Our mission is to promote the strategies that build healthy communities for pets and people and to recognize those who achieve success.
The Summit Awards are focused on recognizing those within communities and within the companion animal value chain who are achieving success. The Summit Awards are presented annually by the Summit Alumni using an academy style system of nominations and election by secret ballot for each category.
NOMINEES MAY INCLUDE: Individuals, agencies, organizations, and corporations from all four sectors of the companion animal industry. This includes:
animal control/enforcement: those who administer licensing programs and by-law enforcement either privately or within a municipality
animal health/wellness: veterinary clinics, emergency centres, behaviour, socialization and chiropractic
animal welfare: humane societies, SPCAs and rescue organizations
animal services: retailers, groomers, kennels, breeders, trainers, product manufacturers and all other service providers
After the 2010 Summit our awards categories were reviewed by the awards committee and numerous changes to both the number of awards and the criterion were made. We believe that these changes will allow the industry better representation as a whole and therefore make it easier for all sectors to have awards nominations in many areas. This will ultimately allow us to paint a better picture of excellence throughout the entire companion animal industry.
2011 summit award categories
- animal homing ~ revised award category for 2011
- animal sheltering ~ eligible industry sectors expanded in 2011
- animal wellness
- community compliance
- community collaboration
- communications ~ revised for 2011
- distinguished service provider
- product or service innovation ~ new in 2011
- responsible breeder ~ new in 2011
- retailer ~ new in 2011
- individual achievement
- lifetime achievement
The Summit Awards are not automatically granted on an annual basis. Summit Awards are presented when at least one nominee meets the Award criteria, as determined by the Summit Awards Committee.
nomination procedure
The Summits are intended to convey the recognition of peers from within the companion animal industry. Stakeholders of the industry are invited to review and compete for the various Summit Awards. Each organization must be nominated by an existing member of the Summit for Urban Animal Strategies Alumni or a sponsoring organization.
award presentation
The Summits are presented by a representative from the sponsoring organization at the International Summit for Urban Animal Strategies Awards Gala. The award winning nominee may not be notified in advance of this presentation.
selection process
Nominations are reviewed by the Summit Awards Committee to ensure they meet the established criteria. Eligible nominations are presented to the ISUAS Alumni. In an academy-style process, the ISUAS Alumni vote independently by secret ballot for the nominee most deserving of the award.
award submission deadline
Submissions for all award categories must be received by September 14th. Anyone experiencing technical difficulties, kindly call Judi Cannon directly at 705.930.7387
