Diane Farris has been awarded the Queen's Golden Jubilee Medal. The medals commemorate the fiftieth anniversary of Her Majesty's reign as Queen of Canada.

Farris's medal was awarded in recognition of her years spent in volunteer service to the Vancouver community and for the exposure, support and encouragement of artists at the onset of their carreers. Since 1963, Farris has served on Executive & Advisory Boards of numerous arts organizations including: Vancouver Ballet Society; Ballet British Columbia; Judith Marcuse Dance Co; Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design Foundation Board; Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery, U.B.C.; Vancouver Civic Theatre Starwalk Committee; Vancouver Cultural Alliance; British Columbia Arts Board and the Vancouver Sculpture Acquisition Society. Prior to that time she was a dancer and performer in Theatre Under the Stars, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver International Festival and various CBC productions.

The Diane Farris Gallery has involved itself in the charitable world by hosting fundraising events for W.I.S.H. Drop-in Centre for Women, Vancouver Opera, Vancouver Symphony, Vancouver Ballet Society, British Columbia Children's Hospital, various Breast Cancer and AIDS Fundraising Events, LEAF, Save the Children; C.A.R.E. Canada; New Music Society, Grey Owl Trust, B.C. Brain Injury Agency, Tibet House and Amnesty International to mention a few.