Selection process for the Calgary Awards
Step 1:
Nomination period
(early January to mid-February)
Exception: W.O. Mitchell Book Prize nomination period mid-October to the end 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.
(late February to early March)
Step 3:
Juries review nomination packages and select recipients.
(March)
Jury 1:
The Community Achievement Awards and International Achievement Award
This jury has a minimum of 7 members.
Must include:
- City Senior Administrator with a community focus
- Former Member of Council
- Mayor's Office
May include:
- A second City Senior Administrator with a community focus
- Up to 3 previous award recipients
- Heritage Calgary
- Calgary Arts Development
City Clerk’s Office recruits this jury.
Jury 2:
The Environmental Achievement Award
This jury has a minimum of 5 members.
Must include:
- City Senior Administrator with an environmental focus
- Former Member of Council
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:
- City Senior Administrator with an Accessibility or Building Code focus
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.
Step 5:
City Clerk’s Office (Protocol) notifies recipients, and all nominators regarding the status of their nomination.
(May/June)
Calgary Awards recipient announcement
(June)