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Self-Advocate Leadership
of the Year Award

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BC People First is proud to present the annual Self-Advocate Leadership of the Year Award. In celebration of self-advocacy and the power of self-advocates. This award goes to someone in BC who has shown leadership and knowledge throughout the past year in the field of advocating for the rights of people with intellectual or developmental disabilities. 

 

Nominations are due November 15, 2024. A winner will be selected by a judging panel based on the answers given in the nomination forms. The winner will be announced after the selection process ends – announcement should be made by early December in our BCPF newsletter, website, and social media.

 

The winner receives a $250 grant that can be used in 2025 to host a learning or advocacy event in their area of the province. We can also help the winner plan the event if they need support. The award grant can be used for speaker fees, room rental fees, or other costs for the event – paid for by BCPF.


People can be nominated by a friend, colleague, family member, support worker, or other community member. Do you know someone that should be nominated for the Self-Advocate Leadership of the Year Award? You cannot nominate yourself for the award – but don't be afraid to ask someone you know to nominate you if you have been hard at work doing advocacy for disability rights and helping others! 

 

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Nominee Eligibility Criteria:

  • The person being nominated must have completed self-advocacy and disability rights related work throughout the past year.

  • The person being nominated must identify as having an intellectual, developmental, learning, or cognitive disability.

  • They must also be a resident of British Columbia.

  • And have not won the award in the past.

 

 

Nomination Guidelines: 

  • Nominations must be in by 11pm, Friday, November 15, 2024 to be considered.

  • The Nominator must complete the nomination form and answer the nomination questions about the person they are nominating.

  • Please fill out the below nomination form in full, including adding a headshot style photo of your Nominee. Ask them for a photo if you don't have one.

  • Email us at hello@bcpeoplefirst.com if you have any questions. 

  • The nominator or nominee may be contacted to verify information that has been given.

  • The nominee should know about their nomination – the nominator should get permission to nominate them, just in case they don't want to be nominated. 

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Click the link HERE to find the nomination form. 

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Please email us at hello@bcpeoplefirst.com if you have any questions. 

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Before nominating someone, take some times to think about the questions in the nomination form:

  1. How does the nominee advocate for their own needs or wants in their life? What self-advocacy work have they done this past year?

  2. Does the nominee volunteer at any local organizations that do advocacy for people with intellectual or developmental disabilities? If so, how do they volunteer?

  3. Please describe how the nominee supports the efforts of other self-advocates in their community?

  4. Has the nominee completed any workshops or training about self-advocacy skills? If so, what did they learn in the course that they have used for self-advocacy work in their own life?

  5. Describe how the Nominee has raised awareness about self-advocacy to others in their community.

  6. What makes this nominee exceptional at self-advocacy or advocacy in general?

  7. Is the nominee a Member of a self-advocate connection group? A provincial group or local group in their area or both.​

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