First Outstanding Service Award 2008

Centre for Health Care Ethics Confers First Outstanding Service Award

Gilbert Adams, LU CHCE Outstanding Service Award Recipient;
Jaro Kotalik, Director, CHCE
 
On Wednesday, September 17, 2008 at 7:30 p.m., the Centre for Health Care Ethics (CHCE) conferred its first ever Outstanding Service Award to Mr. Gil Adams, F.C.I., past chair of the Board of Directors for Port Arthur General Hospitaland Port Arthur General Hospital Foundation. “Receiving this award is a pleasant, unexpected surprise. I’m very flattered,” stated Mr. Adams.
 
Director of the CHCE Dr. Jaro Kotalik remarked, “As one of the founding members of the CHCE, Gil Adams has been of great service to the Centre. He was instrumental in obtaining its initial funding grant, and has been active as a volunteer on the Executive Committee of the Centre, serving as treasurer. His many contributions warrant the recognition this award provides, and we are honoured to have him as the first recipient of the Outstanding Service Award.
 
Mr. Adams is a retired businessman and previous owner of Great Lakes Steel Ltd. He saw service as a Royal Air Force night fighter pilot, and served for 33 years as a volunteer of the Canadian Cancer Society including terms as a district president for Northwestern Ontario. Some of his other accomplishments include being past director and chairman of the board of Port Arthur General Hospitalas well as past board member and chair of the finance committee of the Ontario Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation (now Cancer Care Ontario). In addition, he has served as a chair of the March of Dimes, Thunder Bay, a member of the National Parole Board, and is past president of the Rotary Club of Thunder Bay. Gil has received the Silver Award of Achievement from the City of Thunder Bay.
 
Created to mark the 10th anniversary of the CHCE, the Outstanding Achievement Award recognizes a community member who, as a volunteer, has contributed in an extraordinary manner to the mission and development of the Centre. The CHCE has strived over the past ten years to draw attention to the importance of value judgements about good and harm, in order to contribute to the improvement of the practice of health care and research involving humans.
 
- Photo by W. K. Hettenhausen