CPRS National Announces 2016 Awards of Excellence Winners

TORONTO, May 18, 2016 /CNW/ - The Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) is pleased to announce the recipients of 41 Awards of Excellence in this year's awards program. Celebrated annually, the CPRS Awards of Excellence showcase the best public relations and communications management projects and campaigns. CPRS National received a record-high number of submissions in 16 communications categories. Gold, silver and bronze recipients will be revealed during An Evening of Excellence at the World Public Relations Forum in Toronto, ON on May 31, 2016.

"Members of CPRS, and many of their peers across Canada, recognize the value of receiving a CPRS Award of Excellence," said Pierrette Leonard APR, FCPRS, LM, Presiding Officer of the CPRS Awards of Excellence. "Winners successfully demonstrate a commitment to public relations and communications management best practices."

This year's Awards Gala, An Evening of Excellence, will also include international award winners from the Global Alliance for Public Relations and Communication Management's COMM PRIX Awards.

"With the combination of the CPRS Awards of Excellence and international recognition through the Global Alliance's COMM PRIX Awards, the evening promises to be a stellar night for our profession throughout Canada and around the world," added Leonard.

Representatives from the winning organizations will be recognized at the Westin Harbour Castle hotel during the Gala dinner before more than 500 public relations industry professionals. 

Winning organizations for the 2016 Awards of Excellence include:

• AdFarm PR & SaskCanola
• Alberta Energy Regulator
• Alberta Health Services
• APEX Public Relations
• Argyle Public Relationships & Canadian Diabetes Association
• Canadian Patient Safety Institute
• CASACOM & Fondation Lucie et André Chagnon
• Citizen Relations & IKEA Canada
• City of Hamilton
• DeBeers Canada
• Edelman Canada & Kraft Canada
• Environics & Capital-Image
• Focus Communications & City of Edmonton
• Health Sciences North
• High Road
• IKEA Canada
• Island Health
• L'équipe des communications de l'arrondissement de Rosemont-La Petite-Patrie, de la ville de Montréal
• L'Union des producteurs agricoles
• La Fédération des médecins spécialistes du Québec
• Lassonde Industries/CGCOM/Massy Forget Langlois Public Relations
• Mississaugas of the New Credit First Nation, Strategic Objectives, Public Relations Agency and XTM, Marketing Agency
• NATIONAL Public Relations, Pfizer Canada Inc. & Ontario Lung Association
• Niagara Health
• Niagara Region Corporate Communications
• Northern Ontario School of Medicine (NOSM)
• Ontario Real Estate Association
• Paradigm PR & Edgewell Personal Care
• PortsToronto
• Royal Victoria Regional Health Centre
• Strategic Objectives & Kruger Products
• Sussex Strategy Group & Canadian Medical Association
• TransLink
• Vancouver Coastal Health
• Veritas Communications & Labatt Breweries of Canada
• Veritas Communications & Microsoft Canada

Shortlisted PR programs and academic case studies in the COMM PRIX Awards:

• Bayer Australia and New Zealand
• Bluegrass Consulting (in partnership with C|T Group, Burson Marsteller, QCCN & PPR)
• Cannings Purple
• European Training Foundation
• HMC Communications/Child Matters
• Kenya Commercial Bank (KCB) MRT
• Nanyang Technological University
• ProCom – Finnish Association of Communication Professionals
• SMRT
• Spark PR & Activate, New Zealand
• The Eugene D. Fanning Center for Business Communication, University of Notre Dame 

About CPRS

Founded in 1948, the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS) is a not-for-profit organization whose members are engaged in the practice, management or teaching of public relations. Members work to maintain the highest standards and to share a uniquely Canadian experience in public relations. CPRS is a federation of more than 1,800 members across 14 Member Societies based in major cities or organized province-wide.  For more information, visit our website: cprs.ca.

SOURCE Canadian Public Relations Society

For further information: Media Contact: Bryan Sparks, Communications, CPRS National Office, [email protected], 416-239-7304