All Venturers who take part in an Amory Award expedition (whether or not they are members of the winning company) receive a participation badge to wear on the uniform.

The Award is presented annually to the company that displays the most initiative in conceiving, planning and executing an outdoor adventure activity.

The award itself is in the form of a plaque, presented to the company upon their being selected from among those who submitted an adventure log in that year.

The plaque has a reproduction of Jacques Cartier's ship Grande Hermine, and the Canadian space satellite Alouette 1 mounted on it.

Award winners have organized and completed adventures such as bicycle trips, hikes along the West Coast Trail, treks to the Canadian Arctic and canoe journeys.