Congratulations to our 2022 award winners!
For 37 years, the prestigious OVATION Awards has celebrated excellence in communications in the Greater Toronto Area.
With close to 170 entries submitted this year, we are proud to celebrate the award winners whose work has been evaluated against the global standard of the communications profession using IABC’s Global Seven-Point Scale of Excellence.
The winners of the Awards of Distinction and the Best of the Best Judges choice awards will be announced at the In-person event on June 16 at Berkeley Fieldhouse, from 6 to 9 p.m.
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Awards of Excellence
Division 1: Communication Management
INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
- Sheridan College: Employee Diversity Self-Identification Census
MARKETING, ADVERTISING & BRAND COMMUNICATION
- Upfield Canada & Edelman: Oat Yes We Did! Becel® with Oat Beverage Launch
- Huntsville Hospital Foundation with Tenzing Communications Inc.: Count On Us
- The PR Department: Sesame Snaps Canada
- Craft Public Relations: Introducing the Impossible Whopper to Canada
- Craft Public Relations: Earth’s Own Plant Challenge
MEDIA RELATIONS (BUDGET UP TO $50,000)
- LABOUR & WeRPN: WeRPN Nursing During COVID-19
MEDIA RELATIONS (BUDGET MORE THAN $100,000)
- Craft PR: Champion the Truth: National Newspaper Week 2021
- SodaStream & Edelman: SodaStream Bublé Drops
- McCormick Canada: Get Outside with Club House
COMMUNITY RELATIONS
- Sheridan College: Sheridan CommUNITY Vaccine Clinic
- Nishnawbe Aski Nation and Ornge Communications Teams: Operation Remote Immunity
GOVERNMENT RELATIONS AND PUBLIC AFFAIRS
- Climate Proof Canada & Paradigm: It takes both offence and defence to win
COVID-19 RESPONSE & RECOVERY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION
- Engineering Strategic Communications, University of Toronto: U of T Engineering COVID-19 Response, Recovery & Retention
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- The Commonwell Mutual Insurance Group with Tenzing Communications Inc: The Commonwell L.E.A.F. Initiative
- Home Instead: Be a Santa to a Senior
IDEA (INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY, EQUITY & ACCESSIBILITY)
- The Regional Municipality of York: York Region’s Employee Demographic Survey
IDEA (INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY, EQUITY & ACCESSIBILITY) – ANTI RACISM
- Sheridan College: Employee Diversity Self-Identification Census
Division 4: Communication Skills
SPECIAL & EXPERIENTIAL EVENTS
- The Regional Municipality of York: 2021 Agri-Food Forum
- Strategic Objectives: #KiaElectricSound Event
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION & COMMUNICATION FOR THE WEB
- Climate Proof Canada & Paradigm: It takes both offence and defence to win
SOCIAL MEDIA
- The PR Department: Sesame Snaps 15 Minutes of Me Time
- Tim Hortons & Craft Public Relations: Tim Hortons – The Launch of Cold Brew
WRITING
- Strategic Objectives: Benjamin Moore Matte Story Program
- Sheridan College: Forever Proud – Al Ramsay
Awards of Merit
Division 1: Communication Management
INTERNAL COMMUNICATION
- Sheridan College: Fall 2021 Return to Campus Employee Communications Campaign
SAFETY COMMUNICATION
- Argyle & WorkSafe Saskatchewan: Slips, trips and falls can have a lifetime impact.
MARKETING, ADVERTISING & BRAND COMMUNICATION
- Strategic Objectives: Relaunch of Zoglo’s
- Craft Public Relations: Monogram x Patrick Kriss Partnership
- GSK & Edelman: Advil’s #AfterMyShot / #AprèsMonVaccin
- Argyle: Come Back Strong
- Lumenus Community Services with Tenzing Communications Inc.: The Lumenus Brand
- Government of Northwest Territories: Speak the Tooth
- Tim Hortons and Craft Public Relations: Tim Hortons Holiday Bear
- RICS: Modus shift from print to digital
MEDIA RELATIONS
- Sheridan College: Thinking Globally and Locally: Sheridan Welcomes Refugee Athletes as Students and Permanent Residents
MEDIA RELATIONS (BUDGET UP TO $50,000)
- Tim Hortons and Craft Public Relations: The Launch of Timbiebs in Canada
- Craft Public Relations: Nintendo’s Launch of Big Brain Academy: Brain vs. Brain
- Royal LePage: Royal LePage Spring 2021 Recreational Property Campaign
MEDIA RELATIONS (WITH A BUDGET OF MORE THAN $50,000 AND UP TO $100,000)
- Strategic Objectives: Launch of Perrier Energize
- APEX PR: 2021 Traeger Media Relations Program
COVID-19 RESPONSE & RECOVERY MANAGEMENT AND COMMUNICATION
- Sheridan College: Fall 2021 Return to Campus Employee Communications Campaign
- Cineplex and Touchwood PR: The Big Screen is Back!
- The Regional Municipality of York: COVID-19 Vaccine Confidence
CORPORATE SOCIAL RESPONSIBILITY
- Strategic Objectives: San Pellegrino Chef Collective
NON-PROFIT CAMPAIGNS
- Jake’s House and Edelman: Sounds of Progress
IDEA (INCLUSIVITY, DIVERSITY, EQUITY & ACCESSIBILITY)
- Jake’s House and Edelman: Sounds of Progress
SOCIAL MEDIA PROGRAMS
- APEX Public Relations Inc., ruckus Digital, Levi’s® Canada: Levi’s® Canada 2021 Ambassador Program
Division 4: Communication Skills
SPECIAL & EXPERIENTIAL EVENTS
- Strategic Objectives: 18th Annual Cashmere Collection
- Healthcare Insurance Reciprocal of Canada (HIROC): HIROC Annual Conference Goes Virtual in 2021
- Sheridan: Sheridan Alumni Couch Camp
- Corporate Communications Team, Sun Life: Digital for Dean: A CEO’s retirement send-off embracing a digital mindset
- Enbridge Gas/Context Creative: Ontario’s First Carbon-Negative Bus
DIGITAL COMMUNICATION & COMMUNICATION FOR THE WEB
- Interac Corp: Interac Hub 2.0 intranet transformation
- Sheridan College: Launching Sheridan’s Newsroom
- Argyle: Come Back Strong
- University of Toronto, Faculty of Arts & Science: Congratulations Campaign
AUDIO/VISUAL
- Jake’s House and Edelman: Sounds of Progress
- Argyle: Come Back Strong
SOCIAL MEDIA
- Levi’s® Canada and ruckus Digital: Levi’s® Canada Social Video Series
PUBLICATIONS
- York Region Rapid Transit Corporation: York Region Rapid Transit Corporation – 2020 Annual Report
- RTOERO: Renaissance Magazine in Pandemic Times
- RTOERO: 2020 Renaissance magazine redesign for education retirees
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