Awards

ICYMI: Inside the AToMiC jury room
NFA’s Jordan Doucette and Canadian Tire’s Eva Salem led the fly-on-the-wall discussion around the work that won big this year.

AToMiC 2021: Direct attention
AToMiC ideas that were tailored to get audiences to think, act or listen intently.

AToMiC 2021: Quick off the mark
Drawing attention to the work that was first (or fast) to jump on a conversation or moment within the cultural sphere.

AToMiC 2021: Making tech accessible for all
An idea that transcended advertising by solving inequality issues for the sake of the greater good.

AToMiC 2021: Design to the rescue
How one brand chartered unfamiliar territory with a familiar brand identity.

AToMiC 2021: Culture Kings
Here is the work that fed into the cultural context and won over consumers with clever engagement plays.

Rethink and FCB sweep the 2021 AToMiC Awards
The agencies each take home a Grand Prix (and many more medals) for Kraft Heinz and CDSS, while Zulu, Ogilvy, Lg2 and Forsman & Bodenfors join the Gold winners circle.

Here is the Advertising shortlist jury for the 2021 Marketing Awards
Nearly 40 industry pros will help narrow down the field of entrants.

Cannes Lions announces 2021 jury members
Six judges will represent Canada and evaluate work using a digital judging platform.

Creative Report Card 2021: The Rethink machine
A fine-tuned creative process helped the agency crack the “acts, not ads” code.

Creative Report Card 2021: FCB will stop at nothing
How the agency sells clients on ambitious ideas before fully knowing how to deliver on them.

Creative Report Card 2021: Go behind the scenes of ‘Go Back to Africa’
How the creatives who worked on the campaign overcame the risk of confronting hate head-on.

Creative Report Card 2021: The WFH experiment
One year into the pandemic, how has quarantine impacted creativity and relationships?

Creative Report Card 2021: The Planners’ Review
The CRC’s highest-ranked strategists wax lyrical about the insights behind each other’s work.

The 2021 Creative Report Card
Here are this year’s rankings of the industry’s top creatives, strategists, brands and agencies.