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AEBC Members Receive King Charles III Coronation Award

Updated: 2 days ago

Congratulations to AEBC members Penny Bennett, Brian Bibeault, Peter Quaiattini, and David Lepofsky on receiving a King Charles III Coronation Award for their commitment and dedication within the Canadian blind, Deafblind and partially sighted community. Here is information from one of the award presentations:


King Charles III Coronation Award presentation:

  • We are gathering to celebrate the recipients of the newly minted King Charles III Coronation Medal, which was created to mark His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation. 

  • The 30,000 recipients of this commemorative award across Canada, have each made a significant contribution to the country, a province, territory, region or community, or an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada.

  • Specifically, we have the utmost privilege of celebrating their contributions to the DBCS (Deafblind Community Services) and CNIB communities. Our volunteers put their hearts in everything they do. Our work simply wouldn’t be possible without them.

  • By generously donating their time, passion, and expertise to us, our network of volunteers across the country help DBCS and CNIB make the greatest impact possible in the lives of people who are blind, Deafblind, and have low vision, both locally and nationally. 



Award Description 

  • The Award is a circular medal, silver in colour, and 32 mm in diameter

  • On the front, there is a crowned and robed effigy of His Majesty The King of Canada, facing right, circumscribed with the inscriptions “CHARLES III DEI GRATIA REX” and “CANADA”.

  • On the back, a ring of frosted triangular shapes evoking the image of a string of pennants displayed for a celebration appears in the background. 

  • These 13 shapes allude to Canada’s provinces and territories, and their circular arrangement conveys the idea of inclusion for all Canadians. 

  • The circle is also an important concept for many Indigenous Peoples, symbolizing not only equity but also the cycles of the natural world. 

  • Over this background appears the Canadian Royal Cypher in the center, the date of the Coronation, 6.V.2023, on the left, and the words “VIVAT REX” meaning Long Live The King, on the right.

  • A ring, which holds the ribbon, passes through a small hollow ball at the top of a claw joined to the top of the medal.

  • The ribbon has a red stripe in the center, with white stripes on either side, followed by dark blue stripes, and red edge stripes. 

  • This ribbon is identical to the British Coronation Medal ribbon and is inspired by the King Edward VII’s Coronation Medal ribbon from 1902, which was the first Coronation Medal suspended from a ribbon.

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