March 10, 2025 | Vita, Manitoba – The Shared Legacy Partnership team was proud to celebrate a significant achievement with their colleague Norm Gregoire, Community Liaison for Species at Risk, as he accepted the Nature Award from Recreation Manitoba on Friday in Winnipeg.
Norm Gregoire was nominated for the Nature Award by his colleagues at the Shared Legacy Partnership. This award recognizes the passion and achievements of individuals, groups and organizations that steward recreational, natural, and green spaces that enhance community quality of life, resulting in both environmental and human benefits.
Each year, Recreation Manitoba’s Awards Program pays tribute to those individuals and organizations who through their efforts and skills, make an outstanding contribution towards the advancement of recreation, parks and leisure in Manitoba. According to Recreation Manitoba, “The annual presentation of these awards reflects Recreation Manitoba’s commitment to celebrate and publicly recognize individuals, groups, and organizations who have inspired us and earned our respect.”
“Norm embodies the Shared Legacy Partnership goal of helping advance understanding of the wonder of Manitoba’s Tall Grass Prairie Natural Area, its relationship with agriculture, and the natural heritage that benefits all residents,” stated one of Norm’s Shared Legacy colleagues, Monique Chenier of Sunrise Corner Economic Development. “Norm’s efforts to provide such genuine and friendly education has resulted in his evolution as the recognizable face and voice of the Shared Legacy Partnership and was one of the many reasons we nominated him for this award.”
Shared Legacy is a cooperative working group led by the Rural Municipality of Stuartburn and The Nature Conservancy of Canada along with partners Sunrise Corner Economic Development and Province of Manitoba, funded by Environment and Climate Change Canada.
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Shared Legacy Partnership Media Contact:
Monique Chenier, Economic Development Manager
Sunrise Corner Economic Development
monique@sunrisecornermb.ca
204-905-2763
Photo caption: Nature Award winner Norm Gregoire (centre) surrounded by his Shared Legacy Partnership colleagues (left to right): Monique Chenier, Sunrise Corner Economic Development; Cary Hamel, The Nature Conservancy of Canada; Christine Chilton, The Nature Conservancy of Canada; Brittany Fisher, Rural Municipality of Stuartburn; Michelle Gawronsky, Rural Municipality of Stuartburn.