{"id":118249,"date":"2025-01-30T14:56:05","date_gmt":"2025-01-30T19:56:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sporttourismcanada.com\/?page_id=118249"},"modified":"2026-01-27T14:20:11","modified_gmt":"2026-01-27T19:20:11","slug":"prestige-2026-adjudication-process","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.sporttourismcanada.com\/fr\/prestige-2026-adjudication-process\/","title":{"rendered":"Processus d'adjudication de PRESTIGE 2026"},"content":{"rendered":"

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2026 Adjudication Process<\/h1>\n

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Nomination Process<\/span><\/h2>\n
Nomination Launch Date:<\/strong> November 4th, 2025
Nomination Deadline:\u00a0January 12, 2026 (No extensions past this date)<\/span><\/span><\/h5>\n

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Adjudication Committee members<\/strong><\/h3>\n

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A call for Expressions of Interest to join the 2026 PRESTIGE Awards Adjudication Committee was issued on November 19. The Committee is comprised of a \u2018jury\u2019 of the nominees’ peers and industry experts. There are 15 adjudicators in total.<\/p>\n

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Marc Sorrie<\/strong>
ATPI Sports and Events Canada<\/p>\n

Jeff Feeney<\/strong>
Diving Plongeon Canada<\/p>\n

Eric McLoughlin<\/strong>
Tourism Hamilton<\/p>\n

Katlin Ducherer<\/strong>
City of Lloydminster<\/p>\n

Laurie Dempster<\/strong>
Celebrate NL<\/p>\n

Saheed Khan<\/strong>
Athletics Ontario<\/p>\n

Moira Lassen<\/strong>
Arctic Winter Games International Committee<\/p>\n

Ted Scaldwell<\/strong>
Ontario Ministry of Sport<\/p>\n

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Nicole Kotyk<\/strong>
City of Grande Prairie<\/p>\n

Lindsay Smith<\/strong>
Envision Saint John: The Regional Growth Agency<\/p>\n

Scott Pritchard<\/strong>
One Eleven Management Group<\/p>\n

Jenni Lloyd<\/strong>
Ringette Canada<\/p>\n

D\u2019Arcy Hutcheson<\/strong>
Hockey Canada<\/p>\n

Doug McLean<\/strong>
McLean Sport and Strategy Inc.<\/p>\n

Josh Peacock<\/strong>
Cycling Canada<\/p>\n

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The Adjudication Process<\/span><\/h3>\n
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  • Once the Committee is finalized, a meeting is held to discuss the award categories and other changes to the PRESTIGE program in 2026, adjudication timelines, and provide direction on how to adjudicate nominations.<\/li>\n
  • A rubric is created and will be distributed to assist adjudicators when evaluating nominations.<\/li>\n
  • To avoid any conflict of interest, adjudicators did not judge nominations to which they had any ties or involvement.\u00a0 Additionally, adjudicators could only judge events that took place in communities in which they did not reside.<\/li>\n
  • Adjudications are completed independently and confidentially.<\/li>\n
  • Adjudicators are each provided with nominations to adjudicate.\u00a0 Each category will have multiple adjudicators.<\/li>\n
  • Adjudicators submitted their scores confidentially to Sport Tourism Canada, which in turn tabulates the results. Adjudicators are asked to keep their scores confidential and destroy the nomination entries once they have completed their evaluation process.<\/li>\n
  • The results are kept confidential until the finalists (top 3 in each category) are announced by STC in January 2026.<\/li>\n
  • Winners will be announced at the PRESTIGE Awards Gala on March 11, 2026 at Sport Events Congress in Mississauga, ON.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

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    Where in the country did nominations come from?<\/strong><\/p>\n

    A total of 55 nominations were received.<\/p>\n

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