JUDGES 

Our sincere thanks to all our judges who donated their time and expertise to the 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards.  

SPECIAL & DIGITAL CATEGORIES

Magazine of the Year—Professional 

Melony Ward: Melony Ward is Executive Publisher at Azure and Designlines magazines. She is on the board of directors for Magazines Canada and the magazine advisory committee for the Ontario Media Development Corporation.

Domenic Macri: Domenic Macri has designed and art directed for Toronto Life, FASHION magazine, Flare, What’s Cooking, and GUSTO!, and is best known as art director for The Globe and Mail’s much-lauded Report on Business (ROB) magazine. Over the past decade, Domenic has led ROB through several redesigns and earned recognition from the Art Directors Club of Canada and the National Magazine Awards.

Alec Scott: Alec Scott is a writer (and former lawyer) who splits his time between San Francisco and Toronto. His work in Toronto Life has been nominated for ten National Magazine Awards, winning two, and a piece on Germany for enRoute won a North American Travel Journalists' Association gold.

Magazine of the Year—Trade 

Kim Larson: Kim Larson is an art director at Venture Publishing where she works on three magazines Alberta Oil, Alberta Venture and Eighteen Bridges.

Gary Butler: Gary is a freelance, general-purpose editor working on platforms that cover off pure-web, print-only, and everything in between.

Martin Tully: Martin Tully is the owner of Canadian Media Connection and the publisher of Listed magazine.

Website of the Year & Editorial Package: Web

Daniel Seaman: Daniel has worked in digital publishing since 2001 in many different roles including designer, developer, and strategist. He now serves as the Director of Mobile Media at TC Media.

Laura Trethewey: Laura Trethewey is the Associate Editor of Boulderpavement, the online multimedia arts quarterly of the Banff Centre Press. 

Jennifer Reynolds: In her role as Managing Editor - Digital at Reader’s Digest Canada, Jennifer Reynolds leads the content strategy for RD's network of women’s lifestyle websites serving over 3 million unique visitors each month.

Charles Lim: Charles Lim is the Digital Director of Spafax and the Design Director of Sparksheet. He has a background in design/development and is an aficionado of video games and pop culture. His personal site is at chedonline.com.

Best Issue

Jaspal Riyait: Jaspal Riyait is a Canadian Art director currently residing in New York City. 

Deborah Rosser: Deborah Rosser has over 25 years experience in strategic leadership and business development in the publishing industry.  After launching her own business in 2009, she has consulted on projects for a variety of publishing and related organizations, including Magazines Canada, The Dance Current, WorkInCulture (Cultural Careers Council Ontario), Canada Council for the Arts and ABC Life Literacy Canada.

Jean-François Parent: Jean-François Parent: Journaliste avec Finance et Investissement; Part-time Faculty at Concordia University; Journalist with Transcontinental.

Best Cover

Andy Holloway: Andy Holloway is a 20-year journalism veteran who has worked for a number of consumer and trade publications in a variety of roles and is currently the deputy editor of Financial Post Magazine and investing editor of Financial Post.

Emily Vezér: Emily is a Toronto-based graphic designer and type addict.

Todd Latham: Todd Latham is the president of Actual Media, Inc.

Best New Journalist

Ava Chisling: Ava Chisling is a longtime editor and lawyer who specializes in media law. She is the former Executive Editor of enRoute Magazine whose work has appeared in Canadian Lawyer, The National, Robb Report and Time Out London, among others. She recieved a Gold Kenneth R Wilson Award in 2011, a National Magazine Award merit prize in 2009 and the Leon Levinson Award from McGill's Faculty of Law in 2004.

Scott Jamieson: Scott Jamieson is Group Publisher and Editorial Director at Annex Business Media.

Lisa Wichmann: Lisa Wichmann is editorial director, manufacturing, at Business Information Group.

VISUAL CATEGORIES

Art Direction of a Complete Issue

Jacqueline Kovacs: Jacqueline Kovacs has been editing and writing for magazines for 25 years, including 13 at Today's Parent. She is currently managing editor of Professionally Speaking.

Peter Zaver: Peter is the Art Director at Marketing magazine.

Michael Sinanan: Michael Sinanan is the Creative Director/Principal at Brainmetal Communication + Design.

Art Direction of an Opening Spread or Complete Feature

Jim Ireland: For over 45 years Jim has art directed and designed some of Canada's most successful magazines. He was the first designer to receive the prestigious Outstanding Achievement award from the NMAF.

Joan Ferrell: Joan is Design Director at ALM Media and The American Lawyer.

Tom Gierasimczuk: Tom is Vice-President, Editorial at Canada Wide Media and Editor-in-Chief of BCBusiness.

Best Illustration

Peggy Berkowitz: Peggy Berkowitz is Editor in chief of University Affairs magazine at the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

Bob Hambly: Bob Hambly is the creative director of Hambly & Woolley Inc., a Toronto-based, multi-disciplinary graphic design firm he co-founded with his partner, Barbara Woolley. 

Leif Parsons: Leif is a New York-based freelance illustrator and artist.

Best Photograph

Michael Hewis: Michael Hewis is Art Director of Design Edge Canada, Canada's largest circulation design magazine. He is also a freelance photographer.

Michael Ganley: Michael Ganley is the editor of Alberta Venture magazine. He was previously editor of Up Here Business, winner of the KRW Magazine of the Year award in 2011.

Laura Arsie: Laura is a Toronto-based photographer and a photography instructor at the University of Guelph – Humber.

WRITTEN CATEGORIES—ENGLISH 

Best Editorial:

Sandy Crawley: Sandy Crawley provides management to the Professional Writers Association of Canada (PWAC) representing freelance writers working in all genres. He is treasurer of Work-In-Culture, sits on the executive committee of Access Copyright and continues to work as a musician and actor. His three children all work in the creative sector.

Diane Peters: Diane Peters is the High School Guidance Counsellor at the Gray Academy of Jewish Education.

Megan Griffith-Greene: Megan Griffith-Greene is a writer and producer based in Toronto. Megan is the former head of research at Chatelaine and former editor of Shameless magazine. She is currently an associate producer at CBC Marketplace.

Best Feature Article—Professional 

Peter Carter: Peter Carter, a 25 year vet of the magazine biz, is editor of Today's Trucking. Before joining TT, Carter's job:magazine survival ratio was 50:50. Of the four magazines on which he served as a staff editor, two are still around. He was senior editor of The Financial Post, Senior Editor of Chatelaine, Editor in chief of the Metro Toronto Business Journal (Gone!); and Editor in Chief of Harrowsmith Country Life (Gone!).

Edward Prutschi: Edward Prutschi is the Crime Traveller at Precedent Magazine and a Partner at Adler Bytensky Prutschi Shikhman, Criminal Litigation.

Nancy Kay Clark: Nancy Clark is the Editor of Design Edge Canada.  

Best Feature Article—Trade 

Terri Arnott: Terri Arnott is the Journalism program co-ordinator at Humber College.

Geoffrey Medweth: Geoffrey Medweth is a transportation professional who has been in the trucking game for about 25 years. Medweth’s writing prowess stems from his parents Wilf and Mary, and siblings, Mark and Karen. Peter Carter managed to get some of his musing published. George Carlin’s comedy and teachings warped his sense of humor and world view for better or for worse.

Ava Chisling: Ava Chisling is a longtime editor and lawyer who specializes in media law. She is the former Executive Editor of enRoute Magazine whose work has appeared in Canadian Lawyer, The National, Robb Report and Time Out London, among others. She recieved a Gold Kenneth R Wilson Award in 2011, a National Magazine Award merit prize in 2009 and the Leon Levinson Award from McGill's Faculty of Law in 2004.

Best How-To Article or Series

Bob Sexton: Growing up in Gander, Newfoundland, and Peterborough, Ontario, Outdoor Canada's managing editor Bob Sexton jumped at every chance to wet a line and head afield. He completed a Bachelor of Journalism from Ryerson University in 2001 and was hired on as Outdoor Canada's assistant editor.

Jennifer Allford: Jennifer Allford is currently a self-employed writer. Allford was previously the Director of Marketing at the Calgary Herald and the Director of Communications at SMED.

Leslie Burt: Currently Publisher / Editor of Lab Product News and www.Labcanada.com with the Business Information Group, Leslie Burt has 25 years of experience working as on b-to-b publications, covering industries from financial services, law and marketing to chemical processing and scientific instrumentation, in both Canada and Hong Kong.

Best Industrial/Manufacturing Article

Colin Ellis: Colin Ellis is the editor of Statements Magazine, published by the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario and read by CGAs, students in the CGA program and stakeholders in the accounting and finance profession. A longtime freelance writer and communications professional, he joined CGA Ontario as editor of Statements in 2006.

Guy Quenneville: Guy Quenneville graduated from the University of King's College's Bachelor of Journalism program in 2007 and subsequently went to work for Northern News Services, the Yellowknife-based owner of several weeklies distributed across Canada's North. In 2011 he became editor of Up Here Business, the only magazine in the North devoted exclusively to business news from the Yukon, the NWT and Nunavut. 

Stephen Strauss: Stephen Strauss is a science writer and columnist, and Vice-President of the Canadian Science Writers' Association.

Best Merchandizing / Marketing Article

Colin Ellis: Colin Ellis is the editor of Statements Magazine, published by the Certified General Accountants Association of Ontario and read by CGAs, students in the CGA program and stakeholders in the accounting and finance profession. A longtime freelance writer and communications professional, he joined CGA Ontario as editor of Statements in 2006.

Carol Hilton: Carol Hilton is the managing editor of the Medical Post in Toronto.

Mark Smyka: Mark Smyka is the Director of Communications at the Cossette Communication Group. He was previously the Executive Editor at Brunico Communications.

Best News Coverage

Melissa Kluger: Melissa Kluger is the Editor and Publisher of Precedent Magazine.

Tracy Hyatt: Tracy Hyatt is the Associate managing editor at Westworld Alberta, Alberta Motor Association.

Lauren McKeon: Lauren McKeon is the current editor-in-chief of This Magazine. Before that, she worked as a reporter, editor, and writer in the Arctic, travelling Canada’s territories and northern Alberta to write about everything from pipelines to prisons. For two of those years, Lauren also worked as This Magazine’s front-of-book editor. Her work has been honoured twice at the National Magazine Awards and once at the Western Magazine Awards. Most recently, as associate editor, she helped Up Here Business win Magazine of the Year at the 2011 Kenneth R. Wilson Business Press Awards.

Best One-of-a-Kind Article

Crystal Chan: Crystal Chan is a writer and editor based in Montreal.

Dave Harrison: Dave Harrison is editor of Greenhouse Canada magazine, a publication of Annex Publishing and Printing Inc. He is a Ryerson University journalism grad (1978).

Chaz Osburn: Chaz Osburn is an editor and associate publisher of JuneWarren-Nickle’s Energy Group, which publishes trade journals in western Canada. A former national editor for Automotive News, he began his career as a newspaper reporter.

Best Professional Article

Lara King: Lara King is a professor of journalism at Humber College.

Margaret Nearing: Margaret Nearing is a senior editor at Best Health in Toronto. She’s also been managing editor at Chatelaine and Marketing magazines.

Mark Smyka: Mark Smyka is the Director of Communications at the Cossette Communication Group. He was previously the Executive Editor at Brunico Communications.

Best Profile of a Company

Valerie White: Valerie White is a seasoned b-to-b editor who began her career with Marketing Magazine at Maclean Hunter (now Rogers Publishing). While not a doctor, Valerie played one in print for several years in her senior role at the Medical Post. In 2009 she made the jump to online, and currently manages a website for health professionals.

Sparrow McGowan: Sparrow McGowan is the Web Editor of University Affairs magazine at the Association of Universities and Colleges of Canada.

Elana Schachter: As Director Digital Product Strategy for Rogers Publishing, Elana works with brands like Chatelaine, Maclean’s, L’Actualite and Hello! Canada to develop new products such as apps, eBooks and videos for the mobile and tablet space.  In her previous role as Director and GM of Today’s Parent, Elana oversaw the successful redesign of todaysparent.com.

Best Profile of a Person

Bryan Borzykowski: Bryan Borzykowski is a National Magazine Award-winning business journalist. He's written for the New York Times, Bloomberg Businessweek Custom Publishing, the Globe and Mail, Canadian Business and more.

Jennifer Marston: Jennifer Marston is the Editor at Large of Precedent Magazine.

Sue Carter-Flinn: Sue Carter-Flinn is the Web Editor of Quill & Quire at St. Joseph Media.

Best Regularly Feature Department or Column

Kisha Ferguson: Kisha Ferguson is a Senior Writer and News Producer at the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation.

Deborah Jaremko: Deborah Jaremko has a Bachelor of Applied Communications in Journalism from Mount Royal College in Calgary, Alberta. She joined Oilweek magazine as staff writer and then features editor in 2003, and in June 2006 became founding editor of Oilsands Review. Now celebrating its fifth anniversary, Oilsands Review is the only publication in the world dedicated solely to balanced and insightful coverage of the challenges and triumphs of unconventional oil.

Allan Janssen: Allan Janssen is an award-winning writer and editor. A graduate of Ryerson University's journalism program, he has worked at newspapers, consumer magazines, and trade publications since 1985. He is currently the editor of Canadian Technician magazine, a publication of Newcom Business Media.

Best Resource/Infrastructure Article

Carol Hilton: Carol Hilton is the managing editor of the Medical Post in Toronto.

Luigi Benetton: Luigi is a freelance technology copywriter and journalist. He also designs and delivers technology training.

Theresa Rogers: A graduate of Ryerson's Journalism program, with a major in Broadcast Journalism, Theresa fell into a career in magazines and she's never looked back. Theresa has more than 15 years of experience with B2B publications across a wide range of industries. Writing and editing hundreds of articles on topics from science and technology to retail to spas, she knows a little about a lot of things.

WRITTEN CATEGORIES—FRENCH 

Caroline Baril: Caroline Baril est rédactrice en chef de Quebec Pharmacie.

Steve Bouchard: Bachelier en communications de l’Université de Sherbrooke et lauréat de nombreux prix en journalisme spécialisé, Steve Bouchard écrit sur le monde du transport et du camionnage depuis 1991.

Michel Dongois: Michel Dongois est journaliste à L’actualité médicale depuis 24 ans. Diplômé de l’École supérieure de journalisme de Lille (France), en 1976. Gagnant de 15 prix de journalisme.

Charles Grandmont: Charles Grandmont est rédacteur en chef adjoint de L’actualité.  Il a été à l’emploi auparavant de Reuters, La Presse, La Presse Canadienne et Infopresse.

Christian Leduc: Christian Leduc est journaliste spécialisé dans le domaine de la santé. Depuis 2007, il travaille au Groupe Santé des Éditions Rogers, principalement pour L’actualité pharmaceutique et Profession Santé.ca. En 2010, il a reçu le prix argent Kenneth R. Wilson dans la catégorie Meilleur article dans le secteur professionnel.

Saskia Ouaknine: Saskia Ouaknine est rédactrice adjointe des magazines spécialisés en finance Conseiller et Assurance, pour le compte des Éditions Rogers Limitée. Elle était auparavant attachée à la section des communications et de l'information du bureau de l'Unesco à Moscou. Elle a également occupé divers postes en journalisme, dont celui de chef de pupitre à l'hebdomadaire Ici Montréal.

Jean-François Parent: Journaliste avec Finance et Investissement; Part-time Faculty at Concordia University; Journalist with Transcontinental.

Véronique Ponce: Véronique Ponce has a solid background in French language as a writer, translator and editor with 20 years experience. As a writer, she has published researched articles in scholarly publications and most recently for Pour Parler Profession / Professionnally Speaking; as a translator and editor, she has worked on a wide variety of texts such as books, articles and conference papers, children’s books and songs.

Jonathan Trudel: Jonathan Trudel est reporter au magazine L'actualité. Il a aussi été rédacteur en chef du Trente, le magazine de la Fédération professionnelle des journalistes du Québec. Il a gagné quatre médailles d'or aux Prix du magazine canadien.