Calgary Awards

The Calgary Awards is an award given out annually by the Canadian city of Calgary. It is managed by the official citizen recognition program of Calgary and was established in 1994. It is meant to celebrate contributions done to the community by Calgarians. There are several categories, ranging from "Citizen of the Year", "The Award for Accessibility", "The Community Achievement Awards", "The Environmental Achievement Award", "The Signature Award" and the "W.O. Mitchell Book Prize".^{[1][2][3][4][5]} Recipients are honored at a ceremony attended by the Mayor of Calgary and members of the City Council which is televised Telus.^{[6][7][8][9][10][11][12][13][14][15][16]}

References

1. 3 Calgary writers shortlisted for W.O Mitchell Book Prize Archived 30 January 2018 at archive.today
2. W.O. Mitchell Book Prize shortlist announced Archived 30 January 2018 at archive.today
3. "Harbour Publishing: Nightwood Editions Congratulates Diane Guichon, Winner of The City of Calgary Book Prize". www.harbourpublishing.com. Archived from the original on 2015-09-25.
4. "Crate makes shortlist for W.O. Mitchell Book Prize - Windspeaker - AMMSA". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
5. "Entries Being Accepted for the City of Calgary W.O. Mitchell Book Prize". 20 November 2016.
6. "Kennedy named Citizen of the Year at Calgary Awards". Archived from the original on 2015-02-23.
7. "UCalgary connections in spotlight at Calgary Awards | UToday | University of Calgary". Archived from the original on 2019-05-03. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
8. "Former United Way CEO named Citizen of the Year during Calgary Awards". calgaryherald. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
9. "Big Brother volunteer David Pickersgill named Calgary's Citizen of the Year | Metro Calgary". Archived from the original on 2018-01-31. Retrieved 2018-01-30.
10. "16 deserving Calgarians receive recognition at the 2015 The Calgary Awards". Retrieved 9 May 2023.
11. https://www.pressreader.com/canada/calgary-herald/20170629/281762744271223. Retrieved 9 May 2023 – via PressReader. {{cite web}}: Missing or empty |title= (help)
12. "Recognizing 17 Calgary Awards recipients".
13. "Nominate someone outstanding for a Calgary Award | News".
14. "Mayor Jyoti Gondek". calgary.ca. Retrieved 9 May 2023.
15. "The City Honoured Recipients at the 2015 Calgary Awards". 8 October 2016.
16. "CTV's Darrel Janz honoured with Calgary Award". 11 June 2013.

External links

• Calgary Awards at Calgary.ca