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Nominations Open for 2023 Civic Awards​​​

Our Town is proud to celebrate and recognize local citizens and groups who have made significant contributions within our community at our annual Civic Awards ceremony, hosted every July 1 during our Canada Day celebrations.

The nomination window is now open through May 10. If you know someone who has made a difference within any of the following categories, complete our online nomination form at www.townofbwg.com/CivicAwards.

​Award Categories CategoryDescription ​Organization of the Year (group)

2023 World Thinking Day

Proclamation World Thinking Day, February 22, 2023​ WHEREAS:

World Thinking Day has united Girl Guides and Girl Scouts around the world for a day of international friendship over the past 90 years, first celebrated in 1926, and 

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youth members in the Town of Bradford West Gwillimbury and beyond benefit from the opportunity to speak out on issues that affect girls and young women, celebrate the founding of Girl Guides and be connected to the 10 million members in 50 countries who are part of...

2023 Ontario Heritage Week

Proclamation Ontario Heritage Week, February 20-26, 2023​ WHEREAS:

The heritage of Bradford West Gwillimbury – architectural, cultural and natural – is a living legacy that helps us understand our past, provides context for the present, and influences our future; and

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Our community is enhanced and sustained by its heritage places and spaces, creating a place of pride and social well-being; and

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During the full third week of each February, the Ontario Heritage Trust invites us to...

2023 Black History Month

Proclamation Black History Month, February 2023 WHEREAS:

Black History Month is a time to learn about the stories and many important contributions of local Black Canadians to the settlement, growth, and development of Simcoe County, and about the diversity of Black communities in Canada and their importance to the history of this country; and

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The United Nations proclaimed 2015-2024 the Decade for people of African Descent, an important step in the international community recognizing that...