Awards

We look forward to receiving nominations for many of our hard-working volunteers and encourage you to nominate individuals or companies/educational institutions for as many awards as you can!

New Member Recognition Award

Purpose:

  • Rewards professionalism and leadership to an active volunteer early on in his/her affiliation with CACEE

Criteria:

  • Has the individual been a member in good standing of CACEE for two years or less?
  • Has the individual made meaningful contribution to CACEE through activities at a regional or national level?
  • Has the individual demonstrated commitment to the profession above and beyond the regular duties?

Moe Ktytor Award of Merit

Purpose:

  • Intended to recognize an exemplary contribution to CACEE.  The contribution must be specific and definable, may constitute one single act or a number of cumulative activities over several years, and must have impacted CACEE at a national level. 

Criteria:

  • Has the individual been a member in good standing of CACEE?
  • Has the CACEE member made an identifiable, exemplary contribution, which has had a positive impact on the Association?

Regional Recognition Award

Purpose:

  • Intended to recognize volunteer contributions to the association through activities at a regional level.  It may constitute one single act or a number of cumulative activities over several years. 

Criteria:

  • Has the individual been a member in good standing of CACEE for the past year?
  • Has the individual made a meaningful and significant contribution to the association through activities at a regional level?

Corporate Recognition and Educational Institution Recognition

Purpose:

  • To annually recognize one company and one educational institution that has shown exemplary support and contribution to CACEE at a national level.

Criteria:

  • Has the company / educational institution contributed toward CACEE in the form of active members? (i.e. Members on committees/boards, etc.)
  • Has the company / educational institution contributed toward CACEE in another form? (i.e. Members have been facilitators at CACEE events,
  • Have company employees been mentors or buddies for new members? 
  • Have they provided a venue for a PD event, or hosted a conference, etc.)?
  • Has the company / educational institution contributed financially? (i.e. Sponsorship)

Life Membership

Purpose:

  • To enable a singularly deserving long-standing member to continue their affiliation with CACEE when that affiliation is due to be severed (usually as a result of retirement).  It would not necessarily be granted in the case of a career or job change.

Criteria:

  • Has the individual been a member of CACEE for a minimum of ten years?
  • Has the individual made a significant contribution to the Association at a regional and/or national level?|
  • Has the individual made a contribution to the field of career services and/or campus recruitment over a number of years?
  • The individual's retirement date is pending with the current year, or taken place in the recent past (1-2 years).
  • Has the individual been a member-in-good-standing at/or within approximately a year of the date of the retirement?

Outstanding Achievement (Member) and Outstanding Achievement (Non-Member)

Purpose:

  • To annually recognize one CACEE member and one Non-member by granting them high-profile recognition for a major, definable contribution made to the fields of career planning and/or recruitment.  Non-member recipient(s) may be individuals, organizations, institutions, or public sector agencies/ministries.

Criteria:

  • Does the contribution have relevance to the changing field of career planning and/or recruitment and therefore relates to the area of endeavor for which CACEE exists?
  • Is it a major and definable contribution on a regional or national level, with proven results i.e. Improving quality, efficiency and/or cost effectiveness?
  • Is there a strong sense of dedication to the fundamental principles of fostering services to support career planning and recruitment?
  • Has the contribution improved quality, efficiency and/or cost effectiveness?
  • Can the contribution be replicated or adapted at other organizations?
  • Is the contribution creative and does it extend the current knowledge base

Cupples Cup

Purpose:

  • The Cupples Cup was inaugurated by the National Board in 1970 and represents the spirit of camaraderie among members for which CACEE is known. This award was named in honour of CACEE member, Colleen Cupples, who truly exemplified all of these qualities. The Cupples Cup represents the three underlying ideals necessary to have a successful conference: Vim, Vigor and Vitality.
  • The Cupples Cup is one of the most prestigious awards given out at the conference and the names of the winners that surround this award represent some of the most dedicated and hard-working volunteers that CACEE has seen.
  • The Cup recognizes a National Conference delegate who goes above and beyond; a delegate who makes an effort to get to know as many people as possible. The Cupples Cup exists to recognize the energy, enthusiasm and high social involvement that one contributes to the National Conference.

Criteria:

  • Has the individual made a significant contribution to the National Conference through his/her energy, enthusiasm and high social involvement to the event?

Students’ Choice Awards – The Best Career Fair Employer

Purpose:

  • To nationally recognize four employers (one in each CACEE region - Quebec, Atlantic, Western and Ontario), member or non-member of CACEE, for their work in campus recruitment.  The Students’ Choice Awards are intended to: give students a national voice and a way to become directly involved with CACEE; support student involvement at career fairs; and recognize employers who participate in career fairs.

Criteria:

  • The Students’ Choice Awards recognize participation in Career Fairs that run from September 1st 2009 to March 31st 2010.  
  • Career Centres who participate ask their students: ‘Which employer impressed you the most at the career fair, and why?’
  • The greatest number of votes for an employer in each Region determines the winner in that Region. 

    Since this Award is chosen by students, you cannot nominate a company.  However, if you are career centre and run a career fair that takes place by March 31st 2010, please contact Catherine Stace, catherine.stace@mcgill.ca for further information.

Rob Shea Research Award

Guidelines:

“Significant research” may include but not be limited to research on the twin themes of:
a) career practice (counselling, education, planning, advising, coaching, etc) and
b) school-to-work transition (recruitment, retention, corporate career development, human resource education) for which CACEE advances on behalf of its membership.

While the award(s) has limited monetary value, the award(s) will recognize the recipient’s contribution to research of value to CACEE and the wider field of career development within Canada.  Two awards of $500 each may be awarded each year. 

The award(s) will:

  • Be presented at the CACEE National Conference.
  • Include an invitation to present the research findings at the CACEE national conference or a regional event.
  • Provide an opportunity for the researcher to have the article included in a future issue of the Canadian Journal of Career Development/Revue canadienne de developpement de carriere. 

Award Eligibility:

  • Award winners must be from institutions which have at least one membership with CACEE. 
  • Research must be original, well written, in English or French, incorporate the themes noted above, and be of high quality.
  • Although intended as an annual award, there is no commitment by the Awards Working Group to make a selection each year.

Submission Guidelines:

  • The Awards Working Group will issue a call for research papers directly to the CACEE membership and encourage members to share this information with colleagues.
  • Eligible research must be submitted to the CACEE National Office by April 30, 2010.
  • The research paper may be submitted in PDF format to annem@cacee.com or by mail to: Executive Director, Canadian Association of Career Educators and Employers, 720 Spadina Avenue, Suite 202, Toronto, ON M5S 2T9.

Evaluation Criteria:

  • The adjudication criteria will include the following;
    • 1. The research may utilize a number of methodologies/data collection techniques.
    2. Research may span a period of year or a single study.
    3. The research contributes to the understanding and/or enhancement of Canadian post-secondary career education and transition to employment.
    4. Analysis of data is appropriate.
    5. Conclusions, implications, or recommendations follow logically and reasonably from the research findings.
    6. The research is well-organized and clearly written.

For more information about the Rob Shea Research Award, please contact members of the Awards Working Group: