Nomination Procedures
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The Ministry of the Public Service is introducing a new category to the Public Service Outstanding Awards: “The Keeper of the Flame” and is now accepting nominations for that award.
Nominations are accepted online only and the nomination itself must be: no more than six pages
- Be supplemented by at least two and up to five letters of endorsement. Letters of endorsement may be signed by more than one individual.
- All documents are to be uploaded via the link in the online form.
Self-nominations are not accepted.
The Public Service Outstanding Awards includes nine categories: (See Categories page for more details of the criteria for each)
- Keeper of the Flame
- Governor General Legacy Award
- Prime Minister’s Leadership Award
- Distinguished Public Service Career Award
- Award of Innovation
- Outstanding Rookie Award
- Outstanding Achiever Award
- Excellence in Citizen/Customer-focused Delivery Award
- Heroic Act Award
All Nominations must include these documents:
- General Information, as is required in the online form plus, the following attachments:
- A cover letter from the nominator (not counted as one of the six pages)
- Letter of agreement from the nominee (not counted as one of the six pages)
- One-page summary of the accomplishments that the nominator believes make the nominee worthy of a Public Service Outstanding Award.
- Thorough detail on specific accomplishments. (This should comprise the bulk of the nomination information and may include discussions of creative and innovative programs to which the nominee has made a major contribution, the major impacts of the nominee’s work as a public manager or program leader and show how he/she has “made a difference.
- Brief summary of positions held and educational background.
- Civic, community, and professional involvements conducted outside of the work environment (if none, state none)
- Other awards received (if none, state none).
*Numbers 4 – 7 (above) should be expressed in no more than five pages*
For further details of the awards program please click the below policy link