Awarded on: 2006-11-28
Jean-Pierre Lapointe, Montreal, Quebec
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award
Jean-Pierre Lapointe is dedicated to helping people who have had ostomy surgery in Canada and in less developed countries. President of the Ileostomy and Colostomy Association of Montreal and other related organizations, he has spent 26 years improving the assistance and services provided to patients. He has organized and directed a number of national conventions and symposiums, educated future nurses and doctors about the needs of ostomy patients and shown patients how to live normally after the operation. A boundless humanitarian, he also collects specialized products and sends them to developing countries through the SHARE project.