{"id":251,"date":"2025-03-26T14:30:29","date_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:30:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/?page_id=251"},"modified":"2025-03-26T14:32:21","modified_gmt":"2025-03-26T18:32:21","slug":"nomination-guidelines-for-employer-of-the-year","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/co-op-awards\/nomination-guidelines-for-employer-of-the-year\/","title":{"rendered":"Nomination Guidelines for Employer of the Year"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n            <div class=\"cu-textmedia flex flex-col lg:flex-row mx-auto gap-6 md:gap-10 my-6 md:my-12 first:mt-0 max-w-5xl\">\n        <div class=\"justify-start cu-textmedia-content cu-prose-first-last\" style=\"flex: 0 0 100%;\">\n            <header class=\"font-light prose-xl cu-pageheader md:prose-2xl cu-component-updated cu-prose-first-last\">\n                                    <h1 class=\"cu-prose-first-last font-semibold !mt-2 mb-4 md:mb-6 relative after:absolute after:h-px after:bottom-0 after:bg-cu-red after:left-px text-3xl md:text-4xl lg:text-5xl lg:leading-[3.5rem] pb-5 after:w-10 text-cu-black-700 not-prose\">\n                        Nomination Guidelines for Employer of the Year\n                    <\/h1>\n                \n                                \n                            <\/header>\n\n                    <\/div>\n\n            <\/div>\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Nomination Guidelines for Co-op Employer of the Year<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you begin\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/co-op-awards\/nomination-form-for-carleton-co-op-employer-of-the-year\/\">filling out the nomination form<\/a>, you will need to have the following document:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Letter of support (written and provided by you, the co-op student)<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Once you have written your letter of support stating why you are nominating your employer for this award, you may then continue by filling out the nomination form at the bottom of this page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Please note:<\/strong>&nbsp;Past winners are not eligible to be nominated again.&nbsp;Please review the list of past winners below.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<section class=\"w-screen px-6 cu-section cu-section--white ml-offset-center md:px-8 lg:px-14\">\n    <div class=\"space-y-6 cu-max-w-child-5xl  md:space-y-10 cu-prose-first-last\">\n\n        \n    \n    <dl class=\"cu-description cu-component-updated\">\n        \n    <div class=\"grid pt-4 pb-3 border-b accordion border-cu-black-100 md:pt-6 md:pb-5 first:border-t\">\n        <dt class=\"font-semibold not-prose\">\n            <button class=\"flex items-center justify-between w-full text-left accordion__button\" aria-expanded=\"false\" aria-controls=\"accordion-past-winners\">\n                <span class=\"flex-1 ml-auto text-left break-words whitespace-normal cu-icon\">\n                    Past Winners\n                <\/span>\n                <svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" fill=\"none\" viewbox=\"0 0 24 24\" stroke-width=\"1.5\" stroke=\"currentColor\" aria-hidden=\"true\" data-slot=\"icon\" class=\"w-5 h-5 ml-auto transition-transform rotate-0 accordion__icon text-cu-black-500\">\n                    <path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M8.25 4.5l7.5 7.5-7.5 7.5\"><\/path>\n                <\/svg>\n            <\/button>\n        <\/dt>\n        <dd class=\"p-0 mt-0 cu-prose cu-prose-first-last accordion__content md:p-0 md:mt-0\" hidden=\"\" id=\"accordion-past-winners\">\n            \n\n<p><br><strong>2020<\/strong><br>Andre Edmonson<br>Technical Product Manager,<br>Ross Video<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2019<\/strong><br>Lindsay Beaton-Green<br>Research Scientist, Consumer and Clinical Radiation Protection Bureau<br>Health Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2018<\/strong><br>Paul Young-Davies<br>Senior Manager, Software Engineering<br>Leonardo DRS<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2017<\/strong><br>Ilona Naujokaitis-Lewis<br>Research Scientist,<br>Environment and Climate Change Canada<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2016&nbsp;<\/strong><br>Kelly Stone<br>Executive Director,<br>Canadian Association of Family Resource Programs<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2015<\/strong><br>Dr. Beth Jackson<br>Manager,<br>Public Health Agency<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2014<\/strong><br>Dr. Zach Ferraro and Dr. Karen Fung Kee Fung<br>Division of Maternal and Fetal Medicine,<br>The Ottawa Hospital<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2013<\/strong><br>Connie Delisle<br>Senior Policy Officer,<br>Privy Council Office<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2012<\/strong><br>Alexander Rink<br>CEO,<br>Gazaro<br><strong>&amp;<\/strong><br>Brian French<br>Land Equipment Program Manager,<br>Department of National Defence<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>2011<\/strong><br>Erika Mayer<br>Owner,<br>Lunchbox Consulting, Incorporated.<\/p>\n\n\n        <\/dd>\n    <\/div>\n\n\n    <\/dl>\n\n\n    <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n<h4 id=\"letter-of-support-2-pages-maximum\" class=\"wp-block-heading\"><strong>Letter of Support (2 pages maximum)<\/strong><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>For best results, your letter should describe your experience in the workplace. Be specific in your examples.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Consider the following questions:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>What motivated you to nominate this employer?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Describe your work experience\u00a0<em>(e.g., Link with education, depth of work experience, level of responsibility, access to challenging projects or assignments, etc.)<\/em><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What were your initial expectations and how did the employer surpass these?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How did this employer contribute to your professional growth (career, personal, or academic development)?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Were mentoring relationships provided to you during the work term?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How does this employer foster exceptional experiences for our co-op students?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>What would you tell other co-op students about this employer?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>How did this employer contribute to Co-operative Education?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>If you have questions please email&nbsp;<a href=\"mailto:co-opprogram@carleton.ca\">co-opprogram@carleton.ca<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nomination Guidelines for Co-op Employer of the Year Before you begin\u00a0filling out the nomination form, you will need to have the following document: Once you have written your letter of support stating why you are nominating your employer for this award, you may then continue by filling out the nomination form at the bottom of [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":108,"featured_media":0,"parent":47,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_cu_dining_location_slug":"","footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"cu_page_type":[14],"class_list":["post-251","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry","cu_page_type-general"],"acf":{"cu_post_thumbnail":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/108"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=251"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":260,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/251\/revisions\/260"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/47"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=251"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"cu_page_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/carleton.ca\/co-op\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/cu_page_type?post=251"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}