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.
Whether it's an individual, network, initiative, or an organization, we're seeking nominations for those who have demonstrated outstanding leadership. With five distinctive award categories, each recognizing unique contributions, this is your chance to shine a light on those making a difference.
To learn more about the Public Service Pride Awards and how to submit a nomination, please visit the GCconnex page or email PSPN-RFFP@csps-efpc.gc.ca.
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