This award has been created to recognize sociologists who undertake community action projects that bring social science knowledge, methods, and expertise to bear in addressing community-identified issues and concerns. This award celebrates a Sociologist's contribution to sociological practice that has served as a model for working with a community, organization or public service. We wish to honour work that has had a significant sociological perspective and, by so doing, has elevated the profession for Sociology as a whole. It is expected that this work has been honoured or widely recognized outside the discipline in advancing human welfare. The recipient of this award will have spent considerable time involving research, administrative or operational responsibilities as a member of an organization, agency or association or as a solo practitioner. While Canadian Sociological Association membership is not a criterion for being selected for this award, the recipient must be a current Canadian Sociological Association member at the time she/he receives the award. The definition of a Sociologist is broadly construed to include those individuals who currently hold an undergraduate and/or graduate degree in Sociology.