Regional Awards

2012 PDD Calgary Region Community Leadership Awards – Call for Nominations

In 2012, Calgary Region Community Board Persons with Developmental Disabilities will recognize individuals, families, businesses and organizations for their actions to promote community inclusion and improve the lives of individuals with developmental disabilities.

PDD Calgary is now calling for nominations for the 2012 year in the following five categories:

  • Norm McLeod Self-Advocacy Award: Recognizes an adult with a developmental disability whose actions have made communities a more welcoming place for people with developmental disabilities.
  • Individual Leadership Award: Recognizes an adult with a developmental disability who, through their achievements, has inspired others with developmental disabilities to become community leaders.
  • Community Citizenship Award: Recognizes a community member, business or organization that has shown leadership in supporting adults with developmental disabilities to be involved in the community.
  • Community Disability Service Sector Leadership Award: Recognizes a community service provider or individual that has demonstrated innovative practices that improve services for adults with developmental disabilities; and
  • Family Leadership Award: Recognizes a family that has demonstrated leadership in the development of communities that welcome adults with developmental disabilities.

Nominations will be accepted until Monday April 30, 2012, with the award winners being announced and recognized on June 28, 2012. Nominees must be 18 years of age and must reside in the Calgary Region.

The PDD Calgary Region Community Board award winners will also be automatically submitted as nominees for the PDD Provincial Community Leadership Awards. The Provincial Community Leadership Award winners will be recognized on a date that is still to be determined.

If you are aware of someone who has made a difference in the life of a person with a developmental disability, I encourage you to complete and submit the attached nomination form to Lori McBride, PDD Calgary Region Community Board, 600, 1520-4th Street SW, Calgary, AB T2R 1H5 by Monday April 30, 2012.

More information about the PDD Community Leadership Awards – Categories and Criteria and Nomination Form are available below or by contacting Lori McBride at (403) 476-4745, or e-mail lori.mcbride@gov.ab.ca.