Hanseatic Award

The Hanseatic Award was established in 1997 to provide Yukon municipal politicians an opportunity to recognize “a person who has made an outstanding contribution to the advancement of Yukon Municipal Government and furthered the goals of the Association of Yukon Communities.” 

Nominations for this award come from all Yukon municipal elected officials and are forwarded to the AYC executive to select a recipient.  This award is presented during the Friday evening banquet at the Annual General Meeting.

The criteria for nominations to this award are only that the individual is or once was a Yukon municipal politician and that they are not currently sitting on the AYC executive.

Municipalities and Local Advisory Councils should include in their nominations the number of years of service to the council/AYC and in about 200 words, describe the nominee’s ‘outstanding contributions’ to municipal government.

 
Hanseatic Nomination Form -





Previous Hanseatic Award Winners:

2023 | Mayor Lee Bodie
2022 | Wayne Potoroka
2021 | Not Awarded
2020 | Not Awarded
2019 | Perry Savoie
2018 | Scott Bolton
2017 | Clara Jules
2016 | Dave Stockdale
2015 | Elaine Wyatt
2014 | George Nassiopoulos
2013 | Bev Buckway 
2012 | D. Luke Lacasse
2010 | John Steins
2009 | Phyllis Forbes
2008 | Councillor Dianna Raketti
2007 | Mayor John Farynowski
2006 | Mayor Murray Hampton
2005 | Mayor Shanon Cooper
2004 | Councillor Duke Connelly
2003 | Mayor Bernard Menelon
2002 | Mayor Jim McLachlan
2001 | Mayor Michael McGinnis
2000 | Founder Rennie Mitchell
1999 | Mayor Barrie Ravenhill
1998 | Mayor Kathy Watson
1997 | Councillor Carol McIlmoyle