Description
The Lieutenant Governor’s medal program was established in 1979 to recognize students enrolled in vocational and career programs less than two years long at public post-secondary institutions in British Columbia. The medal program was created to recognize students who excel in their studies and contribute to the life of their institution or community. For nearly forty years, British Columbia’s Lieutenant Governor has awarded the medal to outstanding students who have distinguished themselves through their post-secondary education.
Effective 2019, to modernize the medal while preserving its legacy of recognizing outstanding students, the award also recognizes B.C. public post-secondary students in two-year diploma programs and four-year undergraduate programs. Changes have also been made to the program criteria, which now recognize students who have made outstanding contributions to the promotion of inclusion, democracy and/or reconciliation within their campus community, as defined below:
- Diversity and Inclusion: You are a student who has promoted diversity and inclusion. You have demonstrated strong collaboration and unifying efforts, through the promotion and display of tolerance, and respect for others.
- Democracy: You are a student who has strengthened democracy through civic engagement or the advancement of human rights. You have demonstrated recognition for fundamental rights and dignity for all persons at a local, national or global level.
- Reconciliation: You are a student who has answered the 2015 Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s urgent call to transform society by establishing a renewed relationship with Indigenous peoples.
Criteria
To be eligible, a student must:
- Be enrolled in the second year of an academic program at CMTN;
- Have attained a CGPA of 3.0 (min);
- Made outstanding contributions to the promotion of inclusion, democracy and/or reconciliation within their campus or community.
A student can apply or be nominated by a community member, CMTN faculty or staff.
- Students applying must submit a letter outlining their contributions to the promotion of inclusion, and/or democracy, and/or reconciliation within their campus or community. The letter must describe the significance, impact and outcome of their contributions, and the personal example they set for others.
- Community/CMTN Faculty/Staff nominating a student must submit a letter outlining why they have nominated the student based on their campus or community contributions to the promotion of inclusion, democracy and/or reconciliation.
The CMTN Awards Committee will review the applications and select a recipient. A congratulatory letter from the Lieutenant Governor will be mailed to the award recipient. The award recipient will be invited to receive the Lieutenant Governor Medal at spring convocation.