Canada’s Safest Employers Awards 2023

The BGIS Award for Safety Leader of the Year

This award recognizes an individual who best exemplifies leadership and vision in the world of OHS in Canada. Eligible nominees must be safety professionals with more than 10 years of experience in the industry.

Technical Guidelines

The information you include in this form will be the only documentation provided to the judging panel for winner selection. All finalist submissions will remain confidential and are protected by the Non-Disclosure Agreement signed by all judges, and will only be shared with the judging panel except where stated otherwise. You can save your submission as a draft and return to it multiple times, however, we recommend that you save your work externally and upload your entire submission once complete, to avoid any loss of data that can be caused by possible technical/server/connectivity issues. Please adhere to the due date of Friday, April 21st, 2023 11:59 pm ET. By submitting this form and the information within it, you confirm you have the right to do so on behalf of the finalist individual or organization and you verify that all information within it is true, complete and accurate.

Nominee name *

Nominee title *

Nominee Organization *

Nominee phone *

Nominee email *

Kindly upload a Company Logo (if finalist is a company) or Formal Headshot (if finalist is an individual)- Upload Limit: 5MB; 5000 pixels by 5000 pixels; PNG, JPEG or PDF formats only *

1. Provide a brief history of the nominees time in the safety industry and demonstrate progression in their career through different roles. *

2. Does the nominee have related certifications? Please identify, if any. *

3. Describe a particular project or initiative this nominee has initiated/developed/implemented, and how this helped raise the culture of safety in the organization. (You can choose to describe more than one initiative here if you wish.) *

4. What else does the nominee do to promote health and safety in the organization? *

5. What leadership skills does this nominee demonstrate? How does he/she “walk the safety talk”? *

6. Describe the nominee's commitment to health and safety outside of his/her own organization. *

If you wish, you may upload any supplementary materials to support your answers. - Upload Limit: 5GB in total; PNG, JPEG, PDF, DOC formats only

Nominator Name: *

Nominator Job Title: *

Nominator Organization: *

Nominator Email: *

Nominator Telephone: *