The Premier’s Awards for outstanding college and polytechnic graduates, now in its 37th year, is an annual event run by Colleges Ontario that celebrates graduates’ many successes in this province and throughout the world.

Graduates from each college or polytechnic are nominated for a Premier’s Award each year, which recognizes success in areas such as changemaker, entrepreneurship and economic development, community advancement, cultural and creative achievement, health care and community wellbeing, workforce and skilled trades advancement, science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) innovation and francophone outreach.