2018 Spirit Award Nominees
The BCAA & United Way Community Spirit Awards is our opportunity to recognize and honour the many organizations, unions and individuals that have helped to strengthen our community over the past year. The Spirit Awards ceremony will take place on April 23rd at the Commodore Ballroom in Vancouver. Purchase your tickets here!
Growth Award – presented by 
Donations to United Way help fund crucial programs and services in our community. This award recognizes the workplace that shows local love through its fundraising campaign.
Nominees:
Chandos Construction
City of Burnaby/CUPE Local 23
Costco Warehouse #51
DIVERSEcity Community Resources Society
International Forest Products Ltd.
Odlum Brown Limited
Shared Services Canada
Surrey School District #36/CUPE Local 728
TransLink, the BC Rapid Transit Company Ltd., Coast Mountain Bus Company & CUPE Local 4500, CUPE 7000, MoveUP, Transit Police, Transit Police Professional Association, Unifor Local 111, Unifor Local 2200
Tree Island Steel/Teamsters Local 213, MoveUp
Wawanesa Mutual Insurance Company
Innovation Award – presented by 
Innovation takes many forms. It can be a creative event, a new way to inspire, or an act of local love that helps change a community. This award recognizes those who put local love in action in innovative, impactful ways that motivate people to mobilize, to collaborate, to give.
Nominees:
ALS Group
British Columbia Automobile Association & MoveUP
BC Hydro/IBEW Local 258 & MoveUp
BMO Financial Group
Chemtrade Electrochem Inc.
Dentons Canada LLP
Fisheries & Oceans Canada and PSAC
HSBC
KPMG
Methanex Corporation
Odlum Brown Limited
TransLink, the BC Rapid Transit Company Ltd., Coast Mountain Bus Company & CUPE Local 4500, CUPE 7000, MoveUP, Transit Police, Transit Police Professional Association, Unifor Local 111, Unifor Local 2200
Tree Island Steel/Teamsters Local 213 & MoveUp
GenNext Award
It’s time to step up and make a difference in the community! This award recognizes the next generation of do-gooders, especially GenNexters (self-identified Millenials or people born between 1980s -2000s).
Nominees:
British Columbia Automobile Association & MoveUP
Canada Revenue Agency – Vancouver and UTE Local 20027
Connor, Clark & Lunn Financial Group
Lawson Lundell LLP
MDA Systems
Odlum Brown Limited
Labour United Award – presented by 
The Labour United Award is presented to a union and its members that best exemplify a commitment to community and to furthering the values shared by United Way and the labour movement.
Nominees:
UFCW 1518
Health Sciences Association
New West District Labour Council
CUPE 391
MoveUP
Local Love in Action Award – presented by 
Our community is stronger when we work together. This award recognizes local love that mobilizes diverse stakeholders to improve the community that we call home.
Nominees (Organization):
British Columbia Automobile Association & MoveUP
BC Hydro/IBEW Local 258 & MoveUp
City of Surrey/CUPE Local 402 & IAFF Local 1271
Canadian Western Bank
Deloitte
Fraser Health
G & F Financial Group
Health Sciences Association of BC
McCarthy Tétrault LLP
Methanex Corporation
Odlum Brown Limited
Phillips, Hagar & North
UBC, AAPS, BCGEU Local 303, CUPE Local 116, CUPE 2278, CUPE 2950, IUOE Local 882 & UBC Faculty Association
Westport Fuel Systems
Nominees (Individual):
Eshelle Lam
Karin Pokrishevsky
Scott Muma
President’s Award of Distinction
The President’s Award of Distinction is United Way’s most prestigious award. It honours individuals or organizations for their extraordinary service and commitment to helping build stronger communities.
The recipient will be announced at the Spirit Awards.