CALGARY, ALBERTA, 18 OCTOBER 2010: Close to 100 delegates and guests gathered at the beautiful Chateau Fairmont Lake Louise, Alberta, on Friday, October 15th, to celebrate the achievements of their colleagues at the 5th Annual International Summit for Urban Animal Strategies (ISUAS) gala awards night.
Summit Awards were presented in a dozen different categories, representing all four sectors of the companion animal industry including:
• animal control and legislative enforcement,
• animal welfare,
• animal health and wellness, and
• animal services.
Winners were determined by current ISUAS delegates and alumnus in good standing who cast their ballots via a confidential computerized voting system.
Master of Ceremonies Andrew Patton, Canadian Kennel Club
The Summit Awards are in celebration of those who have achieved the recognition of their peers for proficiency or achievement in the care of pets and people in communities across Canada. The event will be held on Friday, 15 October 2010 at the beautiful Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise, Alberta.
This year's Entertainer,Dale Downing brings us comedy, illusions and crowd pleasing magic in a performance that has made him famous in a career spanning four continents and 30 years.His inspired performances have earned standing ovations, repeat engagements, awards from his peers and a place along side the country's outstanding entertainers.
Back by popular demand our Master of Ceremonies is the engaging and ever enthusiastic Andrew C. Patton, from the Canadian Kennel Club.
Andrew sees great opportunity for the companion animal industry in "big-picture collaboration, allowing us the prospect of touching every pet in Canada and engaging and offering value to the pet families with whom they live."
Andrew aspires to be the person the dogs in his life think he is and enjoys misquoting one of Napoleon’s generals: “We can either love cats or understand them, but never both.”
The Awards Committee for the Summit for Urban Animal Strategies have received many requests to extend the award nomination deadline. The new cut off date for submissions is 4 pm MST Wednesday September 8, 2010.
The Summit Awards are presented annually to individuals, organizations, and communities that have achieved the recognition of their peers for proficiency or achievement in the award area.
It is the only awards ceremony in Canada to recognize excellence within all four sectors of the companion animal industry [Animal Control & Enforcement, Animal Welfare, Animal Services and Animal Health & Wellness].
The Summit Award criteria have been refined and new categories added - full category descriptions are available on the ISUAS website. Review them and nominate a deserving peer in your community. The procedure is simple and online.
Deadlines are fast approaching for delegate registration and nominations for the 2010 International Summit for Urban Animal Strategies. The Summit Awards Program
The Organizing Committee for the Summit for Urban Animal Strategies continues to call for nominations for the 2010 Summit Awards.
The Summit Award criteria have been refined and new categories added - full category descriptions are available on the ISUAS website. Review them and nominate a deserving peer in your community. The procedure is simple and online.
The deadline for award submissions is Friday, August 27th.
This 5th annual meeting of alumni and executive thought leaders from across Canada will be considering one of the most important areas of discussion for our communities. The homing of animals in our culture and society requires a new perspective and new strategies that will respond to the needs of a more responsible pet family.
The deadline for delegate registration is Friday, September 17th.
For more information contact:
Judi Cannon
Summits for Urban Animal Strategies
705.930.7387 event@tsuas.com
Posted by Terri Perrin, Online Communications Editor
The Awards Committee for the Summit for Urban Animal Strategies is now inviting nominations for the 2010 Summit Awards. The Summits are presented annually to individuals, organizations, and communities that have achieved the recognition of their peers for proficiency or achievement in the award areas. It is the only awards ceremony in Canada to recognize excellence within all four sectors of the companion animal industry [Animal Control & Legislative Enforcement, Animal Welfare, Animal Services and Animal Health & Wellness].
Since 2006, the Summits for Urban Animal Strategies have been the voice for collaboration in the companion animal industry. Each October, executive level thought leaders from the four sectors of this industry convene to develop strategies that will move the industry forward toward healthier communities for pets and people.
The 2010 International Alumni Summit will again take place at the beautiful Fairmont Chateau Lake Louise Wednesday, 13 October to Saturday, 16 October 2010.
With a focus on "New Strategies & Codes of Conduct for Homing" the Summit has been extended and the schedule adjusted to allow more face time for Alumni attending this event.
Summit registration includes the following:
Wednesday Evening Welcome Reception
Six Working Sessions on Homing
Three Night's Accommodation in a Fairmont Room
Continental Breakfast and Lunch on Thursday and Friday
Your ticket to the Summit Awards Gala Friday night
Continental Breakfast and Keynote Speaker Saturday
Your summary of the 2010 Urban Animal Survey and speaker resources
Please visit www.tsuas.com to register, nominate delegates, purchase Summit Awards tickets or nominate recipients for the Summit Awards program.
For more information:
Judi Cannon
Program Manager
Direct: 705.930.7387
Office: 403.219.1088
Posted by Terri Perrin, Online Communications Editor
CALGARY, 19 October 2009:The Summit Urban Animals Strategies is pleased to announce the winners of the 2009 Summit Awards. More than 20 nominations for the nine award categories were received from across Canada. The final awards were presented Thursday, 15 October 2009, during the Gala Reception that was part of the Summit for Urban Animals (SUAS) at Lake Louise, Alberta.
the 2009 summit winners are:
Animal Health & Wellness:Eastern Passage Village Vet
Animal Re-Homing: Lincoln County Humane Society
Animal Sheltering: City of Calgary Animal Services
Community Education: City of Edmonton Animal Services
Community Collaboration: Lincoln County Humane Society
Distinguished Service Provider: Ontario SPCA
Media & Communications: Ontario SPCA
Individual Achievement: James Wilke, City of Saskatoon Animal Services
Lifetime Individual Achievement: Tim Dack, City of Winnipeg Animal Services and Paul Teichroeb, City of Vancouver Animal Services
Congratulations to all winners and nominees! (View complete list here.) And a heart felt "Thank you!" to the 80+ delegates and speakers who made the 2009 Summit For Urban Animal Strategies a great networking, collaboration and learning event.
Some of Canada’s hardest working animal advocates recognized by their peers
CALGARY, 08 October 2009:The Summit Urban Animals Strategies is pleased to announce the nominees for the 2009 Summit Awards. More than 20 nominations for the nine award categories were received from across Canada. The final awards will be presented Thursday, 15 October 2009, during the Gala Reception that is part of the Summit for Urban Animals (SUAS) at Lake Louise, Alberta.
“The ‘Summits’ are intended to convey the recognition of peers from all four sectors of the companion animal industry – animal control/legislation, animal health/wellness, animal welfare and animal services,” explains Larry Evans, Chairman of the SUAS organizing committee. “Considering that individuals and organizations can not nominate themselves, this public acknowledgment of commitment, creativity and collaboration in effort to make their communities better for pets and people is, in itself, a great honour. Although there can only be one award per category, we consider all of our nominees to be ‘winners’ in whatever it is they do.”
the 2009 summit nominees are:
Animal Health & Wellness
Eastern Passage Village Vet
Animal Hospital of Manitoba
Animal Re-Homing
Langley Animal Protection Society
Lincoln County Humane Society
Moncton SPCA
Animal Sheltering
Animatch
Calgary Humane Society
City of Calgary Animal Services
Heaven Can Wait
Saskatoon SPCA
Community Education
Edmonton Animal Services
Ontario SPCA - Animal Voice Magazine
Ontario SPCA - BARC Camp
Community Collaboration
Lincoln County Humane Society
Distinguished Service Provider
Associated Vet Clinic Ltd.
Ontario SPCA
Media & Communications
Dogs in Canada
Ontario SPCA
Individual Achievement
Dr. Hugues Lacoste, Centre Vet
Debbie Nelson, MEOW Foundation
Dr. Drew Van Niekerk, Assoc. Vets
James Wilke, City of Saskatoon Animal Services
Lifetime Individual Achievement
Tim Dack, City of Winnipeg Animal Services
Paul Teichroeb, City of Vancouver Animal Services
All Summit alumni are encouraged to review the nominees and their supporting documents at the www.tsuas.com website, under the section “summit award nominations”. Then vote by completing the survey.
Our vision is to gather executive thought leaders who can advance the state of the art in Urban Animal Strategies. Our mission is to promote strategies that build healthy communities for pets and people and to recognize those who achieve success.
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