Svend Robinson - Awards and Honours

Awards and Honours

• L'Ordre de la Pleiade, Chevalier, 1990 For exceptional service to La Francophonie
• Award for Human Rights, May 1993 Lambda Foundation.
• The Edith Adamson Award for Leadership in Issues of Conscience in 1995.
• Elena Gil Iberoamerican Award on Ethics, June 1995 Felix Varela Centre, Cuba.
• Tom Stoddard National Role Model Award, May 1997 presented by PrideFest America.
• Hero Award, Sexual Orientation and Gender Identity in August 1999 by The Canadian Bar Association.
• Presidents Award, 2003 Canadian Arab Federation.
• Kurdish Human Rights Prize, Adar 2614.
• Grand prix du CQGL 2009, decerned by Conseil québécois des gais et lesbiennes at Gala Arc-en-Ciel
• Panelist at the conference to mark the 20th Anniversary of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms, discussing "The Making of s.15: Collaboration by Government, Community Activists and Legal Experts."
• Member of Canadian Committee for 50th Anniversary of United Nations, 1995