Communications Awards of Excellence: 2021 nominees
Nominees of the 2021 Communications Awards of Excellence
Team Awards
Diamond Award of Communications Excellence
Department/agency | Project title | Nominees |
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Employment and Social Development Canada | The Genesis and Evolution of CERB and Canada Recovery Benefits – An Epic Communications Success | Alexandra Macklam Aurélie Saint-Victor Chris Colfe Christina Bulengo Christopher Simard Conrad Melanson Dan Lenko Daniel Tapuc David Hodges Erin Sweet Geneviève Bourgeois Isabelle Maheu Jon Spassov Julia Sullivan Justin Bullen Justin Francoeur Kristian Perrault Marie-Eve Sigouin-Campeau Marko Maksimovic Mathieu Larocque Megan Fulton Mélanie Laverdure Michael Going Michael O'Shaughnessy Michelle Tracy Nathalie Thorpe Pamela Wotherspoon Peter Larin Samuelle Carbonneau Sara Assaad Sara Smart Shanna Buzza Sophie Begue Véronique Bolduc Will McCullough Privy Council Office: André Ghione Claire Doggart Danielle Doiron Éric Pereira Geneviève Brisson Jim Falanga Justin McKinney Meagan Stark Murray Jones Nicolas Mann Nicolas Rodger Patricia Gagnon Stéphane Brazeau |
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | IRCC Chatbot and Social Care Pilot | Anna Pellerin-Petrova Burns MacPherson Carly Dybka Heather Gallant Julia Salven Julie Boileau Matthew Topic Sabine Ruta |
Indigenous Services Canada | #ProtectOurElders Campaign | Christine Twerdoclib Cristina Daniel Elizabeth Brunet Helen Leslie Jagdeep Dhadli Jason Golinowski Rhonda Laboucan Timothy Kenny |
Public Health Agency of Canada | COVID First Wave Communications Response | Heather Magee Laura Russo Louise Payette Patrycja Arkuszewski |
Public Service Commission of Canada | Promotion of Self‑declaration for candidates living with a disability | Geneviève Le Guerrier Geneviève Léveillé Jennifer Davies Valentine Hébert |
Public Services and Procurement Canada | GCSurplus Communications Campaign | Amélie Gingras Joël Reardon Justine Peterson Kevin Fassett Louis-François Saint-Pierre Dubois Martin Henry Parker Isaacs Rebecca Barton Sylvia McLaughlin Véronique Nadeau Yannick Beauvalet |
Statistics Canada | Communications Support to Crowdsourcing initiatives related to COVID | Aleksandra Froment Alexa Schryer Anna Maiorino Anna Reepschlager Annie Lebeau Annik Lepage Antonia Lafkas Benoît Desjardins Breanna Glauninger Chris Sherrer Christa MacGillivray Cindy Gosselin Cristobal D’Alessio Duncan Currie Ehtisha Khan Gaëlle Saint Victor Gigi Nguyen Goergia Fakiolas Guillaume Bérubé Hao Nguyen Joelle Bigras Josée Lacroix Julia Miraflores Justine Kennis Kevin Montgomery Kossi Djani Kristina Turcotte Liz Lovis Mandoline Royer Marc Bazinet Maria Ramirez Marie-Josée Bourgeois Martin Magnan Maryse Carrière Meagan Sylvester Melanie Al-Switi Michael Hinds Natasha Maheu Nikola Mitrovik Pamela O'Leary Paula Maloney Resha Damania Sara O'Hagan Tara Petrie Duff Tony Colasante Valérie Bah Vince Germano |
Veterans Affairs Canada | Faces of Freedom Podcast Series | Alix Venables Amanda Brazeau Beth Johnston Bobby MacLeod Brent Bell James Gordon Jean-Pierre Godbout Jonathan Dennis Léonie Roux Lloydie Monestime Marc Baril Marc Lescoutre Misha Dauphinais-Matheson Mylène Croteau René Audet Robert Loken Rosalie Barbeau Ryan Curley Sarah Lane Stéphane LeBlanc Tanya Wiltshire |
Golden Alliance Award of Communications Excellence
Department/agency | Project title | Nominees |
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency | Communicating to Canadians about African Swine Fever | Ali Cheaitani Andrée‑Anne Girard Anthony Furano Cailin McGiffin Courtney Laidler Hubert Genest Jean François Bolduc Joanne McCarthy Katelyn Southern Kylee Mackay Michelle Jardine Randy Wiens Ric Hobbs Sarah Mitchell Shawna Doyle Susan Hilton |
Correctional Service Canada | Correctional Service Canada Implementation of Structured Intervention Units | Amanda Gordon Amy Jarrette Avely Serin Esther Mailhot Heather Cloutier Jason McDonald Kenny Macdonald Mélissa Hart Scot MacLean |
Finance Canada | Finance Canada COVID‑19 Economic Response (Web) | Itthiphol Piromnam Justin Lane Ricky Laforge |
Global Affairs Canada | Find out if you can travel to Canada web optimization project (aka "Travel Wizard") | Adey Farah Alexe Filion Alice Orr Alisha Dedhar Bernard Beckhoff Catherine Jolicoeur Cynthia Tischer David Pépin Debby Baker Dimitrios Samis Dominique Tessier Edward Chatfield Emily Felisatti Eva De Castro Gil Perez Imad Zammar Jacob Amar Jennifer Mealing John-Gee Wong Jean-Pierre Sadek Kidist Tadesse Kristen Dolenko Laura Piper Lisa Willemse Mark Browsky Marvyn Haynes Mary Beth Baker Matthieu Bonenfant Patrick Lam Philippe Gandy Quenby Joanette Rana Valenzuela Samira Hammoud Scott Duncan Sheri Northrup Shuchi Kiran Susan Harper Tim Young |
Health Canada | ArriveCAN web and mobile app (joint with CBSA) | Alex Newman André Gagnon Anthony Hahn Bushra Pasha Cynthia Tischer Dominique Tessier Edward Chatfield Eric Delichy Geneviève Asselin Heather Magee Hubert Genest Joanne Linnay JoAnne Sim Joëlle Carignan John Holt Josée Deschambault Katie Greenwood Kelsey Tonin Kirsten Coleman Laura Russo Lauryn Conway Leanne Labelle Leslie Levere Lidia Guarna Lisa Fast Marianne Gareau Mark Grantham Maya Kovacevic Mireille McCombs Monica Pantusa Paul Parkman Quenby Joanette Robin Holmes Sean Upton Sheriff Abdou Tanya Manoryk Tiana Branch Valerie Jaworski Véronique Cantin |
Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada | COVID OIC Collaboration | Amy Thanda Anne Nadeau Anne Vignacourt Cecily Wallace Charlene Grundy Chris Willey Christian Boudreau Daniel Brousseau Dominique Tessier Gabriella Taekema Gabrielle Michaud Geneviève Asselin Gillian Badger Heather Elgee Henry Lau Hubert Genest Isabelle Scott Jackie Kennedy Jennifer Lefebvre John-Gee Wong Judy O’Brien Laura De Curtis Lisa Willemse Matthew Topic Maureen McGrath Merissa Kowaluk Micah Steffler Michael Arthur Paul Parkman Peter Norton Rebecca Purdy Ruth Berzel Sabrina Bilodeau Sukhy Bhoi Tanya Manoryk |
Indigenous Services Canada | Virtual events on Indigenous Issues | Alain Giroux Antonia Papadakou Christine Brekke Cindy Kennedy Geneviève Guibert Glen Nakamura James Sinclair Jeff Welch Jessica Gordon Jocasta Boone Julia Tallmeister Laura Kostur Marie Martin Martine Foubert Melanie Mellon Mindy Baggetta Nadine Boudreau-Brown Natasha Cloutier Nathalie Bernier Phoebe Mitton Renelle Arsenault Sen Rasaratnam |
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Made in Canada Project | Andréanne Gagné Bonnie Whelan Bram Sepers Chelsea Connolly Christian Lainesse Cindy Elphick David Lewis Dennis Sabourin Doreen Flynn Eric Bailey Erika Zeroual François Comeau Fred Taylor Geneviève St-Onge Grace Yeung Jason Estafanous Joe Rancourt Julie Dufour Keltie Purcell Kenny Houle Kiera Lundberg Marie Boudreau Marie-Annick Forest Monika Mazur Nigel Laut Owen Purcell-Sutherland Ryan Grani Serge-Érik Thériault Simon Leblanc Tristan Daly-Movshovich |
Canadian Digital Service, Health Canada, Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada, Treasury Board Secretariat, Privy Council Office | Communicating COVID Alert App | Adey Farah Alex Newman Alexis Manick Alexus White Brenna Maher Camille Martel Charissa Harms Charlotte Pederson Chelsea Novak Ciara Cronin David Velasco Élise Cossette Eric Morrissette Frédéric Baril Gabriel Leboeuf Gaëtan Albert Guillaume Vallée Hélène Potvin Heloise Mitchell Hilary Allaire Ian Durkin Jennifer Mealing Jessica Burnett Jo-Ann Purcell Karen Wu Kathleen Guillot Katie Kenney Kelly Bagg Kristen Davison Lana Stewart Laura Piper Laura Portal Avelar Lina Campbell Lisa Fast Lorna Bonvie Lucinda Tran Lucie Vignola Marika Nadeau Marley Lewington Martin Berthelot Mary Beth Baker Mélanie Bérubé Michael Haber Michael Hale Michael Lawson Michael McCarthy Michael Timmermans Natalie Mohamed Nickolas Moore Patrick Steele Patrycja Arkuszewski Philippe Tardif Quenby Joanette Raffaele Fasiolo Ravendra Naidoo Riley Morrow Rob Wiebe Sandra Donatucci Sheri Todd Thomas Preston Vic Chan Wesley Freeman Yael Berger |
Nominated by the Privy Council Office | GC Social Media COVID‑19 Coordinated Response | Social media teams from more than 50 departments and agencies working in a united effort to coordinate, plan, and post across hundreds of channels on multiple platforms strong, clear, consistent, and up-to-date information to support Canadians through the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Nominated by Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Team Canada.ca/coronavirus | Web teams from more than 40 departments and agencies working in a united effort to coordinate, plan, and post across Government of Canada Web sites strong, clear, consistent, and up-to-date information to support Canadians through the COVID-19 pandemic. |
Veterans Affairs Canada | Virtual Series – Women Veterans’ Forum Update and LGBTQ2+ Veterans Roundtable | Annette Campbell April Evans Christina Clorey Christina Hutchins Cindy Tessier Gabrielle Kitson Isabelle Roy Jean Davis Jeff Gallant Kathryn Doyle Kathy Darte Kaye Low Megan MacEwen Rylee Karpov Sherrie Knox Stefanie Arduini |
Lighthouse Award of Communications Excellence
Department/agency | Project title | Nominees |
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Agriculture and Agri‑Food Canada | Agriculture and Agri‑Food Canada First Podcast Series: The First Sixteen | Jean-Pierre Contant Joseph Pauls Kenny Bernard Kirk Finken Sara Boivin-Chabot |
Canada Revenue Agency | Delivering for Canadians: COVID-19 Support Measures | Adam Blondin Alex Mesley Allen Pink Allison Gertzen Allison Martinelli Anne Brierley Anne Nash Caroline Babcock Chad Farquharson Christopher Doody Christopher Oakes Claude Panneton Crystallina Chiu Diana Graham Elizabeth Fraser Jean-David Boisvert Jean-François Blanchet Jean-Michel Langlois Jennifer Clark Jonathan Rath Karine Goneau-Lessard Katie Dowdall-Taylor Laura-May Elston Linda Watson Lisa Belmore Lori Fraser Lorraine Redekop Louis Michaud Marc Viau Mélanie Terrio-Lamothe Miguel Borges-Porteous Natasha Pecarski Robyn Macdonald Roger Pankhurst Sara Nizman Sarah De Boer Shaun Dhani Shawn Arsenault Tanya Fowler Tracy Kaminski |
Canadian Food Insepection Agency | Toolkit for fodd businesses virtual assistant | Anthony Furano Jaime Zawadski Kevin Lake Logan Calkins Maria Kubacki Patrick Ringland Rose Porquet Thu Vo Viraj Nasit |
Global Affairs Canada | Raising awareness of the Canadian public toward international development | Amélie Crosson-Gooderham Anne-Marie Lefebvre Céline St-Louis Christa McGregor Cory Harding Éliane Cantin Ema Milankovic Emily Ferguson Hélène Létourneau Jennifer Seipp Joanie Portelance-Galarneau Julie Cruikshank Karoleen Comeau Katherine Cyr Kevin Chappell Marc Laflamme Margot Andresen Marlene Jacques Oona Woods Patricia Skinner Robyn Euverman Tegan MacKay |
Health Canada | COVID Public Education Campaigns | Adriana Wilson Alan Carter Alexander Jasperse Antonella Ielo Betty Geraldes Éric Glaude Jerri Southcott Karen Wu Karine Brillon Leslie Levere Lina Campbell Maja Graham Michael Lawson Michael McCarthy Monica Pantusa Nadia Caron Natalie Rieger Rawan Hanhan Rebecca McDonald Sylvain Adam |
Indigenous Services Canada | COVID‑19 Response in support of Indigenous Peoples Team | Alain Giroux Alice D'anjou Andrea MacDonald Ania Wasilewski Brian Golden Brock Holowachuk Cassandra Crowder Cristina Daniel Diane Gauthier Elizabeth Brunet Elizabeth Haydon-Laughlin Francis Beaulé Gabrielle Boivin Geneviève Guibert Helen Leslie James Sinclair Josée Potvin Julie Cousineau Julie-Andrée St-Pierre Kali-Anne Simpson Katelin Peltier Katherine Snow Laura Gauvreau Laura Hepditch Louise Allaire Louise Dupuis Lucie-Anne Besner Martine Stevens Megan MacLean Michaela Rodrigue Michelle Gagnon Mindy Baggetta Nathalie Bernier Priya Montgomery Renelle Arsenault Sandrine Kerouault Sean McKibbon Sen Rasaratnam Stéphane Martin Véronique Mercier |
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | Using Social Listening for Better Crisis Communications to Canadians | Bonnie Whelan Cezary Gesikowski |
Transport Canada | TC Web Services: Drupal Project/Digital Committee Binders | Brian Pallister Carine Brunet Derrick Hopkins Mark Browsky Natasha Antoine Ron St. Louis Scott Smith Stéphane Desautels |
Veterans Affairs Canada | Evidence‑based communications | Josh Weale Lucas Squires Mike Newman Rand MacKay |
Insider Award of Communications Excellence
Department/agency | Project title | Nominees |
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Communications Security Establishment Canada | CSE's pivot during COVID times ‑ Communications | Robyn Hawco Tara Benjamin |
Correctional Service Canada | Correctional Service Canada COVID‑19 Internal Communications | Amanda Gordon Anick Charette Ashley Cain Avely Serin Catherine Gourdeau Chelsey Donohue Christina Tricomi David Monk Esther Mailhot Jacqueline Hamilton James Gordon Jason McDonald Justine Lewis Kenny Macdonald Lindsay Holloway Marie Pier Lécuyer Martine Rondeau Mélissa Hart Rose Bertolo Sarah Gilbert Scot MacLean Season Osborne Sheila Liston Stephanie McGlashan Stéphanie Stevenson Sophie Benoit-Bjornson Véronique Rioux Véronique Vallée |
Elections Canada | Change Management: COVID-19 Pandemic | Anastasia Pivnicki Michel Verner Reem Assaad |
Global Affairs Canada | Global Affairs Canada COVID‑19 Internal Communications Team | Alexandra Fortier Andrea Martin Anick Lavigne Anne-Marie Tanguay Chris Busby Corinne Perry Deep Gupta Denis Lacroix Dominique Boily Ethan Proulx Fabien Boulay France Séguin Geneviève Binet Ghezal Hamidi Hélène Beauregard Isabelle Haché Jean Levasseur Jean-Pierre Guertin John Punzalan Jean-Pierre Sadek Katerine Sylvestre Kevin Wishlow Lauren Croisier Liette Guérin Louis-Mathieu Laviolette Lynda O’Donnell Marilyn Warrender Maxime Lacroix Maxwell Kunze Michael MacLean Nadine Villeneuve Nathalie Bélanger Pascale Rouleau Paul Gatto Ralph Duchesne Redouane Ladj Richard Leduc Sébastien Laflamme Stacey Atkinson Sylvia Boyadjian Tracy Michaud Vanessa Fournier Vladimir Torres Wendel Fisher Yan Parisien |
Innovation, Science and Economic Development Canada | in-person Event Protocol | Julie Iannetta Marianne Bruin Marie-Geneviève Gravel Monica Popescu Tasha Dufault |
National Research Council Canada | The NRC's dark site | Christine Aquino Christine Larade Dana Cranstone France Prud’homme Isabelle Lanteigne Julien Thibodeau Lisa Rickenbacher Luce Larocque Mélanie Drouin Nadine Régimbal Nancy Paillé Paul Psutka Robert St-Laurent Rosanne Mensour Samuel Daoust-Ratelle Shane Houlston Sofie McCoy-Astell Susan Gamache |
Public Service Commission of Canada | All Staff meetings - online format | Amber Fenik Djamila Amellal Geneviève Léveillé Michelle Mercier Renée Malette |
Transport Canada | Transport Canada - #HatsOffChapeau - Making the National Awards of Excellence truly national | Alexis English Carine Lavoie Carolyn Sabourin Chris Coulter Cindy Reiter Evelyn Carleton Jacqueline Roy Jeff Bond Jesse Williams Kariane Charron Katherine Adams Laura Conde Lesley Husbands Margaret Larmour Matthew Moore Rachael Dolan Ross MacDonald RoxAnne D'Aoust Samuel Bérubé Sara Johnston Scott Smith Susan Winkelaar |
Treasury Board of Canada Secretariat | Information for GC employees related to COVID‑19 (Coronavirus) web presence on Canada.ca | Alyssa Lee Anne-Marie Dépault Bronwyn Cline Caroline Sarazin-Normand Émilie LaFontaine Evan Lefebvre François Faucher Geneviève Gales Legge Ian Milne Janice Wall Jeanne-Andrée Mazile Jennifer Peddle Justine Lambros Katie Burgess Lesley Kiely Luc Bujold Mark Stokes Mélissa Gervais Paridhi Rukhaiyar Sarah Friesen Sean Sutton Stratton Campbell Susan Zwanenburg Tariq Piracha Véronique Gauvreau William McMahon |
Regional Powerhouse of Communications Excellence
Department/agency | Project title | Nominees |
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Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency | A COVID‑19 pivot turns into a regional success | Anya Melzer Dave Hoskin Derek Pierce Erin MacDonald Heather d’Entremont Lani Morin Megan Brett Natalie Belliveau Nicole Simmons Samantha Michaud |
Indigenous Services canada | Leadership In Manitoba Communications During a Pandemic | Amanda Wilson Brock Holowachuk Jeff Solmundson Jennifer Botincan Karen Christiuk Lorraine Pelley Michael Tran Shasta Chartrand |
Natural Resources Canada | The science communications team from Natural Resources Canada | Brigitte Richard Jean-Sébastien Roy Jennifer Kamau Jessica Ward Louisa Coates Monica Rai Nathalie Chaperon Pierre Naud Vanessa Greebe |
Public Health Agency of Canada | Repatriation, quarantine sites and more | Debbie Paine Elaine Krawchenko Lisa Gillis Maganga Lumbu Perry Bolt |
Transport Canada | Reconciliation Framework Agreement Communications Protocol | Catherine Brown Sara Johnston Tom Wakefield |
Individual Awards
Master Storyteller of the Year Award
Department/agency | Nominees |
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency | Krystine Farago |
Finance Canada | Julie Lavallée |
Global Affairs Canada | Robin Euverman |
Health Canada | Sandra Donatucci |
Privy Council Office | Justin Mathews |
Digital Master of the Year Award
Department/agency | Nominees |
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Fisheries and Oceans Canada | Luke Brimacombe |
Global Affairs Canada | Andrès Quiroga |
Exceptional Social Leader Award
Department/agency | Nominees |
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Correctional Service Canada | Mélissa Hart |
Environment and Climate Change Canada | Ian Hickey |
Health Canada | Mica Donnelly |
Library and Archives Canada | Stéphanie Berndt |
Rising Star Award
Department/agency | Nominees |
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Canadian Food Inspection Agency | Madison Meech |
Canadian Food Inspection Agency | Shawna Doyle |
Correctional Service Canada | Anick Charette |
Global Affairs Canada | Jason Kung |
Health Canada | Alyssa Barrie |
Indigenous Services Canada | Martine Foubert |
Outstanding Career Award
Department/agency | Nominees |
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Correctional Service Canada | Isabelle Robitaille |
Global Affairs Canada | Kevin Chappell |
Public Services and Procurement Canada | Elizabeth Lindsay |
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