Sections & Forums News: Calls for nominations

  • April 11, 2017

Call for Nominations

A number of national groups are putting out the call for nominees for a number of upcoming awards. Do you know someone who fits one of these bills? 

National Sections Council Award of Excellence

The National Sections Council Award of Excellence celebrates and recognizes the outstanding contribution of a National Section in providing service to members and furthering the objectives of the CBA. The deadline for nominations is May 31, 2017. Details

Cecilia I. Johnstone Award

The Cecilia I. Johnstone Award was established in 2007 to recognize women who have achieved professional excellence in their field and influenced other women to pursue legal careers, supported other women in career advancement or opened doors for women lawyers in a variety of job settings that historically were closed to them.  It is named to honour an outstanding lawyer, judge, CBA President, woman and friend who passed away April 15, 2006. 

The deadline for nominations is April 30. Please visit the Section award webpage for full eligibility and nomination procedure details.

The Honourable Walter S. Tarnopolsky Award

This award is given by the Canadian Section of the International Commission of Jurists each year to a Canadian resident who has made an outstanding contribution to human rights, domestically or internationally.  The award takes the form of an inscribed bronze medallion and an honorarium of one thousand dollars. Groups are not considered as candidates, and the award is not given posthumously.

The deadline for nominations is April 30. Please see the awards page for more information about eligibility and for the application form.