Awards 2011

Date: December 2011
Award: Canada’s Top Family-Friendly Employers 2012
Who: Vancity
From: Canada's Top 100 Employers
For: Vancity has been named one of Canada’s Top Family-Friendly Employers in the annual national competition organized by MediaCorp Canada. This honour is given to employers offering the nation’s most progressive and forward-thinking programs for employees with young children. Read more on why Vancity was selected.

Date: December 2011
Award: Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada: Hall of Fame
Who: Tamara Vrooman
From: Women's Executive Network
For: The Women's Executive Network (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, celebrate the professional achievements of women across the country in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Vancity CEO Tamara Vrooman has been recognized with the Top 100 Hall of Fame award.

Date: December 2011
Award: Top 100 Most Powerful Women in Canada: Trailblazers & Trendsetters Award
Who: Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie
From: Women's Executive Network
For: The Women's Executive Network (WXN) Canada's Most Powerful Women: Top 100 Awards, celebrate the professional achievements of women across the country in the private, public and not-for-profit sectors. Senior Vice President, Information and Technology Management, Vancity and Chief Executive Officer, Inventure Solutions, Dr. Catherine Aczel Boivie has been recognized in the Trailblazers & Trendsetters category.

Date: November 2011
Award: Corporate Knights Diversity Leadership Index
Who: Vancity
From: Corporate Knights Magazine
For: The constituents of the Corporate Knights Leadership Diversity Index are the companies with the greatest visible minority or aboriginal representation and female representation in the boardroom. Vancity topped Corporate Knights' 2011 Diversity Index list for female representation on Canadian boards and ranked 11th for visible minority or aboriginal representation on Canadian boards. Ranking on the Diversity Index is an element of the governance indicator as part of the methodology for a company's consideration for the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada.

Date: October 2011
Award: Western Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures
Who: Vancity
From: Waterstone Human Capital
For: Vancity has been recognized as one of Western Canada's 10 Most Admired Corporate Cultures for 2011. This esteemed program recognizes best-in-class organizations across the country for having a culture that has helped them enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage.

Date: October 2011
Award: Canada's Top 100 Employers
Who: Vancity
From: Canada's Top 100 Employers
For: Vancity has been named one of Canada's Top 100 Employers in the 12th annual national competition organized by MediaCorp Canada. This honour is given to those employers across the country which offer exceptional workplaces for their employees.

Date: September 2011
Award: Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Medal
Who: Catherine Boivie
From: University of Waterloo
For: Dr. Catherine Boivie, SVP of Information Technology and CEO of Inventure Solutions was awarded the Faculty of Mathematics Alumni Achievement Medal acknowledging the outstanding accomplishments and achievements of alumni of the Faculty to their communities and professions. Winners are chosen based on their outstanding professional or business accomplishments, distinguished community and public service, and/or academic excellence.

Date: September 2011
Award: Best of Vancouver 2011
Who: Vancity
From: The Georgia Straight – Reader's Choice Awards
For: Vancity received four wins in the Georgia Straight's annual Best of Vancouver awards, and was recognized as the 'Best place to get a mortgage' and 'Best place to buy RRSPs'. Vancity also placed second as 'Best local employer' and third for 'most environmentally responsible local company'.

Date: July 2011
Award: 100 B.C.'s Biggest Companies
Who: Vancity
From: BCBusiness
For: Vancity has been named in the BCBusiness Top 100 List of BC's biggest companies. The list is published annually and is ranked based on revenue. Vancity ranked fourth in the financial services sector behind HSBC Bank Canada, Industrial Alliance Pacific and Canaccord (down from third place in 2010). In the overall list, we ranked 66th, up from 70th place last year.

Date: June 2011
Award: 2011 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada
Who: Vancity
From: Corporate Knights
For: Vancity is ranked sixth on the 2011 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada list, the definitive annual list of Canada's top corporate citizens. The methodology for the Best 50 Corporate Citizens is based on environmental, social and governance indicators found in the public domain.

Date: May 2011
Award: National Credit Union Community Economic Development Award
Who: Vancity
From: Credit Union Central of Canada
For: Credit Union Central of Canada presented the 2011 National Credit Union Awards for outstanding achievement in community economic development, innovation, leadership by young credit union professionals and lifetime contribution to the credit union system. Vancity was awarded the National Credit Union Community Economic Development Award for the financial literacy project, Each One, Teach One. This award recognizes and honours outstanding contributions by credit unions to the economic development of the communities they serve. Read more about this award and the story of Vancity's program, Each One, Teach One.

Date: April 2011
Award: Green 30
Who: Vancity
From: Aon Hewitt
For: Vancity has made the list of Canada's "Green 30" organizations. Aon Hewitt's "Green 30" study looked at both the organizations whose employees had the most positive perception of their employers' eco-friendly efforts and those organizations with the least positive reviews. Read more about the 2011 Aon Hewitt "Green 30" list in their press release or on Macleans.ca.

Date: April 2011
Award: 2011 Canada's Greenest Employers
Who: Vancity
From: Canada's Top 100 Employers
For: For the fourth year in a row, Vancity has been selected as one of Canada's Greenest Employers for being a national leader in creating environmental awareness within our organization. Read here for more information about the criteria for the award and why Vancity was selected.

Date: April 2011
Award: Rix Award for Engaged Corporate Citizenship 2011
Who: Vancity
From: The Rix Center for Corporate Citizenship & Engaged Leadership
For: Vancity has been awarded the Rix Award for Engaged Corporate Citizenship 2011 by the Vancouver Board of Trade's Rix Center for Corporate Citizenship & Engaged Leadership. The judges looked for an enterprise which demonstrated in policy and practice the highest standards of stewardship towards the long-term well-being of customers, employees, owners, business partners, the environment and the broader community. Find out more about the selection criteria for this award here.

Date: March 2011
Award: 2011 Globe Sustainability Reporting Award
Who: Vancity
From: Globe Forum
For: Vancity received the Globe Award top honour in the category of "Sustainability Reporting" as chosen by an internationally recognized jury amongst four shortlisted nominees. Vancity's report was chosen as the one that best fulfilled the criteria of providing stakeholders with a clear understanding of the significance of sustainability impacts to key business activities, and the strategic actions taken in response to these impacts.

Date: February 2011
Award: Gold in the category of Vancouver's Best Financial Institution.
Who: Vancity
From: Westender (WE)
For: Vancity received two wins in the Westender's annual Best of The City Readers' Choice, recognized as:

• Gold in the category of Vancouver's Best Financial Institution.
• Bronze in the category of Vancouver's Best Mortgage Specialist for Ryan McKinley

Date: February 2011
Award: 2011 BC's Top Employers
Who: Vancity
From: Canada's Top 100 Employers
For: Vancity was named one of BC's Top Employers in a competition organized by MediaCorp Canada. Find out the reasons Vancity was selected here.

Date: January 2011
Award: Vancouver's Favourite Financial Institution – 1st place
Who: Vancity
From: Vancouver Courier
For: Vancity was voted Vancouver's Favorite Financial Institution (first place Westside) from the thousands of votes casted by the Vancouver Courier readers in the Stars of Vancouver.