Public Service Pride Awards: Celebrating Excellence in Inclusion
Record-Breaking Nominations for 2025
We’ve received the highest number of nominations since the awards launched in 2021 – 56 nominations from 29 organizations!
These changemakers are transforming policy, mentoring peers, organizing inclusive events, and more — proving Pride in the public service is more than celebration. It’s action.
View the inspiring nominees and their departments — read a short write-up of their nomination now on GCXchange.
2025 Nominees
Agent of Change Award Nominees
Joel-Jean Beauchemin
Natural Resources Canada
Frederik Caron
Service Canada (Québec Region)
AJ Dolman
Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada
Julian Jeganathan
Employment and Social Development Canada
André-Marc Allain
Employment and Social Development Canada
Blake Noelte
Canada Revenue Agency
Olivier Mercier
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Kim Tetley
Canada Revenue Agency
Dee Campbell
Canada School of Public Service
Emiline Filion
Canadian Space Agency
Gladis Lemus
Health Canada
Julie Beaulieu
Canada School of Public Service
Thiago Fernandes de Lima
Health Canada
Sue Twine
National Research Council
Heidi Hansen
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Jamie Nadeau
Transport Canada
Celeste Cloutier
Shared Services Canada
Pamela Harrison
Veterans Affairs Canada
LCol Jennifer Davaine
Department of National Defence
Sergeant Ruthern-Percival Flamel
Department of National Defence
Terra Kennedy
Department of National Defence
Olivia Johnston
Department of National Defence
Max Turner
Department of Fisheries and Oceans / Canadian Coast Guard
Emilie Plows
Department of Fisheries and Oceans / Canadian Coast Guard
Maddie Morris
Global Affairs Canada
Corporal Al Lawson
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Corporal Gerald Sherk
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Kelly Wolfslehner
Canada Border Services Agency
Jesse Fleming
Canada Border Services Agency
Jason Evanochko
Department of National Defence
Megan (MG) Le Stum
Statistics Canada
Jeremy Miljour Lafond
House of Commons
Pride Network of the Year Award Nominees
Toronto Contact Center Pride Committee
Employment and Social Development Canada
IITB Pride Network
Employment and Social Development Canada
CFIA Pride Network
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
Pride@IRCC
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Defence Team Transgender Employee Network
Department of National Defence
Workplace Pride Initiative Nominees
Healing Circles
Natural Resources Canada
Practical Tools for 2SLGBTQI-Inclusive
Workplaces
Health Canada
Pride Corner/Crosswalk
Canada Revenue Agency
One Word, A Thousand Faces, One Family
Employment and Social Development Canada
Introduction to Inclusive Writing
Health Canada
Service PSP Portal - New Forms for Pay,
Benefits, and Pension
Public Service and Procurement Canada
ACOA New Brunswick DICE Committee
Transgender Awareness Initiative
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency
Equity Embracers Recognition Program
Parks Canada - Cape Breton Field Unit
Working Group on Inclusive and Accessible Facilities
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat
Diversity Ambassador
House of Commons
Positive Space at CBSA - Training
Canada Border Services Agency
National Capital Region Pride March
Department of National Defence
Pronouns/pronunciation emails, Setting up Pride Network
Housing, Infrastructure and Communities Canada
Career Impact Nominees
Bart Bilmer
Natural Resources Canada
Holly Jacobs
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada
Liane Cousineau
Communications Security Establishment
Department/Agency Award for Excellence in Pride Leadership Nominees
Women and Gender Equality Canada
Fisheries and Oceans Canada and Canadian Coast Guard
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
2024 Winners
Agent of Change Award
Andrea Monrad
Environment and Climate Change Canada
Jeansil Bruyère
Immigration Refugee Board of Canada
Kevin Phillips
Canada Border Services Agency
Tanya Harvey
Transport Canada
Workplace Pride Initiative of the Year Award
Pronoun Guide
Public Services Procurement Canada
Pride Network Award
Toronto Employment Insurance Contact Centre Pride Committee
Employment and Social Development Canada
Department / Agency Award for Excellence in Pride Leadership
Canadian Food Inspection Agency
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
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