The NextGen Professional Award embodies PMI-Montréal’s commitment to supporting the next generation of project managers by recognizing emerging talent already contributing to transforming practices, organizations, and the profession.

The next generation in project management represents far more than a simple passing of the torch — it embodies the future of the discipline.

The PMO of the Year Award highlights exemplary initiatives that inspire our community and demonstrate the tangible impact of structured and forward-thinking project management.

Project Management Offices (PMOs) play a strategic role at the heart of organizations: they structure, harmonize, and energize practices to turn vision into tangible results. In a context where agility, governance, and value creation are more essential than ever, PMOs prove to be true drivers of performance and innovation.

This distinction highlights a project that, through project management expertise, has successfully transformed major social challenges into sustainable solutions integrated within its community. It recognizes an initiative whose social impact is at the core of its business model and demonstrates the profession’s ability to generate tangible, value-driven change.

This category reflects the evolution of the profession, where project management now plays a decisive role in social transformation, responsible innovation, and the creation of measurable collective impact.

The Project of the Year Award now holds a strategic position, as it highlights initiatives that embody excellence in project management and directly contribute to Québec’s economic, technological, and social advancement.

This award has a significant impact: it recognizes the work of teams, strengthens organizational credibility, creates visibility and influence within the professional community, and positions recipients as benchmarks for best practices, both locally and internationally.