Simon Fraser University
Engaging the World

The purpose of the Governor General’s Innovation Awards is to inspire Canadians to embrace innovation and to emulate innovative, entrepreneurial risk-takers who have developed new or better ways of creating value and who are having a meaningful impact on our quality of life.

Eligibility: Canadian citizen or permanent resident; for Young Innovator category must be under 30 years of age.

Note: These are institutional nominations. There is a two-stage merit-review selection process. Nominations will only be accepted from the nominating partners via their official contact person. Institutional Strategic Awards (ISA) coordinates the internal selection of nominees and/or institutional endorsements/external expert reviews. To promote equity, diversity and inclusion, departments and faculties should ensure that all eligible candidates are considered and given the opportunity to self-identify. To recommend a candidate to the President’s Advisory Committee on Awards, Honours and Prizes, please submit a candidate suggestion form by the internal deadline. For more information, please contact awards@sfu.ca.

Agency website: https://innovation.gg.ca/en/About