IPAC Awards in Public Administration Excellence
Awards nominations are now open and due April 26th, 2024. IPAC will confer awards at the 2024 Annual Conference in Winnipeg from October 2-4, 2024.
The IPAC Awards in Public Administration Excellence are Awards of Distinction Presented by IPAC Each Year at our Annual Conference. These Categories Include:
- Emerging Leader
- Established Leader
- Innovation
- Distinguished Service in Mental Health Promotion
Awards given by IPAC recognize excellence in public service and public
administration across Canada. The Administration Excellence awards are
given to leaders across the Public Administration field.
Key Dates
Winner Announcement
Nomination Deadline
IPAC 2024 Annual Conference
APRIL 26th, 2024 AT 11:59 p.m. EDT
Emerging Leader
The IPAC Award for Emerging Leaders recognizes promising new
leaders in public administration who have served for five years or
less in their profession, and whose work has made a significant impact
to the public interest. These individuals should also reflect the
ideals of public administration. They will have advanced confidence
and trust in their respective field.
Established Leader
The IPAC Award for Established Leaders recognizes leaders in the field of public administration who have made substantive achievements in their role over many years and whose work has had a significant impact on the public interest. These individuals should also reflect the ideals of public administration. They will have advanced confidence and trust in their respective field.
Innovation
The IPAC Award in Innovation recognizes an individual or organization
that has produced an exceptional change or new way of doing things
that addresses the public interest.
Distinguished Service in Mental Health Promotion
The IPAC Award for Distinguished Service in Mental Health Promotion
recognizes an individual or organization with an outstanding record
supporting individuals or a community with creative and sustained
mental health programming.
Juries & Commitees
Adjudication of IPAC Awards has a two-tier process. The nominations
are screened by an awards committee that will develop a shortlist of
the nominations. The jury will then determine the winner for each category.
To submit a nomination, fill in the nomination form and submit it
before the closing date.
Winners will be contacted before the Annual Conference in October.
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Submission Process
All submissions for IPAC awards will use the same nomination form. Nominations must include a concise description of the nominee and/or the nominee’s initiative that commenced and was implemented in the previous year. Descriptions should be no longer than 1000 words. Nominators should not be directly involved with the work of the nominee. Reference letters are critical; each nomination must be accompanied by a maximum of three references with a minimum of 2 external. Letters should be 750 words or less and written by individuals who were not directly involved with the nominee’s work.
The nomination submission should address the following three criteria:
- Meaningful results with extensive, documented impact
- Effectiveness, efficiencies and/or cost savings
- Scalability as a prototype for others to use
Additional consideration will be given to projects with regard to the following criteria:
- Implications for good environmental stewardship
- Equity, inclusion, and diversity
- Digitally grounded.
All nominees selected for the shortlist of their respective award must consent to their nomination for the award.
Awards granted to teams (e.g., Innovation Award) shall be granted to a maximum of ten members of the team.
Click here to access the nomination form
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