Award show roundup
By Adnews Staff
Daniel Rabinowicz, president of TAXI Montreal, has been appointed chair of judging for this year's Cassies awards. Pierre Balloffet of HEC Montréal, Sunni Boot of ZenithOptimedia, Michael Brossard of Rona, Jennifer Dunne of Cirque du Soleil, Stéphane Duval of Labatt, Lisa Elder of Heads Up, Sébastien Fauré of Communications bleu blanc rouge, Lynn Fletcher of Arnold Worldwide, Richard Hadden of Cossette Communication Group, Robin Heisey of FCB, Jo-Ann McArthur of Molson Sports & Entertainment, Paul Oldale of Canada Post, Marc-André Rivard of Saint-Jacques Vallée Young & Rubicam, Rick Seifeddine of Telus Mobilité, Linda Smith of Fleishman Hillard and Fransi Weinstein of Tattoo Direct & Digital. The awards this year will also include a new Benchmarking Panel consisting of Arthur Fleischmann, David Rutherford, Heather Fraser, Louis-Eric Vallée, Peter Elwood and Yves Blain. This panel will examine all contenders going to final judging to ensure that the advertising in question generated substantial business results. The Cassies are presented by the Institute of Communications and Advertising, the Association des agences de Publicité du Québec and Le Publicité Club de Montréal. The deadline for entries is June 30. The awards will be presented on Nov. 24.