Stewardship Awards

The Community Stewardship Awards honour individual people, organizations, and/or groups involved with initiatives that further the Islands Trust mandate.

The program takes place every four years and was established to encourage, recognize, and reward leadership in preservation and protection of the unique environment and amenities of the Islands Trust Area.

a three generation family of six stands side by side outside the eldest man and woman holding a framed award

The next Stewardship Awards program will take place in 2026.

2022 Awards

The Award Categories

Individual
Organization, or group
Other (The Other category may include awards for enduring achievement, climate change (adaptation and/or mitigation), youth, or posthumous recognition.)

Past awards have gone to people working in areas such as these:

Land conservation
Knowledge holding and sharing
Ecosystem preservation
Climate change adaptation
Water and marine conservation
Agriculture innovation
Wildlife rescue and rehabilitation

Who Can Be Nominated

You can nominate individuals, organizations and/or businesses working to preserve and protect the unique environment and amenities of the Islands Trust Area.

At the time of the nomination, the initiative, being worked on by the nominee(s), must be ongoing, or have been completed in the previous 24 months.

We welcome nominations that recognize:

individuals
Indigenous community members
Indigenous societies,
school (or classroom),
community organizations
non-profit or business entity
non-profits
businesses

Please Note: Organizations that provide goods and services to the Islands Trust are eligible to nominate an initiative if the initiative did not receive and form of payment from the Islands Trust.

Current Islands Trust staff members, contractors, and trustees are not eligible for nomination until 24 months after receiving the last payment from the Islands Trust.

Organizations are not eligible for nomination if Islands Trust staff, contractors, or trustees played a leadership role in the nominating organization when implementing the nominated initiative.

Frequently Asked Questions

Please read Frequently Asked Questions and be in touch with us if you have any other questions.

Evaluation Criteria

The Trust Programs Committee is responsible for evaluating the Community Stewardship Award nominations.

Evaluation is done in a closed meeting by the committee in consultation with Trustees responsible for the Local Trust Area/Bowen Island where the initiative occurred or is taking place. They will consider: