History of Awards
Awards of Excellence for Municipal Workplace Literacy Achievements
The Canadian Association of Municipal Administrators (CAMA) and the Literate Cities Project presented the first National Awards of Excellence for Municipal Workplace Literacy Achievements in 2001. The five awards were presented to the pilot projects from the Literacy in the Municipal Workforce Project. The awards were a celebration of the 'journey of discovery' that they embarked on with us, the recognition of their contributions and commitment to the process, and an acknowledgement of the key role that management and labour jointly play to make these programs a true success.
More information on the 2001 Award Recipients is available here.
In 2002, parameters and categories for future award submissions were established. A national committee was formed to set the policies and criteria for the National Awards of Excellence for Municipal Workplace Literacy Achievements. Committee members represented municipal unions, management, CAMA, the Literate Cities Project and program instructors.
Four award categories were recommended:
- Learner Achievement as a result of participating in a workplace education program.
- Organizational Commitment to Workplace Literacy and Education. There must be evidence of leadership and long term success (more than 2 years) with workplace education initiatives.
- Development of Effective and Successful Partnerships to plan and deliver workplace education programs.
- Creative Design of Workplace Education Programs. The award recognizes the efforts of people or groups who have designed new learning approaches for workplace education programs.
The 2002 awards were given in three of the four categories:
More information on the 2002 Award Recipients is available here.
In 2003, the committee recommended a fifth award category:
- Recognition of New Workplace Education and Literacy Initiatives to recognize the leadership and efforts of new municipal workplace education and literacy initiatives that have had instructional programs in-place for less than two years.
CAMA presented five 2003 National Awards of Excellence for Municipal Workplace Literacy Achievements at its Annual General Meeting on May 28 in Winnipeg, MB:
- Learner Achievement: Melvin Vautour, CUPE Local 51, City of Moncton (NB)
- Development of Effective & Successful Partnerships: City of St. John's (NF) and its partners CUPE Local 569, CUPE Local 1289, NAPE Local 7808 and IAFF Local 1075
- Organizational Commitment to Workplace Literacy & Education: City of Vancouver (BC) and its partners CUPE Local 1004, CUPE Local 15 and the Vancouver School Board
- Creative Design of Workplace Education Programs: City of Winnipeg (MB) and CUPE Local 500
- Recognition of New Workplace Education and Literacy Initiatives: City of Charlottetown (PEI) and its partners CUPE Local 501 Civic), CUPE Local 501 (WWTP), CUPE Local 830, Charlottetown Police Association PANS Local 301, Voluntary Association of Charlottetown Employees and Workplace Education PEI
