Prix Guthrie

The Foundation welcomes and encourages nominations of individuals who have a significant and proven track record of furthering access to justice for people living in Ontario. The Foundation wishes to recognize a champion who is actively engaged with the challenges and opportunities in today’s justice landscape – someone who has made a difference in the past and is also focused on the future.

The Foundation welcomes nominations that can speak to the qualities and achievements of the nominee. Nominations for the Guthrie Award must include the following:

• A letter of nomination
• Two or more letters of support from other parties

Nominations will be accepted until March 7, 2025

Please submit nomination documents to:
guthrieaward@lawfoundation.on.ca

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Guthrie Award
c/o The Law Foundation of Ontario
110 Spadina Avenue Suite 800
Toronto, ON M5V 2K4

For more information, please contact Emily at ENaylor@lawfoundation.on.ca or 416-598-1550 x 206.

As part of the award, the recipient is presented with an engraved medal and, when COVID-19-related public health guidelines allow, the Foundation organizes a reception in the recipient’s honour. The reception is attended by guests of the recipient, as well as by Trustees of The Law Foundation of Ontario and notable members of the bar and the justice sector. Additionally, the Foundation announces the award recipient in media outlets, including print and social media.

The Guthrie Award Medal was sculpted in 1996 by Kenneth Jarvis, Q.C., RCA,. Mr. Jarvis was a lawyer and an artist who held several staff positions at the Law Society of Ontario, including Secretary.

On the front face of the Guthrie Award Medal, a gowned lawyer is sowing seed by letting it fall from one hand to be spread by the other onto fertile ground. The symbolism of the Medal is that the harvest of interest is sown like seed to grow and multiply so that the objects of The Law Foundation of Ontario and the mandate of advancing access to justice will be realized as widely as possible.