The prestigious Hal Rogers Fellow (HRF) program recognizes individual Kin, Associate Members, alumni and non-Kin who, by their leadership, accomplishments and community endeavours, have demonstrated the high ideals to which Kin Canada Founder Hal Rogers was committed. It may also be given posthumously where circumstances warrant.

 The Hal Rogers Fellow is the highest award conferred by the Kin Canada Foundation.

2011 Hal Rogers Fellow award recipients

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Rick "Man in Motion" Hansen, Order of Canada, spinal cord injury and accessibility activist, Paralympian

Terry Kelly, Order of Canada, athlete, award-winning singer and songwriter, inspirational speaker

Patrick McIntyre, Member of the Kinsmen Club of Terrace

Major-General (Ret'd) Lewis MacKenzie, Order of Canada, served with NATO and the UN, author, commentator

Chris Sheridan, founder of the House of Kin and Life Member of the Sudbury Kinsmen Club

Captain Ray Wiss M.D., internationally-recognized physician, author

General (Ret'd) Rick Hillier, Order of Canada, former Chief of Defence, Chancellor of Memorial University, NF

Rt. Hon. Michaelle Jean, Order of Canada, former Governor General of Canada and UNESCO special envoy to Haiti

Wayne "The Great One" Gretzky, Order of Canada, Canadian hockey legend

Céline Dion, Order of Canada, international singing sensation, cystic fibrosis champion and the National Celebrity Patron of Cystic Fibrosis Canada

John C. Rutherford, Past National Secretary, 1958-59. Awarded posthumously to his wife by the Kingston K-40 Club.

Dave Sopha, artist of the Portraits of Honour, Life Member of the Preston Kinsmen Club

Peter Milliken, Kingston and the Islands MP and Speaker of the House of Commons

Urban Donlevy, co-founder of Kinsmen Telemiracle; Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon

Peter Kilburn, co-founder of Telemiracle and the Kinsmen Foundation in Saskatchewan; Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon

Bob McGrath, Honourary Member of the Kinsmen Club of Saskatoon and key supporter of Telemiracle

Larry Kendall, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Port Perry, driving force behind the Juno Beach Centre Kin room

2010 Hal Rogers Fellow award recipients

Doug Ingersoll, Life Member of the Fort Edmonton Kin Club

Bob McCallum, Life Member of The Miramichi Kinsmen Club

Lois Pearson, Life Member of the Cornwall Kinette Club

Richard Shular, Life Member of the Fort Erie Kinsmen Club

Steve Kalugin, Member of the Port Alberni Kinsmen Club

Barbara Ann Kalugin, Member of the Port Alberni Kinette Club

Jim Spicer, Life Member of the Belleville Kinsmen Club

Jim Conrad, Life Member of the Sudbury Kinsmen Club

Hon. Rick Bartolucci, Ontario Cabinet Minister, Sudbury MPP

2009 Hal Rogers Fellow award recipients

Doug Anthony, Life Member of the Kin Club of Orleans & District

Edgar Dunning, Life Member of the Ladner Tsawwassen Kinsmen

Ralph Robinson, Life Member of the Oakville Kinsmen Club, long-time Oakville councillor

2008 Hal Rogers Fellow award recipients

Ian F. McClure, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Lindsay

Jon D.H. Kingsbury, Member of the Kinsmen Club of Coquitlam

Dave Tidbury, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Brockville

Ron Brill, Member of the Kinsmen Club of Newmarket and East Gwillimbury (posthumously)

Cathleen Morrison, CEO of the Canadian Cystic Fibrosis Foundation

2007 Hal Rogers Fellow Award recipients

Harold A. Rogers, Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire, Founder of Kin Canada (posthumously)

Diane Rogers, Life Member and daughter of Founder Hal Rogers

Hon. Rich Coleman, B.C. Cabinet Minister, MLA and Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Aldergrove

Bill Skelly, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Edmonton

Jim Watson, Life Member of the Kinsmen Club of Port Coquitlam