The fifth annual Canadian Fuels Association (CFA) Awards of Excellence took place on June 10 at the National Arts Centre (NAC) in Ottawa, bringing together CFA members, industry leaders, partners, and special guests to recognize the individuals and organizations making a meaningful impact across Canada’s transportation fuels sector. The CFA Awards of Excellence celebrate excellence…
After more than 35 years of shaping environmental, health, and safety (EHS) practices across Canada’s fuels and specialties sector, Colleen Stevenson is being recognized with the Canadian Fuels Association’s 2025 Lifetime Achievement Award—a tribute to her unwavering commitment to protecting people, communities, and the environment. Colleen began her journey in 1989 with Petro-Canada, bringing…
In a world increasingly focused on environmental sustainability, helping recognize the individuals and organizations championing the transition to lower-carbon, or “cleaner”, fuels is critical to the Canadian Fuels Association (CFA) and our mandate. The CFA Government Collaboration Award recognizes Federal, Provincial or Municipal representative(s), departments and/or teams that have demonstrated a high level of engagement…
Innovation is driving our whole transportation system forward, and the Canadian Fuels Association (CFA) Innovation Award recognizes a member representative or team that has advanced the transportation fuels sector by introducing innovative ideas or successfully implementing new technology, systems, processes, and/or tools for engagement. The CFA represents a diverse group of companies involved in the…
The Rising Star Award recognizes an employee of a CFA member company who is in the early stages of their career and has made a significant contribution to successful operations, health and safety, and/or community engagement. Elaine Rippon first joined Shell as an Environmental Engineer and worked with CFA to advocate for Shell’s and the…
The CFA Community Champion Award celebrates a local partner or stakeholder of a CFA member company that has worked to enhance the quality of life in their surrounding community. While there were many great examples of community champions across the transportation fuels sector over the past year, one person and their team truly went above…
Collaboration is a key pillar of CFA’s Driving to 2050 vision, so it is fitting that we designed an award to recognize groups with whom we have shared objectives and work together with us to make these objectives happen. The CFA Collaboration and Partnership Award recognizes an organization or association that demonstrated solid engagement and…
The Government Collaboration Award recognizes Federal, Provincial or Municipal representative(s), departments and/or teams that have demonstrated a high level of engagement and cooperation with our Association and our sector. Throughout his time as Mayor of Sarnia, Mike Bradley has always been there to support our local members and act as a champion for our industry. …
The Government Collaboration Award recognizes Federal, Provincial or Municipal representative(s), departments and/or teams that have demonstrated a high level of engagement and cooperation with our Association and our sector. Highlighting the importance of government-industry collaboration the CFA Government Collaboration Award was presented to the Honourable Wayne Easter. Over a political career that spanned twenty-eight years,…
The CFA Rising Star Award recognizes an employee of a CFA member company who is in the early stages of their career and has made a significant contribution to successful operations, health and safety, and/or community engagement. This Rising Star award winner has demonstrated versatility in their thinking along with enthusiasm and results. In his…
The CFA Rising Star Award recognizes an employee of a CFA member company who is in the early stages of their career and has made a significant contribution to successful operations, health and safety, and/or community engagement. Our first Rising Star Award winner began his career as a Process Operator at Imperial’s Sarnia refinery and,…
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