Alberta Immigrant Impact Awards

Overview

The Alberta Immigrant Impact Awards (formerly the Alberta Newcomer Recognition Awards) celebrate the outstanding contributions of Albertans born abroad. They honour individuals – youth, women, seniors, artists, athletes, entrepreneurs, community builders and others – who have enriched the province through business, science and technology, professional contributions, academia, arts, sports, or volunteer efforts.

Nominees must have been born outside of Canada but are now Canadian citizens or permanent residents and currently living in Alberta. They may have been living in Canada for a long time, or for just a few years.

See the Alberta Immigrant Impact Awards Guidelines and award categories below for more details. Nominations close at noon (12 pm) on Wednesday, June 18, 2025.

Award categories

Nomination process

Nomination criteria

Applications will be assessed on the following criteria:

• Need – how the nominee contributed their expertise and resources to fulfill a need in the economy, their community, profession or field of study.
• Impact – how the nominee’s actions and activities made a significant impact.
• Contribution – how the nominee contributed a significant amount of time and energy to their category while demonstrating community service, volunteerism or engagement.
• Leadership – how the nominee demonstrated exemplary initiative, served as a role model for others, and inspired others to engage.
• Originality – how the nominee demonstrated creativity or innovative solutions when problem solving where a unique solution was required.

How to nominate

Step 1. Read the guidelines and gather your documents

Read the eligibility criteria on page 4 of the Alberta Immigrant Impact Awards Guidelines to ensure the individual you are nominating is eligible for the award. 

Ensure you have all the required information to apply by carefully reading the rest of the guidelines. Your nomination submission for 2025 must include:

• Nominee Confirmation and Consent form signed by the nominee, or the parent or guardian if the nominee is under 18.
• Letter of support (maximum 2) that includes the critical information outlined on page 6 of the guidelines. The letter must be from someone other than you.
• The nominee’s contact information (parent or guardian contact information when nominating a youth 18 and under).

Step 2. Submit a nomination online by noon (12 pm) on June 18, 2025

Submit a nomination

After you nominate

Nominations will be reviewed by the Alberta Immigrant Impact Awards committee. Recipients of the awards will be formally recognized at a ceremony to highlight and celebrate their achievements.

Award recipients may also be asked to participate in interviews, photographs and videos to share experiences and lessons learned from their work. To promote their outstanding achievements, brief biographies and photos of award recipients may be shared with the public and the media.

Awards decisions are at the discretion of the Minister of Immigration and Multiculturalism.

Award recipients

Each recipient was born outside of Canada and now lives in Alberta where they have made a difference in their schools, workplaces, neighbourhoods or volunteer organizations. We thank them for their outstanding contributions to this province.

Learn about past award recipients

Contact

Connect with the Alberta Immigrant Impact Awards:
Email: immigrantimpactaward@gov.ab.ca

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