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Health and Safety

The Canadian Gas Association’s Safety Awards for Excellence mark the achievements of the natural gas industry’s efforts to improve health and safety.

Nominations open
(Click on the link for each award to access the nomination form)

Corporate Safety Awards

These are awarded for injury avoidance/reduction and vehicular safety, based on statistics collected by the CGA Health and Safety Community of Practice.

  • Employee Safety: This is awarded for injury avoidance/reduction, based on statistics collected from the CGA Health and Safety Community of Practice.
  • Vehicular Safety: This is awarded for vehicular safety, based on statistics collected from the CGA Health and Safety Community of Practice.

Leadership Safety Awards

These are awarded to individuals who go above and beyond to demonstrate leadership in health and safety.

  • Community Safety Champion: recognizing excellence and leadership in fostering public awareness and education about the safe use of natural gas. This award recognizes individuals or groups who make significant contributions to public safety relating to the use of natural gas and/or the work of the natural gas delivery industry in Canada.
  • Employee Safety Champion: recognizing individuals or teams for consistently demonstrating high safety standards, taking proactive measures to identify and address risks, and going beyond their roles to influence and educate others to be safe.
  • Life Saving: a tribute to extraordinary individuals whose swift and decisive actions have averted potential tragedies, preventing the loss of life or serious injury. This accolade honors those whose courage and quick thinking in critical moments made the crucial difference between disaster and safety.
  • Safety Innovation: recognizing trailblazing individuals or teams who have demonstrated unparalleled creativity and ingenuity in developing solutions that significantly enhance workplace safety. This  award celebrates those who, through their inventive spirit, have contributed to the evolution of safety practices and systems.
  • Outstanding Driver: recognizing drivers who consistently demonstrate safe, respectful and defensive driving skills while undertaking their work.

View 2023 recipients

Customer Service

Michael Mulcahy Award for Excellence and Innovation in Customer Care and Service

Recognizing significant achievement (over and above everyday activities) by members of the gaseous energy industry in the area of innovative care and service to the industry’s users/customers including community engagement.

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Environmental

Environmental Stewardship Awards

These are awarded for superior performance in the operation/maintenance of gaseous infrastructure leading towards a cleaner future.

  • Operating Practices 
  • Innovation in Emissions Reductions 

View 2023 recipient

Human Resources

Young Energy Leader of the Year

Recognizing emerging leaders (40 years of age and under) in the gaseous energy industry who have demonstrated their potential to guide/pilot the gaseous energy industry of the future from a business, environmental, regulatory and/or public service perspective.

View 2023 recipient

Leadership

President’s Award for Excellence

Recognizing significant leadership by a person, group or organization in dealing with and/or addressing major events or incidents, unique or special circumstances/situations – those deemed out of the ordinary, that an organization has encountered.

View 2016 recipient

Past Recipients