The National Quality Institute announced 13 recipients of the 2005 Canada Awards for Excellence recently.

The CAE Quality Award is based on the Canadian Framework for Excellence, used by many organizations as a management model for continuous improvement and the achievement of operational goals. There are three levels: Gold, Silver and Bronze. To receive the CAE Gold Trophy, organizations must have fully met the framework criteria with documented overall achievements and results. Bronze and Silver Award recipients must reach Level 3 of one of NQI’s Progressive Excellence Programs. The PEP are target-driven, incremental approaches to applying excellence criteria. Quality Award winners are:

• 3M Canada Co.—Gold Trophy
• NuComm International—Gold Trophy
• Xerox North American TeleWeb—Gold Trophy
• Real Estate Board of Greater Vancouver—Silver Award
• Purolator Courier Ltd.—Bronze Award

CAE Healthy Workplace Award winners are:

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