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Created in 1985, the Frederic A. McGrand Award recognizes individuals who have made an outstanding contribution to animal welfare in Canada. It is the highest award of the Canadian Federation of Humane Societies.
The McGrand Award is named after a founding director and past president of CFHS, the late Senator Frederic A. McGrand. Throughout his life the Senator recognized and advocated respect for all life. He left an important and ongoing philosophical legacy to the animal welfare movement and also established and left an ongoing charitable trust which continues to benefit humane societies in Atlantic Canada.
A nominee for the McGrand Award must have made a significant contribution as a founder or builder of the animal welfare movement or otherwise have made a significant contribution to animal welfare. The first winner of the award was Senator McGrand.
Senator McGrand was trained as a medical doctor and made his home in New Brunswick. He was elected to the New Brunswick legislature in 1935 and served as its Speaker from 1939 to 1944. He served as the Minister of Health and Social Services of New Brunswick from 1944 to 1952. He was appointed to the Senate of Canada in 1955. He was a founding director of CFHS in 1957 and served as our president from 1961 to 1965. He continued as a director of CFHS until his death in 1988. He believed passionately in the importance of humane education.
Senator McGrand was the primary driving force behind the Senate’s study of violence. Its report, entitled Child at Risk, was completed in 1980 and examined early childhood experience as causes of criminal behaviour.
The McGrand Award has been presented in the past both to builders of the humane movement and to persons who have made significant contributions other than as builders.
| Recipient | Location | Year |
|---|---|---|
| Senator F.A. McGrand | Fredericton and Ottawa | 1985 |
| Marjorie Wright | North Bay ON | 1986 |
| Norman Nunn | Ottawa ON | 1986 |
| Kay and Larry McKeever | Vineland ON | 1987 |
| Philip Baines (posthumously) | Saskatoon SK | 1988 |
| Constance Hoover | Moncton NB | 1989 |
| Molly Hardy | Winnipeg MB | 1990 |
| Muriel Plamandon | Quebec City QC | 1991 |
| Joan Clark | Montreal QC | 1992 |
| Dr. Denna Benn | Guelph ON | 1993 |
| Tom and Sharon van Milligen | Bridgewater NS | 1994 |
| Hilda Smith | St. John’s NL | 1994 |
| Stuart Rammage | Penticton BC | 1995 |
| Sandra Bond | Winnipeg MB | 1996 |
| Deborah Powers | St. John’s NL | 1997 |
| Stephanie Brown | Toronto ON | 1999 |
| Robert Gardiner | ON | 2000 |
| Eleanor Dawson | Winnipeg MB | 2001 |
| Marjorie Ignatieff | Ottawa ON | 2002 |
| E. Jean Mercer | NL | 2002 |
| Mary L. Driscoll | Calgary AB | 2003 |
| Alice Crook | Charlottetown PE | 2004 |
| no award presented | — | 2005 |
| Joy Ripley | Calgary AB | 2006 |
| Pat LeGrow | Cornwall PE | 2007 |
| Cathy Thomas | Calgary AB | 2008 |
| Carol Baird | Exploits Valley NL | 2009 |
2009 recipient Carol Baird
