2002 Awards of Excellence Recipients
Awards of Excellence celebrate exemplary public relations programs created for employers and clients by practitioners from across the country.
This year’s winners are as follows:
Communications Management
- Award of Excellence
- Deborah E. Trouten, APR, Gwyn Williams, Julie Winget, Dakota Communications Inc., Canada Pension Plan Investment Board National Public Meetings, Toronto Member Society
- Award of Merit:
- Pat McNamara, APR, Jason Chennette, Ken Evans, Adria MacKenzie, APEX Public Relations, Grand & Toy: A Centenarian Makes its Mark in the New Economy, Toronto Member Society
Government Relations
- Award of Merit
- Larissa Fenn, Rob Rivers, David Miles, Halton Region, Halton Waste Management - Garbage Day Change, Hamilton Member Society
Marketing Communications
- Awards of Excellence
- Pat McNamara, APR, Tracey Bochner, Erin Farrell, Victor Lam, David Soyka, APEX Public Relations and Levi Strauss & Co. (Canada) Inc., Hula Hoops, Juggling Balls and Acapella: Youth Showcase Quirky Talents and Tricks for Levi's Live The Alberta Beef Promotion Team, Alberta Cattle Commission, If It Ain't Alberta, It Ain't Beef
- Award of Merit
- Tracey Bochner, Allison Moore, Ken Evans, Kevin Edwards, Stephanie Blok, APEX Public Relations and Jamieson Laboratories, Falling Scales, Rising Sales: The Launch of Ultra Slim Down, Toronto Member Society
Community Relations
- Award of Merit
- Andrew Berthoff, Don Hogarth, Elisabeth Napolano, Pamela Arora, Deborah Rowe, Tracey Levy, Laura Mergelas, Environics Communications Inc., Xerox Documenting Dream, Toronto Member Society
Media Relations
- Awards of Merit
- Ted Bravakis, APR, Nick Cowling, Julie Perrier, Nolan Reeds, Michele Simpson, Susan Webb, Jennifer Mancion, Sandy Singh, Amgad Shehata, Edelman Canada and UPS Canada, The New UPS: UPS Canada Familiarization Trip 2000, Toronto Member Society
Michele M. Peveril, Peter Doig, Margaret Murphy, Crystal Piccott, Nova Scotia Power, Gaining Ground on Wind Power, Nova Scotia Member Society
Issues and Crisis Management
- Award of Excellence
- Daniel Tisch, APR, Josh Cobden, Argyle Rowland Worldwide, Telesat's New Satellite Plan for Canada, Toronto Member Society
- Award of Merit
- Jeff Vallentin, Hamilton Health Sciences, Managing a Mystery Virus, Hamilton Member Society
Internal Communications
- Award of Excellence
- Janet Wile, ABC, APR, Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments Inc., The Principles Challenge, Toronto Member Society
- Awards of Merit
- Dana Dean, APR, Scott Windsor, Teresa Pagnutti, Andrea Malone, Nigel Napier Andrews, RBC Financial Group, Interactive Communications, Toronto Member Society Sandra Thornton, Tobie Smith, Stantec, What's Up? Town Hall Tour, Edmonton Member Society
Special Events
- Prix d'excellence
- Johanne Carrier, ARP, Marie Carrier, Robert Laplante, Megan Peart, Jean Roy, Johanne Carrier Communications Inc. et Ericsson Canada Inc., Piloter la prochaine generation de l'Internet mobile, Société des relationnistes du Québec
- Award of Merit
- Daniel Tisch, APR, Mary Beth Denomy, Sara Seaward, Jill Rosenberg, Lubor Keliar, Argyle Rowland Worldwide, The Ontario R+D Summit, Toronto Member Society
Print Projects
- Award of Excellence
- Cynthia Ulba, Janet Eagleson, Merilyn Harris, Cheryl Morin, Regional Municipality of Peel, My Parenting Story, Toronto Member Society
- Award of Merit
- Janet Wile, ABC, APR, Siemens Milltronics Process Instruments Inc., Case Studies, Toronto Member Society
- Distinction
- Emmanuelle Rondeau, Fondation Hôpital de Montréal pour enfants, Société des relationnistes du Québec
Electronic & Interactive Communications
- Award of Merit
- Charles Muggeridge, Martin Hofmann, Leona Hobbs, Kelvin Venne, Annie Marsolais, Tracey McGlaughlin, Fleishman-Hillard Canada Inc. and J.D. Edwards, J.D. Edwards Canada: Creating a Source for Customer Communications