The Globe and Mail, Canada’s official representative for the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, is pleased to announce the Canadian Cannes Lions awarding jurors for 2024.
The chosen jurors are industry leaders who will be reviewing and awarding the winning work during the 2024 festival taking place June 17-21. The shortlist jurors will be announced shortly.
Canada’s Awarding Jurors are:
- Creative Commerce: Erin Kawalecki, Partner and Chief Creative Officer, Angry Butterfly
- Creative Strategy: Rafik Belmesk, Chief Strategy Officer, Dentsu Creative
- Direct: Shelley Brown, Chief Strategy Officer, FCB Canada
- Film Craft: Andrea Ogunbadejo, VP, Managing Director – Production, Cossette
- Health & Wellness: Marty Martinez, Chief Creative Officer, TANK Worldwide
- Industry Craft: Stephanie Yung, Chief Design Officer, Zulu Alpha Kilo
- Pharma: Jane Motz Hayes, Chief Creative and Design Officer, Havas Health & You, Global
- Print & Publishing: Isabelle Allard-Gendron, Creative Director, Sid Lee
- Audio & Radio: Mike Dubrick, Chief Creative Officer, Rethink
“We are incredibly proud to have such a diverse and accomplished group of Canadian industry leaders representing Canada in the Cannes Lions jury room,” says Andrew Saunders, President and CEO at The Globe and Mail and Chair of the Canadian Cannes Lions Advisory Board. “Their collective expertise and insight will undoubtedly contribute to recognizing and celebrating the best in creativity and innovation from around the world.”
Each year, in consultation with the Canadian Cannes Advisory Board, The Globe and Mail submits a juror nomination list comprised of Canada’s industry leaders with Cannes Lions making the final selection. Juries are carefully selected to ensure global representation with a balance of agency, network, holding company, independents, gender and diversity.
The Globe and Mail has been the official Canadian representative of the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity since 2005, hosting the Canadian Young Lions competitions since 2007 and the Marketers competition since 2012.
Strategy Magazine, the Association of Canadian Advertisers (ACA), and the Canadian Media Directors’ Council (CMDC) also support the competitions as partners of the Canadian Cannes Program.
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About the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity
Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity, also known as Cannes Lions, is the world’s leading celebration of creativity in communications and encompasses Lions Health, Lions Innovation and Lions Entertainment. Founded in 1954, the Festival takes place every June in Cannes, France. As the most prestigious international annual advertising and communications awards, entries from all over the world are showcased and judged at the Festival.
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