Medal of Bravery

• Awarded on: November 17, 2017
• Invested on: June 05, 2018

Perryvale, Alberta

On July 3, 2016, Jessica Dicks deflected a falling tree from hitting four children in Lawrence Lake Provincial Park, near Athabasca, Alberta. While camping, Ms. Dicks heard a loud cracking noise and quickly realized that a nine-metre-tall tree segment on her campsite was about to fall on the children’s tent. Without hesitation, she sprinted to the tent and used her body to absorb and deflect the impact from the trunk. Ms. Dicks suffered
severe injuries that left her permanently paralyzed, but she managed to keep the children safe.