Awards

Life Membership is a onetime award that recognizes outstanding service of enduring value to the Institute by regular and retired members of the Institute who have demonstrated leadership over a period of at least ten (10) years.

Care must be taken to ensure that only the most deserving are recommended for Life Membership. The Nominators should consider what the Nominee has accomplished to be set apart from others and which service is considered to be above and beyond that which might be expected of any devoted member. The fact that the Nominee has held many or all of the normal offices and has fulfilled these offices well and faithfully is not in itself sufficient to warrant a recommendation for the Life Membership Award. It is expected that those who accept PIPSC offices will put as much of themselves and their time into the job as their day-to-day activities will allow.

The membership strength of the Group, Sub-Group, Branch, and Region may be indicated, as services in a small or large community may have some bearing on the evaluation by the panel of judges.

It is expected that a person would normally have received an Institute Service Award before an Institute Life Membership Award, although this is not a strict requirement.

The nominators should assume that the panel of judges has only the completed nomination form on which to base its decision to approve or not. Therefore specific references, details, and dates concerning the outstanding service must be provided.

The attached Nomination Form should be read and used in conjunction with PIPSC By-Law 26.2, Regulation 26.2 and the following requirements and criteria.

1.   The Nominee must be a Regular or Retired Member of the Institute.
2.   The Nominee must have provided an outstanding service of enduring value to the Institute and demonstrated leadership for a period of at least ten (10) years.
3.   A minimum of six (6) Nominators are required and they must be Regular or Retired members of PIPSC in good standing.
4.   The Nomination Form must be completed as thoroughly as possible and should not exceed 1200 words (incomplete nominations will be returned to the Nominators for completion or will not be considered).
5.   Supplemental information in support of the nomination may be attached to the completed Nomination Form.
6.   The completed and signed Nomination Form must be received by the Institute no later than September 1, 2026 at 5 PM ET.

Nomination form

Nominations may also be sent by email to awards@pipsc.ca.

The President’s Achievement Award recognizes Institute members who exemplify the highest standards of service in their chosen field of work, and who have demonstrated a high level of commitment to promoting professionalism. The sciences, finance, engineering, health, procurement and informatics are among the more than seventy-five professional fields represented by PIPSC.

The nominators should consider what the nominee has accomplished to be set apart from others and why the achievement is considered to be above and beyond that which would normally be expected of any PIPSC professional.

The nominators should assume that the panel of judges has only the completed nomination form on which to base its decision to approve or not. Therefore specific references, details, and dates concerning the outstanding achievement must be provided.

The attached Nomination Form should be read and used in conjunction with PIPSC By-Law 26.8, Regulation 26.8 and the following requirements and criteria.

1. Only regular, retired, and former members of the Institute are eligible to receive this award.
2. The achievement being recognized must have been performed while the nominee was a member of the Institute.
3. The nominee must have demonstrated a high level of commitment in promoting professionalism and meet at least one of the following criteria:

• A contribution of exceptional professional dedication under extraordinary circumstances or exceptional contribution in professional team building, management practices or client relations and service;
• Successful completion of a project, the results of which reflect a high order of merit;
• An outstanding, unique achievement, innovation, or trend-setting initiative in the nominee’s profession.

4. At least three (3) persons may nominate any eligible person.
5. The names, addresses, and positions of at least two (2) references, qualified in the nominee’s profession, must be provided.
6. Previous nominations for this award may be resubmitted.
7. Achievements within the previous two (2) years will be given greater weight in the selection process.
8. The Nomination Form must be completed as thoroughly as possible and should not exceed 1200 words (incomplete nominations will be returned to the Nominators for completion or will not be considered).
9. Supplemental information may be attached to the completed nomination form. As supporting documentation will not be returned, original papers and/or publications should not accompany the nomination. A list of papers and publications is acceptable.
10. The completed Nomination Form must be received by the Institute no later than September 1, 2026 at 5 PM ET.

Nomination form

Nominations may also be sent by email to awards@pipsc.ca.

The Institute Service Award recognizes outstanding service by regular and retired members and employees of the Institute over a long period of time or of a shorter duration when the outstanding service is of such a high order that it results in a contribution of enduring value to the Institute.

The Nominators should consider what the Nominee has accomplished to be set apart from others and which service or contribution is considered to be above and beyond that which might be expected of any devoted member. The fact that the Nominee has held many or all of the normal offices, and has fulfilled these offices well and faithfully, is not in itself sufficient to warrant a recommendation for the Institute Service Award. It is expected that those who accept PIPSC offices will put as much of themselves and their time into the job as their day-to-day activities will allow.

The membership strength of the Group, Subgroup, Branch, and Region may be indicated, as service in a small or large community may have some bearing in the evaluation by the panel of judges.

It is expected that a person would normally have received a Citation Certificate before an Institute Service Award, although this not a strict requirement.

The nominators should assume that the panel of judges has only the completed nomination form on which to base its decision to approve or not. Therefore, specific references, details and dates concerning the outstanding service must be provided.

This nomination form should be read and used in conjunction with PIPSC By-Law 26.3, Regulation 26.3 and the following requirements and criteria.

1.   The nominee must be a regular or retired member or an employee of the Institute.
2.   The nominee must have provided an outstanding service to the Institute.
3.   A minimum of five (5) nominators are required and they must be regular or retired members of the Institute in good standing.
4.   The Nomination Form must be completed as thoroughly as possible and should not exceed 1200 words. Nominations will be returned to the nominators for completion or will not be considered.
5.   Supplemental information in support of the nomination may be attached to the completed nomination form.
6.   The completed and signed nomination form must be received by the Institute no later than September 1, 2026 at 5 PM ET.

Nominations may also be sent by email to awards@pipsc.ca.

Nomination form

The Citation Certificate honours Regular and Retired members and employees of the Institute for outstanding service to Constituent Bodies, Committees, Consultation Teams or to the Institute as a whole. This certificate recognizes service over a period of time, or of a short duration when the service is of such a high order that some form of recognition is considered necessary.

The attached Nomination Form should be read and used in conjunction with PIPSC By-Law 26.4, Regulation 26.4 and the following requirements and criteria.

1.   Only regular and retired members and employees of the Institute are eligible to receive this award.
2.   At least two (2) nominators are required and they must be regular or retired members of PIPSC in good standing. 
3.   The Nomination Form must be completed as thoroughly as possible. Specific references, details, and dates concerning the outstanding service must be provided. Incomplete nominations will be returned to the nominators for completion or will not be considered.
4.   Supplemental information in support of the nomination may be attached to the completed nomination form.
5.   Nominations may be submitted at any time.

Nomination form