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)
Step 3:
Juries review nomination packages and select recipients.
(February)
Jury 1:
The Community Achievement Awards and International Achievement Award
This jury has a minimum of seven 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:
- A member with a community focus.
- Up to three previous award recipients.
- A member with a Heritage focus.
- A member with an arts background or focus.
City Clerk’s Office recruits this jury.
Jury 2:
The Environmental Achievement Award
This jury has a minimum of five 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 Advisory Committee on Accessibility
This jury must have 14 members.
Must include:
- Six public members with disabilities representing a range of people with physical, sensory and cognitive disabilities.
- Two public members representing the senior community.
- Three public members who may or may not have a disability, but who are interested in access issues.
- Three Members of City Administration from: Planning and Development Services; Calgary Transit; and Recreation and Social Programs.
Council appoints ACA members based on recommendations presented by the ACA’s Chair, Vice-Chair and Administrative Resource Staff.
Jury 4:
The City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize
This jury has three 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)