Awards of Excellence
Deadline for applications has been extended to Wednesday, January 31, 2007.
Parkland County is proud of it Awards of Excellence program. This long running program recognizes County residents who have achieved excellence in the fields of Arts & Culture, Agriculture and Athletics. The 100-Year Agricultural Award was added to this program in 2000 to honor families who have farmed the same parcel of land for 100 years or longer.
Each spring Parkland County hosts a banquet to recognize recipients of these awards. Due to the popularity of this program, the Awards of Excellence banquet was necessary. Our policy entitles County residents only and their coaches/instructors be invited to attend the banquet. While an entire team may qualify for an Award of Excellence, non-County residents will be receiving their awards through their coaches/instructors sometime after the banquet.
Please click on the links above for nominations forms and criteria for these awards. If you have any further questions about the Awards of Excellence program, please contact Diane Bozek at 968-8888 ext. 8215 or e-mail: dbozek@parklandcounty.com.
Recognition of Achievement Criteria
Eligibility (Important--please read carefully)
- Recognition awards will be presented to Parkland County residents and their coaches/instructors at the annual Awards banquet.
- Recognition awards will be presented to County residents only and their coaches/instructors, on teams based outside of Parkland County's geographic boundaries, at the Awards banquet.
- Recognition awards will be presented to non-resident members of a team based within the jurisdictional boundaries of Parkland County through their coaches/instructors.
- Recognition awards will be presented, through their coaches/instructors, to teams based within urban municipalities situated within the geographic boundaries of Parkland County whereby at least one member of the team is a resident of the County.
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Procedures
Nomination forms are available at Parkland County Centre or online.
- All nominations will be reviewed by County Council for eligibility in accordance with Policy AD 025 – Recognition of Achievements.
- Award presentations will be made shortly after the recipients have been determined.
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Arts and Culture Achievement
Parkland County will acknowledge and provide recognition to residents who have distinguished themselves in artistic and cultural endeavours. All eligible competitions must award distinctive placings, i.e. one and only first, second and third. Other achievements deemed significant in arts and culture may also be considered. Individuals or groups will be recognized for their highest accomplishment achieved that year.
The awards will be given to individuals or groups having placed:
- first in a provincial championship competition, or
- first or second in a national championship competition, or
- first, second or third in a world championship competition.
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Athletic Achievement
Parkland County will acknowledge and provide recognition to residents who have distinguished themselves in an amateur athletic endeavour. Amateur sporting events must be sanctioned or recognized by a provincial, national, or international governing body and must award distinctive placings, i.e. one and only first, second and third. Individuals or groups will be recognized for their highest accomplishment achieved that year.
The awards will be given to individuals or groups having placed:
- first in a provincial championship competition, or
- first or second in a national championship competition, or
- first, second or third in a world championship competition.
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Agricultural Achievement
Parkland County will acknowledge and provide recognition to residents who have distinguished themselves in an endeavour relating to an agricultural event or occurrence. All eligible competitions must award distinctive placings, i.e. one and only first, second and third.
The awards will be given to individuals or groups having placed:
- first in a provincial championship competition, or
- first or second in a national championship competition, or
- first, second or third in a world championship competition, or
- the Northlands Farm Family Award recipients.
Parkland County will also recognize a farm family who has farmed in Parkland County for 100 years or longer by presenting them with a 100-Year Agricultural Award.
Each applicant must meet the following criteria in order to qualify for the award:
- the applicant must provide complete documentation (copy of land title, homestead title or family tree) to verify family history.
- the applicant must be a direct descendant (son, daughter, grandson, granddaughter, great-grandson, great-granddaughter, etc.) of the original homesteader.
- The land must have been owned for consecutive years.
- The family must be actively farming the land at the time of application.
- The applicant must be residing on the original homestead.
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General Information
The award to all winners will be in the form of a certificate and a medallion. Copper plate medallions will be awarded to individuals and groups receiving provincial acclaim. Silver plate medallions for a first place finish and copper plate medallions for a second place finish will be awarded to individuals and groups receiving national acclaim. Individuals and groups receiving world acclaim will be awarded sterling silver medallions for a first place finish, silver plate medallions for a second place finish, and copper plate medallions for a third place finish.
The following rules apply to nominations in all categories:
- Potential recipients of the recognition awards must be nominated only for achievements made in the current year. Deadline for nominations is January 15th.
- The responsibility for providing complete information rests with the person submitting the nomination.
- County Council reserves the right to contact individuals or groups mentioned in the achievements of each nominee.
- County Council reserves the exclusive right to determine whether a particular type of endeavour qualifies in each category.
- The County will not formally recognize nominations as a result of competitions occurring within the school systems, but will refer these to their respective boards for consideration.
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