• Awarded on: November 28, 2006

Carol Ann Namur, Saint-Joseph-du-Lac, Quebec
Governor General's Caring Canadian Award

To address the lack of emergency programs in Quebec municipalities, Carol Ann Namur and her spouse, now deceased, founded the Sauvetage Canada Rescue (SCR) - The Volunteer Group in 1975. Since then, she has managed and overseen the training of 450 people who assist responsible authorities in emergency situations and whose goal is to save lives through education, prevention and rescue. Thanks to the response network she established with other organizations in several provinces, teams today are ready to act day and night to help find people who are lost or missing, to lend a hand during a disaster or to provide first aid services at community events.