CGCA 2025 - Blakes Judy L. Wilson Diversity Award Nomination Form

Blakes Judy L. Wilson Diversity Award 2025

Nomination Form
NOMINATION CLOSING DATE: TUESDAY, APRIL 8TH, 2025,
AT 12 PM – EASTERN TIME
INSTRUCTIONS:

Before submitting the form:

- Collect all necessary information about the nominator(s) and the candidate.

- To draft your nomination, download the Word version here.

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ELIGIBILITY: Open to all Canadian Law Departments

This award recognizes a law department that has demonstrated an innovative approach to encourage and promote diverse and inclusive workspaces, either within their company/organization or more broadly across their industry. Nominations should outline how gaps or issues were identified, as well as how solutions were reached and implemented. Ideally, the impact will affect recruiting, hiring retention and advancement practices, as well as other diversity directions. Evidence should be provided of significant and, where possible, measurable impact. Additionally, nominations should articulate how the law department’s approach fits into the bigger picture within the company/organization/industry.

Judges will be looking for the work done to influence policies and procedures that will ensure on-going growth and improvement.

Previous Diversity Award Recipients:

2024 – Andrea Wood, TELUS Legal and Regulatory Affairs Team
2023 – Sloane Litchen & Trish Callon, Sun Life
2022 – Sue-Lynn Noel, Purolator Inc.
2021 – Gordon Currie, George Weston Limited

In the Diversity nomination form please advise how the legal department addresses the following award criteria:

- Specific diversity programmes/initiatives (400 words)

- Leadership: how the law department’s approach fits into the bigger picture within the company/organization/industry (500 words)

- Implementation: Identify how diversity gaps or issues were identified, as well as how solutions were reached and implemented (300 words)

- Impact: Evidence should be provided of significant and, where possible, measurable impact (300 words)

- Quotes & References (400 words)

Nominator
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Nominee
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General Counsel*
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SPECIFIC DIVERSITY PROGRAMMES/INITIATIVES:*

0/400
DEMONSTRATING LEADERSHIP:*

0/500
IMPLEMENTATION:*

0/300
IMPACT:*

0/300
QUOTES & REFERENCES

0/400
Should be Empty:

Blakes Judy L. Wilson Diversity Award 2025

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