ULI Toronto: 2025 WLI Championship Team Nominations Are Open

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2025-01-27 - 2025-03-21
2025 WLI Championship Team Nominations Are Open!
 

Since 2014, the Women’s Leadership Initiative (WLI) of the Urban Land Institute (ULI) has honored 286 remarkable women leaders in the Greater Toronto and Greater Golden Horseshoe region, celebrating those who shape and inspire our city-building industry. Each year, new inductees are welcomed to the WLI Championship Team at our annual WLI reception. Details for the 2025 reception will be shared soon.

Why Nominate?
  • Elevate Leaders: Showcase the achievements of female-identifying professionals who are driving change in real estate and land use.
  • Champion Equity: Recognize excellence from all backgrounds, abilities, ages, ethnicities, gender identities, or sexual orientations.
  • Inspire Tomorrow’s Talent: Encourage more women to lead in this dynamic industry.

Click here to learn more about the current WLI Champions!

Nomination Criteria for a Successful 2025 WLI Championship Team Member include:
  • Have approximately 10 years of experience in the public or private sector focused on real estate, land use planning, or city-building in the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Golden Horseshoe.
  • Demonstrated outstanding leadership, both within their organization and externally.
  • Significant contribution to building thriving, inclusive communities across the Greater Toronto and Greater Golden Horseshoe region.
  • Inspire, elevate and mentor others in the industry and related public sectors.
  • Demonstrated commitment to community initiatives, through leadership in nonprofit or industry-related organizations.

Nomination Process:
  • January 27 – March 21, 2025: Nominations are submitted by nominators (like yourself!) with details on how their nominee has demonstrated excellence in real estate development, land use, or city-building.
  • Once nominations are received, they will be reviewed by the WLI Selection Committee. Each year a new committee is chosen of previous Champions, who will review and evaluate all applications based upon defined criteria to select the 2025 WLI Champions.
Nominators are encouraged to provide as much detail and information for their Nominee as possible to support the evaluation and selection process.
 
Ready to Nominate?
 
 

Nominations Deadline is March 21, 2025

Please note that only one nomination per person will be accepted. Consistent with the nomination protocol of other individual awards, including the Order of Canada nomination process, we ask that you not notify your candidate about the nomination to avoid disappointment.

Should you have any questions, please email [email protected].

Thank you for helping us recognize and celebrate the incredible women shaping our cities!