Founder’s Award
Background
AAAC was founded in 1994. The six Founding Organizations were:
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ACMA – Association of Canadian Medical Colleges *
CAUSN – Canadian Association of University Schools of Nursing **
CAOT – Canadian Association of Occupational Therapy
CPA – Canadian Physiotherapy Association ***
CCPE – Canadian Council of Professional Engineers ****
CACB – Canadian Architectural Certification Board
Now – The Association of Faculties of Medicine Canada*; Canadian Association of Schools of
Nursing**; Physiotherapy Education Accreditation Canada***; Engineers Canada****
Since that time AAAC has grown to include over 30 members.
AAAC Mission
AAAC exists to serve and support member Accrediting organizations in their practice.
Continuous improvement of accreditation practices is a hallmark of organizations that belong to
AAAC.
Purpose of Award
As a voluntary organization, AAAC relies on dedicated member representatives to provide
leadership to advance its mission. Recognizing leaders who contribute to, or have contributed to,
AAAC or provided exceptional direction to a member organization is important to the ongoing
evolution of AAAC. The Founders Award has been established to recognize the contribution of
those exemplary current or past member representatives.
The Award
The AAAC Founders Award is non-monetary. It consists of a memento presented to the recipient
by AAAC and AAAC recognising publically the outstanding and exceptional achievements of the
recipient.
Nomination Criteria
To nominate a fellow AAAC current or past member representative please provide a brief
description (maximum of 500 words) outlining the accomplishment of the member representative
and how their contribution has furthered the mission of AAAC. The contribution should be for
long standing service to AAAC and/or for significant achievements within the member
accrediting organization.
Nomination Process
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A current member representative of AAAC may nominate another individual
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The member representative or past member representative must be aware of the
nomination and agree to be nominated
Nominations can be submitted in either English or French.
The nomination will be submitted to Lynn Burgess
A subcommittee of the Executive will be appointed to review the nominations and will
ensure that those judging nominations have no Conflict of Interest related to the applicant
Lynn will inform the successful nominee so they may be present at the meeting to accept
their award and also notify any unsuccessful nominee(s)
The Award will be given annually at the discretion of the AAAC Executive and will be
presented at the Annual General Meeting.
The recipient will be recognized on the AAAC website and profiled in the AAAC
Newsletter- Accreditation Bulletin
Application Deadline
April 1st annually
(Approved at the November 2010 General Meeting)
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