Although many of those involved in our program participate in one or two courses because they require specific skills or knowledge, some have demonstrated a deeper commitment to education and organizational development. In completing program requirements the following individuals (see note 1) and in most cases their organizations (see note 2), have demonstrated a significant commitment to excellence as part of Canada's voluntary sector.

• Julianne Acker-Verney - Independent Living Resource Centre-HRM
• Dennis Adams - LOVE & Leave out Violence Program
• Robert Allan - AIDS Coalition of Nova Scotia
• Robert Bennett - Summer Street Industries Society
• Barbara Bigelow - Peter Green Hall Childrens’ Centre
• Catharin Bird - South Shore Regional Library
• Lloyd Brown - Northwood Incorporated
• Colleen Calvert - Military Family Resource Centre, Maritime Forces Atlantic
• Doris Cameron - Nova Scotia Nature Trust
• Rodney Chaisson - Nova Scotia Highland Village Society
• Violet Chaulk - Salvation Army
• Catherine Clute - Infertility Awareness Association of Canada
• Kathy Cochrane - Woodside Day Care
• Laurie Cook - Voluntary Sectors Consultants
• Lauren Copeland - Halifax Military Family Resource Centre
• Norma Craib - Metro Food Bank Society
• Trish Crawford - UNICEF Niagara
• Linda Crockett - Nova Scotia Community College Foundation
• Cathy Driscoll-Cainen - Archdiocese of Halifax
• Wendy Fitch - Girl Guides of Canada & Dartmouth Unit, Canadian Cancer Society
• Jean Fogarty - Options Work Activity Program
• Maria Franks - Legal Education Society of Nova Scotia
• Joan Fraser - Heart and Stroke Foundation of Nova Scotia
• Celeste Gotell - Canadian Mental Health Association
• Margaret Hinam - Nova Scotia Department of Health -Continuing Care
• Mary-Jane Hopfner - Maitland Community Centre
• Merek Jagielski - Metropolitan Immigrant Settlement Association
• Kathleen Jennex - Coverdale Courtwook Services
• Marc Langlois - Heartwood Institute
• Susan LeBlanc - Canadian National Institute for the Blind - Halifax District
• Dale MacDonald - Family and Childrens Services of Hants County
• Douglas MacDonald - Ward 5 Neighbourhood Centre
• Margaret Matthews - Lunenburg/Queens Action Council for People with Disabilities
• Dawn McFarlane-Smith - Wee Care Developmental Centre
• Patricia McInnis - Status of Women Canada
• Gerard McNeil - Canadian Mental Health Association
• Carrie Melsom - Wee Care Development Centre
• Lois Miller - Independent Living Resource Centre- HRM
• Marilyn More - Community Links
• Rosalyn Moyst - Canadian National Institute for the Blind
• Shirley Oickle - Harbour House
• Jane Orrell - Persons with Disabilities Association of Industrial Cape Breton
• Jeanette Paynter - Lung Association of Nova Scotia & Girl Guides of Canada
• Beryl Publicover - IWK Health Centre Foundation
• Capt Owen Rowsell - Salvation Army
• Andrea Saulnier - West Nova Persons with Disabilities
• Becky Scott-Bridge - Chester & Area Family Resource Centre
• Karen Slaunwhite - Home Support Nova Scotia Association
• Jean Sloan - Dalhousie Medical Research Foundation
• Debby Smith - Nova Scotia Sport & Recreation Commission
• Sheila Stevenson - Nova Scotia Museum
• Major Ronald Stuckless - Salvation Army
• Dianne Swinemar - Metro Food Bank Society
• Debbi Tobin - Inverness Richmond Society For Persons With Disabilities
• Bill Travis - Annapolis Valley Work Activity Society
• Lois Whitehead - Atlantic Provinces Council For The Sciences
• Wynn Wilson - Our Neighbourhood Living Society

   1: Not all individuals who completed the program are listed here, as we were unable to contact everyone. We would be pleased to here from past graduates and to add your name to this list.

   2: The organizations listed are those with whom individuals are currently affiliated, and in a few cases, these are not those that individual’s were associated with when they were in the program.