• Awarded on: April 20, 1999

James Crawford Garfield Shean, Kingsville, Ont.
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

James Shean has long been active in community service. He has been involved in the Kiwanis Club, the Canadian Cancer Society, the Essex County Association for Community Living, the Heart and Stroke Foundation, and the United Way. In 1986, he organized and participated in the first local Terry Fox Run. Mr. Shean also works on local civic beautification projects, visits schools to speak on the responsibilities of good citizenship, and visits patients and residents in local hospitals and nursing homes.