PRIX D'EXCELLENCE 2012
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The PRIX D’EXCELLENCE is the annual awards program of the Canadian Council for the Advancement of Education, recognizing outstanding achievements in alumni affairs, public affairs, communications, marketing, development, advancement services, stewardship, student recruitment and overall institutional Advancement.
Category 1: Best Alumni Event
GOLD
Saint Mary's University
One World Alumni Dinner
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Wilfrid Laurier University
Centennial Alumni Celebration
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Université du Québec à Montréal
Les Grands Crus ESG
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 2: Best Development Event
GOLD
University of British Columbia
UBC Campaign Launch Symposium & Dinner
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
The Banff Centre
The 32nd Banff Centre Midsummer Ball Weekend
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Dalhousie University
Public Launch - Bold Ambitions: The Campaign for Dalhousie
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 3: Best Special Event
GOLD
Mount Royal University
Military Memorial Ceremony
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Queen's University
A NASA astronaut lands at Queen's
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
University of Guelph
The OVC Pet Trust Gala - A Walk in the Park
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 4: Best Magazine
GOLD
York University
YorkU magazine
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Toronto
U of T Magazine
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
University of British Columbia
TREK Magazine
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 5: Best Alumni Initiative
GOLD
Wilfrid Laurier University
100 Alumni of Achievement
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
The University of Western Ontario
Celebrate Founder's Day - March 7
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
McMaster University
McMaster Alumni Hamilton Community Impact Awards
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 6: Best Annual Fund Initiative
SILVER
University of British Columbia
Make Your Mark...The Right Way
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Wilfrid Laurier University
Centennial Statue
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 7: Best Website
GOLD
Nova Scotia Community College
High School Website
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Branksome Hall
Branksome.on.ca Website Redesign 2011
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Dalhousie University
Undergraduate Recruitment Micro-sites
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 8: Best Community Outreach Initiative
GOLD
University of Manitoba
Visionary Conversations
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Guelph
The BetterPlanet Project World Record Challenge – Meals for Haiti
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Wilfrid Laurier University
Volunteer Challenge: 100 Hours for 100 Years
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 9: Best PR/Marketing/Communications Initiative
GOLD
McMaster University
Convocation Week 2011
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of British Columbia
start an evolution Campaign
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
University of Ottawa
Sujets de l'heure – Experts uOttawa
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 10: Best Student Recruitment Initiative
GOLD
Dalhousie University
The Games brought you here. Let Dalhousie bring you back.
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Google Search and Content Network Advertising Campaign 2010-2011
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Bow Valley College
Turn Your Passion into a Career: BVC Advertising Campaign
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Saint Mary's University
Interactive Campus Tour
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 11: Best Development Initiative
GOLD
University of Guelph
The OVC Pet Trust Animal Cancer Centre Campaign Materials
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Guelph
New Stakeholder Engagement Strategy for Major Donors
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Dalhousie University
Cultivating a Transformative Investment in Dalhousie’s School of Business
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Category 12: Best Donor Relations Initiative
GOLD
McMaster University
Photo Book Project
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan Alumni Wall of Honour
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
University of Saskatchewan
Your Impact on US: University of Saskatchewan 2010 Report to Donors
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 13: Best Advancement Services Initiative
GOLD
McMaster University
Data Empowerment: The use of data visualization by non-programming staff for common data intensive needs
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Guelph
Online Peer Fundraising
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
McGill University
Contact Report eDigest
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 14: Best Use of Social Media
GOLD
Desautels Faculty of Management at McGill University
Hot Cities India 2011
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of British Columbia
In Memoriam (UBC Memorial Giving)
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
University of Manitoba
Define Your Future Contest
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 15: Best Fundraising Case Statement & Campaign Materials
GOLD
University of British Columbia
University of British Columbia Cases for Support
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Toronto
Boundless Case for Support
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Dalhousie University
Bold Ambitions: the Campaign for Dalhousie Case Statement
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 16: Best Institutional Branding
GOLD
University of Manitoba
Where You Are Shapes Who You Are
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Montreal Neurological Institute and Hospital - Neuro
Le cerveau nous allume/The brain is our life (TV ad), Shedding light on the brain (print ad)
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Branksome Hall
'Be Remarkable' Branding 2011
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 17: Best Student Recruitment Viewbook
GOLD
Memorial University
A Zagger's Guide To Memorial University
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Simon Fraser University
You can go anywhere once you put your mind to it
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
University of Victoria
American Viewbook
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 18: Best Brochure, Newsletter or Flyer
GOLD
University of British Columbia
Success is a Community Effort
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Toronto
Successful Societies and Global Fluency
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
McGill University
Investing in Excellence: the case for giving to McGill
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 19A: Best Writing - English
GOLD
McGill University
The Oldest Rabble-Rouser on campus
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Calgary
Lost and Found
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
University of Toronto
The Debut
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Branksome Hall
Smythe Style
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 19B: Best Writing - French
GOLD
Université du Québec à Montréal
«Il était une fois sur le Web...»
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Université Laval
Renée Dupuis, une brave pour la paix
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 20A: Best News Release - English
GOLD
McMaster University
Researchers Reconstruct Genome of the Black Death
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Guelph
Spicing Up Your Love Life Possible, Study Finds
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
McMaster University
McMaster vaccine has pet owners feline groovy
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 20B: Best News Release - French
GOLD
Université du Québec à Montréal
Communiqué - Recherche ESG UQAM : l'argent ne fait pas le bonheur, même au travail
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Université du Québec à Montréal
Expo LINO au Centre de design de l'UQAM
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 21: Best Print Ad or Poster
GOLD
Wilfrid Laurier University
LAURIER100 Inspiring Lives Advertising Campaign
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Prince Edward Island
Research on Tap: The Debt of Western Civilization to the United States of America
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
SAIT Polytechnic
SAIT Polytechnic, Bachelor of Business Administration - High School Wall Decals
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 22: Best Photograph
GOLD
University of Manitoba
Trailblazer
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
University of Prince Edward Island
Knee Deep in Frogs
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Université de Montréal
The Rector's Breakfast
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 23: Best Institutional Annual Report
GOLD
The University of British Columbia
UBC Online Annual Review 2011/2012
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
Memorial University of Newfoundland
Great Minds Think Differently - President's Report Highlights 2011
• Submission Summary Document
BRONZE
Université de Montréal
Rector's Report 2010-2011
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 24: Best New Idea: Creativity on a Shoestring
BRONZE
Wilfrid Laurier University
GRADitude
• Submission Summary Document
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Category 25: Best Use of Multi-Media
GOLD
University of British Columbia
start an evolution Online Videos Ads
• Submission Summary Document
SILVER
McGill University
McGill Dances for Cancer Research
• Submission Summary Document
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