Communications Awards of Excellence 2024: Nominees

Communications Awards of Excellence - Government of Canada / 2024

Nominees for the Communications Awards of Excellence 2024

Here are all the nominations received for the Government of Canada’s Communications Awards of Excellence 2024. Congratulations to all the nominees! 

Team Awards

Diamond Award of Communication Excellence

Department/agency Project title Nominees
Communications Security Establishment Online disinformation campaign Christine Ménard
Lauri Sullivan
Aimee Savard
Julia Grieve
David Bertrand
Deborah MacAskill
Public Safety Canada Online dangers experiential marketing (XM) school roadshow Erin Rogers
Julie Chan
Monika Tackaberry
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Canada Digital Adoption Program Ralph Duchesne
Jessica Matias
Oskar Kostrzewa
Shelby Ann Kaneb
Sandra Fortin
Olivia Kidd
Janis Camelon
Marc Toupin
Kristina Scott
Lisa Gantheret
Ryan Grani
David Hicks
Eric Bailey
Owen Purcell Sutherland
Tristan Daly Movshovich
Sylvia McCauley
Suzette Miron
Vukola Skiljevic
Perry Hoffman
Katrina Kajjouni
Josée Bernier
Kathleen Connolly
Camille Trottier
Jeremy Mulder
Lucy Cole
Simon LeBlanc
Kiera Lundberg
John Woermke
Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Taste the Commitment marketing campaign Louis-François St-Pierre Dubois
Caroline Pouliot
Bonnie Cohen
Kirk Finken
Katharina Simioni
Crofton Steers
Siobhan O’Mahony
Jessica Martin
Julie Plamondon
Jason Mulaire
Nathalie Barchechat
Nadine Boyd
Émilie Gagnon Caya
Savanna Platt
Laurel Richardson
Manon Mackey
Fiona Currie
Liam Finney
Annie Beaudoin
Christine Doyle
Lorena Yanes
Daniel Anello
Greg Beard
Joseph Pauls
Monika Lavallée
Abir Elgarawany
Health Canada "Get Help Here" mental health and substance use advertising campaign Monica Pantusa
Alex Jasperse
Leslie Levere
Meaghen McKenna
Rojarra Armbrister
Natalie Rieger
Eric Glaude
Ashley Law-Kwet-Cheong
Women and Gender Equality WAGE’s It’s Not Just campaign Rosaleen O’Mahony
Sasha Lemberg Pelly
Jessica Pautz
Kareen Hashmi

Platinum Award of Communications Excellence

Department/agency Project title Nominees
Department of Justice Canada UN Declaration on the Rights of Indigenous Peoples Act (UNDA) federal action plan Marc Allain
Devon Ash
Deepika Bali
Gabrielle Boivin
Sarah Cameron
Caroline Claude
Nick D'Aoust
Christian Girouard
Genevieve Groulx
Denis Lapointe
Ian McLeod
Maaria Rana
Laura Rondeau
Felix Robitaille
Allison Storey
Laura Storrie
Correctional Service of Canada Lift Me Up: humanizing federal corrections Charles Alexandre Paré
David Monk
Michèle Casademont
Karine Beauvais
Ayoub Jlila
Fatima Beydoun
Melissa Krikke
Kenza Belhadi
Denis LaPointe
Jason McDonald
Adam Van Vianen
Alexandre Deslongchamps
Véronique Rioux
Kirstan Gagnon
Toban Morrison
Anique Rozon
Carl Brunet
Matthieu Larente
Allysen Ward
Émilie Noël
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Best before dates communications Kelly MacDonald
Danielle Steuart
Krystine Farago
Fred Lamontagne
Virginie Harris
Paige Kahkonen
Greg Rogers
Michelle Strong
Yi Ren
Lisa Murphy
Maria Kubacki
Adam Rogers
Anick Charrette
Véronique Bruneau
Women and Gender Equality Women and Gender Equality Canada’s Equality Matters newsletter Kim Hinds
Alayna West
Hamish McPherson
Kareen Hashmi
Canada Border Services Agency Getting "reel" at the border with our frontline officers Teri Mailloux
Elliott Klein
Rosalie Thibeault
Maninder Bhandal
Mireille McCombs
Maria Bohotineanu
Bushra Pasha
Coralee Reid
Taylor Olie Miller
Gail Hewitt
Emma Childs
Kristen Dolenko
Peter Saliba
Katelyn Moores
Alyssa McDonald
Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency Atlantic Canada momentum Mike Critchley
Nicholas Manthorpe
Ann Kenney
Jay Witherbee
Jessica Baldwin
Sharon McGuigan
Christine Paré
Frederic Clavet
Martine Cantin
Shannon Faires
Monique Campbell
Stéphanie Bilodeau
Health Canada Drug shortages in Canada Marilyne Nahum
Marianne Van Oosten
Suzane Aboueid
Sean Burgess
Geoffroy Legault Thivierge
Roxana Mihailescu
Heather Lang
Marie Ève Garant
Claudia Morissette
Isabel Walford
Seraphie Lachance
Andrea Orton
Lisa Mackay
Harrison Runtz
Andre Da Costa
Edward Chatfield
Roxane Paquette
Antonella Ielo
Alina Yildir Kurliantseva
Albina Peled
Gursewak Singh
Jessica Perkins
Lai Shan Law
Jason Anderson
Department of National Defence Communications campaign for the Naval Experience Program Commander Bruno Tremblay
Lieutenant Commander Julie MacDonald
Kimberley Cameron
Sabrina Nash
Jillian Paquette
Ali Cheaitani
Benjamin Costen
Matthew O’Brien
Captain Jeff Klassen
Ambrosia Cantin
Tara Porter
Alex Kaldeway
Jennifer St. Germain
Karly Barker
Kent Scanlan
Captain (Navy) Jean Ouellet
Lieutenant Commander Diane Larose
Captain Chelsea Dubeau
Lieutenant (Navy) Jennifer Gray
Global Affairs Canada Global Environmental Facility (GEF) Mélanie Lalonde
Christa McGregor
Rachel Nghiem
Diyyinah Jamora
Jennifer Seipp
Oona Woods
Pierre Cuguen
Jean Pierre Godbout
Nathalie Bélanger
Isabelle Haché
François Lauzon
Gabriel Lamadeleine
Jean Levasseur
Rami Hussien
John Punzalan
Julyuze Co
Laura Buitrago
Chantal Goulet
Denis Lacroix
Dominique Daneau Pelletier
Gary Franks Udle
Public Service Commission of Canada Telling stories about Indigenous people working in the federal public service Natasha Agnew
Karyne Montigny
Valentine Hébert
Crystal Luxmore
Marie France Joli-Cœur
Anteia Organ
Camille Forbes
Corey Mills
Lee Hyndman
Kim Blanchet
Thomas Nowlin
Curtis Kayseass
Amy Amos
Michelle Franks-Fortin
Samantha Prosper

Gold Alliance Award of Communications Excellence

Department/agency Project title Nominees
Employment and Social Development Canada Analytics tools in support of user- centric communications Lindsay Beaudoin Rach
Roxanne Renaud Coderre
Hélène Bussière
Natalie Hatina
Celena Bedford
Maria Sokolov
Jade Bourdages
Emily Gagnon
Andrew Lau
Ryan Laneville
Marc-André Lavigne
Nicolas Pjontek
Marianne Couture
Global Affairs Canada Canada’s emergency communications response to the crisis in Israel, West Bank and Gaza José Valencia
Victoria Papineau
Katie Burgess
Brianna Lessard
Robyn Euverman
Yasmine Baradei
Hilary Lawson
Sophie Rousselle
Charlotte MacLeod
John Babcock
Geneviève Tremblay
Pierre Cuguen
Jérémie Bérubé
Nelson Kalil
Pascal Laplante
Marielle Gervais
Daphné Lacasse
Katherine Cyr
Rebecca Razafinjatovo
Marine Chopin
Geneviève Angers
Narmeen Imam
Monica Boucher
Emma Rooke Thompson
Lauren Croisier
Colton Daly
Christopher Sawyer
Tracy Michaud
Wendel Fisher
Deep Gupta
Mike Murphy
Matthieu Bonenfant
Asmaa Fereig
Inas Odeh
Signe Katz
Jean Denis Dufour
Michael Mancini
Sébastien Baillargeon
Lynn Almuhajer
Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Implementation of the Sustainable Canadian Agricultural Partnership and signing of PT bilateral agreements Cameron Newbigging
Sean Meagher
Jenny Bascur
John Muggeridge
Louise Bradford
Heather Holmen
Meghan Burke
Scott Heggart
Katharina Simioni
Fiona Currie
Tom Vradenburg
James Voldock
Michael Kay
Samantha Seary
Lucien Robidoux
Heather Brunner
Annie Dicaire
Nathalie Barchechat
Sasha Chama
Catherine Bolduc
Blair Cantafio
Transport Canada Canada's first ever oil spill webpage Sara Johnston
Lisa Englehart
Employment and Social Development Canada Passport crisis communications team Darrel Houlahan
Dan McKillop
Campbell Morrison
Luc Gelinas
Erin Wylie
Sophie Bernard-Piché
Jacinthe Lacombe-Cliche
Gordon Graff
Nathalie Latour
Nathalie Cloutier
Mathieu Larocque
Mike Storeshaw
Tracey Fitzpatrick
Marielle Pratte
Paul Renaud
Nathalie Huneault
Mila Roy
Maja Stefanovska
Environment and Climate Change Canada COP15 communications Kelly Cowper
Julie Clavet Drolet
Rowan Eberle
Nena Snyder
Lysanne Lesage
Will Cook
Nathalie Lepage
Olivier Dilain
Guillaume Baribeau
Jessica O'dacre
Joy Aguilar
Samantha Guitor
Kyra Kavanagh
Jean François Dufault
Samuel Lafontaine
Amélie Desmarais
Melissa Guitor Kehayes
Iman Hersi
Kalina Parisien
Samantha MacNeil
Angela Savard
Stéphane Guertin
Claudia Gleason
Isabel Julian
Tracy Broad
Tarik Abouziane
Melissa Russo
Brooklyn O'Reilly
Tasha Dufault
Gregory Enns
Fatima Manssouri
Jean Sebastien Racine
Anie Cyr
Catherine Forget
Maxime Blouin
Tatiana Souza
Christine Bulhoes
Theresa Kelly
Kayla Findlay
Caroline Chouinard
Public Safety Canada Public Safety communications response to the 2023 wildfire season Laura De Curtis
Sabrina Bilodeau
Chris Willey
Frédérique Champagne
Erin Rogers
Jennifer Ouellette
Stephane Bachand
Sabina Khan
Kelsey Cruickshank
Yoann Corlay Savard
Noemie Allard
Ray Lauzon
Julien Martin
Lucie Taillefer
Cecily Wallace
Marley McRae
Shawn Takacs
Brent Wilcox
Jeff Legault
Ian Mckenna
Jennifer Allanson
Émilie Lamoureux
Pierre Deveau
Ben Wilson
Laurel Hogan
Indigenous Services Canada Indigenous Service Canada’s emergency management wildfire crisis response team Julie-Andree St. Pierre
Courtney Kemp
Nicolas Moquin
Ariane Lacerte-Racine
Brianne Renaud-Da Costa
Clara Heroux-Rhymes
Samuel Mainster
Cassandra Crowder
Andrea Ruttan
Julie Cousineau
Gracia Di N’zau Mbudi
Alice D’Anjou
Sandrine Kerouault
Joshua Kirkey
Katelin Peltier
Michael MacDonald
Sean McKibbbon
Alexis Lanthier
Deborah Sooley
Myranda Bolstad
Chloé Lavergne
Michelle Palansky
Randy Legault Rankin
Zarah Malik
Luc Pokorn
Jenn Van Filipowski
Jeff Solmundson
Leslie Pang
Jasmine Thorburn
Jason Golinowski
Karlo Catalan
Twilla MacLeod
Rod Desnomie
Amanda Wilson
Hazel Desharnais
Mathieu-Gilles Lanciault
Michael Tran
Kathleen McDonald
Christian Carrière
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada Launch of the new Federal Tourism Growth Strategy Kawtar Jaanid
Emma Rektor
Geneviève Guindon
Cayla Johnston
Micha Johanis-Bell
Guy Gravelle
Financial Transactions and Reports Analysis Centre of Canada (FINTRAC) Project Anton Erica Constant
Renée Bercier
Tanya Fortin
France Aubry
Jessica Pernari
Patrick Moreau
Peter Aubin
Jenna Laflamme
Samara Sternthal
Meighan Kerr
Victoria Maxwell
Michelle Wright
Austin Beaton
Kim Fauteux
Kelly Crowe
Han-Sen Belzile
Canadian Heritage Celebration of His Majesty King Charles III’s Coronation Dominique Collin
Anne Tanguay
Caroline Hudon
Karine Pelletier
Chloé Robert
Michelle Taschereau
Francis Chartrand
Dominique Binoist
Nicolas Vicente
Sandra Laverty
Christopher Le Blanc
Karine Champagne
Dominique Langlais
Teilhard Gentillon
Christine Brousseau
Danièle Bélanger
Nick Frenette
Jiebin Gao
Winson Lai
Peter Horton
Anil Mutupuri
Jean-Luc Charron
Amy Mills
Caroline Czajkowski
Caroline Desabrais
Health Canada Canada Dental Benefit Dominique Jolicoeur
Karen Colvin
Jasmine Louwe
Jenna Renaud
Tiffany LeBlanc
Molly Rock
Josiane Lacelle
Ashton Kealey
Renato Giamberardino
Jennifer Barr
Michel Pixel
Marianne Gareau
Glenna Fowlie
Ghazal Eland
Ravanpreet Singh
Sylvain Adam
Amy Hunt
Anne Genier
Matthias Ross Buzas
Ewelina Frackowiak
Joel Gluss
Nicholas Salamon
Laura Anderson
Paul Psutka
Roger Pankhurst
Kathleen Dowdall Taylor
Robyn Macdonald
Courtney McCormick
Janet Avery
Paola Pascucci
Karl-Philip Marchand-Giguère
Charles Drouin
Kevin Machida
Wladyslaw Kinastowski
Elain Siu
Alison Seay
Sage Jordan
Stephen Wynn
Nadia Cadieux
Valérie Thériault
Indigenous Services Canada Working together to communicate crucial new funding to help address urgent housing needs in urban, rural and northern areas Julie MacKinnon
Julie Cousineau
Geoffrey Lee
Emmanuelle Coutu
Joshua Kirkey
Kassandra Daze
Ryan Tyndall
Cyndi Kennedy
Eric Head
Christine Brekke
Suzanna Su
Victoria Lamothe
Caroline Dauphinais
Kathleen McDonagh-Forest
Kathie Howes
Jennifer Drouin
Teresa Amoroso
Monica Poirier

Lighthouse Award of Communications Excellence

Department/agency Project title Nominees
Employment and Social Development Canada Experiential Marketing, SEM development and content integration innovation Shanna Buzza
Amber McKegney
Jean Claude Legris
Meagan Campbell
Kirsten Taylor Bosman
Marie Ève Sigouin Campeau
Mélanie Laverdure
Lindsay Pearson
Kristie Robertson
Marie Hélène Cayer
Prairies Economic Development Canada A Prairie Approach: Redefining client collaboration through external echoes Robert Makichuk
Mark Feldbauer
Kathleen Hart
Amna Alkhaledi
Sana Mahboob
Charlene MacDonald
Carly Savoie
Craig Henry
Rhonda Shymko
Rohit Sandhu
Brennan Bunko
Marija Dumancic
Tina Garstad
Dany Cimon
Marianne Cadieux
Indigenous Services Canada Indigenous interpreters video interview series Crown Indigenous Relations & Northern Affairs Brock Holowachuk
Marie Tichborne
Martine Foubert
Kathryn Uba
Natasha Cloutier
Sen Ransaratnam
Mindy Bagetta
Camille Belanger
Daniel Rankin
Geoffrey Lee
Devon Bergeron
Eugenia Escamilla-Duarte
Roxane Gregoire
Mathieu Bourgeois-Joanisse
Global Affairs Canada Promoting safe travel among young canadians Marjorie Boies
Karine Fournier
Bernard Beckhoff
Katie Burgess
Bianca Healy
Victoria Papineau
Rachelle Prevost
Anaïs Vesalpour
Brianna Lessard
Hélène Potvin
José Valencia
Melanie Tempel
Robyn Euverman
Anda Carabineanu
Ruxandra Popovici
Alice Orr
Carl Emery
Micaëla Carrière
Isabelle Haché
France Séguin
Mélanie Martel-LeDuc
Pascale-Annie Paquin
Gabriel Lamadeleine
Maxime Parent 
Aaron Hooper
Mar Warrender
Jonathan Lam 
Julie Dao
Matthieu Bonenfant
Marley Warner Chee
Environment and Climate Change Canada Nature-based solutions and cleaner environment Advertising campaign Jason Saunders
Melanie Farrell
Lara Langstaff
Charles-Etienne Maltais
Greg Lister
Statistics Canada Canada’s population reaches 40 million! Evan Kung
Melanie Al-Switi
Natasha Maheu
Caroline Forcier
Erika Pavelka
Mélanie Lefebvre
Danielle Turpin
Janis LeBlanc
Maryse Jutras
Véronique Julien
Annik Lepage
Max Zimmerman
Tegan Bridge
Tony Colasante
Mitchell Lawson
Martin Charlebois
Jessie-James McCutcheon
Miriam Kilby
Vince Germano
Aniesha Sangarapillai
Norelice Mboutou
Anja Guttler
Carter Mann
Maryse Carrière
Annick Irakoze
Julien Abord-Babin
Kathryn Lewis
Greg Gallagher
Charlotte Zador
Aiysha Abdullah
Robin Redmond
Marc Bazinet
Marc Lemire
Nina Hamad

Insider Award of Communications Excellence

Department/agency Project title Nominees
Employment and Social Development Canada Inclusive and accessible communication and engagement team Marianne Ngatakamba
Emmanuelle Lorange
Nathalie Sergerie
Chantal Sabourin
Tierny Thibodeau
Karolane Leclerc Groulx
Charles-Oilvier Daaboul
Jade Da Costa Pacheco
Alexandra Gagnon
Michelle Paquette
Aurélie Saint-Victor
André Lafortune
Marie France Hébert
Nathalie Couture McClain
Geneviève Riberdy
Caitlin Bonell
Christine Lombard
Céline Gagnon
Diane Umutesi Gasana
Pitija Sothilingam
Aisha Thomas Serran
Charyssa Walton
Iliana Lauriston
Nia Gillies
Julio Mérisier
Esther Boily
Lilian Luan
Manon Ouellette
Finance Canada Promoting official languages Bianca Paquette
Scott Winter
Corey De Plante
Cassandra Bérubé
Andréanne Gagné
Paul Dorsey
Global Affairs Canada GAC transformation – communications and employee engagement Pascal Laplante
Marine Chopin
Catherine Vallée
Stacey Atkinson
Marie André Malouin
Sabrina Krause
Vladimir Torres
Mireille Desrosiers
Hélène Beauregard
France Séguin
Isabelle Haché
Mélanie Martel-LeDuc
Rami Hussien
John Punzalan
Julyuze Co
Gabriel Lamadeleine
Veronica Robeznieks
Gabriel Séguin
Maxwell Kunze
Jiana Bandojo
Jonathan Lebeau
Jean-Pierre Sadek
Marie-Ève Cloutier
Louis-Mathieu Laviolette
Marilyn Warrender
Jihane Daoud
David Froom
Nadine Villeneuve
Olivier Trottier
Tracy Michaud
Kenneth Byers
Frederick Imad
Michael Caesar
Sophie Rousselle
Marissa Fortune
Olive Nugent
Judith Szabo
Parks Canada Digital empowerment for employees: Fostering wellness and inclusion through innovative communications Valérie Turcot
Patrice Loiselle
Doug Heaney
Joly Anne Ricard
Geneviève Patenaude
Zaharije Kaluderovic
Vedran Residbegovic
Fatima Zohra Hamidi

Regional Powerhouse Award of Communication Excellence

Department/agency Project title Nominees
Natural Resources Canada Responding to the 2023 wildfire season with science Nicole Simmons
Laura Thomas
Brigitte Richard
Vanessa Greebe
Shannon Watson
Olena Maystruk
Mathilde Duncan-Snobel
Jennifer Sailus
Mimi Galipeau
Transport Canada Innovations in regional communications Magali Bureau
Nicole Pajak
Catherine Brown
Alyssa Leung
Momo Chen
Tom Wakefield
Caitlin Peterson
Aline Dumalski
Health Canada Radon Action Month across Canada Perry Boldt
Andrea Forget
Deanna Chan
Erik Bruns
Elaine Krawchenko
Kaleigh Miller
Adele Novak
Debbie Paine
Domenic Carullo
Lori Murphy
Maganga Lumbu
Geneviève Lapierre
Marcela Quesada Echavarria
Erin Turcotte
Craig Currie
Regina FitzGerald
Nadia Short
Canadian Food Inspection Agency Regional communication leadership regarding the spotted lanternfly Monica Gilbert
Tannah Ali

Mosaic Award of Communications Excellence

Department/agency Project title Nominees
Employment and Social Development Canada Inclusive Workplace Advertising Campaign Kirsten Taylor-Bosman
Meagan Campbell
Marie-Ève Sigouin-Campeau
Marie-Hélène Cayer
Public Service Commission of Canada Centre of Expertise for Accessible Documents Rachelle Gervais
Olga Paraskis
Noémie Fournier-Lévêque
Various Accessible Communications Community of Practice Christina Richard
Martine Bareil
Rachelle Gervais
Canadian Heritage National anthem in sign language Ugo Therien
Anne Tanguay
Caroline Hudon
Mélanie Riendeau
Chloé Robert
Martine Fauvelle
Angus MacDernott
Jameson Bevington
Nicolas Vicente
Sandra Laverty
Christopher Le Blanc
Karine Champagne
Dominique Langlais
Teilhard Gentillon
Christine Brousseau
Danièle Bélanger
Nick Frenette
Jiebin Gao
Winson Lai
Peter Horton

Individual awards

Master Storyteller of the Year Award of Communications Excellence

Department/agency Nominees
Agriculture and Agri‑Food Canada John Muggeridge

Exceptional Leader Award of Communications Excellence

Department/agency Nominees
Employment and Social Development Canada Jessica Jones
Indigenous Services Canada Michelle Gagnon
Health Canada Heather Magee
Public Safety Canada Chris Willey

Rising Star Award of Communications Excellence

Department/agency Nominees
Health Canada Abigail Bartlett
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada Ashley McConnell
Department of National Defence Brendan Calado-Luke
Global Affairs Canada Charlotte MacLeod
Employment and Social Development Canada Danielle Yetman
Indigenous Services Canada Gracia Di N'zau Mbudi
Indigenous Services Canada Katherine Bush
Indigenous Services Canada Libby Marlatt
Health Canada Shaylee Adams

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