About the 2024 Public Service Pride Awards, where excellence meets recognition!
Announced annually during the Public Service Pride Week each August, these awards are a celebration of excellence and a call to honor those who have illuminated the path towards 2SLGBTQIA+ diversity, inclusion, and pride within the federal public service.
2024 Award Nominees
We are thrilled to announce the nominations received
for the 4th Annual Government of Canada Public Service Pride (PSP) Awards.
These nominations showcase the dedication and incredible initiatives, collaborations and efforts of public servants across Canada and abroad
to create a more diverse, safe, respectful, healthy, and inclusive workplace for all 2SLGBTQIA+ individuals.
Congratulations to all the nominees!
Agent of Change Award Nominees
Andrea Monrad
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Jo Cole
Employment and Social Development Canada
Édith Lauzier
Canada Revenue Agency
Masha Davidovic
Library and Archives Canada
Lee Eason
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Jeansil Bruyère
Immigration Refugee Board of Canada
Joel-Jean (J-J) Beauchemin
Natural Resources Canada
Tanya Harvey
Transport Canada
Kevin Phillips
Canada Border Services Agency
Victoria Sakura Surry
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Jodie Hoffart
Administrative Tribunal Support Services Canada
Victoria Tavares
Department of National Defence/ Canadian Armed Forces
Max Turner
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Jessica Turner
Global Affairs Canada
Bruno Laganière
Indigenous Services Canada
Zoe Fortier
Public Prosecution Service of Canada
Alex Ripley
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Workplace Pride Initiative of the Year Award Nominees
Pronouns and Name Change Initiatives
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Pronoun Guide
Public Services Procurement Canada
Fostering Inclusivity and Supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ Initiatives
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Chosen Name Initiative
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Chosen Name Initiative
Veterans Affairs Canada
Mental Health, Substance Use, and Suicide Prevention Ad Campaign
Health Canada and Public Health Agency of Canada
Pride Network Award Nominees
ECCC Pride Network
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Atlantic Region Positive Space Initiative
Public Services and Procurement Canada
Positive Space Sub-Committee
Public Service Commission
Toronto Employment Insurance Contact Centre Pride Committee
Employment and Social Development Canada
Department / Agency Award for Excellence in Pride Leadership Award Nominees
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Employment and Social Development Canada
Public Service Pride Awards Categories
Agent of Change Award
Recognizing advocates and leaders who are actively working to eliminate systemic barriers and advance the inclusion of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities in the federal public service.
Pride Network of the Year Award
Acknowledging a department or agency pride network that has demonstrated outstanding commitment and contributions to advancing 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion across their department or agency.
Workplace Pride Initiative of the Year Award
Celebrating an individual or team’s innovative workplace policy, plan, event or activity that has proven beneficial for promoting 2SLGBTQIA+ inclusion in the workplace.
Career Impact Award
Honoring individuals who have made a lasting and substantial impact throughout their career by actively supporting 2SLGBTQIA+ communities within the federal public service.
Department / Agency Award for Excellence in Pride Leadership
Recognizing, in response to the Open Letter, a department or agency that has exhibited exceptional leadership by actively implementing and demonstrating results through sustained organization-wide actions or initiatives, such as those outlined in the letter, in support of 2SLGBTQIA+ employees.
Previous Editions of the Public Service Pride Awards
2022 Awards ceremony
2023 Winners
Agent of Change Award
Megan Otu
Fisheries and Oceans Canada
Kaye Low
Veterans Affairs Canada
Major André P. Jean
Canadian Armed Forces / National Defence
Amér Mubaslat
Global Affairs Canada
Andrew Caldwell
Employment and Social Development Canada
Workplace Pride Initiative of the Year Award
Elliott L. Welch Memorial Award
Employment and Social Development Canada
Pride Network Award
3rd CDSB Edmonton Defence Team Pride Advisory Organization
National Defence
Career Impact Award
Andrea Markowski
Correctional Service of Canada
Department / Agency Award for Excellence in Pride Leadership
Justice Canada
2022 Winners
Agent of Change Award
David Beamer, Canada Revenue Agency
Dr. Holly Ellingwood, Public Safety Canada
Lee Nevens, Justice Canada
Lydia Lipic, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Jefferson Morris IV, Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Pride Network Award
Defense Team Pride Advisory Organization, Department of National Defense and Canadian Armed Forces
Workplace Pride Initiative of the Year Award
Directive on Inclusive Sanitary Facility Design, Parks Canada
Career Impact Award
Missy Marston-Shmelzer, Canadian Heritage
Pioneer Award
Michelle Douglas, LGBT Purge Fund
2021 Winners
Agent of Change Award
David Da Silva, Global Affairs Canada
Johanne Charest, Canada Border Services Agency
Teresa Joudrie, Indigenous Services Canada
Taryn Husband, Global Affairs Canada
Tamara Lopez, Canada Border Services Agency
Richard Hansen, Canada Revenue Agency
Pride Network Award
Gender and Sexual Diversity Inclusiveness Network, Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada
Workplace Pride Initiative of the Year Award
Universally Accessible Washrooms in Terrasses de la Chaudière Complex
Crown-Indigenous Relations and Northern Affairs Canada, Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission, Indigenous Services Canada, Canadian Heritage
Career Impact Award
Artur Wilczynski, Communications Security Establishment
Guy Desaulniers, Public Service Commission