OTTAWA – Canadian Women in Communications held its annual awards gala evening on Tuesday in Ottawa.
The CWC Annual Awards recognizes the accomplishments of four outstanding women in the communications industry and one communications organization that has nurtured the aspirations of its female employees.
The event is attended by over 600 VIPs to publicly recognize the achievements of communications industry role models. The following CWC Annual Award Winners were honoured at this year’s event (pictures are below):
* Karen Radford, executive vice-president and president, Telus Quebec and partner solutions, Telus – CWC Woman of the Year Award Recipient
* CanWest MediaWorks Inc. – CWC Employer of the Year Award Recipient
* Christiane Vaillancourt, manager, government, industry and community affairs, Atlantic Canada, Rogers Cable – CWC Chapter Leader of the Year Award Recipient
* Cynthia Reyes, vice-president, DiversiPro Inc. – CWC Trailblazer of the Year Award Recipient
* Barbara Williams, senior vice-president, programming and production, CanWest MediaWorks Inc. – CWC Mentor of the Year Award Recipient
CWC is a national, bilingual organization, with over 1,400 members in nine chapters across Canada, committed to the advancement of women in the communications industry through strategic networking, targeted professional development and meaningful recognition.
For the full descriptions and bios of the winners, go to www.cwc-afc.ca
Sheridan Scott, left, Canada’s Commissioner of Competition, presented CanWest’s Barbara Williams with her award, with CWC president Stephanie MacKendrick.
Cynthia Reyes, middle, with Wayne Clarkson, executive director of Telefilm Canada, and MacKendrick.
Christiane Vaillancourt, middle, was presented her award by Senator Marjorie LeBreton, right.
New CRTC chair Konrad von Finkenstein gave the Employer of the Year award to Kathy Dore, president of television and radio for CanWest MediaWorks.
CWC Woman of the year, Telus’ Karen Radford, is congratulated by Telus CEO Darren Entwistle.
Mike Pinder photos courtesy of CWC.
