Janice Filmon’s name is synonymous with volunteerism in Manitoba. The wife of former premier Gary Filmon, she is perhaps best known for her fundraising acumen and tireless commitment to worthy causes. A cancer survivor, she serves on the board of directors of the CancerCare Manitoba Foundation and is a past member of the board of the Manitoba Advisory Committee on Breast Cancer and former honourary chair, speaker and fundraiser for the Manitoba Cancer Treatment and Research Foundation Capital Campaign. Her past public service includes: chair of festivals for the 1999 Pan American Games; chair of Foundations for Health ($21-million campaign to build a new research building); inaugural chair, Festival of Trees; and member of the executive and board, Manitoba Heart Foundation. She was the founding co-chair of Leadership Winnipeg and founding chair of Manitoba A.L.I.V.E., a leadership initiative which teaches selected high-school students the skills needed in the voluntary sector. Currently on the board of the Arthur V. Mauro Centre for Peace and Justice, Filmon received the University of Manitoba’s Distinguished Alumni Award and Peter D. Curry Chancellor’s Award in 2005 and the Variety Gold Heart Humanitarian of the Year Award in 2006.
