Dear Friends,
Do you know someone who makes a difference in our community?
My Community Recognition Awards recognize and thank individuals and groups who are doing just that.
Nominations for the 2025 Community Recognition Awards are now open!
I encourage you to nominate your colleagues, volunteers, friends or neighbours.
This is a wonderful opportunity to celebrate what people are doing to help others and to make our community in Etobicoke Centre even better.
Nominations are invited by December 19, 2025, in categories for:
Outstanding volunteer service to the community;
Outstanding volunteer service to seniors;
Outstanding volunteer service to the community by youth;
Outstanding service by professional staff, employers or employees.
Recipients are selected by a community-based Selection Committee who have themselves been active volunteers. The committee selects a number of recipients in each category.
HOW TO NOMINATE SOMEONE FOR A 2025 COMMUNITY RECOGNITION AWARD
Nominating someone is simple! There are two ways to do so:
1) Fill out the nomination form (Google Form) by clicking the link provided below by December 19, 2025.
Nomination Form - Yvan Baker MP, 2025 Community Recognition Awards
2) Send a letter of nomination by mail (2-577 Burnhamthorpe Rd
Etobicoke, ON M9C 2Y3) or email (Yvan.Baker@parl.gc.ca) to my office by December 19, 2025, that:
Identifies the award category for which the person is being nominated (see categories above);
Summarizes, in 300 words or less, the nominee’s service to Etobicoke Centre and the reasons why that individual or group should receive the award;
Includes the mailing address (including postal code), phone number, and email address of both the nominator and the nominee.
For the category Outstanding service by professional staff, employers or employees, please also include the mailing address (including postal code), phone number, and email address of the place of work.
Please note, nominees must live, volunteer, or work in Etobicoke Centre. Click here for a map of Etobicoke Centre.
The awards will be presented at my New Year’s Levee & Community Recognition Awards ceremony on February 1, 2026, at the Plast Huculak Centre in Etobicoke Centre.