News by subject: Contests/Awards

The Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI), Canada's national association representing investor relations professionals, announced the 2023 CIRI Fellows. 2023 CIRI Fellows Maeghan AlbistonVice President & Chief Human Resources...

Descartes Systems Group , the global leader in uniting logistics-intensive businesses in commerce, and Chicago-based Brook Furniture Rental, a leading provider of rental furniture, décor and housewares for the office and home, are honored to be...

Last week at the 2023 Annual Conference of the Canadian Institute of Actuaries (CIA), Steve Prince, Fellow of the CIA (FCIA), was inducted as President for 2023-2024, beginning July 1, 2023. With an exceptional background in actuarial services and a...

Acronis, a global leader in cyber protection, today announced it has received the first-ever Pax8 Beyond MVP EMEA Vendor Award during Pax8's inaugural Beyond conference. The Awards program recognizes vendors having a significant impact on the channel...

Levi Ryl, a 27 year-old farmer and power engineer based in Athabasca, AB, saw one million dollars deposited into his account earlier this morning. Alberta's newest millionaire is the winner of the 2023 Servus Big Sharetm contest by Servus Credit...

eXp Realty®, "the most agent-centric real estate brokerage on the planettm" and the core subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc. , today announced that 340 eXp Realty ICON agents and teams were named to the RealTrends America's Best Real Estate...

The Alcohol and Gaming Commission of Ontario (AGCO) has been awarded the North American Gaming Regulators Association (NAGRA) Excellence in Gaming Regulation Award for its work developing and implementing the regulatory framework for Ontario's new...

Konica Minolta Business Solutions (Canada) Ltd. (Konica Minolta) is pleased to announce Michael Mathé, Chief of Operations and Sales Enablement and Alison Seltzner, Strategic Account Director as honorees on ENX Magazine's 2023 Difference Makers List....

Twenty-six BrandSafway refinery and petrochemical plant site teams received Contractor Safety Achievement Awards from the American Fuel & Petrochemical Manufacturers (AFPM) association based on their safety performance in 2022."I'm very proud of our...

Obesity Canada and Lilly Canada are proud to highlight the important work of two researchers who have been selected as recipients of the Canadian Obesity Fellowship Program, in its inaugural year. Created in 2023, the fellowship program is intended...

Grand prize winner, Dr. Michael Khodadoust at Stanford University in Palo Alto, California, will use the Saphyr® system for research into CTCL (cutaneous t-cell lymphoma)Runner up prize winners are Dr. Afia Hasnain at The Hospital for Sick Children...

Stimulating dialogue between the university and high school students, combating educational poverty, and promoting the transmission of values such as legality, the fight against corruption, mutual respect, environmental protection, and culture while...

Sunwing is pleased to shine a light on resort partners Blue Diamond Resorts and RIU Hotels & Resorts for receiving a number of well-deserved accolades presented by TripAdvisor® and Forbes. As two of the most respected and globally recognized...

Iván Cervantes, 5x Enduro World Champion and Triumph Global Ambassador, has officially claimed the GUINNESS WORLD RECORDStm title for ?The greatest distance on a motorcycle in 24 hours (individual)'. Riding a Tiger 1200 GT Explorer on the...

eXp Realty®, "the most agent-centric real estate brokerage on the planettm" and the core subsidiary of eXp World Holdings, Inc. , today announced 48 eXp Realty agents and teams were named to the 2023 RealTrends + Tom Ferry's The Thousand list, an...

The Canadian Animal Health Institute is thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural ?Cutest Pets on Parliament Hill Contest'. Parliamentarians, Senators, staffers, and members of the Press Gallery on Parliament Hill, submitted more than 65...

Crakmedia is always proud to celebrate its people's talent and recognize their exceptional contributions to the industry. The company is pleased to announce that Marie-Ève Rigali has been nominated for the Women in Tech Excellence Awards 2023 in...

Since 2014, CHAIR, the Coalition for Community and Healthcare Acquired Infection Reduction, has recognized the leadership of an individual or organization passionate about reducing acquired infections through engineered infection prevention...

The Canadian Animal Health Institute is thrilled to announce the winners of the inaugural ?Cutest Pets on Parliament Hill Contest'. Parliamentarians, Senators, staffers, and members of the Press Gallery on Parliament Hill, submitted more than 65...

EnsembleIQ's The Medical Post, the independent voice and trusted information resource for Canada's doctors, today announces it has won two silver awards for content and design in the 2023 Canadian National Magazine Awards: B2B, which highlights the...

Today the Inteleos Foundation and the POCUS Certification Academy under Inteleos announced Compañeros En Salud (CES) a sister organization of Partners in Health (PIH) as the selection for their MissionPOCUStm collaboration for 2023. As the sixth...

Grocery Business Hall of Fame has announced the names of the 30 individuals being honoured for contributions to the grocery industry and the communities they serve. Selected by a Grocery Business industry committee, the 2023 Grocery Business Hall of...

Canadian Nuclear Laboratories (CNL), Canada's premier nuclear science and technology laboratory, is pleased to announce that one of its employees, Larkin Mosscrop, has been recognized by the Canadian Nuclear Society (CNS) and Canadian Nuclear...

Since 2014, CHAIR, the Coalition for Community and Healthcare Acquired Infection Reduction, has recognized the leadership of an individual or organization passionate about reducing acquired infections through engineered infection prevention...

The Sabin Vaccine Institute today awarded the 30th Albert B. Sabin Gold Medal Award to Thomas P. Monath, MD, and its Rising Star Award to Sangwe Clovis Nchinjoh, MD, MPH, in a ceremony at Washington D.C.'s National Academy of Sciences building. Dr....

ClearlyRated®, a leading provider of client, talent, and employee satisfaction surveys and service quality research for staffing agencies, announced the firms that have qualified for inclusion on its inaugural Best Staffing Firms for Womentm list on...

Samsung Electronics Canada today announced upcoming Samsung Galaxy Studio experiences launching in Montreal and Toronto to highlight the unique creative capabilities of the Samsung Galaxy Z Flip4. The experiences will take place at MURAL Festival in...

CN is proud to be part of the United Nations Vision 2045 documentary film series. CN's video highlights how the Company is moving towards a more sustainable future. CN is building on its decarbonization initiatives, its deployment of operating...

FuelPositive Corporation ("FuelPositive" or the "Company"), a leading Green Ammonia company, is delighted to announce its recognition as a winner of the esteemed Best Places to Work award in 2023 by Human Resources Director Canada, the world's...

Nominations for Amnesty International Canada's 28th annual Media Awards are now open. The Media Awards ? which will be handed out in person for the first time since 2019 ? celebrate excellence in human-rights storytelling by Canada-based...

TravelPerk, the fastest-growing global travel management platform, today announced that it has been ranked #49 in Newsweek's annual list of the Top 100 Global Most Loved Workplaces® recognizing companies for employee sentiment and satisfaction. In...

Nearly 400 attendees gathered at the first-ever Canadian Women Entrepreneur Gala (CWE Gala) last night to celebrate inspiring women entrepreneurs and trailblazers pushing for a more diverse ecosystem....

Access, the world's largest privately-held integrated information management services provider, announced today that its Access Unify Product Suite Video Campaign has been recognized in the 44th Annual Telly Awards. The campaign was awarded Silver...

Wizeline, an AI-centric digital services provider that builds modern, scalable products and platforms, today announced it had been named an ?Aspirant' in Everest Group's Application Automation Services PEAK Matrix® Assessment 2023. The report...

Premiered at the Cannes film festival "A Social Design Story" focusing on the great Brazilian photographer The documentary "A Social Design Story - Humanscapes" produced by Pomilio Blumm won the Golden Spike Award at the Social World Film...

Blue Diamond Resorts, one of the leading global providers of all-inclusive resorts, is thrilled to announce that Royalton Cayo Santa Maria has been recognized as the Best All-Inclusive in the Caribbean by TripAdvisor's prestigious Travellers' Choice...

The prestigious event attracted over 400 businesses from across Canada, demonstrating the strength, diversity, and resilience of Canadian SMEs. It was not only a platform for recognition but also for networking and collaboration, facilitating shared...

Today, Skills/Compétences Canada (SCC) released the final medal results of the 2023 Skills Canada National Competition (SCNC), in Winnipeg. Over the past week, over 500 students and apprentices from across the country competed for the title of...

Format, the leading portfolio website provider for artists, designers, photographers, and creative professionals, is expanding its Educational Outreach initiatives with OCADU, the largest university for arts and design in Canada.  In...

TC Transcontinental is proud to have won the "Company of the Year ? Large Business" award at the 43rd edition of the prestigious business competition organized by the Fédération des chambres de commerce du Québec (FCCQ) held yesterday at the Palais...

TELUS has received the Mercure award for Sustainable Development Strategy in the Large Corporation category as part of the 2023 Mercuriades Awards, which celebrate the innovation, ambition, entrepreneurship and performance of Quebec businesses. This...

Since 2007, national writing contest the Meaning of Home shares what home means to students in Grades 4, 5 and 6. This year, three grand prize winners and nine runners-up have joined over 12,000 students across Canada to raise $302,000 for Habitat...

Think On Inc., a Channel First cloud solution provider (CSP) with a global data center footprint, is proud to announce it has been selected as the 2022 Rising Star Partner of the Year by Veeam® Software, the leader in data protection and ransomware...

McKinsey & Company today announced that Periscope by McKinsey has been recognized as a Leader in the IDC MarketScape: Worldwide Retail Price Optimization Solutions 2023 Vendor Assessment (doc #US49458922, March 2023). McKinsey was also named a Leader...

Leading semiconductor test equipment supplier Advantest Corporation (TSE: 6857) today announced it has again topped the ratings chart of the 2023 TechInsights (formerly VLSIresearch) Customer Satisfaction Survey, capturing the No. 1 spot on this...

Access, the world's largest privately-held integrated information management services provider, announced today that it has been named in the 2023 Boston Business Journal's (BBJ) Largest Private Companies in Massachusetts List, a ranking based on...

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) announced the winner of the 2023 SFI Implementation Committee Achievement Award at the 2023 SFI Annual Conference in collaboration with PEFC Week today. The Maine Committee was selected for its collaborative...

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) announced the recipient of the 2023 SFI Leadership in Conservation Award at the 2023 SFI Annual Conference in collaboration with PEFC Week today. Mosaic Forest Management (Mosaic), with operations in Coastal...

The Canadian Animal Health Institute (CAHI) has opened public voting for what Politico has called the Hottest Vote on the Hill: the first annual "Cutest Pets on Parliament Hill" photo contest for 2023! The public can now choose which of the three...

The Sustainable Forestry Initiative (SFI) announced the recipients of the 2023 SFI President's Award for Leadership at the 2023 SFI Annual Conference in collaboration with PEFC Week. Scott Robertson, Lennard Joe, and Paul Robitaille were recognized...