A Better Tomorrow Starts with Thanking You!
United Way of Calgary and Area’s Community Impact Awards celebrate the extraordinary agencies, corporations, donors, and volunteers who work together to create a better quality of life for thousands of Calgarians. This is our opportunity to thank and acknowledge the unwavering dedication of those who supported United Way last year.
Award recipients were announced on March 14, 2024.
Awards
Culbert Family Award for Philanthropy
The Culbert Family Award for Philanthropy is presented annually to two young professionals for their charitable giving and outstanding work in their community. Recipients of this award receive $2,000 to invest in their professional development or philanthropic endeavours.
Recipients:
Jackson McDonough & Jason Ribeiro
President’s Award
The President’s Award can be awarded to an individual, corporate partner, or other group and is our most prestigious award. It is at the sole discretion of the President with insight provided by staff. Recipients are not eligible if they have received the award in the past five years.
Recipient:
Imperial
Award of Excellence (over 250 employees)
This award recognizes candidates that have demonstrated outstanding and innovative campaigns with active Leadership Giving programs and a commitment to making Calgary a resilient and caring community where everyone thrives.
Nominees:
Keyera Corp.
Nutrien Ltd.
PCL Construction Management Inc.
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Tourmaline
University of Calgary
Recipient:
Tourmaline
Award of Excellence (under 250 employees)
This award recognizes candidates that have demonstrated outstanding and innovative campaigns with active Leadership Giving programs and a commitment to making Calgary a resilient and caring community where everyone thrives.
Nominees:
Lexus of Royal Oak
NuVista Energy
Rockpoint Gas Storage Canada Ltd.
Stampede Toyota
Surge Energy Inc.
Recipient:
NuVista Energy
Power of One
This award recognizes a United Way Workplace Campaign Volunteer who has exceeded expectations and created a greater awareness of United Way in the community and workplace through their personal involvement and initiative.
Nominees:
Harinder Basra – Bennett Jones LLP
Rukhsaar Daya – University of Calgary
Jennifer Fraser – Trimac
Meghan Godec – RBC Capital Markets
Carly Lauret – Baccalieu Energy Inc.
Cindy Nguyen – Connect First Credit Union
Renée Richardson – Shell Canada Limited
Susie Sochowski – Sanjel Energy Services
Justin Turc & Ashley Wilson – McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Susan Yuen – The City of Calgary
Recipients:
Justin Turc & Ashley Wilson – McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Quantum Leap (over 250 employees)
This award recognizes organizations and their employees who have achieved a significant growth in the current year over the previous year, including an increase in funds raised and increase of donors. Candidates also demonstrated an increase in overall giving and significant management support.
Nominees:
Black Diamond Group Limited
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Costco Wholesale Canada Ltd.
Intact Insurance
PCL Construction Management Inc.
PwC Canada
SECURE Energy
Spartan Controls Ltd.
TC Energy
TransAlta Corporation
Recipient:
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Quantum Leap (under 250 employees)
This award recognizes organizations and their employees who have achieved a significant growth in the current year over the previous year, including an increase in funds raised and increase of donors. Candidates also demonstrated an increase in overall giving and significant management support.
Nominees:
Keywest Projects Ltd.
Kingston Midstream
Perpetual Energy Inc.
PrairieSky Royalty Ltd.
Trican Well Service
Recipient:
Keywest Projects Ltd.
Spirit of Volunteerism, Education, and Engagement
This award recognizes an organization’s involvement in United Way’s Impact Speeches, Days of Caring, Facilitated Activities, and webinars as well as Special Events developed by their Campaign Co-chairs and Committee. All these activities demonstrate a strong spirit of engagement with United Way of Calgary and Area.
Nominees:
ARC Resources Ltd.
Canadian Natural Resources Limited
Charlesglen Toyota
Connect First Credit Union
Enbridge
MasTec Canada
NOVA Chemicals
PwC Canada
TD Bank Group
Recipient:
Enbridge
Workplace Excellence
This award celebrates noteworthy workplace campaigns that demonstrate industry excellence. The winning organization will have exhibited strong management support, a significant increase in Leadership Giving and total donations, a surge in employee involvement and has taken a fresh and innovative approach to their United Way campaign.
Recipients:
AltaLink
ARC Resources Ltd.
BMO Financial Group
The City of Calgary
Keyera Corp.
Kingston Midstream
NOVA Chemicals
Nutrien Ltd.
Pason Systems Inc.
Pembina Pipeline Corporation
Spartan Controls Ltd.
Welcome to United Way
This award recognizes organizations that are supporting United Way for the first time through empowering their employees and networks to participate with United Way in improving the quality of life for all Calgarians. To be eligible, the organization must not have conducted an employee campaign during the past five consecutive years. Eligible candidates demonstrate a commitment to the community by supporting United Way in any of the following ways: sponsorship, volunteerism, collaboration, and/or fundraising.
Recipients:
geoLOGIC systems ltd.
Kaizen Institute of North America
Lawson Lundell LLP
MasTec Canada
Symend
Sanjel Energy Services
Trillium Advisory Group
a Zachry Group Company
The 2023 Community Impact Awards are proudly sponsored by
AltaLink
geoLOGIC systems ltd.
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