NOMINATION BY COMMUNITY MEMBER

Nominations open on August 1st, 2025, and must be completed by 4:00pm, October 31, 2025. Please note, you may not self-nominate for any award category. 

MULTIPLE NOMINATIONS

A business or individual may be nominated in multiple categories; however, they must select one category to compete in for judging purposes. This selection must be confirmed during the nomination acceptance process via email to lauren@ridgemeadowschamber.com, at which point we will remove you from the judging process for other categories. You will only need to complete your nominee submission for the one category that you want to be judged in. You have until the entry deadline to decide which category you'd like to be judged in and send in your nomination package. 

ONLINE SUBMISSION

The 2026 Ridge Meadows Business Excellence Awards consist of an online submission that you must complete after you are nominated by someone else in the community, by completing this online submission you are accepting your nomination officially. Until your online submission materials are completed, your nomination is not official. All materials must be submitted by yourself by 4:00pm, October 31, 2025, and will be passed along to the anonymous and non-partisan judging panel. 

If you foresee a conflict meeting this deadline please contact us at 604 457 4599. Once the deadline has passed no further submissions can be uploaded. 

ENTRY COMPLETION

Create your member account .

  • Select the category you wish to enter, and submit your information according to the specifications for the category
  • All supporting materials listed are required. For questions or concerns, contact our office
  • Include electronic copy of current corporate logo for production.
  • Entries will be saved in your member account, and can be edited up until the entry deadline (4:00pm, October 31, 2025). If you require assistance with submissions, please contact our office at 604 457 4599.

Accuracy of submitted materials is the responsibility of the applicant. Information given on the entry form will be used exactly as submitted in the award ceremony through production, presentation, and recognition in the media.

SUBMISSION DEADLINE

  • Online submission, including all supporting documentation and payment (arrangements), must be complete by 4:00pm, October 31, 2025.
  • After this deadline, the committee reserves the right to extend the deadline for a SPECIFIC category and solicit additional entries in the event that there are less than three entries from a minimum of two companies in the category in question

PROMOTION AS AN AWARD OF EXCELLENCE WINNER

  • Ridge Meadows Chamber Member companies and their affiliates must indicate the Year and the Award Category Title in which they won or were a finalist when advertising/promoting/etc. There are to be NO changes made to the NAME of the Award category

FINAL NOTES

  • Ridge Meadows Chamber reserves the right to disqualify incomplete submissions without notice.
  • Acceptance of submissions received is at the discretion of Ridge Meadows Chamber
  • Ridge Meadows Chamber reserves the right to realign categories due to volume of entries. If this process should take place, entrants will be notified
  • If there are fewer than two entries in any category, Ridge Meadows Chamber reserves the right to eliminate that category from the competition.
  • All entrants agree to be bound by these rules

JUDGING PROCESS

Judges will bring their professional experience and unique perspectives in deciding which companies deserve top-ranks and coveted awards in each category. Judges will review the submissions, and rate the work against provided criteria through a private, online system. Online judging will take place from 3 November 2025 - 2 January 2026. With 21 judges on the panel, we aim to keep all judging decisions confidential, non-partisan, and anonymous. Judging will not take place in a group setting, to avoid any conversation among judges. Judges also will not be allowed to participate in judging for categories in which they may know nominees. Employees of the Ridge Meadows Chamber of Commerce are not on the judging committee and have no say in the outcome of judging events, however will step in to fix issues that may arise or remove judges from certain categories if they show to have any connection to nominees in that category. 

Judges are comprised of likeminded, business focused, individuals and locally elected officials at varying levels of government, as well as individuals who do a lot of community engagement.