2016 CALM Awards winners
The Ed Finn Award for the best feature story
Staff produced
Health Services Association of Alberta
“Healing Power” by Terry Inigo-Jones
Volunteer produced
Unifor Local 1-S, Pat Crossman
Hospital Employees’ Union
Name of Photographer: Caelie Frampton
Volunteer produced
Unifor Local 88
Photographer: Krista Muirhead
The Freeperson Award for best cartoon, illustration or infographic
Staff produced
British Columbia Teachers’ Federation for “Mentorship Confidential”
Volunteer produced
The Morden Lazarus Prize for best editorial, column, or opinion piece that thoughtfully argues labour’s position on an issue
OPSEU Local 558
The Cliff Scotton Prize for a narrative, video, audio or visual that reflects history, traditions and culture of the labour movement
Canadian Union of Public Employees, Equality History digital timeline
The Fighting Oppression Award (for a communications initiative that raises consciousness and contributes to struggles against racism, sexism, homophobia, ableism and other forms of oppression and discrimination.)
With Project Heart: Illuminating the hidden history of Indian Residential Schools in BC, British Columbia Teachers’ Federation
Best Campaign
Alberta Federation of Labour
The Katie FitzRandolph Award for best overall regular print publication
Staff produced:
ACTRA
Volunteer produced:
CUPW’s Edmonton Local’s publication, InsideOut
Rosemarie Bahr Excellence in Layout and Design
Staff produced:
Alberta Union of Provincial Employees for Direct Impact
Volunteer produced:
OPSEU Local 415 for Local Lines
Best Short Video
Teamsters Local 1999, for both their English and French short videos:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pZ7Vx_OArps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cYqRQFwOmwk
Honourable mention:
Fédération autonome de l’enseignement : profmatic 2015 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_9w9VsRqU4s
Best Documentary
SEIU Healthcare for “Organize. Empower. Grow”
Honourable mention:
Ontario Nurses’ Association for
The Tragedy of Lori Dupont: Ten Years Later
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-1neJKOgJRU
Best Audio
Ontario Nurses’ Association for The Long Day / ER Nurse (scroll down): http://www.morenurses.ca/campaign-media/à
Best Hardcopy Promotional Material
ACTRA
Cast Your Future
Dennis McGann Stroke-of-Genius Award
Ontario Nurses’ Association’s Our Nurses Know campaign
Best Poster
Staff produced:
TIE
OPSEU
and
UFCW
Volunteer produced:
Unifor Local 5555
Best website design
Best website content
Staff produced: OPSEU: https://www.opseu.org/
Volunteer produced: OPSEU Local 558: http://www.opseu558.org
Best use of social media
Staff produced: Public Service Alliance of Canada: https://twitter.com/psacnat
Honourable mention: Alberta Union of Provincial Employees
Volunteer produced: OPSEU 415
2016 CALM Awards Judges
Design Category: Sheila Sampath
Sheila Sampath is an artist, educator and an activist designer, who’s work centres on community, collaboration and creativity. She has a background in grassroots activism and organizing which she incorporates into her strategic approach to graphic design and popular education as Principal and Creative Director at The Public, an activist design studio that is built on community-based practices and anti-oppression. She is the Editorial and Art Director of the award-winning Shameless — Canada’s feminist voice for young women and trans youth, and an Assistant Professor in the faculty of design at OCAD University.
English Writing Category: Daniel Tseghay
Daniel Tseghay is a labour reporter for RankandFile.ca, where he focuses mainly on migrant work in BC. However, he's likely to cover anything from the organizing of freelance writers to labour's responsibility to struggles outside the workplace. He is based in Vancouver.
Catégories écriture français: Eve-Lyne Couturier
Eve-Lyne Couturier a étudié en science politique à l’Université du Québec à Montréal. Elle a été analyste devant la Régie de l'énergie pour le Regroupement des organismes environnementaux en énergie pendant 3 ans et travaille depuis 2008 à l'IRIS sur les enjeux d'inégalités de revenus, l'évolution du système de retraite québécois et l'impact des politiques publiques sur les femmes.
Online categories: Chris Lawson
Chris Lawson is a freelance web producer, designer, strategist and general dogsbody. A former president of CALM, he’s worked for three national unions over the course of 24 years doing union communications. A self-taught geek with a degree in politics and too much time in student journalism, he’s been encouraging unions to move their communications into the Internet era since Netscape Navigator 1.0. Lawson discovered computer-mediated communication in the era of the 1200 BAUD modem, when social media was all about bulletin board systems with names like Opus, Fido and Binkleyterm. He’s won CALM awards not only for the websites he’s produced, but also for posters and newletters. He blogs at http://cmkl.ca/ and is on Twitter as @cmkl
Broadcast categories: Angelica Montgomery
Angelica Montgomery is a reporter and news reader for CBC radio in Quebec city, and political analyst for CBC Montreal. She worked for eight years covering the province's politics for the private radio station CJAD out of the Quebec National Assembly, where she also sat on the executive of the legislature's press gallery. Angelica got her start in journalism 12 years ago at the CBC in Moncton, New Brunswick, where she was part of a team that won a national RTNDA award for their coverage of a Rolling Stones concert. She later ran the CBC's bureau in Sherbrooke, Quebec. Angelica has also freelanced out of Mexico, Guatemala and Taiwan. She is a graduate of both the University of Victoria and the University of King's College in Halifax and was born in Atlanta, Georgia.