’s Award, and the Chair’s Award,  the nomination of a recipient will be made by the President and CEO and Chair of the Board of Directors. 
  • The Editor’s Award nomination will be made by the COPA Flight Editor and Publisher.

Recognition

  • Recipients of COPA’s Volunteer Awards Program will be notified by early June of each year and will be extended an invitation to attend COPA’s Annual General Meeting where volunteer award winners will be formally recognized.  


Meet the past years’ Volunteer Awards winners

John Bogie Memorial Award

2022

  • Alberta Air Tours

2021

  • Guy Devenny

President's Award

2023

  • Robert Jaap

2022

  • Raquel Lincoln

2021

  • Gordon Price

2020

  • Cameron Boekhoff

2019

  • Glen (Bruno) Bradley

2018

  • BC General Aviation Association

2017

  • Clark Morawetz

2016

  • Alan Hepburn

2015

  • Martin Mercier

2014

  • Claude Stevenson

2013

  • Chris Wood

2012

  • Mirielle Goyer

Chairperson's Award

2023

  • Ken Zachkewich

2022

  • Roger Hildesheim

2021

  • Trekker Armstrong

2020

  • David Sprague

 

Editor's Award

2022

  • Gustavo Corujo

2021

  • Phil Lightstone

2020

  • Jean-Pierre Bonin

2014

  • Jonathan Rotondo (awarded literary award for his story “Finding Foxtrot Foxtrot Alpha Mike”)

 

Director's Award

2023

  • Greg Howard
  • Guy Miller
  • Stephanie Hodson
  • Dan Charrios
  • John Chandler
  • Gary Blanchett
  • Clay Smith
  • Jeremy Dann
  • Canadian In-Flight Information Broadcast (CIFIB)

2022

  • Dominique Briand (COPA Flight 216)
  • Steve Hayward (COPA Flight 97)
  • Ray Toews
  • Brian Pound
  • Shaun Bradley Heaps
  • Eric Dumigan
  • MLA Shane Getson

Appreciation Award

2023

  • David Black
  • Geoff Hancock
  • Glenn Chong
  • Kyle Huth
  • Charles Rampulla

2022

  • Burt and Maria Hodgins (COPA Flight 45)
  • Fairview Aircraft Restoration Society
  • Chris Hansen
  • Jeff Deuchar
  • Greg Simpson
  • Sophia Wells

2021

  • Curtis Penner
  • Susan Meyer
  • NAV CANADA Team Saskatchewan
  • Don Patrick
  • Flight Plan Marketing

COPA Flight Excellence Award

2023

  • COPA Flight 157 – Iron Creek Flying Club

Merit Award (discontinued in 2021)

2021

  • Maurice Prud’homme
  • David McIntosh
  • Anthony Kokai-Kuun
  • Jim and Elizabeth Walker
  • Norm Paterson
  • Allen and Jane Joy
  • Richard Reetz
  • Roger Blager
  • Shane Armstrong
  • COPA Flight #4
  • Harold Fast

2020

  • Jeremy Dann
  • Marc Quidoz
  • Guillaume Narbonne
  • Laura Matheson
  • Terry Mortimer
  • Innisfail Flying Club
  • Warwick Patterson
  • Tom Heise
  • Paul Harris
  • Rick O’Neill

2017

  • Minette Ledrew
  • Jacquie Perrin
  • David Fisher
  • Berry Martin

2016

  • Gordon Millar
  • Inge Hannson
  • William Grenier
  • Henry ILG
  • Todd Petzold
  • Fred and Marilyn Bruinsma

2015

  • Lowell Breckon
  • Dan Cornell
  • Jessica Peare
  • Sean Samuel
  • Maurice Monteyne

2014

  • Lou Wise
  • David Lowe
  • Daryl Medd
  • Case Grypma