Dare.Care.Change Award – Employee recognition at Englobe and Supporting Local Artists

At Englobe we celebrate our team members through an internal awards program intended to highlight the people who, through their work, attitude, and day-to-day behaviour, make a difference. There are currently three categories: 

1. the Englobe Excellence Award
2. the Inspiration-ELLE Award
3. and the Dare.Care.Change Award. 

Considered one of our most prestigious levels of recognition, the Dare.Care.Change Award honours an employee who: 

• dares to do things differently 
• radically cares for their colleagues, clients, and community 
• leads positive change. 

Our Dare.Care.Change Award winners not only make a substantial impact within their team and office, but in their community and for the environment, too.

2023 Award Winner : Natacha Sénéchal, Baie-Comeau, Québec 

Natacha’s dedication to fostering relationships and empowering communities shines through her work with local business networks and growing Englobe’s presence in the Côte-Nord region. Her ability to inspire through professionalism, collaboration, and a passion for sustainable growth exemplifies the values of Englobe. 

As an agent of change, Natacha actively bridges communication gaps between teams, fostering collaboration across divisions. Her involvement with local organizations, such as the Chamber of Commerce and United Way, highlights her dedication to fostering partnerships that create impact in the community. 

Meet Angela Jason, the Indigenous Artist who created a custom painting for Natacha.

2022 Award Winner: Lindsay Freckleton, Calgary, Alberta

At work and in the community, Lindsay is a force for good who dares to embrace change and add in a flair for innovation. She wholeheartedly embraces the ethics of hardwork, inclusivity, and continuous improvement and deliberately champions the Englobe value of “one for all and all for one”.

One of her most notable achievements is the robust recycling program she helped her team put in place which diverts construction material waste and paper products from landfill. Through the program, approximately 100 metric tons of Portland Cement Concrete and 5 metric tons of Asphaltic Concrete products are recycled annually into graded aggregate material for re-use in highway and roadway construction. Discover more about the innovation behind Englobe’s expertise in concrete. 

Video: Portraits of Daring: Lindsay Freckleton 

Learn more about Lindsay’s career as a woman in engineering 

Meet Kevin Belmore, the Indigenous Artist who created a custom painting for Lindsay

Celebrating Creativity and Strengthening Communities through Employee Recognition Awards 

To align with our vision to build a sustainable future and support the communities where we live and work, each year we partner with an Indigenous artist to produce a custom designed art piece for the Dare.Care.Change Award recipient. 

The decision to work with local Indigenous artists is intentional and impacts the community in ways that go beyond visibility for the artist. We are proud to collaborate with a different Indigenous artist annually for the Englobe Awards program because this partnership has many community benefits: 

1. Economic Growth. Supporting local artists has a direct impact on the local economy. 
2. Nurture creativity. It ensures that future generations have access to perspectives that make our communities unique. 
3. Cultural identity. By supporting local artists, we encourage the growth of a vibrant and diverse creative scene. 
4. Community engagement. We help build stronger, more connected communities, where creativity is celebrated and valued. 
5. Personal connections. By building relationships with local artists, we become part of their artistic journey, fostering a sense of pride and ownership in their achievements.

The 2024 Dare.Care.Change Award Featured Artist - Alan Syliboy Mi’kmaq Artist, Millbrook Nova Scotia 

In 2024, we partnered with Indigenous artist Alan Syliboy to craft a one-of-a-kind Englobe Dare.Care.Change Award art piece. Created exclusively for the Englobe Awards program, the finished art piece is breathtaking, intricately connected to our values, and steeped in meaning. 

Alan Syliboy is a talented Mi’kmaq artist from Millbrook, Nova Scotia whose work contributes to broader conversations surrounding environmental impacts, and as he sees it, our duty to protect and preserve.

When speaking about the art piece he created for our award winner, Alan Syliboy shared more about his reasons for choosing to make the whale the focal point of the painting. “The whale’s spirit is the earth’s record keeper for all time,’ explains Alan, “and as a totem, the whale teaches us about listening to our inner voice.”

More than anything, the painting is a visual representation of how important it is for all of us to be authentic and follow our own truth. For Alan, the whale is an important part of our natural environment and is an animal which requires our relentless and unwavering care and protection. Encouraging us to be reflective by looking inward, the whale symbolizes how our emotions, for better or worse, impact everyday life in different ways. 

Learn more about Alan and his passion for creativity and art here.