2024 Karen Takacs Award

KAREN TAKACS AWARD 2024
About Karen Takacs

Karen Takacs was a celebrated and cherished leader of the Canadian international community. For over 20 years, Karen worked tirelessly to improve the lives and advance the rights of women and girls locally, nationally, and internationally. Karen was a catalyst for collaboration in the Canadian international sector. Throughout her life, Karen was admired for motivating and bringing people together around a common cause. By way of encouragement, generosity, and humour, Karen led by mobilizing and supporting others. Following Karen’s passing in 2015, Cooperation Canada created an award to honour her invaluable contribution to the fight for social and economic justice, and to celebrate the unique collaborative leadership she demonstrated throughout her career, including her time as Chair of the Board of Cooperation Canada. For the Canadian global development community, The Karen Takacs Award is a symbol of feminism, collaboration, advocacy, mentorship and resilience.
Deadline for submission is December 20, 2024
Please note that individuals must be peer nominated by at least two peers.
1. First Nominator's Name*

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2. First Nominator's Email*
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5. Second Nominator's Name*

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9. Nominee's Name*

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10. Nominee's Email*
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12. Nominee's Title and Organization*
13. I confirm that the nominee identifies as a feminist, is Canadian or resides in Canada and is a leader contributing to power shift*

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14. Please confirm whether the nominee would prefer to be contacted in English or in French

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15. Please confirm the nominee is aware of the expectations should they be the award winner, including attendance at Cooperation Canada's International Development Week Award Ceremony, serve on the Karen Takacs Award Committee for 1 year, and that they will be invited to host a leadership relevant workshop within the year from when the award is presented.

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16. Please provide a short bio of the nominee (250 words)*

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Ways to submit your nomination

To ensure an accessible and inclusive nomination process, we have created more ways to provide information on nominees. We ask that all packages try to answer questions 18-22, however our aim is to provide flexibility in doing so through one of two approaches. 1) Nominators can provide a written application by answering the questions below through this form, and attach supporting, supplementary information. 2) Nominators may alternatively provide a short audio or video submission (no more than 5 minutes) through this form that answers the questions below and attach supporting, supplementary information.
17. I am submitting the nomination by:

a written application to the questions below with supplementary information as needed.a short audio or video submission to the questions below, with supplementary information as needed.
18. Please describe how the nominee has contributed to feminist advocacy for women, girls and/or non-binary people (300 words max)

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19. Please tell us how the nominee has made a difference working collaboratively (300 words max)

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20. Please explain how the nominee has challenged power structures to combat inequity (300 words max)

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21. Please tell us how the nominee has inspired or influenced their peers (300 words max)

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22. Do you expect that the nominee will be available during the week of February 3 - 7, 2025 (virtual or in-person) to participate in the Awards ceremony?
SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION

To assist the selection committee in choosing a candidate, we welcome links to websites, articles or other documentation that illustrate the nominee's advocacy work and its impact, testimonials from those benefitting from or witnessing the activism. A maximum of 5 pages of supplementary information should be submitted. Please collate the supplementary documents into one single document and upload below. Please upload audio or video files seperately.
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KAREN TAKACS AWARD 2024

About Karen Takacs

Deadline for submission is December 20, 2024

Ways to submit your nomination