Awards
CAZA AWARDS
Thomas R. Baines Award
This award recognizes outstanding achievement by an Accredited Institutional member in one of four categories.
- Exhibit Design
- Animal Husbandry Success
- Education
- Other
Eligibility - CAZA institutional members.
Criteria
- Focus on CAZA key goals
- Advancement of the zoo and aquarium profession
- Scale of achievement
- Leadership role
- Originality
- Letters of support
Eleanor Oakes Award
This award recognizes significant achievement in any field of zoo or aquarium endeavor. The focus of this award will be on recognizing projects of a smaller scope or budget in one of four categories.
- Exhibit Design
- Animal Husbandry Success
- Education
- Other
Eligibility - CAZA institutional members
Criteria
- Focus on CAZA key goals
- Advancement of the zoo and aquarium profession
- Leadership role
- Originality
Peter Karsten Conservation Award
This award recognizes an individual or institutional achievement in the field of conservation. Applications are encouraged for projects in the fields of conservation education, “green” operations, habitat preservation, species restoration or support for biodiversity.
Eligibility -Accredited CAZA member institutions or individual members in good standing.
Eligibility -Accredited CAZA member institutions or individual members in good standing.
Criteria
- Innovation
- Significance of species
- Support for biodiversity
- Contribution to long term species survival
- Publications, journals
- Letters of support
Col. G.D. Dailley Award
This award recognizes achievement in propagation and management programs that lead to the long-term survival of at-risk animal species or populations.
Eligibility -CAZA institutional members.
Criteria
- Innovation
- Significance of species
- Contribution to long term species survival
- Publications, journals
- Cooperative efforts
- Letters of support
Animal Enrichment Award
This award recognizes creativity of design and implementation of initiatives that foster enrichment for the animals in the collection of a member Zoo or Aquarium. The award recognizes projects that create a positive environment that compliments the species’ physical, mental and social needs, while maintaining an environment that reflects their natural environment.
Eligibility - CAZA institutional members
Criteria
o Exhibit Design/Enclosure Design
o Social considerations of the animal
o Feeding/Foraging concepts used
o Novel Objects/Toys provided as a way of providing interest/activity
o Sensory Stimulation *one point for each category to maximum of 5 points (Visual, Olfactory, Auditory, Tactile, Taste stimulation)
o Rearing consideration
o Health and Safety
o Functionality
The Animal Care Professional Award
Rewards innovation and contribution to any zoo-aquarium program by a zookeeper or an aquarist.
Eligibility - Staff employed at CAZA institutional members.
Criteria
- Innovation
- Initiative
- Duration of service or significance of accomplishment
- Contribution to the zoo and aquarium profession
Volunteer of the Year
This award will recognize the valuable contribution a volunteer has made to a member Institution of CAZA in a given year. While only one award will be given out in any one particular year, all nominees will have their names read out at the CAZA Fall Conference and recorded on a historical honor role.
Eligibility - Volunteers who support the efforts of CAZA institutional members.
Eligibility - Volunteers who support the efforts of CAZA institutional members.
Criteria
- Innovation
- Initiative
- Duration of service or significance of accomplishment
- Contribution to the zoo and aquarium profession
Certificate of Merit
There are many people who devote numerous hours to activities that promote their facility, the animal world, or the CAZA organization. The Certificate of Merit may be awarded to honor such individuals within the CAZA organization for their extraordinary contributions to the zoo and aquarium world. This is an opportunity to acknowledge their efforts!
Criteria
Criteria
- Innovation
- Initiative
- Duration of service or significance of accomplishment
- Contribution to the zoo and aquarium profession
CAZA AWARDS GUIDELINES FOR SUBMISSION
The following guideline is to help you complete your submission. Please refer to the criteria sections that are applicable to the award you are applying for.
- Award Being Sought;
- Name of organization;
- Contact name, telephone no., fax no., e-mail;
- Title of Submission;
- Paragraph summarizing submission: (To be used for promotional purposes if required);
- Purpose of submission; (Your submission could be considered by the awards committee to qualify for another category. Please stipulate if this is acceptable or if your award should only be considered for the category being sought).
- Detailed Description of the Submission which outlines the following (if appropriate):
- Significance to the community, province, and/or nation as a whole.
- Significance to the zoo industry in Canada, or internationally
- CAZA goals and objectives that are supported by the submission.
- How does this differ from any similar programs done by another zoo and/or agency?
- Any news clippings, letters of support or commendation, other awards that can be used to support your submission.
- Each submission must include a minimum of 3 jpeg photos. DVD or power point presentations can also be submitted to describe or illustrate the submission. This material will be used during the awards ceremony to help describe the project to the members, as well as to help describe to the project to the awards committee.
- For the Baines and Oakes awards, a letter of support signed by the CEO of the institution must be submitted with the proposal.
Send completed submissions to:
Bill Peters
CAZA National Office
Suite 400, 280 Metcalfe St.
Ottawa, On.
K2P 1R7
before August 24 th, of the year.
