The BLG Awards

The importance of athletics to a university education was the focus and inspiration in establishing the BLG Awards. In the business world, we realize how similar the challenges in business are to the challenges in sport, and that a university education is enhanced when combined with athletics.

Since 1993, BLG Calgary has hosted the BLG Awards to honour the best university athletes in the country and promote post-graduate studies at Canadian universities. The BLG Awards are held in conjunction with the Canadian Interuniversity Sport (CIS) organization. The CIS is the national organization governing interuniversity sport in and for Canada. Each of the 52 CIS universities select a male and female athlete of the year from which a male and female nominee are chosen to represent Atlantic Canada, Canada West, Ontario and Quebec. These eight nominees are the focus of the evening, each hopeful of taking home the prestigious BLG Award. Winners are selected by the Canadian Athletic Foundation, a not-for-profit board established to administer the Awards and protect the integrity of the selection process.

Each of the eight nominees receive a commemorative ring. In addition, the two BLG Award winners each receive a $10,000 post-graduate scholarship to attend a Canadian graduate university and a trophy. To date, BLG has contributed $140,000 in university scholarships through the BLG Awards.

Over the years, the BLG Awards have grown from a small ceremony to become a gala event broadcasted nationally on TSN.

The 19th Annual BLG Awards took place on Monday, May 16, 2011 at The Centre for Performing Arts in Vancouver, BC, Canada.