Awards

Arthur Hazlitt Leadership Award

The Arthur Hazlitt Leadership Award recognizes Deaf persons who have provided outstanding leadership in the Deaf community over a period of at least ten years, at the national, provincial, or local level.The name of this award honours Arthur Hazlitt, who, in addition to many years of service to the CAD, set an excellent example of a leader at the national, provincial, and local levels over a period of more than ten years.

Award of Merit

The Award of Merit was established by the Canadian Association of the Deaf to recognize any person (Deaf or non-Deaf) who has made significant contributions to the well-being of Deaf persons in Canada.

Canadian Association of the Deaf – Hall of Fame

The Canadian Association of the Deaf Hall of Fame was founded by members of the CAD Board of Directors in 1991 to recognize Life Members and outstanding individual contributions to the CAD.

The Diversity Award

The Diversity Award recognizes individuals or groups that have promoted and supported diversity in the Deaf community. “Diversity” is understood to mean the inclusion and equality of Deaf persons of varying races, religions, ethnic background, disabilities, genders, ages, languages, and so on.

The Henry Vlug Award

The Henry Vlug Award is presented for political, legal, or advocacy action that has significantly increased the equality of Deaf Canadians. This should be for a single action, e.g., winning a legal case, but it could also be given for a lifetime of this kind of achievement. It is open to Deaf or hearing nominees.
The Henry Vlug Award is named in honour of Henry Vlug, Q.C., for his many successes in political, legal, and advocacy efforts to increase equality. These successes include actions that resulted in full captioning of television programming, provision of Sign language interpreters in post-secondary institutions, and accessibility in court proceedings.

The Marshall Wick Award

The Marshall Wick Award recognizes achievement in the field of Deaf education. This could be for excellence in teaching, or for outstanding research work on Deaf education, or for activism in keeping a Deaf school open. It is open to Deaf or hearing nominees.
The name of this award honours Dr. E. Marshall Wick for his decades of devotion to the cause of Deaf education, both in Canada and in the United States, particularly his role in expanding the Canadian Deaf Education Fund in the 1970s and 1980s.

The Deaf Youth Role-Model Award

The Deaf Youth Role-Model Award is chosen by youth members to honour people whom they admire as role models for young Deaf Canadians. It is open to Deaf nominees only. The award may be given to recognize any Deaf person whom Deaf Youths identify as a positive and inspiring role-model in any field, including advocacy, education, personal development, employment, organization, media, sports, technology, and so on.