The Hal Rogers Fellow is the highest honour bestowed/conferred by the Kin Canada Foundation. The prestigious Hal Rogers Fellow (HRF) program recognizes individual Kin, alumni or fellow Canadians who have made a significant contribution to their community, province, or country.
The Hal Rogers Fellow program has three (3) levels of recognition, namely Companion, Officer and Member.
The Companion and Officer levels are awarded through a nomination process put forth by a Club, a District or the Kin Canada Foundation. The Member level is awarded through either an application or nomination process put forth by the applicant, a Club, a District or the Kin Canada Foundation. The applying or nominating party is responsible for all costs associated with the recognition.
All recognition shall be presented by a member of the Board of the Kin Canada Foundation or their designate.
Companion and Officer Recognition Levels
Recognition at the Companion and Officer Levels will be determined and approved by the Kin Canada Foundation, based upon the submitted nomination application, as well as the recognition criteria detailed below. At all times, the Kin Canada Foundation reserves the right to waive certain criteria if the Board feels that an application so warrants.
The minimum cost of nominating an individual for the Companion and Officer recognition levels is one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars. The nominating party is responsible for the cost.
Members of Kin
- Recognition at the Companion Level and Officer Level is restricted to active and non-active members of Kin Canada with a minimum membership in the Association as follows:
- Companion Level – Twenty (20) Years
- Officer Level – Ten (10) Years
- Each active or non-active member must have served Kin outside of their Club as follows:
- Companion Level – at a National Level
- Officer Level – at a District or National Level
This includes service in both elected and non-elected positions, or as deemed deserving by the Kin Canada Foundation on a case by case basis.
Non-Kin
- The Companion Level includes:
- Nominees who have served and/or made an impact on Canada and the lives of Canadians in a manner that demonstrate Kin ideals.
- Nominees who have brought recognition to Canada, nationally or internationally, whether it be through entertainment, sports, academics, science or volunteerism.
- The Officer Level includes:
- 49th Parallel North recipients;
- Nominees who have served and/or made an impact on their communities at the municipal, regional and/or provincial level in a manner that demonstrate Kin ideals;
- Nominees who have provided significant support for Kin at the municipal, regional and/or provincial level.
Member Recognition Level
- Recognition at the Member level is restricted to/limited to:
- active members of Kin Canada, in good standing, with a minimum membership in the Association of five (5) years; or
- active or non-active life members of Kin Canada.
- Active or life members can apply for or be nominated for the Member level.
- The minimum cost of applying or being nominated for the Member level is one thousand ($1,000.00) dollars. The applying or nominating party is responsible for the cost.
- The applying party should apply for the Member Level at the time of their first donation to the Hal Rogers Fellow Program. Individuals wishing to accrue this donation over time must make minimum annual donations of at least two hundred ($200.00) dollars in order to be tracked.
Some notable recipients of this prestigious award include entertainer Celine Dion, past Governor General of Canada Michaëlle Jean, hockey legend Wayne Gretzky, football legend Michael “Pinball” Clemons, Rick “Man in Motion” Hansen, and retired General Rick Hillier. Recipients aren’t chosen for who they are or what they do for a living, they are nominated and chosen for what they give back to Canada and its citizens.
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Guy Smith, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Fort Edmonton
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Liz Lindsay, Past Member of the Kinette Club of Brockville
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Dr. Arthur McDonald, 2015 Nobel Prize Winner in Physics
Colin Traquair, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Edmonton
Denny Pyatt, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Grimsby
Trent Young, Past Member of the Kinsmen Club of Orleans & District
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Warrant Officer Patrice Vincent, member of the Canadian Armed Forces’s personnel support staff in the IT Department at 438 Tactical Helicopter Squadron in Saint-Hubert, Quebec (posthumously)
Corporal Nathan Cirillo, member of the Canadian Argyll and Sutherland Highlanders (posthumously)
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Rt. Hon. Ray Hnatyshyn, Former member of the Kinsmen club of Saskatoon and former Governor General of Canada (posthumously)
Simon Cox, Board Member with the Kinsmen Foundation of British Columbia
J.M. Mickey Boyle, Life Member of Kinsmen Club of Stampede City. Awarded posthumously to his family by the Stampede City Kinsmen and the Kinsmen Club of Calgary.
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Orme Asher, Longtime Kinsmen member of District 3 and original founder of the Kinsmen Home Lottery.
George Reed, Former all-star CFL running back, founder of a foundation to support mentally and physically challenged people, past chair of Saskatchewan Special Olympics Committee, and recipient of the Order of Canada.
Colin Edwards, Longtime District 2 respected Kinsmen, mentor and leader.
Ray Kneeland, Fundraiser for many causes, including TeleMiracle since 1993.
Sylvia Gravel, Board Member for the House of Kin in Sudbury, Ontario, and noted philanthropist.
Doug and Donna Summerhayes, Founding members of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation and recipients of the Order of Canada.
Sean Libin, Member of the Stampede City Kinsmen and played an instrumental role as National Operations Manager for the 2011 Portraits of Honour national tour.
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Leona Thorogood, Past National President of Kin Canada, Kin Canada Foundation Vice President and Life Member of the Kinette Club of Stettler; 8-year town councillor and 2012 Stettler Female Citizen of the Year
Dennis Stutt, Life Member of the Kin Club of Windsor
Greg Ottenbreit, Past member of the Kinsmen Club of Yorkton
Michael “Pinball” Clemons, Former all-star running back, Grey Cup winning coach, president, CEO and now the vice-chair of the Toronto Argonauts; co-founder of the Michael “Pinball” Clemons Foundation
Bruce Lloyd, Life member, past national president of Kin Canada, cystic fibrosis fund and awareness raiser and Portraits of Honour national project manager
Don Russell
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Rick “Man in Motion” Hansen, Order of Canada, spinal cord injury and accessibility activist, Paralympian
Terry Kelly, Order of Canada, athlete, award-winning singer and songwriter, inspirational speaker
Patrick McIntyre, Member of the Kinsmen Club of Terrace
Major-General (Ret’d) Lewis MacKenzie, Order of Canada, served with NATO and the UN, author, commentator
Chris Sheridan, Founder of the House of Kin and Life Member of the Sudbury Kinsmen Club
Captain Ray Wiss M.D., Internationally-recognized physician, author
General (Ret’d) Rick Hillier, Order of Canada, former Chief of Defence, Chancellor of Memorial University, NF
Rt. Hon. Michaëlle Jean, Order of Canada, former Governor General of Canada and UNESCO special envoy to Haiti
Wayne “The Great One” Gretzky, Order of Canada, Canadian hockey legend
Céline Dion, Order of Canada, international singing sensation, cystic fibrosis champion and the National Celebrity Patron of Cystic Fibrosis Canada
John C. Rutherford, Past National Secretary, 1958-59. Awarded posthumously to his wife by the Kingston K-40 Club.
Dave Sopha, Artist of the Portraits of Honour, Life Member of the Preston Kinsmen Club
Peter Milliken, Kingston and the Islands MP and Speaker of the House of Commons
Urban Donlevy, Co-founder of Kinsmen Telemiracle; Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon
Peter Kilburn, Co-founder of Telemiracle and the Kinsmen Foundation in Saskatchewan; Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon
Bob McGrath, Honourary Member of the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon and key supporter of Telemiracle
Larry Kendall, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Port Perry, driving force behind the Juno Beach Centre Kin room
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Doug Ingersoll, Life Member of the Fort Edmonton Kin Club
Bob McCallum, Life Member of The Miramichi Kinsmen Club
Lois Pearson, Life Member of the Cornwall Kinette Club
Richard Shular, Life Member of the Fort Erie Kinsmen Club
Steve Kalugin, Member of the Port Alberni Kinsmen Club
Barbara Ann Kalugin, Member of the Port Alberni Kinette Club
Jim Spicer, Life Member of the Belleville Kinsmen Club
Jim Conrad, Life Member of the Sudbury Kinsmen Club
Hon. Rick Bartolucci, Ontario Cabinet Minister, Sudbury MPP
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Doug Anthony, Life Member of the Kin Club of Orleans & District
Edgar Dunning, Life Member of the Ladner Tsawwassen Kinsmen
Ralph Robinson, Life Member of the Oakville Kinsmen Club, long-time Oakville councillor
Brad Bazin
Willis Dickison, Charter member (1952), past president (1958-1959) and life member of the former Newcastle Kinsmen Club, now known as the Miramichi Kinsmen Club. He was also a K-40 member until his passing. Awarded posthumously.
Bob Holmes
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Ian F. McClure, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Lindsay
Jon D.H. Kingsbury, Member of the Kinsmen Club of Coquitlam
Dave Tidbury, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Brockville
Ron Brill, Member of the Kinsmen Club of Newmarket and East Gwillimbury (posthumously)
Cathleen Morrison, CEO of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation
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Harold A. Rogers, Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire, Founder of Kin Canada (posthumously)
Diane Rogers, Life Member and daughter of Founder Hal Rogers
Hon. Rich Coleman, B.C. Cabinet Minister, MLA and Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Aldergrove
Bill Skelly, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Edmonton
Jim Watson, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Port Coquitlam
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