eAwards

Community Service

Cheryll Watson
Senior Manager, Employee and Community Engagement and Site Services, Intuit Canada

Cheryll Watson might have well split the atom, when you consider the force she’s set loose. Since taking the reins of Intuit’s once lacklustre corporate volunteer program, Watson has doubled community involvement, with 88% of employees now participating in the company’s volunteer program. The increase, Watson says, has transformed the company and its culture, not to mention the way employees live. >

The eAwards

Every year Alberta Venture solicits nominations for the eAwards, celebrating the efforts and achievements of outstanding employees at all levels, in all kinds of workplaces, from across Alberta. >

Flashback: Where Are the eAward Winners Now?

Ever wonder what happened to past eAward winners? Are they still at the same job, acting as a model of perfect employee behaviour for others to follow? Or did their enterprising nature open another door, with a different company? Hot on the trail, our team of super sleuth writers hit the pavement to find out. (OK, it was really one guy Googling everyone)
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Team Performance

Stantec Marketing Knowledge Centre Team
Stantec Consulting Ltd.
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Quality of Working Life

Jill Kelland
Manager, social and vocational programs, Regional Mental Health , Capital Health

Being an entrepreneur in Alberta is no big deal. Bringing entrepreneurial business strategies into a big-city health authority and making them work with clients is. Jill Kelland is guilty of the above; of expanding client services, of cutting costs, and increasing efficiencies in her division. But more importantly, she’s helped increase understanding that social vocational programs can help people with mental health conditions compete in the marketplace, not just feed on it. “I like going to work because I feel I’m accomplishing something,” she says. >

Our Most Precious Commodity

Alberta’s most enterprising employees are outstanding in their fields, whether they be customer service, collective problem-solving or just making the office a happier place.
Our 2005 winners exemplify what it means to give more, expect more and deliver more
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Exemplary Young Employee

Brenda Chomyshen
Payroll Administrator – Field project clerk , Doran Stewart Oilfield Service (1990) Ltd.

When Brenda Chomyshen, 23, applied for an office position with Doran Stewart Oilfield Service after working as a field labourer, controller Brenda Herman had some doubts.
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Business Results – Quality Enhancement

Jill Kelland
Manager, social and vocational programs, Regional Mental Health , Capital Health

Being an entrepreneur in Alberta is no big deal. Bringing entrepreneurial business strategies into a big-city health authority and making them work with clients is.
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Customer Service

Jon Bromling
Senior Product Manager, TTG Systems Incorporated

Jon Bromling is a rare creature in the software business: he translates computer jargon into understandable language, enabling clients to fully comprehend complex software technologies.
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