• Awarded on: December 12, 1996

James Allen Munroe, Pugwash, Nova Scotia
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Jim Munroe has devoted a lifetime of voluntarism, in the church, sports groups, schools, hospitals and service clubs. In addition to his work as a volunteer teacher for children experiencing difficulties at the elementary school level, he devotes his time and energy to local choirs, the cemetery foundation, hospital board, community development association and other local organizations.