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Canada’s leading luxury jeweller Birks presented the first Birks Canadian Diamond, an award celebrating individuals whose professional accomplishments allow Canada to shine beyond our country’s frontiers, last night during the Cannes Film Festival. The Birks Canadian Diamond’s first recipients, actresses Emily Hampshire and Sarah Gadon, were awarded during Telefilm Canada‘s inaugural Tribute To Canadian Talent press event and reception. Read the rest of this entry »

Roger Nair, a Canadian Filmmaker, (Bollywood as well as Hollywood) was awarded the Queen’s Diamond Jubilee Medal for his work on Human Rights and attended the Military Muster with Their Royal Highnesses Prince Charles and Camilla along with the Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper and Loretta Harper at Fort York in Toronto. Read the rest of this entry »

Youth Science Canada (YSC) has announced the recipients of the Research In Motion (RIM) Platinum Awards – given to three of Canada’s best and brightest science students at the awards ceremony for the 2012 Canada-Wide Science Fair. Chosen for their innovative and groundbreaking science projects, the winners were selected from 400 top projects among their peers in three different age categories: Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Internet Registration Authority (CIRA) announced the winners of the second annual .CA Impact Awards at the mesh conference in Toronto yesterday. The .CA Impact Awards celebrate the people and organizations in four categories that use their .CA website to make a difference. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Cinema Editors 2012 Awards by Deluxe celebrated its second year with a sold out event on May 17 at the Capitol Event Theatre in Toronto.  The C.C.E Awards is the largest event hosted by the organization, focusing on the significance of post-production in cinema. Read the rest of this entry »

The Canadian Cinema Editors 2012 Awards by Deluxe is celebrating its second year with a sold out event on May 17, 2012 at the Capitol Event Theatre in Toronto. With the editor nominees representing the best in Canadian film and television, the C.C.E. will present awards with the help of actors from some of the work represented. Bomb Girls John Ralston, Karen Waddell and Sebastian Pigott, Rookie Blue’s Gregory Smith and Degrassi’s Jordan Todsey and Munro Chambers will join host Mark Sanders, Canada AM’s film critic Richard Crouse and Canadian Society of Cinematographer’s Susan Saranchuk as presenters. Read the rest of this entry »

Absolute^®Software Corporation, a Vancouver-based provider of firmware-embedded endpoint security and management solutions, announced today they are the recipient of the 2012 Lenovo Diamond Supplier Award, the highest award given to Lenovo worldwide suppliers and partners. The Diamond Award is presented annually to a key partner that drives Lenovo’s success over the past year. Read the rest of this entry »

Showcasing some of the country’s brightest young minds, Microsoft Canada is proud to announce the winners of the 2012 Imagine Cup Canada, a design competition that encourages students to change the world through the innovative use of the latest technology tools. Read the rest of this entry »

OpenText™ is the recipient of 2012 SAP® Pinnacle awards in the “Global Software Solution Partner of the Year” and “SAP Enterprise Support Integrated Award” categories. SAP Pinnacle awards are presented annually to the top SAP partners that have excelled in developing and growing their partnership with SAP and driving customer success. Winners were selected based on over 150 nominations in 22 categories received from partners and SAP employees. Read the rest of this entry »

CounterPath Corporation has announced that its Bria iPad Edition mobile softphone application has won third place in the CTIA Emerging Technology (E-Tech) Awards for the category Mobile Applications: Productivity, Utility and Safety. CounterPath’s application was judged alongside nearly 250 entries for innovation, functionality, technological importance, implementation and overall “wow” factor. Read the rest of this entry »