Honouring Nations Canada Award

Honouring Nations Canada is an Indigenous-led and Indigenous-informed national awards and learning initiative of Fulbright Canada, established to recognize, celebrate, and elevate outstanding examples of Indigenous governance, leadership, and innovation across Canada.
 
Inspired by the Honoring Nations program at Harvard Kennedy School’s Project on Indigenous Governance and Development, Honouring Nations Canada adapts this internationally respected model to reflect the unique constitutional, legal, cultural, and political realities of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples.
 
At its core, the program identifies Indigenous-led solutions achieving meaningful results for communities and nations. These solutions may take the form of policies, laws, institutions, programs, partnerships, or governance practices that strengthen Indigenous sovereignty and improve outcomes for citizens. The program recognizes demonstrated achievement and transferable learning—not intention or effort alone. The program is guided by its Circle of Advisor and National Advisory Council
 
Please join us in celebrating outstanding Indigenous-led initiatives, governance practices, and innovations that are strengthening communities, advancing sovereignty, and creating meaningful change across Canada.
Award recipients will be formally recognized during the Victoria Forum at Royal Roads University in Victoria, British Columbia. The Forum convenes Indigenous leaders, policymakers, scholars, and global experts to engage in dialogue on pressing governance, social, economic, and environmental challenges. As part of the program, recipients are invited to share their work in a featured panel session—providing a national platform to highlight Indigenous governance innovation and contribute to policy conversations in Canada and internationally. The ceremony is held on the traditional territories of the Lekwungen Peoples, including the Songhees and Esquimalt Nations.