Applications are now open for the Canadian Society of Association Executives Awards and Recognition Program, which recognizes the best and brightest in association leadership, from outstanding teams to individual luminaries.

  • Community Leader Award recognizes a member who has been an inspiring leader, influential mentor, and/or has advocated on behalf of the association sector.
  • Empowering Leader Award recognizes a member who is focused on advancing association excellence through knowledge sharing in the membership community.
  • Social Innovation Leader Award recognizes a member who is focused on developing innovative and creative strategies and initiatives to leverage CSAE’s community and the association sector.
  • Young Leader Award recognizes a member who is 35 years of age or under and has demonstrated remarkable promise as a rising leader in the association sector.
  • Award of Excellence recognizes outstanding team achievements and organizations’ initiatives to advance association excellence in alignment with the five competencies of the Certified Association Executive (CAE ®) program.

Application Deadline: August 22, 2025

For further information about the Awards and Recognition Program, click here.