National Awards

Cantlie Community Development and Community Relations National Award

In 2004 Colin Cantlie, as outgoing President of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association, approached the CHHA National Office with the creation of a new award. This award is to be presented to a Chapter, Branch, a member, individual, or an Association that has worked diligently in the past to further the mandate of the Canadian Hard of Hearing Association. This is to be a unique award as it is not mandatory that the recipient be hard of hearing or even a member of CHHA. This particular recipient could be an external Association or Group that has endeavoured to promote community accessibility for persons with hearing loss. The unusual criterion of this award is that the selection committee be separate from the annual award selection committee. This selection committee is to consist of the National President, the National Executive Director and the National Nominations Chairperson of CHHA. Previous winners are: