Deadline: 30 September 2020
Nominations are now open for the Canada’s Volunteer Awards (CVA) to recognizes the significant contributions of individual volunteers, non-profit organizations and businesses across the country in helping communities.
CVA consist of 1 national award and 20 regional awards, presented every year. For the Thérèse Casgrain Lifelong Achievement Award, 1 national recipient is selected. For Community Leader, Emerging Leader, Business Leader and Social Innovator, a recipient for each award is selected from each of the following 5 regions:
- Atlantic (Newfoundland and Labrador, Nova Scotia, Prince Edward Island and New Brunswick)
- Quebec
- Ontario
- Prairies (Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta)
- British Columbia and the North (Nunavut, Northwest Territories and Yukon)
Description of Nominations
- Thérèse Casgrain Lifelong Achievement Award: recognizes dedicated individuals who have volunteered for at least 20 years and have inspired other volunteers, led volunteer groups or made other exceptional achievements through volunteering.
- Community Leader: recognizes outstanding individual volunteers or groups of volunteers who have taken a lead role in developing solutions to social challenges in communities. This category does not include not-for-profit organizations or registered charities.
- Emerging Leader: recognizes volunteers between the ages of 18 and 30 who have demonstrated leadership and helped to build stronger communities.
- Business Leader: recognizes businesses that demonstrate social responsibility in their practices, including promoting and facilitating volunteerism locally, regionally, and nationally, as well as for-profit or not-for-profit social enterprises dedicated to creating social, cultural or environmental benefits for their communities.
- Social Innovator: recognizes not-for-profit organizations, including not-for-profit social enterprises, that find and use innovative approaches that address social challenges in their communities.
Eligibility Criteria
Nominees can be individuals or groups, businesses, social enterprises or non-profit organizations and must meet specific eligibility criteria. Political and public advocacy work is not eligible.
- Individuals or groups must:
- be Canadian citizens, permanent residents or protected persons within the meaning of the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act
- be between the ages of 18 and 30 for the Emerging Leader category and 18 years of age and over for all other categories
- have contributed to addressing social challenges in their community
- Businesses or non-profit organizations must:
- be Canadian (for example, registered non-profit organizations or businesses registered in Canada). For the purposes of the administration of the Canada’s Volunteer Awards, non-profit organization means entities incorporated under either federal or provincial non-profit legislation or registered charities that do not have transferable ownership interests and are organized and operated exclusively on a non-profit basis for a variety of purposes including social, educational, professional and charitable purposes
- have contributed to addressing social challenges in their community in Canada
For more information, visit https://www.canada.ca/en/employment-social-development/programs/volunteer-awards/nominate.html