The Award of Excellence – Promotion of Linguistic Duality (also called the Award of Excellence for the Promotion of Linguistic Duality) is given annually by Canada's Commissioner of Official Languages. It is given to groups or individuals which are not bound to the Official Languages Act, but whose leadership helped promote Canadian Linguistic Duality, in Canada or abroad, or helped the development of Official Language Minority Communities. The prize was first awarded in 2009 by Commissioner Graham Fraser, and its first recipient was Linda Leith.
Recipients + Recipients of the Award of Excellence – Promotion of Linguistic DualityYearRecipientCommissioner2009 Linda LeithGraham Fraser2010 Claudette PaquinGraham Fraser2011 Festival du voyageurGraham Fraser2012 Bernard St-LaurentGraham Fraser2013 Justin MorrowGraham Fraser2014 The Frye FestivalGraham Fraser2015 Mariette MulaireGraham Fraser2016 Canadian Parents for FrenchGraham Fraser The prize was not awarded in 2017 because there was no permanent Commissioner of Official Languages in office that year. Raymond Théberge has not awarded the prize since the beginning of his tenure as Commissioner in January 2018.
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