Top 40 Under 40 Extended Questionnaire for Nominees 2026

How are applications graded?

Professional accomplishments —This is more than just doing your job well, this is about going above and beyond the norm.
Community involvement — What do you do outside your job that is remarkable?
Impact — what kind of impact have your contributions made to the capital region as a whole?
YEG booster — How have your work, philanthropy, research, art, etc. helped raise the profile of Edmonton

NOTE: If you are writing your responses to the nomination form in a Word document first, you must remove formatting before inputting into the online form as erroneous html can be introduced that affects your ability to submit the form.

Top 40 Under 40: Frequently Asked Questions

- Stage Name or Preferred Name
- Legal First Name
- Legal Last Name
- Company Name or Organization Affiliation
- Job Title/Role
- Email Address
- Daytime Phone Number
- Cell Phone Number
- Birthdate
- City or town of majority residence
- Social Media Handles
- X
- Instagram
- Facebook
- LinkedIn
- In 100 words or less, tell us why you should be included in Edify’s Top 40 Under 40.
- Elevator pitch:
- Briefly explain your primary work or business. (If you are an artist, athlete or sole proprietor, consider your body of work your primary business and explain it here.) What do you do in your work role? Remember that the judges may not be familiar with your industry or field, so try to avoid jargon.
- Explain your company’s primary business:
- What impact have you made within your field in this role? Please note any specific growth numbers (e.g. revenue, client, employee or profit growth), publications or shows, or the start of groups or businesses. Try to avoid using percentages and instead provide specific absolute numbers. (Try to be as specific as possible. For example, provide numbers of clients or employees, growth in profit or completion of major initiatives.) If you are including information here that cannot be published in Edify, please note that in your response.
- Impact you have made:
- Please list ALL post-secondary institutions, any accredited trade or professional development programs, any recognized academies attended and the names of the programs you have attended, including those where a diploma or degree was not granted. For those whose vocations don't fit inside the traditional educational model, please list mentors, coaches, instructors from whom you've learned and organizations with which you've been associated. Use this format: Institution, Program, Completion Year (For example, University of Alberta, Bachelor of Commerce, 2018). Do not use jargon or abbreviations.
- Please list in chronological order, from most recent:
- Please describe your career accomplishments, including the length of time you’ve been in various roles, if applicable.
- Describe your career accomplishments.
- Describe any awards and honours you have received for your career or community work.
- Describe your community contributions, including dates, duration and total hours you have volunteered or amount of money raised or donated as applicable. Be specific about whether it was an individual effort or achieved as a group.
- Describe your community contributions.
- References
- Please provide a reference at your current workplace (if you do not have a workplace per se, this can be a peer in your field).
- First Name
- Last Name
- Phone Number
- Email Address
- Please provide a reference with one of the groups you give to, volunteer or work with in the community.
- First Name
- Last Name
- Phone Number
- Email Address
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