Recreation Nova Scotia Awards 2025
The Recreation Nova Scotia (RNS) Awards pay tribute to exceptional individuals, organizations, and communities who, through their programs, events, projects, and passion, made outstanding contributions toward building healthier communities and enhancing the quality of life for Nova Scotians through recreation.
The 2025 Awards Ceremony will take place October 22, 2025, in Sydney, Cape Breton as part of the RNS Annual Conference.
Award Categories:
Award Nominations may be submitted for the following categories: click on the links below for a brief description of each award category and the criteria that will be used to evaluate submissions.
Deadline for awards nominations is July 28, 2025.
- pdf Bluenose Achievement Award(1.06 MB)
- pdf Mayflower Community Cooperation Award(1.03 MB)
- pdf Connecting People with Nature Award(1.03 MB)
- pdf Equity, Diversity, Inclusion, and Access Award(1.03 MB)
- pdf Event/Program Excellence Award(1.03 MB)
- pdf Heart of Recreation Award(1.03 MB)
- pdf Professional Achievement(1.03 MB)
- pdf Honourary Lifetime Member(1.04 MB)
Ready to submit a nomination? Complete the nomination form now!
FAQs:
Who can nominate?
Anyone can submit a nomination for any of the award categories.
How are awards determined?
In late Spring, RNS calls on the recreation community for volunteers to form its awards committee, Following the nomination submission deadline, the Awards Committee, composed of RNS staff members and other recreation professionals who volunteer from across the province, reviews submissions. Nominations are scored according to evaluation criteria described for each award. The recommendations from the Awards Committee are reviewed by the RNS Executive Director and approved by the RNS Board of Directors.
How will award recipients be notified?
Award recipients and those who nominated them will be contacted via email in September once the Board of Directors has approved the recommendations from the Awards Committee. The Awards Committee will request photos to be sent in for use during the awards presentation that takes place at the annual conference.
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