Up Here Business and Oilweek named Kenneth R. Wilson Awards Magazine of the Year
Yellowknife-based Up Here Business was named the professional magazine of the year at the Kenneth R. Wilson Awards presented by the Canadian Business Press. Meanwhile Oilweek, published in Calgary, was named the trade magazine of the year.
Here is the complete list of winners presented Tuesday, according to the press release.
Best Cover
Gold: Oilsands Review, for their September 2012 cover, by Cath Ozubko, Joel Kadziolka and Deborah Jaremko.
Silver: Precedent, for "Precedent Setter Awards" by Barb Woolley, Daniel Ehrenworth and Miki Arai.
Best Issue
Gold: Les Affaires, for the May 19, 2012 issue "Le pouvoir créatif."
Silver: Marketing, for "Facebook Rules" from February 20, 2012.
Website of the Year
lawandstyle.ca, the website of Precedent magazine, by Melissa Kluger, Christina Cheung, Rose Hendrie, Melanie Dziengo and ResIM.
Best New Journalist
Katie Keir for her article "When Good Partners go Bad" in Advisor's Edge.
Art Direction of a Complete Issue
Gold: Premium, for "Numéro 12," art direction by Louise Rouleau.
Silver: Precedent, for "Precedent Setter Awards" by Barb Woolley and Miki Arai.
Best Illustration
Gold: Sarah Tyson, for "Personal Financial Planning" in CAmagazine.
Silver: Tara Hardy, for "Friends with Health Benefits" in Benefits Canada.
Best Photograph
Gold: Ian McCausland, for "From Fired to Inspired" in Foodservice & Hospitality.
Silver: Nigel Dickson, for "He knows the Drill" in CAmagazine.
Best Art Direction of an Opening Spread / Complete Feature
Gold: Underline Studio, In Praise of Literature, University Affairs
Silver: Jo-Anne Martin Grier, Michael Alberstat, Jacqueline Kovacs, Leata Lekushoff, Stephanie Saunders, Supplies in Demand, Professionally Speaking
Best Editorial
Gold: Yves Bonneau, Point de vue, Conseiller
Silver: Joe Terrett, Electro-Motive: The Greed Factor, Plant
Best Feature Article—Professional
Gold: Sophie Stival, Liquidateur : un rôle crucial et délicat, Conseiller
Silver: Naheed Mustafa, The Trillion-Dollar Pie, CMA magazine
Best Feature Article—Trade
Gold: Jason Contant, Lingering Shadows, OHS Canada
Silver: Nicolas Mesly, Au coeur de la Bourse de Chicago, Le Coopérateur agricole
Best How-To Article or Series of How-To Articles
Gold: David Tal, Learning Super Skills, Jobpostings Magazine
Silver: Marie-Ève Fournier, Comment durer 100 ans en affaires, Les Affaires
Best Industrial / Manufacturing Article
Gold: Jason Contant, Death by Design, OHS Canada
Silver: Pierre Théroux, La menace du patriotisme industriel, Les Affaires
Best Merchandising / Marketing Article
Gold: Kristin Laird, Everybody Loves Target, Marketing
Best News Coverage
Gold: Nicolas Mesly, La vie après la Commission canadienne du blé, Le Coopérateur agricole
Silver: Rosanna Tamburri, All about MOOCs, University Affairs
Best One-of-a-Kind Article
Gold: Guy Quenneville, Devolution for Dummies, Up Here Business
Silver: Alicia Androich, David Brown, Tom Gierasimczuk, Kristin Laird, Jeromy Lloyd, Russ Martin, 30 Under 30, Marketing
Best Professional Article
Gold (tied): Mark Anderson, The Changing Face of Risk Management, Listed and John Lorinc, Waste Watchers, CAmagazine
Best Profile of a Company
Gold: Tom Gierasimczuk, Vice Age, Marketing
Silver: Nicolas Mesly, Fonterra, la perle convoitée du Pacifique, Le Coopérateur agricole
Best Profile of a Person
Gold: Chris Powell, Hot Potato, Marketing
Silver: Jef Catapang, Printer of the Year, Graphic Monthly Canada
Best Regularly Featured Department or Column
Gold: David Malamed, Fraud, CAmagazine
Silver: Jef Catapang, Nancy Kay Clark, Case Study, Design Edge Canada
Best Resource / Infrastructure Article
Gold: Jeff Lewis, The Nordic Way, Alberta Oil
Silver: Darren Campbell, Black Art, Alberta Oil
Best Website Editorial Package
Gold: Brandon Tenebaum, Brett Ruffell, Brandon Tenebaum Blog, Canadian Healthcare Network
Tamara Baluja is an award-winning journalist with CBC Vancouver and the 2018 Michener-Deacon fellow for journalism education. She was the associate editor for J-Source from 2013-2014.