Categories and Nominations
All Saskatchewan municipal practices initiated in 2000 or later are eligible for an award, including projects involving multiple municipalities. You can self-nominate your own practice, a neighbouring municipality's practice and be nominated in more than one category.
Award Categories
Municipal Innovation and Service Excellence
Any innovative practice that enhances the construction or operation of sustainable municipal infrastructure and/or the ability to deliver municipal services that exceeds the expectations of its customers.
Economic Development Leadership
Any municipal practice that demonstrates the municipal corporation's use of strategies to improve the local economic development climate while supporting long-term economic development in Saskatchewan.
Regional Leadership and Partnerships
Any municipal practice that exemplifies efforts to consult and cooperate with other municipalities, non-governmental organizations, community groups, First Nations, other governments, and citizens for the purpose of delivering benefits to citizens.
Community Life Enrichment (*Newest category)
Any municipal practice that demonstrates leadership and continuous improvement enhancing and enriching the quality of life in their community through advocacy, enabling, support and provision of diverse and inclusive recreation, active living programs and facilities, attractive parks and open spaces and collaborative efforts in socializing citizens.
Environmental Stewardship
Any municipal practice that demonstrates the municipal corporation's work as a steward of the environment, or the municipal corporation's efforts to encourage environmental sustainability within their community.
Heritage Conservation Leadership
Any municipal practice that demonstrates the municipal corporation's work as a steward of heritage, or the municipal corporation's efforts to encourage heritage conservation within their community.
Nomination Forms
Nomination Forms and a Guideline document for completing the forms are now available. The Nomination Form is available in .doc form so that you can easily modify it.
Submitting Your Nomination
- The next deadline for submitting nominations is March 21, 2012.
- Packages MUST be typewritten or electronically completed.
- The total length of each nomination package is limited to EIGHT pages, not including cover letters.
- Nominations may be downloaded for completion and returned to awards@municipalawards.ca. E-mail is the preferred method for submitting nominations.
- You may also submit your nomination by:
- Mail: Saskatchewan Municipal Awards, Room 1010, 1855 Victoria Avenue, Regina, SK S4P 2T2
- Fax: Attn: Saskatchewan Municipal Awards, 306.525.4373
- E-mail: awards@municipalawards.ca
- Contact: Phone: 306.525.4398
Evaluation Process
After the deadline nominations will be provided to the selection panel for review and consideration. Their decisions are guided by the category definitions, criteria and your submitted nomination.
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