Nominating Partners
Nominating partners include organizations that deliver innovation-related awards programs, support and promote innovation across Canada.
Drawn from all sectors of society, and authorized by the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General, nominating partners seek out, gather and submit nominations on behalf of their members, clients, partners and associates. Nominating partners include organizations that currently deliver innovation-related awards programs and other organizations that work to support and promote innovation across Canada. In addition to providing a consistent and sustainable flow of nominations on an annual basis, partners assist in promoting the program and generating visibility across the country.
The nominating partners have been selected on the basis of the following considerations:
- Reputation: publicly recognized as well-respected and credible
- National significance: by their nature, pre-eminent, high-profile and “top of their field”
- Sustainability: in their institutional, financial and operational activities
- Non-partisanship
- Integrity of governance and decision-making processes (and, if currently bestowing awards, integrity and neutrality in the nominations and selection processes.)
List of Nominating Partners
Apathy is Boring
Arctic Inspiration Prize
Acfas
l’Association pour le développement de la recherche et de l’innovation du Québec (ADRIQ)
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA)
Business Council of Canada
Business Development Bank of Canada
Canada Council for the Arts
Canada Gairdner Awards
Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC)
Canada’s Public Policy Forum
Canada’s Digital Technology Supercluster
Canada’s Ocean Supercluster
Canadian Academy of Engineering
Canadian Council for Aboriginal Business
Canadian Food Innovation Network (CFIN)
Canada’s Tech Network
Canadian Institutes of Health Research
Canadian Northern Economic Development Agency (CanNor)
Centre for Social Innovation
Chantier de l’économie sociale
Colleges and Institutes Canada
Communitech
Community Foundations of Canada
Engineers Canada
Entertainment Software Association of Canada
EY Entrepreneur Of The Year ®
Excellence Canada
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Federation for the Humanities and Social Sciences
Federation of Canadian Municipalities
Futurpreneur Canada
Genome BC
Genome Canada
Grand Challenges Canada
Ingenium
Innovators and Entrepreneurs Foundation
Innovation Saskatchewan
Institut du Nouveau Monde
MaRS Discovery District
Mitacs
National Association of Friendship Centres
National Research Council of Canada
Natural Sciences and Engineering Research Council of Canada
NGen
Platform Calgary
Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
Pierre Elliott Trudeau Foundation
Polytechnics Canada
Prairies Economic Development Canada (PrairiesCan)
QuebecInnove
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council
Sustainable Development Technology Canada
TECHNATION
The Conference Board of Canada
The Discovery Centre
The Forge Institute
The Institute of Public Administration of Canada
McConnell Foundation
The Royal Society of Canada
Trico Charitable Foundation
U15 – Group of Canadian Research Universities
Universities Canada
University Health Network (UHN)
Village of Chipman
Volta
York Entrepreneurship Development Institute (YEDI)
Vector Institute for Artificial Intelligence
Governor General’s Innovation Awards Advisory Committee
From 2015 to 2017, this committee made up of highly accomplished Canadians from all sectors, provided oversight and strategic direction for the program.
David Johnston
Co-chair of the committee, former Governor General of Canada
Tom Jenkins
Co-chair of the committee, Chair of Open Text Corporation
Dr. Howard Alper
Past Chair of the Science, Technology and Innovation Council
Alex Benay
Former President and Chief Executive Officer of the Canada Science and Technology Museums Corporation
Timothy Brodhead
Senior Fellow at Social Innovation Generation
Paul Desmarais, Jr.
Chair and Co-Chief Executive Officer of Power Corporation and Executive Co-Chair of Power Financial
Arlene Dickinson
Chief Executive Officer of Venture Communications
Scott Haldane
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Rideau Hall Foundation
John Knubley
Deputy Minister of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Paul Lee
Managing Partner at Vanedge Capital
Monique F. Leroux
President of the International Cooperative Alliance
The Honourable Kevin G. Lynch
Vice-Chair of BMO Financial Group
The Honourable John P. Manley
President and Chief Executive Officer of the Business Council of Canada
David Moorman
Senior Advisor of Policy and Planning at Canada Foundation for Innovation
Frank O’Dea
Entrepreneur, humanitarian and author
Gilles G. Patry
President and Chief Executive Officer of Canada Foundation of Innovation
John C. Risley
President and Chief Executive Officer of Clearwater Fine Foods Incorporated
Darcy Ross
Manager, Science and Innovation Sector of Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada
Terry Stuart
Chief Innovation Officer at Deloitte Canada
Annette Verschuren
Executive Chair and Chief Executive Officer of NRStor
Stephen Wallace
Secretary to the Governor General
Faye Wightman
President and Founder of FLW Consulting and Management Services Inc.
The Honourable Wayne G. Wouters
Former Clerk of the Privy Council
