CANDO Awards


Recognize! Celebrate! Honour!

Sharing our stories and celebrating our successes will ensure that economic development initiatives continue to grow.

The Council for the Advancement of Native Development Officers (CANDO) each year awards three categories: Individual EDO, Community & Aboriginal Private Sector Business; as well as, an award of recognition to each runner-up. In previous years it was the tradition of CANDO to award the Economic Developer of the Year Award, and three Recognition Award Winners. In 2002 a new category was introduced - the Individual Economic Developer of the Year.  And in 2008 another category was added - Aboriginal Private Sector Business.

Since 1995, the CANDO Economic Developer of the Year was created to recognize and promote recent or long-standing Aboriginal economic development initiatives throughout Canada.

Three outstanding examples of Aboriginal economic development will be awarded for their hard work this year. Delegates at the National Conference vote for 3 categories: Individual EDO, Community & Aboriginal Private Sector Business.  There are also three runner up categories selected to receive recognition awards.

Visit our 2009 Conference section to stay updated with this year's ED of the Year events.