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Janet Wile, ABC, APR, MC, Toronto, ON view biography
Ken Cherney, ABC, APR, MC, Toronto, ON view biography
Glenna Cross, ABC, MC, Calgary, AB view biography
Paul Mlodzik, ABC, MC, Guelph, ON view biography
Elaine Dixson, ABC, APR, MC Calgary, AB view biography
Eric Bergman, ABC, APR, MC, Toronto, ON view biography
Ron Shewchuk, ABC, MC, Vancouver, BC view biography
No nominations
Patrick Green, ABC, MC, (deceased) Ottawa, ON view biography
Linda Lee, ABC, MC, Winnipeg, MB view biography
Peter Roaf, ABC, MC, Vancouver, BC view biography
Annette Martell, ABC, MC, Halifax, NS view biography
Christopher H. Bunting, ABC, MC, Toronto, ON view biography
Ronald A. Kustra, ABC, MC, Edmonton, AB
John Fleming, ABC, MC, Montreal, PQ view biography
Moses Kanhai, ABC, MC, Regina, SK
Linda Ashby, ABC, MC, Peterborough, ON
Irene Rau, ABC, MC, Regina, SK
Karen J. Lee, ABC, MC, Vancouver, BC view biography
Sharon Paul, ABC, MC, Toronto, ON
Not awarded
Roberta Resnick, ABC, MC, Toronto, ON view
biography
Basil Skodyn, ABC, MC, Kelowna, BC
Not awarded
Not awarded
Tudor Williams, ABC, MC, Vancouver, BC view
biography
Not awarded
Diny E. Dalby, ABC, MC, London, ON
Not awarded
Not awarded
Not awarded
Roger Feather, ABC, MC, Toronto, ON
Ray Lister, MC, Toronto, ON
Bill Rattray, MC, (deceased) Toronto, ON
Kathleen (Kay) Dunn, ABC, MC, Montreal, PQ
Geraldine T. Keating, MC, (deceased) Akron, Ohio
Edward K. (Ted) Belt, MC, (deceased) Toronto, ON
Wally Court, ABC, MC, Toronto, ON view biography
Simonne Daigneault, MC, (deceased) Montreal, PQ
George Fletcher Penetanguishene, MC, ON
Robert Spencer, MC, (deceased) Montreal, PQ
Kay Staib, ABC, MC, (deceased) Toronto, ON
George Watson, MC, Toronto, ON
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Janet Wile has been a champion for effective and integrated communications for 25 years, working in corporate, agency and government organizations.
She is currently Director, Internal Communications, with Barrick Gold Corporation in Toronto, where she is responsible for developing and implementing communications programs for this global company. Previous experience includes management roles with major engineering and electronics firms (Siemens and Honeywell), agency experience with Burson-Marsteller, and public sector experience with the Calgary Regional Health Authority and the governments of Manitoba and Saskatchewan.
Janet has been an active member of the International Association of Business Communicators (IABC) throughout her career, participating and volunteering in many ways through the years. She is accredited by both IABC and the Canadian Public Relations Society (CPRS), and has always been an active supporter of professional accreditation. She has served as Vice President of Professional Standards for IABC Toronto (1996-98), as Director of Exams for the IABC international Accreditation Council (2001-4), and is currently an Examiner for the Accreditation program. She is a mentor for students and accreditation candidates and, in 2006, was named Mentor of the Year by CPRS Toronto.
Always committed to achieving a high standard of communications practice, she has won 17 awards from professional societies since 2001.
For many years, she has been a frequent judge for local, national and international communications award programs, and served on the Blue Ribbon Panel for IABC Gold Quill Awards in 2006.
Originally from Windsor, Nova Scotia, she is an Arts graduate from Acadia University and holds Master’s degrees in Arts and Public Administration from Queen’s University. Believing that communications is a profession that requires continuous learning, she is committed to on-going professional development through attending communications conferences as well as corporate business training programs.
“IABC has been a key element in my career as a source of information, best practices, fun and great friendships with others in the profession,” she said. “I believe it’s important to keep learning and to share that learning with others who are starting out in the field. Whatever you invest as a volunteer or mentor, you receive back many times over.”
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In Ken Cherney’s nomination to Master Communicator,
a colleague wrote: “As a mentor, Ken always took time
out of his busy day to talk through issues, provide sound
counsel, and share insights based on his wealth of corporate
communications experience.“
Ken Cherney began his career as a reporter-photographer
in Southern Ontario in the early 1970s, then entered the
public sector in Manitoba before moving on to spend more
than 20 years with Inco Limited, the international mining
and metals company. Today Ken owns and operates his own
communications consultancy, Ken Cherney and Associates Inc.
in Toronto. He has more than 30 years domestic and international
experience in communication strategy and project management.
Ken has been a tireless contributor to IABC. His history
of volunteerism in communications predates IABC in Canada.
In 1972 while attending his first meeting with the Winnipeg
Chapter of Corporate Communicators Canada, he found himself
recruited for a chapter executive position.
Since then he has held chapter executive positions in Winnipeg
and Toronto and on the Canadian District Boards. Accredited
since 1975, he was an active member for two terms on IABC’s
International Accreditation Board and Council and has proctored
countless accreditation exams in North America and Europe.
Ken has received more than 20 awards for annual report project
management, internal/external communications, and video
production. He frequently judges industry awards competitions.
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Glenna is now President of her own consulting company,
Cross Wise Communications Ltd., founded in 1999.
After completing a Bachelor of Commerce degree in Marketing
in 1979, Glenna soon found her way into a career in communications
with a small advertising agency. She went on to become the
first graduate of the University of Calgary’s Master
of Communication Studies program in 1984. Glenna added an
ABC (Accredited Business Communicator) designation to her
credentials in 1990.
Glenna’s career included communications leadership
roles in agencies, the public sector and the private sector,
before beginning her consulting business. Her experience
has encompassed strategic communications, facilitation,
communications teaching/training, business management, marketing
communications, stakeholder consultation, advertising, fund
development and leadership.
IABC has been the focal point in Glenna’s career.
She joined as a student member, moved through chapter board
leadership roles, took on numerous project volunteer tasks
and continues to enjoy a fellowship of friends, team members
and clients.
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Elaine Dixson graduated from Carleton University with
a Bachelor of Journalism degree in 1977. She then progressed
through a series of public relations positions with private
and public sector organizations until 1984, when she was
appointed the sole coordinator and instructor for Mount
Royal College’s Public Relations Program in Calgary,
Alberta. She administered the program, set curriculum, taught
all public relations courses, and led the conversion of
the program to what many believe is one of the best co-op
programs for communicators in Canada.
Elaine left Mount Royal in 1995 to set up her own consulting
practice, Key Concepts Ltd., providing a range of services
that include communications planning, research and training
as well as organizational development. She recently started
a new division of Key Concepts called SpringForward, which
focuses on large-group facilitation, personal coaching,
and SpeakingCircle™ training. She continues to teach
communications to students through various programs at the
University of Calgary, where she has earned two graduate
degrees – a Masters in Communications Studies and
a Masters in Continuing Education (Workplace Learning).
Throughout her career, Elaine has taken on leadership roles
with IABC both locally and internationally, from helping
judge awards and chairing committees to serving as chapter
president at the local level, to sitting on IABC’s
International Accreditation Council.
Elaine is an Accredited Business Communicator with IABC
and an accredited member of the Public Relations Society
of America. She also is a member of the International Public
Relations Association.
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Paul Mlodzik is Vice-President of Marketing and Sales for
The Co-operators, the largest Canadian-owned multi-line
insurance company. His responsibilities include strategic
planning, brand management, product development, sales training
and customer service.
His previous experience includes senior marketing and sales
management roles with the Insurance Corporation of British
Columbia, Coast Capital Credit Union (formerly Richmond
Savings) and The Prudential Assurance Company Limited. He
has also worked as a marketing and communications consultant
for some of Canada’s leading organizations.
Paul is a frequent presenter at industry and professional
association events on the topics of brand management, strategic
communications planning and making effective verbal/written
presentations. His work has been recognized with over 50
regional, national and international awards.
Paul holds a BA in Economics from the University of British
Columbia and an MA in Communication Studies from Concordia
University. He has also earned several financial services
designations – including Certified Financial Planner
(CFP).
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Eric has been a self-employed communicator since 1985 and
has managed many communications programs including advertising
campaigns, media relations, and issues management.
Today he owns Bergman and Associates and focuses on communications
training and issues management for senior leadership. He
has been accredited since 1991 and has been a key influencer
locally and globally in the areas of entrepreneurship, ethics
and accreditation.
Eric joined IABC in Edmonton in 1982. He later moved to
Toronto and started volunteering at the local level as a
writer with Communicator, the IABC/Toronto newsletter. He
eventually moved onto the board when IABC/Toronto had fewer
than 600 full-time members. He overhauled the financial
practices of the chapter and hired a professional accountant.
Eric then took the role as VP Membership and led the first-ever
membership survey in Toronto.
Eric was President of IABC/Toronto in 1994 when the chapter
received Awards of Merit in the Chapter Management Awards
for Professional Development and Financial Management and
for the first time had a membership that hit 1,000, making
it the largest chapter in IABC.
He participated on the district board and then moved to
international level positions - on the international accreditation
council and the program advisory committee for IABC's 2000,
2001 and 2002 international conferences. Eric has marked
many accreditation exams in the past several years. He has
personally mentored many IABC/Toronto members pursuing accreditation
to help demystify the process. He has accepted speaking
opportunities on Entrepreneurship in Canada and at the International
Conference and recently created the ethics quiz, which is
now part of the portfolio portion of the accreditation process.
He is passionate about the value of accreditation and the
importance of ethics
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Ron
is one of Canada’s leading public relations professionals,
with an 18-year track record of delivering positive results.
Ron has served in senior positions in corporate public relations,
employee communications, marketing, and PR consulting.
Ron’s career is marked by innovation and excellence.
His writing talent and progressive approach to employee
communications has earned him two prestigious Gold Quill
awards, and he is a popular commentator and a sought-after
speaker on communications issues.
As a public relations strategist and corporate spokesperson,
Ron has helped several large Canadian organizations address
major public issues, including an international activist
campaign, environmental crises, and high-profile labour
disputes.
Ron has an honours degree in journalism from Carleton University.
He is an active member of IABC and has served as a chapter
president and member of the association’s international
Accreditation Board.
In addition to his passion for communications, Ron is an
avid cook and was named by Chatelaine magazine as one of
"Canada’s food gurus." He is Canada’s
leading proponent of traditional Southern-style barbecue
and his team, Rockin’ Ronnie’s Butt Shredders,
competed in the Jack Daniel’s World Championship Invitational
Barbecue. Ron’s first book, Barbecue Secrets: recipes,
tips and tricks from a barbecue champion, is now available
in both Canada and the U.S. Visit Ron’s Web site at
www.ronshewchuk.com.
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Rick Green, ABC became an entrepreneur in 1983, starting
out alone after nine years at the Canada Safety Council.
He evolved his practice from a sole proprietorship into
a partnership, Staigh Green & Associates. Staigh Green
ultimately grew to be a 10-person firm, with a strong focus
on providing expert communications counsel and execution
for associations, government and corporate clients.
Rick was one of the founders of IABC Capitale AIPC, and
served as President in 1977 and again in 1985. He initiated
IABC's chapter leader training sessions, Leadership Development
Weekend, which was reportedly the model for CLI. Rick served
eight years on the District Board, four years on the international
board, and about 12 years working for his chapter in a formal
capacity.
Between formal roles, Rick was always on-hand to help Boards
of Directors. In 1996, he and his company jointly organized
with IABC Capitale a full-day conference on internal communications,
aimed at government communicators. In 2000, Rick stepped
in after recovering from a first round of cancer treatment
to help the Capitale Board find appropriate recipients for
its annual Presidents' and Distinguished Service awards.
Accredited since 1978, Rick until very recently served on
the IABC International Accreditation Board. In 2000-2001,
Rick once again stepped in to fill a vacuum in his home
chapter, and agreed to another 3-year commitment to the
members as president-elect, a post he sadly had to vacate
in December. In addition, he kick-started the accreditation
push in the chapter after promotion of accreditation had
been dormant for a few years.
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When Linda Lee was named the first Master Communicator
in Manitoba, a colleague described her as "a dynamo,
a mentor, an educator, a leader and a role model for communicators."
Linda has been an active member of IABC since 1975 when
Canada became the first IABC district outside the U.S. She
has served on the executives of three chapters (IABC Manitoba,
IABC Saskatchewan, and IABC Saskatoon) – currently
as IABC Manitoba’s Accreditation & Education Chair
– and on the organizing committees for four IABC Canada
Conferences (most recently in 2002).
She is presently serving as Canada District One’s
Director-at-Large/Canada Conference on both the district
board and the newly formed National Programs Council. She
is also treasurer of the Manitoba Criminal Justice Association.
Linda has an undergraduate degree in Political Science (University
of Winnipeg), her IABC accreditation, a Certificate in Adult
Education (Province of Manitoba), a Certificate in Corporate
Supervision (Manitoba Public Insurance) and is working on
her Certificate in Management Studies (University of Winnipeg).
In 2002, she was named Woman of Distinction/Communications
and Public Relations by the Winnipeg YM/YWCA. Communications
projects she has been involved in have won one Gold Quill
Award of Excellence, two Silver Leaf Awards of Excellence
and two Silver Leaf Awards of Merit.
During the course of her career, Linda has worked as a journalist,
communicator, human rights officer, communications consultant
and teacher. She is currently employed by Manitoba Public
Insurance as Supervisor, Broker Communications. She is also
the proud mother of two "independent, strong-willed"
children.
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Peter is Director of Internal Communications for Vancouver
Coastal Health, a $2 billion system of hospitals, long-term
care residences and community health services for more than
one million residents of 11 communities in the Vancouver,
B.C./South Coast areas. He has held communication management
positions in the local health system since 1990.
In the late 1980s Peter ran his own communication consulting
and services business in the Vancouver area, and prior to
that was the first full-time communication professional
at the Alberta Research Council, based in Edmonton. He started
his career in Ottawa in the 1970s, through freelance contracts
in current affairs mainly with CBC television and radio
as researcher, writer, presenter and director, and latterly
with the Coaching Association of Canada.
Peter received an Honours Bachelor of Journalism degree
from Carleton University in 1973. He received his IABC accreditation
in 1984 and a Master of Arts degree from Royal Roads University
in 2003.
Peter served on the IABC International Executive Board (1992-1994)
as Director of Canada District 1 and (1987-1989) as Director
of Professional Development and Professionalism. He was
President of IABC Edmonton in 1984 and from 1983-1985 served
as CD1 Membership Chair, then Chair of IABC’s International
Membership Development Committee, among various international,
district and chapter positions.
Peter chaired the Task Force for the 1990 IABC International
Conference, and served as conference task force marketing
chair in 2000, both in Vancouver, and has served on three
national conference committees. He has also served on the
IABC Accreditation Council, and as judge for chapter, district
and international awards programs, including Gold Quill
Blue Ribbon Panel. He has been a presenter at national and
international panel discussions and conferences in Canada,
the United States and England.
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Annette is a consummate communicator who brings a breadth
of professional experience to the association, plus an ability
to get the best from IABC's volunteer leadership,"
said John G. Clemons, ABC, APR, 2001-2002 IABC chairman.
Annette started out as a member of IABC/Atlantic Canada
where she was chapter president for two years. For many
years, she was a member of IABC/Toronto - the world's largest
IABC chapter and host of several IABC international conferences.
Annette served two terms as a director at large on IABC's
executive board. In 1992, she received her Accredited Business
Communicator (ABC) designation of international accreditation
from IABC International.
Currently, Annette is Senior Advisor and Manager for RBC
Financial Group in Toronto. She was previously a consultant
in the communication practice of Mercer Human Resource Consulting
and was formerly director and team leader of alumni relations
and the public affairs staff team at Acadia University.
Prior to that, she was divisional V.P. of communication,
government and industry relations for the Canadian Association
of Insurance and Financial Advisors.
Annette holds a bachelor of public relations degree from
Mount Saint Vincent University, Halifax, NS and a bachelor
of arts from Acadia University, Wolfville, NS.
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As Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Shandwick Canada,
Chris is responsible for the management and implementation
of the complete range of communications services the firm
offers to public and private sector clients from its offices
across Canada.
Before his appointment as Chairman and CEO in 1989, Chris
was Executive Vice President of the company and was based
in Ottawa. Chris is a graduate of Carleton (BA) and Ottawa
(BComm) Universities.
He was the first Canadian Chairman of the Board of IABC.
Chris serves as a Director of Golin/Harris Communications
Inc., based in Chicago. He is also a member of the Board
of Governors of Trent University, and the Board of Advisors
of the Clarke Institute Foundation. He is past President
of the Canadian Foundation for AIDS Research and Chairman
of the Global Strategy Task Force for IABC.
An accredited business communicator (ABC) and member of
IABC, Chris is also a member of the International Public
Relations Association, the Canadian Public Relations Society,
the National Press Club of Canada, and the Public Affairs
Institute of Canada.
Chris was named 1987 'Communicator of the Year' by IABC
Capitale in Ottawa, and in 1988 was named an Associate of
Carleton University. In 1992, he was named a Fellow, the
highest honour awarded by the International Association
of Business Communicators.
In 1995 on IABCs 25th anniversary Chris was named as one
of the top 25 people who shaped IABC. Nominated by several
including L.C. Williams, who said: "... he headed IABC
at a critical time in its existence. He helped save the
IABC Research Foundation/IABC relationship."
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John is a senior communication practitioner in French and
English. His areas of experience includes attitude change,
restructuring, crisis management, branding, event management,
media relations, labour relations, program design, launch
and follow through, marketing, sales and advertising, government
relations, web design and architecture, investor relations,
community relations, publication management, writing and
editing, planning and management of internal digital signage
for large organizations.
His projects have won communication awards including an
IABC Gold Quill Award of Merit. He speaks at various forums
on the role of perceptions in motivating people to buying
into ideas, behaviours, services and products.
John holds an M.A. in French Literature from Laval University
and is an Accredited Business Communicator of the International
Association of Business Communicators (IABC). For over 20
years, he has served IABC on local, national and international
boards. He is currently trying to write a book!
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Karen Lee is a communications and public affairs consultant,
specializing in strategic communications planning for the
not-for- profit and public sectors. As leader of communications,
she was a member of the executive team for Providence Health
Care from 1998-2002. Prior to that, Karen was owner and
principal consultant of The KJ Lee Group, a public relations
and graphic design agency that was ranked the 10th largest
agency in Vancouver when it closed.
Her IABC involvement includes her current assignment as
Co-Chair of the Accreditation Completion Program for the
BC Chapter and she has also been an ABC candidate mentor.
Karen was Chair of the IABC Canada Conference held in Vancouver
in 1994, Co-Chair, IABC International Conference in 1990,
District Director, Western Canada, 1998-1990 and President,
IABC/BC, 1986-1988
Karen earned accreditation in 1989 and was named Master
Communicator by IABC Canada in 1994. She has been recognized
with more than 50 international, national and provincial
awards for excellence in communications management and is
a regular presenter at local, national and international
conferences on communications planning, starting a business
and meeting conduct.
Karen consults and teaches communications planning by distance
education for the University of Victoria’s Continuing
Studies Division, Public Relations Certificate Program.
She is developing a new course in PR Management for the
university, which she will begin teaching in 2005. Karen
divides her time between a home in the Gulf Islands and
a condo in Vancouver.
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Roberta (Bobbie) Resnick has more than 40 years of experience
in public relations, employee and marketing communication,
and consumer services with multi-national companies both
in the U.S. and in Canada. She currently heads her own communication
firm, Roberta Resnick & Associates, specializing in
employee and marketing communication. The firm will celebrate
its 20th anniversary in October 2005.
In 1987, she helped design the original one-year graduate
Corporate Communications program at Seneca College, Toronto,
and taught advanced writing and several communications management
subjects there for more than 10 years. She also taught employee
communication management and marketing communications in
similar public relations programs at Centennial College
and Ryerson University (Toronto). She remains in touch with
many of the more than 300 graduates of these programs…just
a little payback, she maintains, to the field that has been
so good to her over the years. Her former students continue
to demonstrate enviable skill levels in ever more responsible
positions with corporations and agencies or run their own
successful consultancies across Canada, earning local and
national awards for their work.
Accredited by both IABC and CPRS, Bobbie has been active
in IABC – and its predecessor organization, ICIE –
since 1959, first in Chicago, then in Philadelphia, and
in Toronto, where she has lived since 1972. She is a former
IABC International Vice President (1974-76), a contributing
author of IABC’s A Communicator’s Guide to Marketing,
past chairman of the IABC Marketing Communication Council
(1984-88) and a recipient of the IABC Chairman’s Award
(1987). She was named a Master Communicator in 1992, one
of 10 Toronto Chapter members at that time to receive the
designation since the Canadian organization was founded
in the 1940s.
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Tudor
is recognized internationally for his communication and
issues management research, change management strategies
and strategic communication planning. With over 25 years
of professional wisdom earned in communication management,
he leads Tudor Williams Inc. a management consulting firm.
In recent years he has helped twisurveys earn a valued market
niche with innovative best practices employee and member
research.
His communication management career began with eight years
in corporate public affairs management. He has led the Canadian
communication practices for two international consulting
firms, Towers Perrin and The Alexander Consulting Group
(now AON). He established his own consultancy eleven years
ago.
This year, Tudor was named the recipient of the IABC Fellow
Award – the highest award IABC bestows on a member.
He is the recipient of many international and national awards
including six IABC International Gold Quill Awards and a
number of IABC Canada Silver Leaf Awards.
Tudor has spoken frequently at international conferences
including the Conference Board of America and IABC.
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One of the pioneers of IABC International, Wally started
his communications career with British American Oil Company
(now Gulf Canada) in 1957 in the firm's Public Relations
Department, and was appointed editor of the company's employee
magazine Commentator in 1961. Over the next 20-year period,
the magazine earned more than 145 local and international
awards for editorial and communication excellence including
three Silver Anvil Awards from the Public Relations Society
of America.
Wally was active in association work at the local, national
and international levels including terms as program, membership
and nominating chairman, and in 1967 as president of the
Toronto Chapter of the Canadian Industrial Editors Association
(CIEA). A member of CIEA's national executive for nine years,
he served eight years as CIEA's representative to The International
Council of Industrial Editors (ICIE), and one as treasurer.
He was elected president of the CIEA national body in 1968,
and later served five terms as the association's executive
secretary.
As ICIE's vice-president of international affairs, he played
a major role in developing the concept of a world-wide association
of industrial communicators. As CIEA's international representative,
Wally participated in the negotiations leading to the amalgamation
of the CIEA, ICIE and The American Association of Industrial
Editors, and the formation, in 1970, of the International
Association of Business Communicators (IABC). Wally received
an IABC Canada life membership in 1973 and was made an IABC
Fellow in 1977.
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