The Barry Sharpe Award

This award was instituted in April of 1995 at the Board of Directors’ meeting held in Toronto. It is to be presented to CASAA directors who have given outstanding service to the said organization. During the January 1996 Board meeting, it was pointed out that this award must be used “sparingly” because it is intended to be something special.

Barry Sharpe was an activity director at Yorkton Regional High School, and Barry, along with his students and staff, ran the very first Canadian Student Leadership Conference. It was Barry’s vision and efforts that inspired other advisors from across the country to formalize student leadership.

This award is the highest recognition that an advisor can receive in the realm of student leadership and activities. It is given in recognition of exemplary effort and inspiration to a person who has furthered the cause of student leadership and activities in Canada.

Recipients to date:

1.	Murray Baker. Kitchener	Bathurst Conference, 1995
2.	Wayne MacCullough, Burnaby	Edmonton Conference, 1996
3.	Josephine Budgell, Bishop’s Falls	Montreal Conference, 1997
4.	Dave Conlon, Guelph	Kamloops Conference, 1998
5.	George Takashima, Lethbridge	Waterloo Conference, 1999
6.	John Thompson, Cambridge	Winnipeg Conference, 2000
7.	Gane Olsen. Edmonton	Lower Sackville Conference, 2001
8.	Tam Fawcett, Halifax	St. Johns Conference, 2003
9.	Bill Conconi, Victoria	Fredericton Conference, 2006
10.	Al La Fontaine, Mission	Summerside Conference 2008
11.	Don Wheeler, Lashburn	Cochrane/Olds Conference 2009

The award is not given each year.