Two marketers, Lisa Lisson and Sandra Sanderson, join four agency founders, Noel O’Dea, Chris Staples, Ian Grais and Tom Shepansky, as this year’s CMHOL inductees.
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Rethink tops ICA’s Creative Power List
Zulu Alpha Kilo moves up nine spots to second, while Bensimon Byrne moves up 11 spots to third overall. This year’s list also features 57 first-time entrants.
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Edmonton’s ACE Awards remind the bigger agencies they’re off-limits
The “No Call For Entries” campaign from FKA bluntly tells the country’s biggest agencies that they won’t be able to add to their trophy case in Edmonton.
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The cat’s out of the bag: Mondou wins Bye Bye 2022
The LG2-created spot won Quebec’s Super Bowl of advertising during CBC/Radio-Canada’s annual Bye Bye de la pub.
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FCB’s Crimi-Lamanna to head Creative Commerce Lions jury
She joins Paul Lavoie, Judy John and Tom Eymundson as one of only a few Canadians to lead a jury at the world’s most prestigious advertising awards show.
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CMA Awards roundup—Ryan Reynolds thank-you video included
Rethink wins 23 of the night’s awards, including Best of the Best for Kraft Heinz’s “Hot Dog Pact,” though FCB wasn’t far behind with 19 trophies.
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Rethink and Jam3 among top winners at ADCC while Bruce Mau wins Les Usherwood
Rethink wins 13 of night’s 40 Gold Awards, along with Scarlet Letter Awards as Agency of the Year and Design Agency of the Year.
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Tim Hortons and Gut (with help from Bieber) win Grand Effie
Big Brothers Big Sisters and its agency Humanity also won the second annual IDEA competition, created to encourage more diversity and representation in advertising.
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CMDC celebrates next generation at Future Impact Awards
Part of the CMDC’s Youth Ambassador’s program, the awards recognize and celebrate a new generation of media leaders in Canada.
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Just four entries are Golden at this year’s Effie Awards
Fuse Create, Gut Toronto, Rethink and Zulu Alpha Kilo honoured in the annual show recognizing advertising effectiveness.
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Rethink tops Effies finalist list with 14 nods
Molson Coors Canada leads all clients with seven nominations in the advertising awards show promoting effectiveness.
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Vonk and Kestin inducted into One Club Hall of Fame
The acclaimed creative duo, renowned for their work on Dove’s “Campaign for Real Beauty” and nurturing a generation of creatives, are among five women inductees this year.
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24 Canadian entries shortlisted in the Engagement Track Lions
Performance Art’s “Black Elevation Map,” and BBDO’s “Para Expansion Pack” each get four nominations, while Rethink and Zulu Alpha Kilo also enjoy strong showing.
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FCB’s ‘Dream Drop’ and JP\TBWA’s ‘Signal for Help’ earn multiple Lions nominations
A total of 20 Canadian entries appeared across four different Lions shortlists.
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Rethink and ZAK win Gold Lions on first night in Cannes
Canada wins eight Lions in total, with ZAK’s “Tough Turban” winning gold in the Health & Wellness competition, and Rethink’s “Draw Ketchup” winning gold in Print & Publishing.
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Zulu Alpha Kilo, Rethink, and Bensimon Byrne make strong showing on Cannes’ first shortlists
12 shortlists released as Festival officially begins; Canadian Cannes entries down 7% from 2019.
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Cannes Lions finally returns, but entries are off 18% from before the pandemic
Festival organizers highlight increase in Creative Effectiveness Lions, while first B2B Lions receive 415 entries.
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Bell and ICA looking for a new IDEA for 2022
The focus for year two of the competition, which celebrates inclusive creative thinking, is on LGBTQ+ communities.
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Eight Canadians among Lions jurors
After being cancelled in 2020 and digital only last year, the Lions are returning to Cannes for the first time since 2019.
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ICA suspends 2022 Creative Power List
Decision was made after discovering that some of the international shows upon which the ranking is based did not provide ‘co-entrant’ details for winning work submitted jointly by more than one entrant.
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