Digital Government Community Awards: Awards for 2025

Team awards

• Excellence in Service Design
• Excellence in Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility
• Excellence in Innovation
• Excellence in Data and Information Stewardship
• Outstanding Digital Leadership

Individual award

Anja Van Beek Throop Rising Star

Excellence in Service Design

Recognizes a team for outstanding achievement in providing user-centred services through agile product management, prioritizing user feedback and adapting to market changes.

Excellence in Inclusion, Diversity, Equity and Accessibility (IDEA)

Recognizes a team for outstanding achievement in advancing inclusion, diversity, equity and accessibility in the Government of Canada.

Excellence in Innovation

Recognizes a team for outstanding achievement in creating a culture of openness and experimentation to foster innovation.

Excellence in Data and Information Stewardship

Recognizes a team for outstanding achievement in data and information stewardship through the collection, management and use of data for business outcomes.

Outstanding Digital Leadership (small and large organizations)

Recognizes a small organization (under 5,000 employees) and a large organization (over 5,000 employees) for their outstanding achievement in developing creative approaches to building important partnerships, empowering staff to support the digital vision, and working toward the Government of Canada’s digital priorities.

Anja Van Beek Throop Rising Star

This award recognizes an individual with fewer than five years of work experience. This individual has shown great collaboration and innovation, and has surpassed expectations in delivering digital services with the Government of Canada’s digital community.