Do you know a wildlife conservation hero who has been essential to protecting nature in Canada at personal financial sacrifice? Those like Aleta Karstad and Dr. Fred Schueler, last year’s winners? Nominate that person for the final $10,000 Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize.

Deadline: 5 p.m. ET Friday, April 30, 2021.

About Glen Davis
Glen Davis was a Canadian businessman and philanthropist. When he wasn’t managing his financial interests or trekking in remote wilderness, he helped to protect more of Canada than anyone before or after him.

Glen loved big wilderness and was a leading supporter of WWF-Canada’s Endangered Spaces Campaign between 1989-2000, which resulted in the establishment of more than 1,000 new nature reserves, parks and wilderness areas, doubling the amount of protected lands and waters in Canada. Tragically, his life was cut short. Glen was slain in May of 2007 at age 66.

About the Prize
The Canadian Parks and Wilderness Society (CPAWS) was a strong partner in this effort, particularly through our local chapters, which Glen supported right across the country. That’s why the $10,000 Glen Davis Conservation Leadership Prize is a joint project of WWF-Canada and CPAWS. This prize was given for the first time on the 10th anniversary year of Glen’s death to honour his nationally significant contribution to Canada. As such, it is one of the most prestigious recognitions of its kind.

The Glen Davis Leadership Prize is intended to recognize not just improving the decision-making process or making progress towards protection — as necessary as these steps might be. It rewards efforts that lead to the actual protection of land or marine ecosystems in Canada.

Who should be nominated? The successful candidate will have one of following characteristics:

• Played a key role in bringing — or being on the cusp of bringing — meaningful protections to identifiable land or marine ecosystems. This could be one specific area with which the nominee has become associated, or an entire network of new protected areas.
• Or, led a foundational initiative regarding species or spaces that leaves Canada measurably better off.

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• Demonstrated personal financial sacrifice.

Other considerations:

• May or may not be associated with or employed by an existing conservation organization, and this person might lead from the front by having a highly visible role in conservation advocacy, or play a leadership role behind the scenes, such as inspiring and coordinating the efforts of others.
• May or may not be well known. They could be a veteran of many years effort, or a promising up-and-comer.
• The prize is not intended as a bursary or scholarship to help full-time students in financial need, or to complete their studies.

Submit your nomination today!

1. Learn more about the criteria for a successful candidate and complete and submit the online form, or
2. Download the nomination form, complete it and email it to [email protected].