A Lifetime Achievement Award is being awarded to Brian Reid for his forty-plus years of effort to raise awareness on environmental and social justice issues through his active participation in a variety of community groups and committees, including the United Nations Association and the Environmentalist of the Year Awards, which he has helped organize and maintain for over 30 years. Brian’s work in the Non-Smoker’s Rights Association dates back to the 1970s when he courageously and faced criticism and abuse in his spirited public defence of a healthy environment. He is also active in Culture of Peace Hamilton, the Dundas Heritage Society and the Unitarian Church where he established funding for an annual environmental speaker.