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Nine Canadian municipalities have won national awards of excellence from the Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA). The awards were presented in the areas of innovation, environmental leadership and sustainability, professional development, and collaboration during an Awards of Excellence Ceremony held on May 31, 2023 at the 2023 CAMA Conference at the Deerhurst Resort.
Winning efforts included a systems-based corporate planning effort, a roundtable to better understand local needs and to facilitate the exchange of knowledge and resources, a leadership effort in digital democracy and online voting, a renewable energy project, a park development that placed a high priority on maintaining natural features, a project that determined the value of natural assets, the development of a project leading to the creation of a culture of continuous improvement, an Indigenous leadership table, and a regional childcare project.
“On behalf of the CAMA Board, I am pleased to recognize the excellence being showcased by municipal governments and their partners in the areas of innovation, environmental leadership and sustainability, professional development, as well as the area of collaboration,” said Bev Hendry, CAMA President and CAMA Member-At-Large (For Municipalities with Populations Under 100,000) and CAO for the Township of West Lincoln, ON. “I am truly impressed by the number of great things going on from coast to coast to coast to build better municipalities.”
The following municipalities and projects were recognized, in four categories:
2023 CAMA Willis Award for Innovation
District of Port Hardy, BC, Under 20,000-Population Category, Systems-Based Corporate Planning
City of Montreal, QC – Borough of Outremont, 20,001 to 100,000-Population Category, From the Community Cell to the Neighbourhood Roundtable of Outremont
City of Markham, ON, Over 100,000-Population Category, Innovating Democracy at the City of Markham: 2022 Markham Municipal Election
2023 CAMA Environmental Leadership & Sustainability Award
City of Summerside, PEI, Under 20,000-Population Category, Summerside Sunbank Project
City of St. Albert, AB, 20,001 to 100,000-Population Category, Grey Nuns White Spruce Park Development
City of Calgary, AB, Over 100,000-Population Category, Determining the Value of Natural Assets in The City of Calgary
2023 CAMA Professional Development Award
Peterborough County, ON, 20,001 to 100,000-Population Category, "Prime for Lean” – Developing a Culture of Continuous Improvement
2023 CAMA Collaboration Award
The District Municipality of Muskoka, ON, Collaboration with External Organizations (No Population Category), Muskoka Area Indigenous Leadership Table (MAILT)
Rural Municipality of Portage la Prairie and the City of Portage la Prairie, MB, Collaboration with Municipalities (No Population Category), Regional Childcare Project
“For decades, the CAMA Awards of Excellence have recognized the achievements of local governments and their senior staff in the development and implementation of successful programs, projects or services,” said Vincent Lalonde, Chair of the 2023 CAMA Awards, as well as CAMA Board Representative for British Columbia and City Manager for the City of Surrey, BC. “This year we received 35 award submissions. Congratulations to the winners and everyone who took the time to enter the awards program.”
To find out more about each award, and to see a video outlining each project, visit www.camacam.ca/awards and look for the award recipients’ link. The executive summaries and video links are also noted below.
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