News by subject: Contests/Awards

BIGG Digital Assets Inc. ("BIGG" or the "Company") , a leading innovator in the digital assets space and owner of Netcoins, Blockchain Intelligence Group, and TerraZero is pleased to announce that Netcoins is launching a contest through its X...

Leading international residence and citizenship advisory firm Henley & Partners, in partnership with Andan Foundation, a Swiss non-profit humanitarian organization, is pleased to announce the call for nominations for the 2024 Global Citizen Award....

Gildan Activewear Inc. (GIL: TSX and NYSE) ("Gildan" or the "Company") is pleased to share that it has been recognized as one of the Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada by Corporate Knights for the third consecutive year. Gildan is the only company...

Nominations are now open for Amnesty International Canada's 2023-2024 Media Awards. First held in 1996, the Amnesty International Canada Media Awards celebrate excellence in human rights storytelling by Canada-based journalists and Canadian...

Zafin, the leading provider of SaaS core modernization and transformation solutions for banks, today announced it has won the 2024 Microsoft ISV Innovation - Americas Partner of the Year Award. Zafin received recognition among a group of top...

EnsembleIQ's Convenience Store News Canada today unveils the 2024 Star Women in Convenience (SWIC) award winners. SWIC is the first and only awards program in Canada that recognizes exceptional women leaders in the convenience and gas channel....

Optiva Inc. , a leader in powering the telecom industry with cloud-native billing, charging and revenue management software on private and public clouds, today announced its recognition as a winner of a key MVNOs World Congress Award. The prestigious...

Teck Resources Limited ("Teck") has been named as one of Corporate Knights' 2024 Best 50 Corporate Citizens in Canada. This marks the 18th consecutive year Teck has been named as one of the Best 50 companies by Corporate Knights. "As we...

Quisitive Technology Solutions, Inc. ("Quisitive" or the "Company") , today announced it has won the Analytics 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award. The Company was honored among a global field of top Microsoft partners for demonstrating...

Salt & Brick, Calgary's newest culinary gem, proudly announces its double victory at the Stampede Cellar Showdown International Wine Competition on June 22, 2024. This prestigious event, part of the Calgary Stampede's commitment to agriculture and...

POET Technologies Inc. ("POET" or the "Company") , the designer and developer of the POET Optical Interposertm, Photonic Integrated Circuits (PICs) and light sources for the data center, tele-communication and AI markets, today announced that it has...

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada's premier nuclear science and technology organization, is pleased to announce that its Innovation team has been recognized by the Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS) and Canadian Nuclear Association (CNA) for...

Pythian Services Inc. ("Pythian"), a leading provider of data, analytics, AI, and cloud services, proudly announced its recognition on CRN's 2024 Solution Provider (SP) 500 list and Database Trends and Applications (DBTA)'s 100 Companies That Matter...

The IAIABC NextGen Awards recognize talented and transformative young professionals under the age of 40 who are having a positive impact in their organizations and the workers' compensation industry. For the 2024 IAIABC NextGen Awards, six recipients...

EnsembleIQ's Canadian Grocer today unveils the 2024 Star Women in Grocery award winners. Since 2012, Canadian Grocer's annual Star Women in Grocery Awards have honoured the achievements, influence, innovation and leadership of women in the Canadian...

The Inteleos Foundation, a public non-profit organization driving positive health outcomes through education in medical imaging, received a three-year, $180,000 subaward from the Standards Alliance Phase 2 (SA2) Program; a public private partnership...

United for Literacy is proud to announce that they have been granted Viceregal Patronage from Her Excellency the Right Honourable Mary Simon, Governor General of Canada. The announcement comes during a milestone year for the organization as it...

On behalf of our fellow Minister's Special Licence (MSL) stakeholders, the Alberta Professional Outfitters Society (APOS) is pleased to announce this year's recipients for the 2024-25 Minister's Special Licence Auction (MSLA) Grants. The...

ECO Canada is delighted to announce its inclusion in the prestigious 2024 HRDC Best Places to Work, a comprehensive roundup that highlights the best in the industry. As an impartial authority in the HR sector, Human Resource Director Canada...

Keith Ogston, a 73-year-old retired truck driver based in Calgary, AB became the city's newest millionaire this morning. As the winner of the 2024 Servus Big Share® contest, he saw $1 million deposited into his Servus Credit Union (Servus) account....

Quisitive Technology Solutions, Inc. ("Quisitive" or the "Company") , a premier Microsoft Cloud and AI solutions provider, is proud to announce that it has been honored with the 2024 Board Americas Solution Partner of the Year award for the second...

CGS, a global provider of software and business applications, enterprise learning, and outsourcing services, today announced that it has been named to Training Industry's 2024 Top Training Companiestm list for Learning Services in Learning and...

EnsembleIQ, North America's leading source of insightful information and actionable connections in retail, healthcare and hospitality, today announces Pharmacy Practice + Business, The Medical Post and Canadian Grocer won five gold awards in the...

The YMCA of National Capital Region is proud to announce that they have been recognized by Human Resource Director Canada (HRD) as one of Canada's Best Places to Work in 2024. The HRD Best Places to Work in Canada 2024 list showcases organizations...

Brewed in Mexico and the one and only Official Beer of the Beautiful Game, Modelo understands that fútbol is not just a sport, but a poetic experience for adoring fans. Fueling the passionate mark of a fighter of Mexican fútbol fans and the intense...

Ernst & Young LLP (EY US) announced that Mike Jackowski, CEO of Duck Creek Technologies, was named an Entrepreneur Of The Year® 2024 New England Award winner. Entrepreneur Of The Year is the preeminent competitive awards program for entrepreneurs and...

IPG® (Intertape Polymer Group®), a leading manufacturer of packaging products, was named the "Large Enterprise Manufacturer of the Year" by the National Association of Manufacturers' Manufacturing Leadership Council (MLC). Each year, this council...

The Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI), Canada's national association representing investor relations professionals, is pleased to announce that Mélanie Hennessey, F.CIRI has been chosen as the 36th recipient of the Award for Excellence in...

Milton Hydro Distribution Inc. (Milton Hydro) sponsored the Youth Eco Activist Award at the Milton Youth Awards held by the Milton Youth Task Force (MYTF) on Wednesday, May 1, 2024, at the Milton Seniors Activity Centre. The Milton Youth Awards...

The Canadian Wildlife Federation (CWF) is pleased to announce the eight recipients of this year's prestigious Canadian Conservation Achievement Awards. These remarkable citizens have shown exceptional commitment, innovation and leadership in their...

Abraxas Power Corp. ("Abraxas Power" or the "Company") is pleased to announce that CB&I, a wholly owned subsidiary of McDermott International, Ltd., ("McDermott") has been selected for the award of an early contractor involvement ("ECI") agreement...

HIGHLIGHTS: Drew Heasman, ATHA's Director Geodata, who leads the Digital Discovery team (other members are Paul Pearson and John McLellan) won the top prize at the 2023/2024 Future Explorer's competition, organized by Humyn AI and funded by Dundee...

Flagship Communities Real Estate Investment Trust (REIT) today announced it was awarded Community of the Year for the third consecutive year by the Kentucky Manufactured Housing Institute (KMHI). Flagship also received awards for Retailer of the...

Cute season is in full swing on Parliament Hill and the Canadian Animal Health Institute is thrilled to announce the winners of the 2nd Annual ?Cutest Pets on Parliament Hill Contest'. Parliamentarians, staffers, and members of the Press...

eXp Realty®, "the most agent-centric real estate brokerage on the planettm" and the core subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc. , today announced that 44 eXp Realty agents have been named to the 2024 RealTrends + Tom Ferry The Thousand List, an...

INVENTURE$ 2024 (Inventures) wrapped up for another year. The sixth year for Calgary's premier innovation event came to a close on May 31st. Nearly 4,000 people attended the three-day conference. Delegates heard from over 400 speakers, panelists and...

Questrade (www.questrade.com) -- Canada's #1 rated* online brokerage -- is proud to announce that it has been named MoneySense's Best Online Broker in Canada for 2024, leading the annual ranking for the second year in a row. The respected industry...

The Hong Kong Tourism Board (HKTB) applauded the city's outstanding culinary sector as two restaurants ? Wing and The Chairman ? were ranked highly in the prestigious list of The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2024. The two diners ranked among the top...

Eyeris, a global leader in in-cabin sensing AI and sensor fusion solutions, has won two AutoTech Awards (formerly known as the Informa Tech Automotive Awards) in the categories of "The Automotive Tech Company of the Year" and "The Automotive Tech...

Rogers today announced a national customer contest, Bring Stanley Home, to send Rogers customers and hockey fans from across Canada to the Stanley Cup Final in Edmonton. As the proud partner of the Edmonton...

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is proud to announce Dr. Puneet Dwivedi as the recipient of the 2024 SFI Leadership in Conservation Award. Dr. Puneet Dwivedi, an Associate Professor of Sustainability Sciences at the University of Georgia's...

Transcontinental Inc. is proud to recognize Isabelle Marcoux, TC Transcontinental's Executive Chair of the Board, as a recipient of a 2024 Fellowship Award of the Institute of Corporate Directors (ICD). The only Quebecer among the four laureates,...

Breckenridge Distillery, one of the most-awarded craft distilleries in the U.S., a subsidiary of Tilray Brands, Inc. , celebrated two major wins at the 15th annual New York International Spirits Competition, including Colorado American Blended...

Twelve outstanding Indigenous achievers from a diverse list of First Nations, Inuit, and Métis communities will be honoured during the broadcast of the 2024 Indspire Awards on Friday, June 21, 2024, at 7:00 pm ET (7:30 pm NT) on CBC, CBC Gem, APTN,...

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) is delighted to announce Mercer International as the recipient of the 2024 SFI President's Award. Mercer is spearheading the advancement of wood technology to redefine the North American construction...

Think On Inc., a leading channel-only Canadian cloud solution provider with a global footprint, proudly announces it has been selected as the 2023 VCSP of the Year in the Americas region by Veeam® Software, the #1 leader by market share in Data...

Duck Creek Technologies, the intelligent solutions provider defining the future of property and casualty (P&C) and general insurance, has earned several significant distinctions in Celent's recent 2024 Claims Systems Vendors report for the North...

Alberta's cleantech community is making tremendous progress towards a net zero future. Innovators and leaders, investors and supporters, industries and adopters?Alberta is pioneering climate change solutions with fresh and innovative ideas....

Western Financial Group's ?Glamp Up Your Summer Giveaway' campaign officially kicked off on June 3, when new customers can join existing ones to get a feel for the company's exceptional customer experience. They are invited to get a new quote on a...

SUCCESS® magazine is recognizing individuals and organizations making a difference in society through the 2024 SUCCESS® Changemakers awards. This program celebrates social entrepreneurs, philanthropists, activists, community leaders, NGOs, B...