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CALM Awards

2018 CALM Award Winners

Winner: Volunteer Produced – Unifor Local 88 

 

 

3. The Freeperson Award for best cartoon, illustration or infographic

Winner – Staff produced – Health Sciences Association of Alberta

 

Winner – Volunteer produced – OPSEU 415

 

4. Morden Lazarus Prize for best editorial, column, or opinion piece that thoughtfully argues labour’s position on an issue

Winner – British Columbia Teachers’ Federation

Teachers committed to anti-racism education by Glen Hansman

 

5. The Cliff Scotton Prize for narrative, video, audio or visual that reflects history, traditions and culture of the labour movement

Winner: Unifor

“Remembering Bob White” by Charles Haggart

 

6. 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.

Winner: OPSEU

“Coming Home: Sixties Scoop Survivors Reclaim their Culture” By OPSEU staff and OPSEU Indigenous Mobilization Team

                   

7. Best campaign – can be produced by an ad agency – that exposes an anti-union or anti-social practice.

Winner for Best local campaign – volunteer produced – Hospital Employees Union – United For Fairness bargaining campaign
Winner for Best local campaign – staff or agency produced – Health Sciences Association of Alberta – Hands of Caring
Winner for Best provincial or national campaign – AUPE –  Cytotoxic Medications: What You Need to Know

 

8. The Katie FitzRandolph Award for best overall regular print publication                  

Winner- Staff produced – Elementary Teachers Federation of Ontario – ETFO Voice
Winner – Volunteer produced – OPSEU Local 242: In/Sol

Le Prix Katie-FitzRandolph pour la meilleure publication imprimée

Mention honorable – Un réseau sous pression (Perspectives CSN)

9. Rosemarie Bahr award for excellence in print layout and design in regular print publication

Winner – Staff produced – Hospital Employees’ Union – The Guardian
Winner – Volunteer produced – Unifor Local 88 – Off the line

 

10. Meilleur article dʼopinion, de nouvelles ou dossier thématique

Gagnante:  CSN – Une forme d’exploitation « Made in Québec » – Perspectives CSN – Katerine Desgroseillers

Mention honorable: CSN : Une vie des plus surprenante – Perspectives CSN – Ariane Gagné

 

11. Best short video, made for TV broadcast or online distribution.

Winner: CUPE Saskatchewan – Join us. Stand against the cuts

 

12. Best narrative video, or video series documentary

Winner: PSAC – Canada Infrastructure Bank

13. Best audio production: radio ad, podcast.

Winner: Unifor Local 199 – young workers’ podcast

 

14. Best hard copy promotional material

Winner: AAPS at UBC – Toolkit – Fixing workplace issues, large and small

 

15. Dennis McGann Stroke-of-Genius Award for the most unusual, innovative, novel communications project.

Winner: Unifor – Six Minute Challenge

16. Best Poster

Winner – staff produced: Unifor

 

 

Honourable Mention – staff produced: ETFO

 

 

Meilleure affiche – produite par un personnel bénévole – SCCC-UQO

 

 

17. Best membership mobilization material

Winner: USW Local 1998 – Bargaining Campaign – cell phone stand

18. Best website content

Winner – Staff producedUFCW 1006A
Honourable mention – Staff producedONA

Winner – Volunteer producedUnifor Local 88

19. Best website redesign

Winner: Staff produced: AUPE – Direct Impact
Winner: Volunteer produced:  Unifor Local 199

20. Most innovative online tool

Winner: United Nurses of Alberta

21. Best use of social media by a union

Winner –  Hospital Employees’ Union

Facebook
Twitter 

Honourable mention – Saskatchewan General Employees’ Union

CALM Awards

2018 CALM Award Winners

Writing Judge: Jackie Wong

Jackie Wong is a writer and workshop facilitator in Vancouver, B.C. Her work explores urban health, race, equity, and social change. Her writing on B.C.'s overdose crisis has been published in Maisonneuve and The Tyee, and she facilitates workshops that seek to empower people to engage in creative self-expression and narrative production in response to lived experiences of racism, mental illness, poverty, and addiction.

Online Judge: José Luis Granados Ceja

José Luis Granados Ceja is a freelance writer and photojournalist based in Mexico City, he is dedicated to covering the work of social movements and labour unions throughout Latin America. He has worked for a wide range of outlets – such as teleSUR and the Two Row Times – and in radio as well as print. Before becoming a journalist, he was previously employed as a community development worker and researcher in Toronto. He is a graduate of the University of Toronto, Seneca College, and the Florestan Fernandes National School, he also recently completed a Certificate in Digital Media Skills at OCAD University.

Design Judge: Rose Ha

Rose Ha is a photographer with a knack for storytelling. Using images to accompany the written word, she's often featured in Our Times magazine and various union publications. As the founder of Photography for Social Good, a non-profit that assist advocacy groups in delivering their message through photographs that compel people to action, she's dedicated to using art in a compelling way. Her love of photography extends to various genias including photojournalism, environmental portraits and lifestyle photography. With her ear to the ground, she's always on the look out for her next collaborator to bring awareness to community and global issues!

Broadcast Judge: Tannara Yelland

Tannara Yelland is an editor and freelance writer in Toronto, Ont., focused on social movements and leftist politics. She has written about labour issues, including strikes and precarious work, for Torontoist and VICE Canada, and her writing has also appeared in Briarpatch, Maisonneuve and Brit + Co. She cohosts the podcast News You Can Use, which examines Canadian politics and current events from a leftist, anti-capitalist perspective.

French Writing Judge: Thierry Bruyère-L'Abbé

Thierry cumule un diplôme en communication politique, un parcours d’auteur-compositeur-interprète et une expérience en tant que réviseur et traducteur dans le milieu culturel. Son bagage multidisciplinaire s’avère utile lorsqu’il se joint à Upperkut en 2013, où il occupe aujourd’hui le poste de coordonnateur au contenu. Son séjour au sein de l’agence de communication lui permettra d’oeuvrer sur de nombreux dossiers progressistes, féministes et environnementalistes, pour des organisations telles que le Collectif 5-10-15, Équiterre, la FAE, la FIQ, L’Itinéraire, Langue du travail et Projet Montréal.