TORONTO, Nov. 6, 2017 /CNW/ - Excellence Canada is pleased to announce it will be celebrating the 33rd anniversary of the Canada Awards for Excellence on November 9th. This year, 22 awards will be presented to outstanding Canadian organizations in recognition of their commitment to continual improvement and pursuit of excellence. Award categories include: Excellence, Innovation & Wellness®; Healthy Workplace®; and Mental Health at Work®.
Excellence Canada's mission is to help organizations in all sectors become the best-in-class by implementing standards of excellence. Excellence Canada is a not-for-profit organization that certifies and recognizes organizations that embody these attributes: they are customer focused, competitive, financially and environmentally sustainable, are good corporate citizens and actively pursue strategies to improve the mental and physical health and wellbeing of their employees and they create a healthy workplace culture that attracts and retains the best people.
The Canada Awards for Excellence is an annual awards program that recognizes outstanding achievements by organizations in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors, from coast-to-coast across Canada.
Shirlee Sharkey, Chair of Excellence Canada, stated: "On behalf of Excellence Canada, I am delighted to present the Canada Awards for Excellence to this year's award recipients. They are role models of excellence including in the areas of leadership, governance, strategy, planning, customer experience, employee engagement, innovation, and wellness. We congratulate the management and the teams at these outstanding organizations."
Allan Ebedes, President and CEO of Excellence Canada, commented: "Over the past 33 years we have recognized more than 600 outstanding organizations for meeting the highest standards of quality, excellence, innovation, and healthy workplaces. This year we are delighted to be presenting another 22 Canada Awards for Excellence to excellent organizations. We are also honoured to be presenting Special Recognition of Achievement Awards to four distinguished Canadians: to Lloyd Robertson, Special Correspondent, CTV News; to Kathleen Taylor, Chair of RBC; and to Christine Magee and Stephen Gunn, co-founders of Sleep Country Canada."
The awards will be presented at the 2017 Performance Excellence Summit and Canada Awards for Excellence on Thursday, November 9th in Toronto. For complete event details and registration, please visit www.excellencesummit.ca.
A FULL LIST OF THE AWARD RECIPIENTS FOLLOWS
Recipients of the 33rd Canada Awards for Excellence, 2017
ORDER OF EXCELLENCE AWARD
This is the highest level of recognition presented by Excellence Canada.
The following organizations have successfully maintained a focus on excellence over the long term and have previously received the Canada Awards for Excellence Gold Trophy.
Order of Excellence: Mental Health at Work®
- Bell Canada - Montreal, Quebec
- Mental Health Commission of Canada - Ottawa, Ontario
EXCELLENCE, INNOVATION AND WELLNESS® AWARD
The Champion of Excellence for the Excellence, Innovation and Wellness® category is Sun Life Financial. This award is based on Excellence Canada's Excellence, Innovation and Wellness® Standard and was developed by Excellence Canada in association with its partners and professionals from across Canada.
Platinum Award Recipient
- Business and Service Management Branch, Central Agencies I&IT Cluster, Treasury Board Secretariat - Province of Ontario
Gold Award Recipients
- Baxter Corporation, Alliston Manufacturing Facility - Alliston, Ontario
- Carleton University, Finance and Administration Division - Ottawa, Ontario
Silver Award Recipients
- Archmill House Inc. - Ancaster, Ontario
- CanmetENERGY-Ottawa (Natural Resources Canada) - Ottawa, Ontario
- University of Waterloo, Human Resources - Waterloo, Ontario
- University of Waterloo, Library - Waterloo, Ontario
- University of Waterloo, Office of the Vice-President, Academic and Provost - Waterloo, Ontario
- University of Waterloo, Organizational and Human Development - Waterloo, Ontario
- York Region Public Health, Child and Family Health Division - Newmarket, Ontario
- York Region Public Health, Health Protection Division - Newmarket, Ontario
- York Region Public Health, Healthy Living Division - Newmarket, Ontario
MENTAL HEALTH AT WORK® AWARD
The Champion of Excellence for the Mental Health at Work® category is Manulife. This award is based on Excellence Canada's - Mental Health at Work® framework. The Mental Health at Work® framework was developed by Excellence Canada in association with mental health and work safety professionals from across Canada, and the requirements incorporate principles and practices as outlined in the National Standard for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace.
Gold Award Recipients
- AGS Rehab Solutions Inc. - Mississauga, Ontario
- Ontario Shores Centre for Mental Health Sciences - Whitby, Ontario
- The Co-operators - Guelph, Ontario
Silver Award Recipients
- Carleton University - Ottawa, Ontario
- University of Calgary - Calgary, Alberta
- Workplace Safety and Insurance Board - Toronto, Ontario
HEALTHY WORKPLACE® AWARD
The Champion of Excellence for the Healthy Workplace® category is Heidary Health. This award is based on Excellence Canada's Healthy Workplace® Standard developed in partnership with Health Canada and in association with professionals from the health and wellness sectors.
Platinum Award Recipient
- Carleton University - Ottawa, Ontario
Gold Award Recipient
- Rogers Communications Canada Inc.
RECOGNITION OF ACHIEVEMENT AWARD
From time-to-time, the Excellence Canada Board of Governors recognizes individuals who have made a significant contribution to Canadian society and/or the global human condition. Past Award recipients have included Dr. David Suzuki, former Prime Minister The Right Honourable Brian Mulroney, Lt.-General The Honourable Roméo A. Dallaire, The Honourable Flora MacDonald, Sir Richard Branson, Mr. Rick Hansen, Ms. Margaret Trudeau, and Mr. Chris Hadfield. This year, in keeping with the Summit theme "150 years of Canadian Excellence", the Board of Governors is presenting the Special Recognition of Achievement Award to:
- Lloyd Robertson, Special Correspondent, CTV News, in recognition of his outstanding contribution to Canadian and International Journalism and for Excellence in Broadcasting
- Kathleen Taylor, Chair of the Board, RBC, in recognition of her Exceptional Executive Leadership and for Excellence in Canadian and Global Business
- Christine Magee and Stephen Gunn, Co-founders and Chairs, Sleep Country, in recognition of their Excellence in Retail Entrepreneurship and for making a significant contribution to the Community
PROUD SPONSORS OF CANADIAN EXCELLENCE
Excellence Canada gratefully acknowledges the support of the following organizations that have helped make this year's events possible.
Champions of Excellence
Heidary Health
Manulife
PwC
Sun Life Financial
Healthy Breakfast Sponsor
Purolator Inc.
Advocate Sponsor
Great-West Life, London Life and Canada Life
Supporter Sponsors
Region of Durham
Saint Elizabeth
Workplace Safety and Insurance Board
Industry Sponsor
LAVIN
Media Sponsors
The Globe and Mail
Vidium
SOURCE Excellence Canada
Allan Ebedes, President and CEO, Excellence Canada, Tel: 416-251-7600, ext. 230
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