2023 Canadian Event Awards

Welcome!

The theme of BLOOM perfectly encapsulates the resilience and beauty of the event industry, as it comes back to life after a period of uncertainty and challenge.

Just as a flower pushes through the earth and blooms in all its glory after a harsh winter, the event industry is showing its strength and vitality, in full bloom once again. This theme represents a new beginning, as we move forward into a brighter future.

It is a reminder that even in the darkest of times, we should never lose faith in the power of human resilience. So let us celebrate the reemergence of the event industry and embrace the theme of BLOOM, as we look forward to a new chapter filled with joy, creativity, and endless possibility.

Stacy

Menu Amuse Bouche

Phyllo Shell Truffle Tuna Tataki Garnished with Watermelon Radish & Pea Shoots

First Course

Cucumber Wr ap

with a Chickpea Mango Vol-au-Vent

Second Course Mus hr oom Ri s ot t o

with a Chickpea Mango Vol-au-Vent

Entrée

Duet of Br ai s ed Beef & Roas t Chi cken wi t h Mus hr ooms Served with Asparagus & Garlic Mash OR

Vegan Lent i l Shepher d’ s Pi e Vegan/ Vegetarian Alternative

Dessert

Pi s t ac hi o Cr è me Br ul e

Apres Event Assorted Cakes & Pastries Live Cannoli Station Fruit Platter

MRG Events LTD & Translink, Car Free Day North Vancouver/ Shipyards Festival

SHOW AGENDA AWARD OPENING PERFORMANCE OPENING REMARKS WITH FOUNDER, STACY WYATT

BEST EVENT BY AN IN-HOUSE TEAM (VENUE, CORPORATE OR NFP) Melanoma, Canada, Oakville, ON, for Golf & Grill, Presented by Avison Young & Novartis The Glencoe Club, Calgary, AB, Splendour, a Celebration of Celebrations Calgary Sports & Entertainment, Calgary, AB, for RED Lot Community Viewing Party

BEST EVENT BY AN ASSOCIATION BOARD OR COMMITTEE Kelowna General Hospital Foundation, Kelowna, BC, for Heart of Gold Gala Canadian Dam Association, Markham, ON, for 2022 Canadian Dam Association Annual Conference Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC, Burnaby, BC, for Georgie Awards 2022 MRG Events Ltd, & Translink, Vancouver, BC, for Car Free Day North Vancouver/ Shipyards Festival TIAO – Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, Toronto, N, for OTS22 – Ontario Tourism Summit

BEST CORPORATE TEAM BUILDING EVENT The Idea Hunter, Toronto, ON for Sunny Summer Games

BEST BRAND OR PRODUCT LAUNCH Jet Entertainment, Toronto, ON for Horseshoe Residences Launch

Citizen Experiential & Citizen Relations VinFast US – Launch Event

Citizen Experiential & Citizen Relations, Toronto, ON for VinFast US – Launch Event Citizen Experiential & Citizen Relations, Toronto, ON for Hop Valley Bubble Stash Smash

BEST EXPERIENTIAL MARKETING EVENT Azuridge Estate Hotel, Foothills, AB, for SPREAD LOVE, Azuridge & Partners Luxury Wedding Contest Citizen Experiential & Citizen Relations, Toronto, ON, for Hop Valley Bubble Stash Smash Citizen Experiential and Citizen Relations, Toronto, ON, for VinFast US – Launch Event OneWest Event Design, Calgary, AB for Pizza ATM

TK Events Dell Technologies at Siggraph

Glam Cam, Edmonton, AB, for FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup

BEST TRADE SHOW BOOTH, DISPLAY OR PAVILLION DESIGN TK Events, Toronto, ON for Dell Technologies at Siggraph

Glam Cam FIS Snowboard Big Air World Cup

BEST MARKET, FAIR OR FESTIVAL Brandlive Vancouver, BC for Honda Celebration of Light 2022 City of Surrey Surrey, BC & MRG Events, Vancouver, BC, for Surrey Tree Lighting Festival & Holiday Market PM GIGS Inc. Calgary, AB for Canada Day at St. Patrick’s Island The Rainbow Club of South Georgian Bay, Collingwood, ON Pride Collingwood MRG Events Ltd & Kitsilano West 4th Ave Business Improvement Association, Vancouver, BC, for Khatsahlano Street Party 2022

BEST EVENT FOR A PRIVATE INDIVIDUAL & GROUP CAUSE R5 Event Design & Gloria Benaim Events, Toronto, ON for Adrian’s OVO Bar-Mitzvah BEST CULTURAL EVENT City of Surrey, Surrey, BC & MRG Events, Vancouver, BC for the 2022 Surrey Fusion Festival BEST AUDIO VISUAL FOR AN EVENT bb Blanc Inc., Vaughan, ON for the 2022 Honda CRV Hybrid Line-Off Ceremony Quest Audio Visual, Toronto, ON for Royal LePage National Sales Conference

Quest Audio Visual Royal LePage National Sales Conference

BEST ENTERTAINMENT PRODUCTION The Idea Hunter, Toronto, ON, for BMO | Virtually There PM Gigs Inc., Calgary, AB, for Splendour Hala Inc., Toronto, ON, for the Royal 100th Anniversary Gala

BEST VIDEO OR FILMMAKING FOR AN EVENT Event Imaging, North York, ON for Ignat Kaneff Charitable Foundation 50th Annual Jet Entertainment, Toronto, ON for The Horseshoe Residence, Platinum Agent Video The Taurus Group, Toronto, ON for MPI The Event 2022

BEST TECHNICAL SUPPORT FOR AN EVENT MKEM North York, ON for the 2023 CRA & AHPA Annual Scientific Meeting bb Blanc Inc., Vaughan, ON, for 2022 OHBA Annual Conference and Awards of Distinction Quest Audio Visual, Toronto, ON for TPM22 & TPMTech Soundbox Productions, Stoney Creek, ON for YWCA Hamilton: Women of Distinction Awards 2022

BEST EVENT PHOTOGRAPHY Event Imaging, North York, ON for National Mortgage Conference Photos With Finesse, Calgary, AB for Hockey Marathon 2022

Event Imaging Ignat Kaneff Charitable Foundation 50th Annual

Bespoke Blossoms Yellow and Blue Flowers for Hope

MOST CREATIVE FLORAL DESIGN R5 Event Design Inc. Toronto, ON & Fab Fete Events, Thornhill, ON for Christine’s Butterflies in Paris Bridal Shower Bespoke Blossoms, Victoria, BC, for Yellow and Blue Flowers for Hope Karma Design Studio Inc., Brampton, ON, for Peacock Fusion for A&A Wedding MOST CREATIVE TABLE DESIGN OneWest Event Design, Calgary, AB for Fifty Years of Connecting R5 Event Design Inc. & Parléview, Toronto, ON, for Destination Canada Signature Event – Innovate Canada Oceans

OneWest Event Design Fifty Years of Connecting

Nulink Events Neon Girls Baby Shower

BEST EVENT DESIGN/ DECOR UNDER $50,000 Citizen Experiential and Citizen Relations, Toronto, ON, for Loblaws PC Holiday Preview Fab Fete Events, Thornhill, ON, & Rockpaper Events, North York, ON, for Hotel MIA-MI TK Events, Oakville, ON, for Wattpad Company Retreat Nulink Events, Ancaster, ON, for Neon Girls Baby Shower Sandra Bettina, St. Albert, Alberta, for Walk the Runway-Real Wedding Edition Karma Design Studio, Brampton, ON, for An Indian Wedding for UHNs Diwali-A Night To Shine Gala Karma Design Studio, Brampton, ON, for Night at Royal Garden for Oakville Hospital Foundation BEST EVENT DESIGN/ DECOR $50,000 – $150,000 Bright Ideas Event Agency, Richmond, BC, for With Love From Paris OneWest Event Design, Calgary, AB, for Celebrating a Century TK Events, Wattpad Company Retreat

OneWest Event Design, Calgary, AB, for Fifty Years of Connecting Canadian Home Builders’ Association of BC, Burnaby, BC, for Georgie Awards 2022 Anna Lacivita Designs, Etobicoke, ON, for Carousel Dreams in the Clouds R5 Event Event Design, Toronto, ON, & Fab Fete, Thornhill, ON, for Aaron’s Jungle BarMitzvah R5 Event Event Design, Toronto, ON, for Adrian’s OVO Bar-Mitzvah Moore Carlyle Consulting, Toronto, ON, for UNIFOR Constitutional 2022 Gala Night TK Events Inc. Oakville, ON, for Vancouver Michelin Star Reveal

Peace Arch Hospital Foundation, Dolce Vita

BEST EVENT FOR A COMMUNITY-BASED CHARITY Event Strategy Partners (ESP) Inc., Toronto, ON for Angels & Heroes Love You to the Moon Solutions With Impact, & Melanoma Canada, Toronto, ON for 7 Summits Snowshoe Challenge for Skin Cancer Solutions With Impact, Toronto, ON for 2022 Culinary Showdown The It Factor Ltd., Toronto, ON for Sink the Stigma Cava Rose, Montreal, QC for the Orchestre Métropolitain – Great Conductor, Great Chef

Event Strategy Partners, (ESP) Inc. The Here and Now 2022 Southlake Gala

BEST EVENT FOR A HIGH PROFILE CHARITY BC Children’s Hospital Foundation, Vancouver, BC for The Crystal Ball hala inc. Toronto, ON for Ontario Science Centre’s RBC Innovators Ball hala Inc. Toronto, ON for Right To Play 2022 Heroes Gala hala inc. Toronto, ON for The Royal 100th Anniversary Gala Event Strategy Partners (ESP) Inc., Toronto, ON for Shaw Boxing BEST FUNDRAISING EVENT Kelowna General Hospital Foundation, Kelowna, BC, for Heart of Gold Gala Portage, Montreal, QC for 19th Soirée des Grands Philanthropes – Tribute to Lino A. Saputo OneWest Event Design Calgary, AB for Big Ball, Big Impact Event Strategy Partners, (ESP) Inc., Toronto, ON for The Here and Now 2022 Southlake Gala Solutions With Impact, Toronto, ON for 2022 Boat Rally for Cancer Jack.org, Toronto, ON for Jack Ride Peace Arch Hospital Foundation, White Rock, BC for La Dolce Vita The It Factor Ltd., Toronto, ON for Marner All-Star Invitational

Portage 19th Soirée des Grands Philanthropes – Tribute to Lino A. Saputo

e=mc² events & Energy Disruptors Energy Disruptors Unite Summit 2022

BEST VIRTUAL NON-PROFIT/ FUNDRAISING EVENT Lincoln Alexander School of Law, Toronto Metropolitan University, Toronto, ON for Celebrating Lincoln Alexander’s Legacy TIAO Tourism OTS22 Ontario Tourism Summit

Solutions With Impact Toronto, ON for Bungie Game2Give 2022 Solutions With Impact, Toronto, ON for the 2022 Bungie Day Giving Festival TIAO – Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, Toronto, ON for OTS22 – Ontario Tourism Summit

BEST CONFERENCE Brandlive, Vancouver, BC, for External Development Summit (XDS) 2022 e=mc² events, & Energy Disruptors, Calgary, AB, for Energy Disruptors Unite Summit 2022 TK Events, Oakville, ON, for Loblaw HR Summit TIAO Tourism, Toronto, ON, for OTS22 Ontario Tourism Summit TIAO Tourism OTS22 Ontario Tourism Summit

Moore Carlyle Consulting, Toronto, ON, for OAA Conference 2022 Molson Coors Canada, Etobicoke, ON, for MCBC Canadian Conference

Cantrav Services Ice Caves

BEST CORPORATE EVENT UNDER $150,000 Manina World, Montreal, QC for Secret Tulum Solutions With Impact, Toronto, ON for Porsche Holiday & 5th Anniversary Party Cantrav Services, Vancouver, BC for Ice Caves BEST CORPORATE EVENT $150,000 – $350,000 Bright Ideas Event Agency, Richmond, BC for With Love From Paris The Concierge Club, West Toronto, ON for A Corporate Conference

Bright Ideas Event Agency With Love From Paris

FREE PEOPLE & Deloitte Canada Party in a Moonlit Park

BEST CORPORATE EVENT $350,000 + Tycoon Events, Edmonton, AB for Years of Service, Above & Beyond Canadian Tire Retail, Toronto, ON for Celebration of a Century Citizen Experiential & Citizen Relations, Toronto, ON for VinFast – US Launch Event Cantrav Services, Vancouver, BC for Become a Local TK Events, Toronto, ON for Dell Technologies at Siggraph

Lulu Events & Mirella DiBlasio, Montreal, QC for UAE Reception at 41st General Assembly IACO Managing Matters & The Idea Hunter, Toronto, ON for New Managers Conference Social Bursytn Inc, Toronto, ON for Burgundy Ball FREE PEOPLE & Deloitte Canada, Halifax, NS, for Party in a Moonlit Park

BEST VIRTUAL CORPORATE EVENT TK Events Inc. Oakville, ON for Dell Technologies Client Peripherals, Displays, and Imaging Expo bb Blanc Inc., Vaughan, ON for TTi Canada 2022 Virtual National Sales Meeting BEST MULTIPLE-DAY INCENTIVE Cantrav Services, Vancouver, BC for From Sea to Sky BEST VIRTUAL CONFERENCE Impact AV Solutions, Etobicoke, ON for Global Student Leadership Day BEST WEDDING CREATIVE Azuridge Estate Hotel Foothills, AB for Jonathan & Jessica’s Wanderlust Wedding Lynn Fletcher Weddings Calgary, AB for My Way R5 Event Design Inc. Toronto, ON & Fab Fete Events, Thornhill, ON for Christine & Michael’s Black and White Wedding Threshold Edmonton, AB for The Night Circus Aerial Cabaret & Dance Party Impact AV Solutions Global Student Leadership Day

TK Events Inc. Dell Technologies Client Peripherals, Displays, and Imaging Expo

Karma Design Studio Inc. Brampton, ON for Anjali & Ashwin’s Dream Wedding

Liberty Entertainment Group Simone + Di Donato Wedding

BEST WEDDING UNDER $100,000 Azuridge Estate Hotel, Foothills, AB for Jonathan & Jessica’s Winter Wanderlust Wedding Lynn Fletcher Weddings, Calgary, AB for The Chaos of Stars The Good Party Victoria, BC for Forty Forty White Rock // The West Coast’s Eleven Madison Park BEST WEDDING $250,000 + Julianne Young Weddings Inc., Calgary, AB for Meredith & Shawn’s Tented Wedding in Banff Anna Lacivita Designs Etobicoke, ON for Dusted in Snow Liberty Entertainment Group Toronto, ON for Simone + Di Donato Wedding

BEST WEDDING $100,000 TO $250,000 R5 Event Design Inc., Toronto, ON & Fab Fete Events, Thornhill, ON for Christine & Michael’s Black & White Wedding Lynn Fletcher Weddings, Calgary, AB for My Way Sandra Bettina Weddings & Events, St.Albert, AB for I love you so bad – Edgy Romance in the Mountains The Good Party Victoria, BC for Indian Persian Fusion Wedding Weekend Celebration

Event Strategy Partners (ESP) Inc. Bloor Street Entertains

OUTSTANDING LOGISTICAL ACHIEVEMENT hala inc. Toronto, ON, for The Royal 100th Anniversary Gala Tycoon Events, Edmonton, AB, for Years of Service: “Above and Beyond.”

Tycoon Events, Edmonton, AB, for $18 Billion Asset Milestone Celebration Event Strategy Partners (ESP) Inc., Toronto, ON, for Bloor Street Entertains Agri-Trade Equipment Expo Ltd., Red Deer, AB, for Agri-Trade Equipment Expo Greenscape Design & Decor Inc., Burnaby, BC, for A Starry Night Calgary Sports & Entertainment Corporation, Calgary, AB, for RED Lot Community Viewing Party The Glencoe Club, & OneWest Event Design & Logistics & PM Gigs Inc., Calgary, AB, for Splendour – A Celebration of Celebrations FREE PEOPLE Marketing, Projects and Events Inc., & Deloitte Canada, Halifax, NS, for Fortified Kitchen Party Cantrav Services Vancouver, BC Ice Caves

Jet Entertainment The Immersive Theatre

BIG IDEA OF THE YEAR Jet Entertainment, Toronto, ON for The Immersive Theatre Cirque Revolution Events Inc., Smithville, ON for Cirque Orchestra

MOST OUTSTANDING EVENT UNDER $150,000

EVENT INDUSTRY VOLUNTEER OF THE YEAR

MRG Events & Translink, Vancouver, BC for Car Free Day New Westminister

EMERGING LEADER AWARD

MOST OUTSTANDING EVENT $150,000 – $350,000 Bright Ideas Event Agency Richmond, BC for With Love From Paris hala inc. Toronto, ON, for Ontario Science Centre’s RBC Innovators Ball hala Inc. Toronto, ON for Right To Play 2022 Heroes Gala hala inc. Toronto, ON for Princess Margaret Cancer Centre’s One Life Gala

James Bonaparte, BMO Centre at Stampede Park, Calgary, AB Spencer Croft, MKEM, North York, ON Marshall Heritage, Greenscape Design & Decor Inc., Burnaby, BC Michelle Palmer, City of Nanaimo, Nanaimo, BC Reegan Evans, EWS Events, Vancouver, BC

MKEM North York, ON for The Sports Card Expo Toronto Altitude C Montréal, QC for IDÉA 2022 The Glencoe Club, OneWest Event Design & Logistics & PM Gigs Inc., Calgary, AB for Splendour – A Celebration of Celebrations TIAO – Tourism Industry Association of Ontario, Toronto, ON for OTS22 – Ontario Tourism Summit MOST OUTSTANDING EVENT $350,000+ Lulu Events Montréal, QC for UAE Reception at 41st General Assembly ICAO Council hala inc. Toronto, ON for The Royal 100th Anniversary Gala City of Surrey, Surrey, BC & MRG Events Ltd., Vancouver, BC for Surrey Canada Day 2022 Canadian Tire Retail, Toronto, ON for Celebration of a Century Citizen Experiential & Citizen Relations, Toronto, ON for VinFast – US Launch Event Event Strategy Partners (ESP) Inc., Toronto, ON for Heart of Fashion Canada Place Vancouver, BC for Canada Together TK Events Inc., Oakville, ON for Dell Precision 25th Anniversary at Siggraph R5 Event Design Inc., Toronto, ON & Gloria Benaim Events, Thornhill, ON for Adrian’s OVO Bar-Mitzvah

Canadian Tire Retail Celebration of a Century

LESLEE BELL SPIRIT OF THE INDUSTRY AWARD ENTERTAINER OF THE YEAR Olga Pankova, Markham, ON, Dueling Piano Kings, Calgary, AB uRequest Live, Toronto, ON DeAngelis Entertainment Inc, Toronto, ON Motivational Hypnotist, The Incredible Boris, Thornhill, ON

EVENT PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR

After Party

Sharon Bonner, Bright Ideas Event Agency, Richmond, BC

Congratulations to all of this year's winners and finalists.

Hailey Dawood, The Idea Hunter Toronto, ON

Join us at the Canadian Event Awards After Party for conversations, refreshments and desserts!

WEDDING PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR Julianne Young, Julianne Young Weddings Inc, Calgary, AB Michaelle LeManne Lamb, Azuridge Estate Hotel, Foothills, AB

Janel Snider, e=mc² events, Calgary, AB Mikey Singer, MKEM, North York, ON

Sponsors