Canada Awards for Excellence

Canada Awards for Excellence
Awarded for Recognizing Canadian businesses for excellence in applying the principles of Total Quality Management as embodied in Excellence Canada's Progressive Excellence Program
Sponsored by Excellence Canada
Country Canada
First awarded 1984[Note 1]
Official website www.excellence.ca/en/awards/

The Canada Awards for Excellence are the national quality awards of Canada.[2][3] They are administered by Excellence Canada, a not-for-profit organization on behalf of the Governor General of Canada.[4] Industry Canada established the awards in 1984[Note 1] as the Canadian Business Excellence Awards. The National Quality Institute (NQI) was spun off as a separate, self-sustaining entity to administer the awards in 1992 and became Excellence Canada in 2011.[5] While originally intended for profitmaking Canadian firms, the awards are now open to government agencies and not-for-profit organizations.

Criteria and judging

As of 2014, there are eleven awards categories:[6]

As is typical for national quality awards, hopefuls complete a self-assessment[7] which is reviewed by volunteer judges ("verifiers") and high-scoring candidates receive a follow-up site visit for closer judging.[8] Based on the recommendations of the judges, a jury panel determines the awarding.[9] Additionally, judges prepare detailed feedback which each applicant can use as the basis of self-improvement projects.

See also

Notes

  1. 1 2 Quality was not awarded as a separate category until 1989[1]

References

  1. ↑ Beecroft, G. Dennis; Duffy, Grace L. (2003), The Executive Guide to Improvement and Change, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: American Society for Quality, p. 60, ISBN 9780873895798, OCLC 51553408
  2. ↑ Evans, James R.; Lindsay, William M. (1999), The Management and Control of Quality (4 ed.), Nashville, Tennessee: South-Western College Publishing, pp. 144–145, ISBN 9780538882422, OCLC 38475486
  3. ↑ Porter, Leslie J.; Tanner, S. J. (1996), Assessing Business Excellence: A Guide to Self-Assessment, Boston, Massachusetts: Butterworth-Heinemann, pp. 70–71, ISBN 9780750624794, OCLC 34115854
  4. ↑ "Awards". http://www.excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Retrieved 2014-06-01. The Governor General of Canada is the Patron of the Canada Awards for Excellence... External link in |website= (help)
  5. ↑ "National Quality Institute is becoming Excellence Canada". http://www.excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Retrieved 2014-06-01. External link in |website= (help)
  6. ↑ "Award Categories". http://www.excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Retrieved 2014-06-01. External link in |website= (help)
  7. ↑ "How to Apply". http://www.excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Retrieved 2014-06-01. External link in |website= (help)
  8. ↑ "Adjudication Process". http://www.excellence.ca. Toronto, Ontario, Canada: Excellence Canada. Retrieved 2014-06-01. External link in |website= (help)
  9. ↑ Beecroft, G. Dennis; Duffy, Grace L. (2003), The Executive Guide to Improvement and Change, Milwaukee, Wisconsin: American Society for Quality, p. 61, ISBN 9780873895798, OCLC 51553408

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