The King Charles III Coronation Medal | Royal Architectural Institute of Canada

 

The King Charles III Coronation Medal

A Canadian commemorative medal has been created to mark His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation on May 6, 2023. The King Charles III Coronation Medal is a visible and tangible way to recognize 30 000 outstanding individuals of all ages and from all walks of life who have made a difference in their communities. 

To ensure the broadest possible recognition, several partners, including the RAIC, have been invited to nominate candidates from their communities or organizations for this national honour. The RAIC is, therefore, inviting RAIC members to nominate their peers, who are also members, for the recognition. An RAIC selection committee will review the submitted nominations and make recommendations from the selection of submissions.   

This medal program is administered by the Chancellery of Honours, as part of the Office of the Secretary to the Governor General (OSGG). 

Deadline to submit a nomination: 10 pm ET, August 8, 2024

Eligibility Criteria: 

To be eligible for this honour, a person must have: 

  • Made significant contributions to the country, a province, territory, region or community, or made an outstanding achievement abroad that brings credit to Canada; and
  • Been alive on May 6, 2023, the date His Majesty was crowned. Nominations can be made posthumously, as long as the nominee was alive on that date.
Nominators should ensure that their nominations meet the essential criteria and that they have not been convicted of a criminal offence nor have they been subject to an official sanction by an adjudicating body, professional association or other organization, or conducted themselves in a manner that constitutes a significant departure from generally recognized standards of public behaviour that may undermine the credibility, integrity or relevance of the Canadian Honours System, or detract from the intent of the award. Please note that the nominators of each recipient of the Medal will be identified as a matter of record when the list of recipients is published.

Nominees must be RAIC members in good standing. 

The Medal may only be awarded once. 

 

Guidelines for the Selection of Nominees: 

The following guidelines have been developed to assist nominators: 

  • Nominations should focus on the achievements of persons who have helped build the Canada of today, including youth, volunteers, educators, veterans and health care workers. 

  • Nominees may be selected for their long service and good conduct as a volunteer or member of an organization; for having demonstrated high professionalism; or for performing a deed or activity that brings great credit to Canada. 

  • Through their achievements and sustained contributions, nominees will have distinguished themselves from others employed in the same field. 

  • The list of nominees should be inclusive and reflect the demographics of the region or community, with particular attention given to individuals belonging to groups that have been historically under-represented. 

  • The Medal is to be awarded to individuals only, not to groups or couples. 

  • Nominations from the general public will not be accepted. All nominations must be submitted by a member of the partner organizations. 

  • Self-nominations will not be accepted. 

  • Recipient names and their nominators will be published. 


 

To submit, you will need:

1 - Contact information and date of birth for nominee
2 - Contact information for the nominator
3 - Brief summary of nominee’s achievements (500 characters max.)
4 - Brief summary of nominee’s achievements (250 characters max.)
5 - Letters of support from the nominator and at least one additional member containing specific reasons for their support. All support letters must be written by an RAIC member in good standing and be no more than 400 words.

Submissions must be made through the RAIC's online submission platform.


About the Medal:
 

The Medal was designed by the Canadian Heraldic Authority, approved by His Majesty The King and manufactured by the Royal Canadian Mint.
 
On the obverse is a contemporary crowned effigy of His Majesty King Charles III in coronation robes, circumscribed with the inscriptions “CHARLES III DEI GRATIA REX” and the word “CANADA”. The reverse bears a depiction of the Royal Cypher (the King’s monogram surmounted by the Canadian Royal Crown) with the inscriptions “6-V-2023” and “VIVAT REX” to the left and right of the Royal Cypher, respectively, all placed over the sunburst design of the Canadian Coronation emblem. The Medal is worn suspended from a ribbon of dark blue, bright red and white colours evocative of the 1902 Edward VII Coronation Medal, one of the earliest coronation medals awarded to Canadians.

 


Deadline to submit a nomination: 10 pm ET, August 8, 2024