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Deadline: June 4

Nature Inspiration Awards: $5000 prize for individuals and organizations. About nominations.

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Nature Inspiration Awards

The Nature Inspiration Awards recognize individuals and organizations whose specific projects encourage Canadians to take an interest in natural history, create links with nature and contribute to its preservation.

Nominations are now open for the 2021 Nature Inspiration Awards.

Nominations

You may submit an application or a nomination for a third party in one of these categories:

Youth
Adult
Not-for-Profit Organization (Small and Medium)
Not-for-Profit Organization (Large)
Community Action
Sustainable Business.

Information about nominations.

Submit a nomination.

2020 Winners

Meet the individuals, organizations and businesses whose outstanding accomplishments are honoured by the Nature Inspiration Awards.

A collage that represents the award winners.

Dates to Remember

June 4, 2021
Deadline to send nominations.

September 2021
Announcement of finalists.

November 24, 2021
Award ceremony.

Prizes Offered to the Winners

One Grand Prize of $5000 in each category. Each winner then gives this prize to a nature-related programme of his or her choice
For Adult, Lifetime and Youth winners: The Canadian Museum of Nature will sponsor membership in the Canadian International Union for the Conservation of Nature
National recognition through different media, including press release, advertisement in The Globe and Mail and The Walrus, social media, brochure and the Nature Inspiration Awards web pages

Prizes Offered to the Finalists

National recognition through different media, including press release, advertisement in The Globe and Mail and The Walrus, social media, brochure and the Nature Inspiration Awards website

Jury 2020

Shelley Ambrose, Executive Director/Co-Publisher, The Walrus
Caitlyn Baikie, Education Policy Advisor, Inuit Tapiriit Kanatami
Carolynn Beaty, Director of Granting, The Sitka Foundation
Jack Cockwell, Chairman/CEO, Partners Limited
Philip Crawley, Publisher, The Globe and Mail
Dolf DeJong, Chief Executive Officer, Toronto Zoo
John Geiger, CEO, Royal Canadian Geographic Society
Danika Goosney, Vice-President, Scholarships and Fellowships, Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council
Geoff Green, Founder and Executive Director, Students on Ice
Erica Thompson, Senior National Director—Conservation Engagement and Development, Nature Conservancy of Canada
Meg Beckel, ex officio, President and CEO, Canadian Museum of Nature