• Awarded on: December 4, 2003

Rosamund Conway, Ottawa, Ontario
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

Most people would find that raising eight children leaves little free time. For Rosamund Conway, it was only a beginning. Through close to 50 years, Mrs. Conway has opened her home to refugee families, helping them through the difficult transition to life in a new country. Whether it was filling out forms, visiting the doctor, buying groceries or hunting for housing and jobs, Mrs. Conway offered practical assistance, as well as understanding and empathy, without any regard to colour, nationality, religion or financial circumstances. For 10 years she also helped out at a halfway house for young men, seeing to the needs of residents and helping with fundraising. Her kindness and caring have given warmth and hope to all she has met.