Eric Brooks Leader Award

A mountaineering and ski mountaineering award for strong commitment to learning and applying technical and leader skills.

This award was instituted in 2001; its name was changed to honour Eric Brooks in 2005.

It is intended, under normal circumstances, that the Eric Brooks Leader Award would be awarded as a prerequisite to obtaining the Silver Rope for Leadership Award.

Born in England in 1902, Eric Brooks was a teacher by profession. He joined the ACC in 1929, and until his death in 2001, Eric devoted much of his energy to the club. In 1937 he was awarded the Silver Rope for Leadership, was President from 1941 to 1947, and Honorary President from 1954 to 1964. While representing the ACC at The Alpine Club of Canada centenary in London, he was made an Honorary Member of that club. He acted for many years as the Camp Manager of the General Mountaineering Camp. In 1995 he was awarded the A.O. Wheeler Legacy Award. Few members have made such a significant contribution to the club over such a prolonged period of time. But Eric’s contribution to the club was not restricted to his lifetime. As part of his estate, Eric bequeathed $50,000 to the club, the annual investment income to be used to support the publication of the ACC’s Canadian Alpine Journal.

Award Eligibility And Contribution Details

Eligibility:

In order to be eligible for the Eric Brooks Leader Award, the nominee must:
  • Be an active ACC member
  • Demonstrate a strong, consistent commitment to learn and apply technical and leader skills in mountaineering or ski mountaineering on club or section organized activities over a minimum period of 1 to 5 years.


The term “mountaineering” includes activities such as technical rock or ice climbing or route-finding abilities demonstrated on national or section organized activities.

Nomination Process:

Nominations must be made:
  • In writing via the Eric Brooks Leader Award Form
  • By a club member
  • By endorsement from the nominee’s Section Executive, represented by the Chairperson; or
  • For an unaffiliated member, by unanimous decision of the Awards Committee, represented by the Chair.
  • Before December 31 of the current year


Approvals:
  • Approval of a nomination requires not less than two-thirds of the voting members of the Awards Committee
  • Award winners will be announced at the Club’s Annual General Meeting


Award Format
  • Plaque describing the award
  • Eric Brooks Leader Award

    Nomination Deadline

    Eric Brooks Leader Award Past Recipients

    2002
    Claire Ebendinger
    2003
    Peter Woodsworth
    2004
    Doug Fulford
    2005
    Peter Rothermel, John Huybers, Margaret Hanson
    2006
    Neil Bosch
    2007
    Ken Cox, Ernst Bergman
    2008
    Kris Irwin, Dustin Hines
    2009
    Martin Siegert, Reinhold Mayerhofer, Rob Leblanc, Shaun Fluker
    2011
    Martin Naroznik
    2013
    Nadja Steiner, Harald (Harry) Steiner, David Campbell
    2014
    Mark Rosin, Jason Guptill, Jeffrey Dmytrowich
    2016
    Steven Rockarts, Susan Twitchell, Paul Trudeau, Nathalie Drotar, Gerry Drotar, Thomas McElroy, Luca Jungen, Martin Hofmann
    2017
    Raz Peel, Marion Mayerhofer, Scott Macpherson, Foster Karcha, Howard Hemingson, Marc Harden, Lida Frydrychova, Mark Carlson, Casey Blais, Jeremiah Aherne
    2018
    Anne Drew Potter, Mike McMinn, Amber McMinn, Neil Kirk, Alan Fortune, Alastair Ferries
    2019
    Paul O'Brien-Kelly, Tyler Hallman, Elisabeth Dupuis, Mike Bowler
    2020
    Steve Traversari, Marie Tison, Brent Hepfner
    2021
    Grant Blanchard
    2022
    Marcus Tomlinson, Derek Sou, Phong Nguyen, Tyler Hallman
    2023
    Sabrina Heywood, Jonathan Wolf