Call for Nominations: 2025 Creative City Impact Awards

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Nominations Now Open! 2025 Creative City Impact Awards

2025 Kingston Creative City Summit
October 7 – 9, 2025 | Kingston, ON
Deadline for Nominations: June 2, 2025

The Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC) is thrilled to announce that, as of April 8, the 2025 Creative City Impact Awards are open for nominations!

These awards recognize the distinctive achievements of Canadian municipalities in:

• Cultural Planning
• Public Art
• IDEA (Inclusion, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility)
• Cultural Events
• Cultural Leadership

To learn more about eligibility, nomination fields, and to enter your nomination, please use the google form.

Key requirements to keep in mind:

• Eligible projects must have been launched between May 2023 – May 2025.
• All Class A municipal members in good standing are eligible. (Cultural Leadership open to all classes)

If you are interested in volunteering for the adjudication panel, send your CV to tara-lynnkozma-perrin@creativecity.ca along with a brief overview outlining your expertise in one of the five criteria listed above or equivalent experience in Canada’s cultural sector (max. 250 words). If you plan to nominate your municipality, please include this in your inquiry. (Deadline to apply for jury: Sunday, April 13, 2025, 11:59pm PDT).

Recipients will be honoured at the 2025 Creative City Summit in Kingston, Ontario, on October 7, 2025, at 12:30pm EDT. Register now to attend.

Call for Peer-to-Peer (P2P) Presentations

Share your expertise at the 2025 Kingston Creative City Summit! A main feature of the summit are Peer-to-Peer (P2P) presentations. Culture professionals gather to connect, exchange ideas, and inspire one another through shared insights, successes, challenges, and lessons learned.

CCNC is seeking presentations that offer actionable takeaways, diverse perspectives, and engaging, multimedia-driven learning experiences.

If you experience any accessibility challenges or if the application process poses a barrier, please reach out to Tara-Lynn Kozma-Perrin at tara-lynnkozma-perrin@creativecity.ca by April 30, 2025.

Who Can Apply?

• Open to both members and non-members across Canada.
• Multiple submissions are allowed, but generally, one P2P per municipality/organization will be selected.
• While municipality-led presentations are prioritized, we also welcome submissions from individuals and organizations—especially those highlighting municipal partnerships or relevance.

Attendance Requirement: P2P presenters must attend in person and hold a delegate pass (discount available for approved presenters).

Submission Deadline: May 15, 2025

Apply Now!

Get Involved! Ready to make a meaningful impact and help shape the future of CCNC? Join the Inclusivity, Diversity, Equity, Accessibility (IDEA) Committee today and be a driving force for positive change!

Promoting Inclusion • Embracing Diversity • Advancing Equity • Enhancing Accessibility

Mission
To ensure that CCNC promotes culture in all its diversity and fully reflects the communities it serves—both internally and externally. We work toward overcoming systemic racism, discrimination, and oppression, and we model an inclusive society built on mutual respect.

Length of Term
Serve for 2 years, with the possibility to extend up to a maximum of 3 terms. Submissions accepted on a rolling basis.

Who Can Join?
If you are passionate about fostering an inclusive, equitable, and accessible environment in the arts and cultural sectors, we want to hear from you!

Learn more about the IDEA committee and how to apply!
CCNC’s committees and working groups

Creative City Network of Canada
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