JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Initiative of the Year Award

CMC’s JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) of the Year Award honours Canadian cooperative and/or mutual organizations that have made a significant contribution to integrating notions of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion into their practices, their organization and their community.

Criteria

The following criteria will be considered:

Innovation: The manner in which the organization developed, created and/or introduced a new product, service, approach, process, method, revolutionary idea to the cooperative and/or mutual movement that incorporated notions of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.
Impact: How the applicant organization’s innovation has achieved distinct, positive, and meaningful change in cooperatives and/or mutuals with respect to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.
Recognition: National or international recognition that the nominated organization has received for its work related to its justice, equity, diversity and inclusion practices.

Eligibility

The recipient organization of the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Initiative of the Year Award must be a member of CMC or a member of a CMC member.

Process

A sponsor must submit an award nomination form outlining the contributions of the organization being nominated. The endorsement should relate to more than one of the criteria. Each nomination must be accompanied by a minimum of two (2) letters of support.

Award Nomination forms must be received by CMC by the deadline provided in the Call for Award Nominations (at least 120 days before the CMC event where the award will be presented). Please note that the deadline is subject to change.

Last year’s nominations are automatically considered and can be updated or withdrawn by the sponsor or the nominee.

Method

The Nominations and Awards Committee will review the award nominations for an organization receiving the CMC JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Initiative of the Year Award and make a recommendation to the Board. A recommendation will only be made when the Nominations and Awards Committee determines that the criteria for the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusivity) Initiative of the Year Award have been met to the satisfaction of Committee.

Recognition

The CMC JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Initiative of the Year Award will be presented at a CMC event. The sponsor will cover the cost for the recipient to attend the event where the award is announced. Where the sponsor is unable to cover the cost, CMC will help defray the cost within its budget.

JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Initiative of the Year Award - CMC

Please fill out the form down below to have your organization nominated for the JEDI (Justice, Equity, Diversity and Inclusion) Initiative of the Year Award.

JEDI initiative of the year award (EN)

Nominated Organization

Information about the Nominated Organization

Name of the organization

Contact Person Information

Name

Last Name

E-mail

Phone/Mobile

I accept to be nominated for the JEDI Initiative of the Year Award.

I accept this nomination.

Sponsoring Organization

Information about the organization that sponsors the individual for the Award.

Name of the organization

Information about the contact person. Please fill the fields down below.

Name

Last Name

E-mail

Phone/Mobile

Letters of Support

2 letters of support must be provided as endorsement of this nomination.

How many letters of support would you like to insert?

Insert here the text of your first letter of support (500 word max)

Insert here the text of your second letter of support (500 word max)

Rationale for the Nomination

Provide the reasons motivating your nomination. Please, take into consideration that there is a limit of 500 words in total for all 3 following questions.

Innovation: The manner in which the organization developed, created and/or introduced a new product, service, approach, process, method, revolutionary idea to the cooperative and/or mutual movement that incorporated notions of justice, equity, diversity and inclusion.

Impact: How the applicant organization's innovation has achieved distinct, positive, and meaningful change in cooperatives and/or mutuals with respect to justice, equity, diversity, and inclusion.

Recognition: National or international recognition that the nominated organization has received for its work related to its justice, equity, diversity and inclusion practices.