CLA chosen to nominate 50 individuals for a King Charles III Coronation Medal

The Canadian Lung Association is one of a select handful of national organizations that has been chosen by the Government of Canada to nominate 50 deserving recipients to receive the King Charles III Coronation Medal.

Who can be nominated?

Nominated individuals will have made a significant contribution to Canada or to a particular province, territory, region of, or community in, Canada, or attained an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada, with relation to lung health. Through their achievements and sustained contributions, nominees will have distinguished themselves from others in the same field. 

We will be working with our partners and stakeholders to identify individuals who will be considered for nomination by our Selection Committee. We will endeavor that our list of nominees will be inclusive with particular attention given to individuals belonging to groups that have been historically under-represented. Nominees must not have any connections to the tobacco, nicotine or cannabis industries.

Nominations from the general public will not be accepted. All nominations must be submitted by the Canadian Lung Association via the Selection Committee. Only recommendations selected by the Canadian Lung Association Selection Committee will be nominated for this medal (see below). Nominations does not guarantee the medal will be awarded to the nominated individual.

King Charles III Medal eligibility and requirements: 

• Nominees must have been alive on May 6, 2023, the date His Majesty was crowned. 
• Nominees must not have been convicted of a criminal offence nor been subject to an official sanction by an adjudicating body, professional association or other organization, or conducted themselves in a manner that constitutes a significant departure from generally recognized standards of public behaviour that may undermine the credibility, integrity or relevance of the Canadian Honours System, or detract from the intent of the award.
• Self-nominations will not be accepted. 
• The Medal is to be awarded to individuals only, not to groups or couples. 
• Recipient names and their nominators will be published. 

Do you know someone who we should consider for nomination? 

Contact us if you would like to recommend someone to be considered for nomination by the Canadian Lung Association. We will send you the required recommendation forms to complete. Recommendation does not constitute nomination. Only recommendations selected by the Canadian Lung Association Selection Committee will be nominated for this medal.

The deadline to submit recommendations to CLA is October 31, 2024.

This medal program is administered by the Chancellery of Honours, as part of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General. Learn more about the Medal.