2009 Equine Canada National Awards

• Hold a valid EC competitive license.

• Hold a valid EC Junior competitive license with Canadian Citizenship or Landed Immigrant Status.
• Have paid their EC competitive license fees at the start of the year before their first competition to be eligible.
• Willingly abide by EC rules.
• Be polite to all officials.
• Show talent as riders or drivers.
• Have shown successfully, not necessarily winning but demonstrating improvement throughout the year.
• Accept winning and losing gracefully.
• Show concern for and kindness to their horse or pony at all times. 

• Must be active in the current year.
• Must be an equestrian volunteer, in any capacity, at the national level.
• Must hold a valid EC membership, either through a Provincial Federation or EC-recognized member association, and have, through their volunteer activities, made a special and significant contribution to equestrian sport.

• Entries are open to works in all areas of equestrian interests.
• Consideration will be granted to individuals only
• Types of media under consideration includes individual work or contributions to:
  • Print Media Publications;  
  • Internet;  
  • Television Broadcast; and
  • Photography 

• Recognized submissions can be:
  • One specific story or event;
  • An on-going story or event; and
  • Overall outstanding effort for the year
• Entries must clearly demonstrate a clear focus of enhancing the image of equestrian interests to the Canadian public.
• All submissions must have been published or aired for the first time between December 1, 2008, and October 31, 2009.
• Print and photography submissions must have been published in a viable publication, paid-circulation, member-based, non-profit, or similar, or on the Internet at a site that is a same-name affiliate of a print or broadcast news organization.
• Television entries must have aired in at least one broadcast in Canada, or otherwise have been made available to Canadian households through public television, satellite or cable.
• All entries must be submitted with an Official Nomination Form for the 2008 Susan Jane Anstey Media Award.
• Entries must originate with the author (article), editor (publication of the year, website), producer or reporter (broadcast submissions), or photographer. All entries must include a brief cover letter, signed by the author (or other, as outlined above) stating his/her desire to enter his/her materials, with accompanying contact information. In cases where two or more people are submitting their work jointly, all parties submitting must sign the cover letter. Editors or managers may submit print materials on behalf of authors, provided such submissions include the cover letter described above, signed by the actual author. All other third-party submissions will be rejected.  
• The Equine Canada Awards Committee reserves the right to determine the eligibility of all entries, and to disqualify entries, if necessary.  
• The Equine Canada Awards Committee also reserves the right not to bestow the award based on the quantity or the quality of submissions.

• Water (quality and quantity)
• Manure and Pasture Management
• Energy Efficiency
• Dust and Odour Management
• Biodiversity and Beneficial Management Practices

Gillian
Wilson Trophy

George
Jacobsen Trophy

Volunteer of
the Year

Susan Jane
Anstey Media Award

2004