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Selection process for the Calgary Awards

Step 1:

Nomination period
(January)

Exception: W.O. Mitchell Book Prize nomination period September to beginning of December of the award year.

 

Step 2:

City Clerk’s Office (Protocol) conducts initial review of nomination packages to ensure eligibility criteria are met.
(February)

 
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Step 3:

Juries review nomination packages and select recipients.
(February)

 

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Jury 1:

The Community Achievement Awards and International Achievement Award

This jury has a minimum of 7 members.

Must include:

  • Jury Facilitator: A City of Calgary employee with community focus.
  • Event Coordinator: The lead of the Calgary Awards program from the Civic Engagement and Protocol team.
  • One City of Calgary Senior Administrator (or designate) with a community focus.
  • Jury member from the Mayor's Office.

May include:

  • Up to 3 previous award recipients.
  • Heritage Calgary.
  • Representative with a Heritage focus.
  • Calgary Arts Development.
  • Citizen community representative.

City Clerk’s Office recruits this jury.

Jury 2:

The Environmental Achievement Award

This jury has a minimum of 5 members.

Must include:

  • Jury Facilitator: A City of Calgary employee with an environmental focus.
  • Event Coordinator: The lead of the Calgary Awards program from the Civic Engagement and Protocol team.
  • A Senior Administrator from Climate & Environment or an environmental-related Business Unit.

May include:

  • Alberta Ecotrust.
  • Sustainable Calgary.
  • Post-secondary institution with an environmental program.
  • BILD Calgary.
  • Previous award recipients.

Climate and Environment recruits this jury.

Jury 3:

The Award for Accessibility

This jury has a minimum of 5 members.

Must include:

  • Jury Facilitator: A City of Calgary employee with an Accessibility or Building Code focus.
  • Event Coordinator: The lead of the Calgary Awards program from the Civic Engagement and Protocol team. 
  • At least one Senior Administrator (or designate) in the area of knowledge participating on this committee.

May include:

  • Advisory Committee on Accessibility.
  • Deaf and Hear Alberta.
  • Cerebral Palsy Association of Alberta.
  • Citizen - community representative.
  • Vision Foundation (CNIB).
  • Previous award recipients.

Community Strategies and Development, Business and Building Services recruits this jury.

Jury 4:

The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize

This jury has 3 members.

Must include:

  • A Calgarian.
  • An Albertan from outside Calgary.
  • A Canadian from outside Alberta.

Writer’s Guild of Alberta recruits this jury.

 

 

Step 4:

Council approves the list of selected recipients*
(April)
*Jury member list is made available as part of the Council report.

 
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Step 5:

City Clerk’s Office (Protocol) notifies recipients, and all nominators regarding the status of their nomination.
(May/June)

 
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Calgary Awards recipient announcement
(June)

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