Awards of Excellence Copy

Celebrating the outstanding achievements of Canadian municipalities in Cultural Planning, Public Art, and Cultural Events. The CCNC Awards of Excellence are presented at the Creative City Summit.

General Eligibility for all Awards:

Open to CCNC Class A voting (municipal) members in good standing. This includes the following entities that have applied and been accepted for Class A voting membership in the Corporation:
  • Municipal governments and Band Councils;
  • Regional governments;
  • Officially designated local cultural planning and cultural policy bodies.

* Municipalities may self-nominate for all awards EXCEPT the Cultural Leadership Award.

These Awards are not open to Class B non-voting (organizational and individual) members. This includes: Provincial, territorial and federal governments in Canada; Governing authorities in other countries; Not-for-profits; Businesses; Educational institutions; and Individuals.

Selection Process:  

The CCNC Awards Program promotes a principled and effective adjudication process. A volunteer peer jury conducts a review of all submissions and selects the successful candidates. The recipients are celebrated at the CCNC’s annual summit. The jury may decide not to bestow an award in any given year. The current standing CCNC Board of Directors, and by extension their municipalities, are not eligible to serve on the Awards Program Jury.

Cultural Planning Award

The Cultural Planning Award recognizes a Canadian municipality* that has developed, adopted, and implemented an excellent Culture Plan with a process that demonstrates outstanding visionary leadership and best practices in cultural planning or a Canadian municipality that has reviewed, revitalized and implemented a previously adopted Culture Plan.

Public Art Award

The Public Art Award recognizes a Canadian municipality* that demonstrated visionary leadership by supporting an excellent program and process that led to a successful public art project or program.

Cultural Events Award

The Cultural Events Award recognizes a Canadian municipality* that demonstrated visionary leadership by initiating, creating, and producing an exceptional cultural event or by empowering and supporting a community initiative that led to an exceptional cultural event. Cultural events can include celebrations, festivals, exhibitions, performances, and programs.

Cultural Leadership Award

The Cultural Leadership Award recognizes significant contributions by individuals working in the field of local cultural planning, programs, and services who have shown inspired leadership and exceptional dedication to supporting the work and the vision of the Creative City Network of Canada.

Past Recipients

Cultural
Planning
Award

2019 
Walking Together – Growing Connections Through Culture
City of Maple Ridge, BC

2018 
Create Victoria: Arts and Culture Master Plan
City of Victoria, BC

2017 
2016-2026 Culture Plan
City of Moncton, NB

2016 
Transforming Hamilton Through Culture
City of Hamilton, ON

 

Public
Art
Award

2019 
ABᐄᓃᐤ(ÎNÎW) River Lot 11∞
Edmonton Arts Council

2018 
Into the Debris Field: The Halifax Explosion
Halifax Regional Municipality, NS

2017 
Tsa Tsa Ke K’e (Iron Foot Place)
Edmonton Arts Council

2016 
Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program
City of Winnipeg, MB

Cultural
Events
Award

2019 
New Year’s Eve Celebration
City of Calgary, AB

2018 
Engage for Change: #YGK Reconciliation Journey
City of Kingston, ON

2017 
Canada Day 2016 Our City, Our Country, Our Celebration
City of Calgary, AB

2016 
The Northern International Children’s Festival of the Arts
City of St Albert, AB
with Honourable Mention, Richmond Maritime Festival (City of Richmond, BC)

Cultural
Leadership
Award

2019 
Rebecca Cann, Janis A. Barlow and Associates

2018 
Elena Bird, City of Toronto, ON

2017 
Dr. Nancy Duxbury

2016 
Burke Taylor,
Taylor-Harvey Inc., and Co-director, Centre for Cultural Planning and Development, UBC