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2020 Canadian Young Lions Competitions Winners

October 15, 2020

The Globe and Mail, Canada’s official representative for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, is pleased to announce the winners of the Young Lions Competitions. The competitions garnered 375 teams this year from Canada’s top young marketing and advertising talent, with 73 teams in the Print category, 70 in Digital, 28 in Film, 149 in Media, and 55 in Marketers. 

“In a year filled with uncertainty it was a pleasure to see the creativity of Canadian talent continues unabated,” says Andrew Saunders, Chief Revenue Officer at The Globe and Mail and Chair of the Canadian Cannes Lions Advisory Board. “The judges were delighted at the level of originality and quality shown by the winning teams.”

The medal winners are:

Print

Gold – The Transitioning Magazine

  • Anton Mwewa, Senior Art Director, Cossette

  • Kay Benedek, Senior Copywriter, Cossette

Silver – Marginalized

  • Morgan Wroot, Copywriter, Forsman & Bodenfors

  • Tayler-Lee Resar-Teese, Art Director, Forsman & Bodenfors

Bronze – Colour Me Questioning

  • Mitch Duesling, Associate Creative Director, The Hive

  • Teresa De Paz, Art Director, The Hive

Film

Gold – Safety Check

  • Charles Boutin, Director, Kabane Brand Agency

  • Alexis Thériault-Laliberté, Creative Director, Kabane Brand Agency

Silver – Can’t Focus

  • Carmen Fenech, Art Director, TAXI

  • Ronen Goldfarb, Writer, TAXI

Bronze – Accept to Continue

  • Barbato Martiniello, Senior Art Director, Freelance

  • Cristina Piñeros, Copywriter, Sid Lee

Digital

Gold – They Scouts

  • Leo Janusauskas, Art Director, Studio Sophomore

  • Ellen Porteous, Copywriter, Abacus Agency

Silver - #BeYourself

  • Devin Bowie, Copywriter, Us Communications

  • Archell Vergara, Art Director, Us Communications

Bronze – Support Networks

  • Mary Soroka, Senior Art Director, Leo Burnett

  • Steven Mengin, Senior Designer, Jam3

Media

Gold - A Genderless World

  • Dustin Wilson, Strategist, OMD Canada

  • Naveed Ahmed, Senior Social & Search Strategist, OMD

Silver – Check Yourself

  • Brooke Robinson, Senior Content Strategist, Initiative Media

  • Victoria Marshall, Strategist, Initiative Media 

Bronze – Colour Me Different

  • Anaïs Cotton-Caveen, Platform Manager, Display & Video, OMG Montréal

  • Alex B Larichelière, Platform Specialist, OMG – Montréal

Marketers

Gold – Fairlife’s Nourishing Conversations

  • Galen Howe, Manager, Channel Strategy – Grocery for Coca-Cola

  • Kristina Komhyr, Customer Marketing Manager, Coca-Cola

Silver – Google Classroom Pronoun Check

  • Brendon Holder, Product Marketing Manager, Google

  • Natalie Wallace, Head of Premium Flower, Canopy Growth Corporation

Bronze – Doritos All Shapes

  • Omar Elmezaini, Marketing Manager - Pepsi , PepsiCo Beverages Canada

  • Pedro Haguiara Porto Alegre, Field Marketing Manager, PepsiCo Foods Canada

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