Last night inside the Grand Banking Hall at One King West in Toronto, Canadian Business Press announced the winners of the 59th annual Kenneth R. Wilson Awards for Canadian B2B publishing, presented by CDS Global.
Complete list of winners. KRW digital Gold Book.
With two divisions for Magazine of the Year, Up Here Business was named Magazine of the Year–Professional, while Oilweek won Magazine of the Year–Trade. Read what the KRW judges said about these winning magazines.
Best Issue of the year went to Les Affaires for their May 2012 issue “Le pouvoir créatif.”
Best Cover went to Oilsands Review for their September 2012 cover:
Precedent won the award for Website of the Year.
The inaugural Kenneth R. Wilson Award for Best New Journalist went to Katie Keir for her article “When Good Partners go Bad” in Advisor’s Edge.
Marketing magazine led all publications with 3 Gold and 2 Silver awards, followed by CAmagazine, Up Here Business, OHS Canada and Conseiller.
Top Winning Magazines at the 59th Kenneth R. Wilson Awards:
| Magazine |
Gold |
Silver |
HM |
| Marketing |
3 |
2 |
9 |
| CAmagazine |
3 |
1 |
13 |
| Up Here Business |
2 |
0 |
4 |
| OHS Canada |
2 |
0 |
3 |
| Conseiller |
2 |
0 |
0 |
| Les Affaires |
1 |
2 |
6 |
| Precedent |
1 |
2 |
5 |
| Le Coopérateur agricole |
1 |
2 |
0 |
| University Affairs |
1 |
1 |
6 |
| Alberta Oil |
1 |
1 |
2 |
Notable winners include writer Jason Contant, who won two Gold awards for OHS Canada. And Nicolas Mesly won a Gold and two Silver awards for his work in Le Coopérateur agricole.
Tom Gierasimczuk, former editor of Marketing and now vice-president of editorial at Canada Wide Media, emcee’d the gala for the second year in a row. Tom was also a Gold winner himself, in the category Best Profile of a Company (“Vice Age” in Marketing).
For all the winners and coverage, visit krwawards.ca or on twitter @KRWawards and #KRW13.
