Winners At The Canadian New Media Awards ’08
The 3rd annual Canadian New Media Awards were held recently in Toronto as part of the nextMEDIA conference. The event was MC-ed by the comedian Sugar Sammy at the gorgeous CiRCA nightclub. The winners at the event included Viigo, a Toronto-based mobile RSS startup, and marblemedia, among others. The complete list of the winners (along with the finalists) is below:
COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- marblemedia, Toronto, ON – WINNER
- Big Blue Bubble, London, ON
- Moment Factory, Montreal, Quebec
- Vision Critical, Vancouver, BC
MOST PROMISING COMPANY OF THE YEAR
- Viigo, Toronto, ON – WINNER
- b5 Media, Toronto, ON
- Filemobile, Toronto, ON
EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES
- www.homelessnation.org, Homeless Street Archive , Montreal, QC – WINNER
- protagonize, Taunt Media, Burnaby, BC
- Pixton, Pixton Comics Inc,Vancouver, BC
EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS
- Traveler IQ Challenge, TravelPod , Ottawa, ON – WINNER
- These Are My Kids, Kinzin , Vancouver, BC
- Real Champions, CloudRaker , Montreal, QC
EXCELLENCE IN GAMING
- Mario Strikers Charged, Next Level Games Inc. , Vancouver, BC – WINNER
- The Urban Vermin Adventure, Decode Entertainment , Toronto, ON
- MysteryAtMansfieldManor.com, SR Entertainment Inc. , Toronto, ON
EXCELLENCE IN CHILDREN’S
- Flip Boom, Toon Boom Animation Inc. ,Montreal, QC – WINNER
- TVOKids.com, TVO, Toronto, ON
- Spiderman: Friend or Foe, Next Level Games Inc. ,Vancouver, BC
EXCELLENCE IN CROSS PLATFORM
- www.OddJobJack.com, Smiley Guy Studios, Toronto, ON – WINNER
- Postcards from Crystal, Lifecapture Interactive, Toronto, ON
- Mobile Stories, iThentic, Toronto, ON
EXCELLENCE IN NEWS/INFORMATION
- Diamond Road Online, Kensington Communications Inc., Toronto, ON – WINNER
- sedna.tv, Turbulent Média, Montreal, QC
- CBCNews.ca, CBCNews.ca, Toronto, ON
EXCELLENCE IN CULTURE, LIFESTYLE ARTS
- 1973: Sorry Out of Gas, Bluesponge, Montreal, QC – WINNER
- EMDialog, Dept of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
- Website – The National Ballet of Canada, Momentum, Toronto, ON
EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING
- LE TAPIS ROUGE, Ellicom inc., Québec, QC – WINNER
- www.arewethereyet.tv, Sinking Ship Entertainment, Toronto, ON
- CBC/Radio-Canada Digital Archives Website, CBC / Radio-Canada, Toronto, ON
EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR
- Dan Zen, Sheridan Institute, Oakville, ON – WINNER
- Gerri Sinclair, Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, BC
- Daniel Ouellette, Loyalist College, Belleville, ON
PROGRAMMER OF THE YEAR
- Evert Pot, Toronto, ON – WINNER
- Corwin Derkatch, Regina, SK
- Ryan Andal, Toronto, ON
PRODUCER OF THE YEAR
- Mark Bishop, Toronto, ON – WINNER
- Michael Fergusson, Vancouver, BC
- Diana Arruda, Toronto, ON
DESIGNER OF THE YEAR
- Daniel Riley, Toronto, ON – WINNER
- Vincent Morisset, Montreal, QC
- Myron Campbell, Winnipeg, MB
