The EKO Tribute Award for Advocacy recognizes outstanding work and/or campaigns by individuals and organizations that drive change to advance child development and improve communities across Ontario.

The EKO Tribute Award for Leadership recognizes individuals and organizations that serve the needs of Ontario’s kids with disabilities and developmental needs and their families in innovative and lasting ways. Recipients are honoured for achieving results that improve awareness, procedures, practices, productivity and set new standards for clinical excellence. Recipients serve as visionary and inspiring role models who encourage others to explore their potential.

The EKO Tribute Award for Partnership recognizes organizations, teams and individuals whose extraordinary collaborations bring innovative and creative solutions that improve clinical care and programs for kids with disabilities and developmental needs, their families, and their communities.

EKO’s Tribute Award for Rising Star recognizes an emerging leader whose record reflects ongoing and exceptional growth in contributions to kids with disabilities and developmental differences and their families, as noted through increased levels of leadership, responsibility, and sphere of impact. The award celebrates accomplishment and the significant potential of individuals and teams at the early stages of their professional and volunteer careers.

The EKO Tribute Award for Service recognizes those who have made or continue to make exceptional contributions that generate broad impact in the child development sector. Beyond acknowledging years of service, the award celebrates initiative, and the broad reaching impact made by those who have dedicated their professional careers or volunteer commitment to kids with disabilities and developmental needs and their families.

Nominators and endorsers are asked to describe the nominee’s impact on the sector, the community, and the province.

The EKO Award of Excellence is the association’s highest honour, presented to an individual or organization whose work on behalf of Ontario’s child development sector has been extraordinary, and is significantly changing the lives of kids with disabilities and developmental differences, their families and communities across the province and even beyond. Recipients have made game-changing contributions, in clinical treatments, education and research, and policy, and have achieved a provincial, national and/or international profile for their efforts.