2021 Winners and Excellence Awardees
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The O.C. Tanner Award for Lifetime Achievement in the HR Industry
Best Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
Best Labour & Employment Boutique Law Firm
Best Learning & Development Strategy
Best Talent Management Strategy
Canadian HR Team of the Year (Fewer Than 500 Employees In Canada)
Canadian HR Team of the Year (Finance/Insurance)
Canadian HR Team of the Year (Retail/Hospitality)
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
Most Effective Recruitment Strategy
Most Innovative Use of HR Technology
The dentsu Award for Best HR Communication Strategy
The Gallagher Award for HR Team of the Year (500 Employees or More)
The HRD Readers’ Choice Award for Best Service Provider
The HRPA Award for Woman of Distinction
The KPMG Award for Canadian HR Champion (CEO)
The Leadership Agency Award for HR Leader of the Year
The Venngo Award for Best Workplace Culture
The University of Waterloo Award for Next Generation Employment Innovation
The Venngo Award of Excellence for Financial, Physical & Mental Wellness
The O.C. Tanner Award for Lifetime Achievement in the HR Industry
Dr. Raeleen Manjak - Director of Human Resources at City of Vernon
Best Corporate Social Responsibility Strategy
Fidelity Investments Canada
Accor Management Canada Inc
eOne
Geotab
Nuclear Promise X
Randstad Interim Inc.
Rexall Pharmacy Group Ltd.
Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc
Best Employer Branding
Centurion Asset Management
CIRA
Revera
Seasons Retirement Communities
Sephora Canada
SmartSweets
Teranet Inc
Wave
Best Labour & Employment Boutique Law Firm
Turnpenney Milne LLP
Monkhouse Law
Rudner Law
Best Learning & Development Strategy
Purolator
ADP Canada
Axonify Inc.
Canadian Pacific Railway
Conwest Developments Ltd.
Export Development Canada (EDC)
Fidelity Investments Canada
Hydro Ottawa
Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
The Corporation of the City of Vernon
Best Remote Work Strategy
Rexall Pharmacy Group Ltd.
BookJane
Certn
Fidelity Investments Canada
Middlesex London Health Unit
ModoHR Technologies Inc
Nordia Inc
SmartSweets
TELUS
Teranet Inc.
Best Talent Management Strategy
Health Standards Organization
Centurion Asset Management
Dejero
Fidelity Investments Canada
Ingram Micro Inc
Canadian HR Team of the Year (Fewer Than 500 Employees In Canada)
Assent Compliance Inc.
Bethesda Community Services
Bluecat
Coast Mental Health
Covenant House Vancouver
eOne
Fullscript
Hyundai Auto Canada
Jobber
Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCHC)
Starlight Investments
Canadian HR Team of the Year (Finance/Insurance)
Green Shield Canada
AGF
Borrowell
Canada Life
Economical Insurance
Financeit
Manulife
Prospera Credit Union
Scotiabank
Wave
Westland Insurance
Canadian HR Team of the Year (Retail/Hospitality)
Best Buy Canada, Ltd.
Accor Management Canada Inc
Compass Group Canada
Longo's
Sephora Canada
Sunwing Travel Group
Tim Hortons Foundation Camps
Excellence in Diversity & Inclusion
PSP Investments
Best Buy Canada, Ltd.
Borrowell
BroadbandTV Corp.
Coca-Cola Canada Bottling Ltd
Colliers
D2L
DHL Supply Chain
EllisDon
Hootsuite
Securiguard Services
Wave
Most Effective Recruitment Strategy
Department of National Defence
BRP
Dejero
Invest Ottawa
Kinaxis
Nordia Inc
Revera
Wave
Most Innovative Use of HR Technology
FYidoctors
Department of National Defence
Hydro Ottawa
Invest Ottawa
Seasons Retirement Communities
Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc
Tech Mahindra Ltd.
Rising Star of the Year
Melissa Li - Canfor
Melody Zhang - Atomic Cartoons, the Kids and Family Division of Thunderbird Entertainment Group
Devon Lewis - Coast Mental Health
Ara Vivek - Colliers
Raj Parmar - Colliers
Amrit Takhar - Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Fiona Dowsing - Trend Micro Technologies Inc.
The dentsu Award for Best HR Communication Strategy
Ingram Micro Inc
Bimbo Canada
Blue Ant Media Inc.
Canada Life
CIRA
City of Vaughan
Dynacare Inc.
Hydro Ottawa
Sollio Agriculture
Starlight Investments
The Gallagher Award for HR Team of the Year (500 Employees or More)
Sollio Agriculture
Baylis Medical
Canfor
CHEP Canada Corp
Geotab
Hazelview
Kinaxis
McCain Foods
Skyline Group of Companies
Toronto & Region Conservation Authority
The HRD Readers’ Choice Award for Best Service Provider
O.C. Tanner
Applauz
Blu Ivy Group
Bright + Early
headversity
Igloo Software
ModoHR Technologies
Peak Performance Human Resources Corp.
Peninsula Canada
Salopek & Associates Ltd
The HRPA Award for Woman of Distinction
Ashira Gobrin - Wave
Keira Torkko - Assent Compliance Inc.
Susan Snow - Canada Revenue Agency
Zabeen Hirji - Deloitte
Annie Corbeil - eStruxture Data Centers
Jenn Lofgren - Incito Executive & Leadership Development
Kristle Bautista - Magellan Aerospace
Kerry Tompson - Sobeys Inc.
Sindhu John - Tata Consultancy Services Canada Inc
The KPMG Award for Canadian HR Champion (CEO)
Bruce Anderson - Dejero
Kevin McCreadie - AGF Management Limited
Andrew Graham - Borrowell
Shahrzad Rafati - BroadbandTV Corp.
Melissa Sariffodeen - Canada Learning Code
Darrell Burnham - Coast Mental Health
Michael Medline - Empire Company Limited
Rania Llewellyn - Laurentian Bank
Jaqui Parchment - Mercer Canada
Kirk Simpson - Wave
Jason Wubs - Westland Insurance
The Leadership Agency Award for HR Leader of the Year
Margaret McBeath - Nuclear Promise X
Sanita Alias - CIRA
Shalini Duggal - Centrilogic
Laura Salvatore - Centurion Asset Management
Cheryl Fullerton - Corus Entertainment
Brigid Pelino - Economical Insurance
Nicole Liddell - Real Estate Council of BC
Maria McCullough - SaskEnergy
Thierry Miras - Schneider Electric Canada Inc.
Simon Gagne - Sobeys Inc.
The Venngo Award for Best Workplace Culture
Fullscript
Bluecat
CARFAX
Dejero
Geotab
Hyundai Auto Canada
Kinaxis
Nutrien
Ottawa Community Housing Corporation (OCHC)
ProntoForms
The University of Waterloo Award for Next Generation Employment Innovation
Rio Tinto
Centurion Asset Management
FDM Group Canada Inc.
FYidoctors
Geotab
IBM Canada Ltd.
The Venngo Award of Excellence for Financial, Physical & Mental Wellness
TELUS
BGRS
British Columbia Lottery Corporation
CSA Group
Dynacare Inc.
Ingram Micro Inc
Kinaxis
Mercer Canada
Ontario Teachers' Pension Plan
Servus Credit Union
The Workhuman Award for Best Reward & Recognition Strategy
CAA Club Group (CCG)
CIBC Mellon
Compass Group Canada
Day & Ross, Inc.
Dejero
Jobber
Schneider Electric Canada Inc
Tech Mahindra Ltd.