Nomination Deadline For CITT Awards

The CITT/ICTS Awards are designed to honour individuals and/or companies from a wide spectrum of the Canadian live performance industry. The nomination of candidates for CITT/ICTS Awards is driven directly by the membership, allowing members to recognise the work of a mentor, colleague or someone whose work you admire. The final selection is made by a committee of the CITT/ICTS board of directors, made up of the members at large from the sections and the chair of the awards committee.

Dieter Penzhorn Memorial Award-Awarded to an Individual who has provided significant and sustained service to the Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology/Institut canadien des technologies scénographiques, while playing an active role in the development of the greater Canadian cultural community.

The Ron Epp Memorial Award for Professional Achievement-Awarded to an individual, in recognition of longstanding career achievement in a technical or related discipline within the Canadian live performance industry.

CITT/ICTS Educational Achievement Award- Awarded to an individual, in recognition of longstanding career achievement as an educator. This individual engages in the teaching of a technical or related discipline, while preparing students for work within the Canadian live performance industry.

CITT/ICTS Supplier (Corporate) Achievement Award- Awarded to an individual and/or corporate entity who have shown sustained commitment to providing excellent service and/or product (s) to the Canadian cultural industries community.

CITT/ICTS Award of Technical Merit- Awarded to a production company or Theatre, or a combination thereof, for outstanding achievement in the use of theatre technology on a specific project or production.

The Honorary Membership Award- Awarded to an individual and/or organisation not actively involved in the technical disciplines of the Canadian live performance industry, but who by virtue of their position has contributed significantly to the development of technical disciplines within Canada. This contribution can be seen through the recipient's decision-making, influence, and philosophy within the community or by showing themselves to be a longstanding friend of the Institute.

Information about the nomination procedure can be found at: http://www.citt.org/awds.php#nomprocedure

Send all nominations to:
CITT/ICTS National Office, Awards Nominations
340-207 Bank St.
Ottawa On K2P 2N2
Fax: +1-613-482-1212
Email: [email protected]

The deadline for nominations to be received at the CITT/ICTS office is Friday May 2, 2008.