Please review all standard category eligibility requirements before proceeding as some requirements may have changed. Nominees must fulfill
all standard category eligibility requirements to be considered for a Calgary White Hat Award. Any nominee who does not meet these requirements may be disqualified. When in doubt, the decision of the Calgary White Hat Award committee will be final.
ELIGIBLITY REQUIREMENTS:
• Nominees must show a minimum of 12-months employment with their current employer.
• Nominees must be a permanent resident of Calgary.
• Nominees must be employed by a company or organization located within Calgary city limits or up to 15km outside the posted city limits.
• Nominees must be employed in a full-time or part-time capacity with their listed employer except for nominees in the Tourism Volunteer category.
• Nominating employers may withdraw a nominee at any time throughout the nomination process.
• Nominees can only be nominated in one (1) category per organization. In the case of multiple nominations, the Calgary White Hat Award committee will use the first nomination as the accepted one, and discard other nominations.
• Nominations must be based on examples from the 2023 calendar year only.
• Nominations must be based solely on tourism and hospitality-based tasks and roles.
• Standard category nominations are designed to recognize frontline staff workers only.
• Exceptional Rising Leader nominations are designed to recognize middle-managers, supervisors, and team leads only who have moved up to their role through dedication and exceptional work ethic.
• Owners, CEOs, Presidents, Vice Presidents, Executive Directors, Directors, and General Managers are
not eligible in any standard category or the Exceptional Rising Leader category
unless their role requires that they work in a frontline capacity for 90% of their regular daily job.
Click here to download a copy of the Eligibility Requirements and Nomination Categories.
