Canada Awards for Excellence

The Canada Awards for Excellence are the national quality awards of Canada.[2][3] They are administered by Excellence Canada, a not-for-profit organization on behalf of the Governor General of Canada.[4] Industry Canada established the awards in 1984[Note 1] as the Canadian Business Excellence Awards. The National Quality Institute (NQI) was spun off as a separate, self-sustaining entity to administer the awards in 1992 and became Excellence Canada in 2011.[5] While originally intended for profitmaking Canadian firms, the awards are now open to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations.

Canada Awards for Excellence
Awarded forRecognizing Canadian businesses for excellence in applying the principles of Total Quality Management as embodied in Excellence Canada's Progressive Excellence Program
Sponsored byExcellence Canada
CountryCanada
First awarded1984[Note 1]
Websitewww.excellence.ca/en/awards/

Criteria and judging

As of 2014, there are eleven awards categories:[6]

  • Canada Order of Excellence (COE)
  • Excellence, Innovation and Wellness (formerly Integrated Quality and Healthy Workplace)
  • Quality (Private and Public Sectors)
  • Healthy Workplace
  • Mental Health at Work
  • Healthy Workplace for Small Organizations
  • Education (K to 12)
  • Quality and Customer Service for Small Organizations
  • Community Building
  • Projects
  • SeniorWise

As is typical for national quality awards, hopefuls complete a self-assessment[7] which is reviewed by volunteer judges ("verifiers") and high-scoring candidates receive a follow-up site visit for closer judging.[8] Based on the recommendations of the judges, a jury panel determines the awarding.[9] Additionally, judges prepare detailed feedback which each applicant can use as the basis of self-improvement projects.

See also

Notes
  1. Quality was not awarded as a separate category until 1989[1]

References
  1. Beecroft, G. Dennis; Duffy, Grace L. (2003), The Executive Guide to Improvement and Change, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: American Society for Quality, p. 60, ISBN 9780873895798, OCLC 51553408
  2. Evans, James R.; Lindsay, William M. (1999), The Management and Control of Quality (4 ed.), Nashville, Tennessee: South-Western College Publishing, pp. 144–145, ISBN 9780538882422, OCLC 38475486
  3. Porter, Leslie J.; Tanner, S. J. (1996), Assessing Business Excellence: A Guide to Self-Assessment, Boston, Massachusetts: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 70–71, ISBN 9780750624794, OCLC 34115854
  4. "Awards". excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-06-05. Retrieved 2014-06-01. The Governor General of Canada is the Patron of the Canada Awards for Excellence...
  5. "National Quality Institute is becoming Excellence Canada". excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Archived from the original on 2016-11-04. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  6. "Award Categories". excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  7. "How to Apply". excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  8. "Adjudication Process". excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Archived from the original on 2014-06-02. Retrieved 2014-06-01.
  9. Beecroft, G. Dennis; Duffy, Grace L. (2003), The Executive Guide to Improvement and Change, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: American Society for Quality, p. 61, ISBN 9780873895798, OCLC 51553408
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