Submit your nomination for the 2016 Communicator of the Year Award
Do you know an executive in the Greater Toronto Area who is a leader in communication? Nominations are now open for the 2016 IABC/Toronto Communicator of the Year and we need your help to identify our next award recipient.
This annual award is presented to a leader who has demonstrated strategic communication excellence. Last year we were thrilled to recognize Stefan Sjöstrand, President of IKEA Canada, for his commitment to embracing a culture of open and transparent communication.
Nominations can be submitted by members and non-members. Nominations will be kept confidential and not made public at any time.
IABC/Toronto Communicator of the Year criteria
In 500 words or less, tell us why your nominee deserves the title Communicator of the Year. Support your nomination by including up to five links including videos, photos, media materials, blog posts, etc. that show what makes the nominee a great communicator.
A great nomination will include two or three examples and answer some of the following questions:
- How does your nominee exemplify the role of leader in communications?
- How has your nominee demonstrated exceptional leadership, management and communications skills?
- How has your nominee taken an active role in multi-faceted communications demonstrating openness and encouraging support of the organization’s objectives?
Nominations can be sent to toronto-chapterawards@iabc.to. Nomination deadline is in December of each year.
Eligibility
- The nominee’s organization must be based in the city of Toronto or York, Peel, Durham or Halton regions.
- The nominee must have been in his/her current from for at least one year.
- The nominee must be in an executive or leadership role in a private or public sector company, government agency, not-for-profit organization or association.
How to nominate someone
Submit your nomination and supporting materials to: toronto-chapterawards@iabc.to by Friday, December 2, 2016.
If your nominee is selected as a finalist, you will be asked to provide written approval from your nominee to be added to the shortlist of potential recipients.
Submissions will be reviewed by a three-person judging panel of past and present IABC/Toronto leaders.
Recipients will be invited to speak at a special breakfast event in the spring where they will be honoured and presented with the award.
Past COTY Award winners:
- Stefan Sjöstrand, President, IKEA Canada (2015)
- Alan Middleton, Executive Director, Schulich Executive Education Centre (SEEC) and Assistant Professor of Marketing, Schulich Business School at York University (2014)
- Ted Garrard, President and CEO, SickKids Foundation (2013)
- Jim Grieve, Assistant Deputy Minister, Ontario Ministry of Education (2012)
- Catherine Zahn, President and CEO of CAMH (2011)
- Peter Aceto, President and Chief Executive Officer of ING Direct (2010)
- Rob Devitt, President and Chief Executive Officer of the Toronto East General Hospital (2009)
- Philip Blake, President and CEO of Bayer Inc. (2008)
- Annette Verschuren, President of Home Depot Canada (2007)
- Mayor Hazel McCallion, City of Mississauga (2006)
- Malcolm Heins of Law Society of Upper Canada (2005)
- Wayne Fyffe of Credit Valley Hospital (2004)
- Edward Marra of Nestlé Canada (2003)
- David Booth of Compaq Canada Corp. (2002)
- Paul Tsaparis of Hewlett-Packard Canada (2001)
- Marguerite Jackson of the Toronto District School Board (2000)
- Rudy Riedl of Enbridge Consumers Gas (1999)
- Jeff Lozon of St. Michael’s Hospital (1998)
- Paul Lucas of Glaxo Wellcome Inc. (1997)