The Clements Awards was created to highlight the outstanding work of the many wildlife advocates and animal lovers in Canada; in honour of long-time directors and leaders of The Fur-Bearers, George and Bunty Clements, these awards are presented to celebrate those who have followed in their footsteps as advocates for fur-bearing animals in Canada.
Update March 4, 2024: The Clements Awards returns in February 2025! Stay tuned for more details.
Award Categories
Categories change as per nominations and recognition annually. Some categories may not have an honouree each year. The Clements Awards switched from annual to biennial following 2019.
This award is given to a recipient whose artistic works have benefitted fur-bearing animals in Canada.
Past recipients include:
- Bif Naked (Multidisciplinary Artist) 2015
- Joanne McArthur (Photojournalist) 2016
- Inder Nirwan (Documentary film maker) 2017
- John E. Marriott (Photographer) 2018/2019
- Tony Joyce (Photographer) 2020/2021
- Sarah Ronald (Multidisciplinary Artist) 2022/2023
This award is given to a recipient whose leadership in recent years has benefitted fur-bearing animals in Canada.
Past recipients include:
- Libby Davies (Politician) 2015
- Don Davies (Politician) 2016
- Nathaniel Erksine-Smith (Politician) 2017
- Meghan Lahti (Politician) 2018/2019
- Pete Fry (Politician) 2020/2021
- Lesley Sampson (Coyote Watch Canada) 2022/2023
This award is given to a recipient whose news or related media work has benefitted fur-bearing animals in Canada.
Past recipients include:
- Vancouver Observer 2015
- Elizabeth McSheffrey 2016
- Darcy Matheson 2017
- Larry Pynn 2018
- Jessica Scott-Reid 2020/2021
- Paul Johnson 2022/2023
This award is given to an organization whose work has benefitted fur-bearing animals in Canada.
Past recipients include:
- LUSH Handmade Cosmetics 2015
- Wuxly Movement 2016
- Critter Care Wildlife Society 2017
- AnimalKind (BC SPCA) 2018/2019
- North Shore Black Bear Society 2020/2021
- Animal Justice 2022/2023
This award is given to a recipient whose educational initiatives or research have benefitted fur-bearing animals in Canada.
Past recipients include:
- Dr. Sara Dubois 2015
- Dr. Kyle Artelle 2016
- Dr. Adrian Treves 2017
- Lisa Dalhseide 2018/2019
- Dr. Marc Bekoff 2020/2021
- Dr. Kristen Walker 2022/2023
Formerly the Outstanding Advocacy Award, recipients are those whose individual acts of advocacy have made significant impact on the lives of fur-bearing animals in Canada.
Past recipients include:
- Ingrid Katzberg 2015
- Kelly Ready 2016
- Sadie Parr 2017
- PJ Smith 2018/2019
- Ellie Lamb 2020/2021
- Dr. Jan Hajek 2022/2023
Special awards are given to acknowledge the incredible efforts of individuals, groups, or communities who may not otherwise fit in an existing category.
- Tiana Jackson and Bryce Casavant (Leadership and Courage Award) 2016
- Dan Starr (Leadership and Courage Award) 2019
- District of Mission, BC (Leadership and Courage Award) 2019
- Tricia Sharpe (Leadership and Courage Award) 2020/2021
- Corinne & Mike Robson (Leadership and Courage Award) 2020/2021
- Rest Q Animal Sanctuary (Leadership and Courage Award) 2020/2021
- Port Alberni (Outstanding Municipality) 2020/2021
- Joshua Katcher (Outstanding Innovator) 2020/2021
- Brad Gates (Lifetime Achievement Award) 2020/21
- Fox Aid PEI (Outstanding Community in Action) 2020/2021
- City of Winnipeg, Manitoba (Certificate of Appreciation) 2022/23
- Taimoor Choudhry (Outstanding Documentary or Film Project) 2022/23