General Sir Arthur Currie Award Dinner and Gala 2017
The General Sir Arthur Currie Award is presented annually to Canadians who have made a significant contribution to Canada’s military history and heritage.
We are proud to announce the Royal Canadian Legion as 2017’s recipient! The 2017 Gala’s featured speaker will be Rex Murphy, who is known throughout Canada for his work with the CBC and National Post. The Gala will take place at Calgary’s BMO Centre on May 13, 2017. For more information and to RSVP, please contact us at (403) 685-2660, email us at contact@valourcanada.ca, or click here for the EventBrite RSVP page. THIS EVENT HAS ENDED.
The award gala is an evening of military pageantry, music, entertainment and tribute to the brave men and women of the Canadians Forces and, in 2015, was highlighted by the presentation of the General Sir Arthur Currie Award to Jody Mitic and Alannah Gilmore by retired Major General Lewis W. MacKenzie.
Thank you to BMO Financial, this year’s General/Flag Officer Sponsor.
For their services to the Canadian military community, we have awarded the General Sir Arthur Currie Award to the following recipients in previous years:
2006 – Fred P. Mannix
2007 – Jack Lawrence Granatstein
2008 – Captain (N)(Ret’d) William H. Wilson
2009 – Stanley A. Milner
2014 – Daryl “Doc” Seaman
2015 – Master Corporal (Retired) Jody Mitic & Sergeant Alannah Gilmore