Awards & Citations

Academy of Motion Pictures, Arts and Sciences (Oscar):
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter received a nomination as best Documentary feature.

ACE Award (American Cablevision):
The Broadcast Tapes of Dr. Peter
Won three awards - best documentary, best writer, and best host.

Jack Webster Foundation Awards 1993:
AIDS Diary’s producer David Paperny was presented with a special Jury award for excellence in broadcast journalism.

Honourary Doctorate of Laws from the Open Learning Institute.

Province of British Columbia Exceptional Award of Merit

Canada 125 Commemorative Medal for Outstanding Canadians

Commemorative Plaque from the UBC Medical Alumni

The James M. Robinson Memorial Prize (UBC) for significant contributions to public health.

A Glass Sculpture Tribute to Dr. Peter Jepson-Young from the Think AIDS Luncheon (UBC/St. Paul’s AIDS Research Chair)

Communicator of the Year 1992 Award from the International Association of Business Communicators.

Treeplanting: the Ryan White Memorial AIDS Forest (The Jewish United Fund, Israel).

Honourary Membership in the Rainbow Band (gay and lesbian orchestra) for Peter and Harvey.

One of the top 10 Crusaders and Reformers in the B.C. Almanac’s Greatest British Columbians

OBITUARIES:

Front pages of Vancouver Sun and Vancouver Province newspapers with full page. Coverage the day following his passing.

Obituary with picture in the New York Times

Obituary in the Greater Vancouver Book (An urban encyclopaedia)

Obituary in the Canadian Global Almanac 1994