The City of Lethbridge and the Reconciliation Lethbridge Advisory Committee have opened nominations for the 2024 Reconciliation Awards. (Photo: LNN)

By Nadia Kearl and Christian Oldale

Lethbridge opens nominations for 2024 Reconciliation Awards

Aug 13, 2024 | 2:32 PM

LETHBRIDGE, AB – Lethbridge residents can now highlight those who make their community a better place.

The City of Lethbridge and the Reconciliation Lethbridge Advisory Committee (RLAC) have opened nominations for the 2024 Reconciliation Awards.

The awards celebrate the people and organizations in the community who drive positive change and foster unity in Lethbridge.

RLAC co-chair Cyndi Bester says, “Our goal is to inspire action today that leads to a better tomorrow. The Reconciliation Awards recognize partnerships between Indigenous and non-Indigenous people who are working hand-in-hand to create meaningful change in the community.”

This year, nominations are open in seven categories:

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1. Youth (5 – 17) This award is to recognize youths for their leadership and taking initiative in role modelling values that support Reconciliation.
2. Young Adult (18 – 25) This award is to recognize young adults for their leadership and taking initiative in role modelling values that support reconciliation.
3. Community Leader – This award is to recognize an individual who shows outstanding commitment to role modeling and advancing the goal of Reconciliation here in the City of Lethbridge.
4. Education (Individual or group) – This award is to recognize an individual or group who has played a fundamental role in sharing education, awareness and creating opportunities for others to participate in Reconciliation and the Truth and Reconciliation Calls to Action (TRC).
5. Indigenous Leadership (Individual or group) – This award is to recognize a group or individual who has played a fundamental role in sharing education, awareness and creating opportunities for urban Indigenous people and families to connect with Indigenous ways of knowing and supporting connections to culture, in the City of Lethbridge.
6. Corporation or Private Sector (Group) – This award is to recognize group leadership by a corporation and/or private sector organization that shows outstanding action and commitment to Reconciliation here in the City of Lethbridge.
7. Not-for-Profit Organization (Group) – This award is to recognize group leadership by a not-for-profit organization that show outstanding action and commitment to Reconciliation here in the City of Lethbridge.

The awards ceremony will take place in September at City Hall. Submissions for the awards can be sent here.

Nominations close on Friday, September 6 at 4:30 p.m.

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