Nominations are now open for the Women of Peterborough–Kawartha Community Award to recognize outstanding service to the community.
Maryam Monsef, Peterborough-Kawartha MP and Minister of Status of Women, announced the creation of the new award at the inaugural Rural Women’s Summit, an event she organized at the Buckhorn Community Centre on March 2, 2018.
Nominees for the award may demonstrate leadership in any one or more of the following categories:
- Entrepreneurialism
- Environmental Stewardship
- Community leadership
- Community Service
- Work toward combatting poverty
- Work toward ending discrimination
- Work toward gender equality
- Work toward Indigenous Reconciliation
- Work toward rural community sustainability.
In order to be eligible for the award, nominees must reside, work, or study within the boundaries of the electoral district of Peterborough–Kawartha. There are no age restrictions on nominees, but there will only be individual awards (no group or paired awards).
Monsef will select the award recipients from the submitted nominations. Recipients will be notified in September, with an award ceremony to be held in October 2018 as part of National Women’s History Month.
Nomination submissions should be no more than 300 words, should describe why the individual is being nominated for the award, and should include both the nominator’s and the nominee’s full name and contact information.
The nomination deadline is Mother’s Day — Sunday, May 13, 2018.
Submit completed nominations directly to the Constituency Office of MP Maryam Monsef, either by email to Maryam.Monsef@parl.gc.ca or by postal mail to “Office of MP Maryam Monsef, 417 Bethune Street, Suite 4, Peterborough ON, K9H 3Z1” (no postage is required).
