Communications Awards of Excellence: 2019 winners

Winners of the 2019 Communications Awards of Excellence

The winners of the first Government of Canada’s Communications Awards of Excellence were announced during a ceremony held at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa on February 20, 2019. Congratulations!

Team Awards

Diamond Award of Communications Excellence

Project: Cannabis legalization
Health Canada

• Adrienne Mertin
• Alice Orr
• Alicia Norng
• Amélie Jean-Venne Laporte
• André Gagnon
• Antonella Ielo
• Frank Butara
• Jaimie Earley
• Joanne Sim
• Joleen McNaughton
• Jonah Ackerman
• Josée Hunter
• Kathryn Chandler
• Leslie Meerburg
• Luc Labelle
• Melanie Kuiack
• Mélina Lévesque
• Mica Donnelly
• Michele Andre
• Natalie Cusson
• Nicolas Frate
• Patrick Gaebel
• Priya Verma
• Renée Couturier
• Salim Saikaley
• Sheri Todd
• Stephen Clarke
• Sue Harper
• Tammy Jarbeau

Golden Alliance Award of Communications Excellence

Project: NAFTA renegotiations
Global Affairs Canada

• Andrea Orton
• Alex Vachon White
• Brenna Maher
• Catherine Genois
• Colin Shonk
• Danica Vaillancourt (NRCan)
• Denis Lacroix
• Fabien Boulay
• Gregory Galligan
• Isabelle Haché
• Jennifer Chiu
• John Punzalan
• Kathleen Guillot (ISED)
• Laura Adviento
• Maja Graham (AAFC)
• Marcella Sousa (PCO)
• Michelle Lafrenière
• Orest Dykyj (FIN)
• Rami Hussien
• Robert Melnbardis
• Shane Diaczuk (PCO)
• Sylvie Massé
• Valérie Samaan (PCO)
• Véronique Santos
• Victoria Benner
• Wendel Fisher 

Lighthouse Award of Communications Excellence

Project: Opioid Crisis
Health Canada

• Andrea Forget
• Blossom Leung
• David Gotlieb
• Eric Glaude
• Heather Magee
• Jackie Degouffe
• Jessica Brown
• Kelly Bagg
• Mary Beth Wolicky (DFO)
• Mireille Charbonneau
• Monica Pantusa
• Natalie Rieger
• Raylene Lang-Dion
• Reine Desrosiers
• Sandra Donatucci
• Sara MacKenzie
• Tim Weil (ESDC)
• Will Garland

Insider Award of Communications Excellence

Project: Service Transformation
Employment and Social Development Canada

• Becky Rynor
• Carolyn Bissett
• Daryl Houlahan
• Frances Palaschuk
• Jean-François Thibault
• Laura Teed
• Melissa Consorti
• Nicholas Savage
• Sean Rowan
• Xander Conn

Regional Powerhouse Award of Communications Excellence

Project: Québec/Nunavut Communications
Public Safety Canada

• Normand Daoust

Individual Awards

Master Storyteller of the Year Award

• Corporal Andrew Kelly
  National Defence and the Canadian Armed Forces

Digital Master of the Year Award

• Valerie Anderson
  Natural Resources Canada

Exceptional Social Leader Award

• Philippe Charlebois
  Global Affairs Canada

Rising Star of the Year Award

• Amber Leblanc
  Canada Revenue Agency

Outstanding Career Award

• A tribute to: Maurie Jorre de St. Jorre