They plotted a course and came home with the treasure.

2015 Winners


Print Kruger

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Boldly Supporting

This packaging would be printed on a limited run to be sold in stores for October, Breast Cancer Awareness Month. We would film peoples' reaction to use as content for TV footage and then to extend into social media.

Client

Kruger

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Tear

Magazine ad printed on paper towel, with a perforation running through a paragraph. When a section is torn away, a gentler message remains.

Client

Kruger

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Always There to Help

Our print ad is focused on maximizing engagement, connecting emotionally with our female audience, and adding utility. The resulting concept is interactive, memorable, and based in an authentic insight that every woman can relate to. Our piece looks like a typical print ad at first glance, but as the viewer becomes part of the experience, it is revealed to be an effective approach to bringing awareness to our cause, getting our product in the hands of women, and showcasing how Kruger has always supported breasts, in more ways than one.

Client

Kruger

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More Happy Tears

Thanks to companies like Scotties and their support of the Canadian Breast Cancer Foundation, more women are surviving breast cancer. To show this, we'll create a small pull-out book filled with individual stories of breast cancer survival. And because these emotional stories are likely to inspire tears, we'll print our book on Scotties tissue, letting people know that we're committed to more happy tears by supporting breast cancer research. We'll include this little book in magazines that our target is most likely to subscribe to.

Client

Kruger

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A COUPON OF HOPE

Using a double-page insert, one side will feature an ad for the CBCF, showing a family picture with the mother missing. On the other page there will be a coupon. When the coupon\'s torn, it will rip all the way across to the other page, revealing the mother in the picture and a message of hope.

Client

Kruger

  • gold Boldly Supporting Emmanuel Torres
    Alexandra DeMaria
  • silver Tear Graeme Campbell
    Cliff Seto
  • bronze Always There to Help Mary Soroka
    Matthew Doran
  • merit More Happy Tears Anand Iyer
    Domenique Raso
  • merit A COUPON OF HOPE Elma Karabegovic
    Cole Rosenberg-Pach

Out of home McDonalds

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Build The Legend. Get The Legend.

Bringing chicken, bacon, and onion together in a unique way has McDonald's new CBO sandwich set to be Canada's next legend. So we sent Canadians on a journey to assemble their own using Instagram.

Client

McDonalds

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The CBO Heros Journey

1. Using phone pairing technology,the outdoor board sends a burger to your phone when you visit the website and are standing nearby. 2. Continually swiping up keeps it lifted on his back as you head toward a nearby McDonalds. 3. The closer you get, the faster you have to swipe to keep from dropping it, and the bigger the discount. 4. Make it all the way and your CBO is free!

Client

McDonalds

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CBO Gram It Get It

To engage Canadians and turn the CBO into McDonald's next legend, we created an out of home campaign that drove to mobile and asked young Canadian adults to spell out the letters C,B & O, using three consecutive pictures on Instagram, including #CBOGramItGetIt. When they did, their Instagram feeds acted as social ads for CBO, and in return, they were instantly rewarded with a free CBO coupon via Instagram DM from @McDonaldsCanada.

Client

McDonalds

  • gold Build The Legend. Get The Legend. Jordan Gladman
    Mike Johnson
  • silver The CBO Heros Journey Anthony Chelvanathan
  • merit CBO Gram It Get It Jordan Dunlop
    Ryan Chiasson

Campaign Pepsico

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The Snack Stack

There is no better combination than Pepsi & Lays, so why not sell them together? Stacked. The Snack Stack is the sensibly proportioned all-in-one party kit for any occasion. Not only will the product be created but the campaign will be expanded through stacked executions in print, DM, digital and OOH.

Client

Pepsico

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A Perfect Combo

Our campaign is based on the fact that a Lays chip fits perfectly over the swash of the Pepsi logo. The Print/Out-of-Home executions display the combo-logo, reinforcing the perfect combo idea. At Point-of-Purchase, the consumer will find a peelable sticker on the Pepsi logo, offering a FREE bag of Lays that together, will ensure fun for the whole family. Vending machines in public places, like arenas and community centres, take the idea further. When a product is purchased from one machine, it will cause both machines to dispense their product, surprising the consumer with the perfect combo.

Client

Pepsico

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Together For Fun

Together, Pepsi and Lay's are the ultimate family fun combo. To really bring this idea to life we'll create a multipack that includes Lay's, Pepsi (with bottle caps that are actual game pieces) and a carrying case that literally transforms into one of four classic board games. Giving families the opportunity to purchase everything they need for game night - all in one box.

Client

Pepsico

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Perfect complements.

To position Pepsi and Lay's as the perfect pop and chip combo, we wanted to create associations where you couldn't see one brand without thinking of the other. So we decided to let them do the talking. But for the first time, these two iconic brands didn't speak for themselves. They spoke for each other.

Client

Pepsico

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Perfect Together

This concept brings to life this simple truth in an iconic, memorable way while maintaining high brand recognition. We show how Pepsi and Lays were meant to be together by replacing the white swoosh in the Pepsi logo with a Lays chip. This idea was easily pooled out to live in digital banners and OOH, where you see a falling Lays chip land on the white on the Pepsi logo and form one new icon. In store, on Pepsi packs, a Lays chip peels off the logo to reveal an offer to buy the other half of the perfect combo.

Client

Pepsico

  • gold The Snack Stack Dylan Silvestro
    Tiffiny Li
  • silver A Perfect Combo Jennifer Colacci
    Rudy Luft
  • merit Together For Fun Steve Muzzin
    Joe Morris
  • merit Perfect complements. Jordan Gabriel
    Christopher Brown
  • merit Perfect Together Anthony Chelvanathan

Digital TD Canada

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Deposit Your Discount

Millennials shop online to save big, but afterwards, they treat their discounts as disposable income rather than true savings. Our idea is to give online shoppers the option to deposit their discounts into a long-term savings account using a web plug-in.

Client

TD Canada

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Charge Your Future

INSIGHT - Millennials aren't spending their time thinking about the future, they're spending their time on their phones. IDEA - To make saving easier for millennials, we'll take advantage of a habitual behavior we know they're all doing – charging their phones every night. The TD mobile charger will be fully integrated with the TD mobile banking app. Every time a user charges their phone, they'll charge their savings through a pre-authorized transfer.

Client

TD Canada

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TD Playment The YouTube Savings Plan

Playment is a savings plan that automatically contributes to your RSP every time you watch a video on YouTube.

Client

TD Canada

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Pimp My Retirement

Millenials crave instant gratification which makes saving for retirement a low priority. We wanted to make the long-term benefits of retirement savings instant, by creating a mobile game that converts all in-app purchases to RRSP deposits when connected to your online TD account. Effectively combining ‘saving' with the addictive impulse spending of a Free-To-Play mobile game.

Client

TD Canada

  • gold Deposit Your Discount Jason Soy
    Sally Fung
  • silver Charge Your Future Justin Luu
    Laura Sadler
  • silver TD Playment The YouTube Savings Plan Marko Pandza
    Jason Kerr
  • merit Pimp My Retirement Robin Soukvilay
    Mitch Robertson

Big Ideas Yamaha

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Music Journal

Let's share the healing power of music with those who need it most. 1 in 5 Canadian teens suffers from anxiety and depression, but almost half go untreated. We'll invite teens to anonymously submit their journals to inspire the next big single. Youth find solace in songs by their favourite bands, so we'll ask five of Canada's top musicians to turn their feelings into music. This will make teens more comfortable with expressing their thoughts and show them that they don't suffer alone.

Client

Yamaha

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Busk it Forward

People already celebrate how music enhances their lives. Everyday they upload their music and covers to YouTube, SoundCloud and Bandcamp. We will create a website where musicians can digitally busk for a cause. They'll be able to play music live over webcam. When visitors to the site hear something they like, they can leave a tip/donation that will go toward buying instruments for schools. As a result, musicians will get free promotion of their music, listeners will get to find new music to listen to, and a new generation of musicians will be trained in schools.

Client

Yamaha

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Bandr by Yamaha

Finding the perfect bandmate can be as tough as finding your soulmate. Bandr by Yamaha makes it easier by putting musicians looking to jam in the palm of your hand. Just swipe until you've found a match. Like Tinder, except instead of going on a date, you get to rock out.

Client

Yamaha

  • gold Music Journal Megan Kras
    Eric Hui
  • silver Busk it Forward Dave Fontaine
    Justin Turco
  • merit Bandr by Yamaha Emma Wathan
    Martin Stinnissen

Student RBC

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Avion Drone Photo Booth

To show that Avion gives experiences worth sharing we installed a unique photo booth all around the world at famous tourist destinations and gave every Avioner a chance to capture and share their favorite moments in an unusual but fun way using camera drones to take photos and videos which then get shared immediately on social media sites.

Client

RBC

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Beacon - An Avion Experience

An app that helps you meet up with other Canadians while travelling abroad. These meet-ups help Avioners earn Avion points and discounts with vendors.

Client

RBC

  • gold Avion Drone Photo Booth Yash Thapar
    Nolan Kennelly
  • silver Beacon - An Avion Experience Brad Biggs
    Nathan Styles

Not for profit Sunnybrook

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Taste of Freedom

Our veterans sacrificed a lot for our freedom. To repay them, people will make the same sacrifice they once did, while donating to the Veteran's Centre at the same time. For one month, restaurants will offer a unique prix fixe menu similar to Canada's well-known Summerlicious/Winterlicious dining event - with a twist. Diners will experience an authentic wartime menu offering ration meals. A prix fixe meal costs $30. Five dollars goes to the cost of food, the rest is donated to Operation Raise A Flag.

Client

Sunnybrook

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Patriot Seating

During the months leading up to Remembrance Day, tickets to select events are sold at a premium with proceeds from each sale going to the Sunnybrook Veterans' Centre. At the events, Patriot Seating ticket holders will be given a red or white t-shirt according to where they sit, which they can wear to become a giant flag — and a giant ad for the campaign.

Client

Sunnybrook

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Highway of Heroes

For the month of November we'll transform Uber into a symbol of support for our veterans. Every Uber car will be outfitted with a retractable flag and a decal explaining the cause. Within the first 30 seconds of your ride you will be prompted through the app to donate and raise the flag outside your window. Every donation will then become a badge of respect for the person in the car and each flag will add to a sea of cars supporting out veterans throughout the city.

Client

Sunnybrook

  • gold Taste of Freedom Shauna Roe
    Rachel Kennedy
  • bronze Patriot Seating Jordan Hamer
    Spencer Dingle
  • merit Highway of Heroes Barbato Martiniello
    Emma Quiroz

Wild Card Kraft Nabob

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The Disloyalty Card

At Nabob, we\'ve been dedicated to quality since 1896. So we're out to prove that our beans can win over coffee lovers loyal to other brands with a program that shows people drinking Nabob is its own reward.

Client

Kraft Nabob

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Nabobs New Brew

People already celebrate how music enhances their lives. Everyday they upload their music and covers to YouTube, SoundCloud and Bandcamp. We will create a website where musicians can digitally busk for a cause. They'll be able to play music live over webcam. When visitors to the site hear something they like, they can leave a tip/donation that will go toward buying instruments for schools. As a result, musicians will get free promotion of their music, listeners will get to find new music to listen to, and a new generation of musicians will be trained in schools.To change the way Canadians think about coffee we'll brew a brave, new blend - a beer. The Nabob Coffee Porter is all about substance over style, a break-through way to show respect for the bean. To drive trial, we'll include a bag of Nabob Breakfast Blend in every case - the perfect pick-me-up for the morning after. By putting Nabob on an entirely new shelf, the brew entices a target with discerning tastes. More than that, it brings a brand steeped in tradition fearlessly into 2015.

Client

Kraft Nabob

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Inside Out

Nabob fakes out consumers by turning their packaging inside out. Nabob temporarily turns packaging inside out and rebrands as Kelly, Douglas and Co., their original company name. Consumers open the coffee and as the pack empties it reveals the original Nabob packaging printed on the inside. A note buried in the coffee lets them in on the stunt asking them to reconsider drinking Nabob. After all, it's what's on the inside that counts.

Client

Kraft Nabob

  • gold The Disloyalty Card Marko Pandza
    Jason Kerr
  • bronze Nabobs New Brew Christian Buer
    Meghan Kraemer
  • merit Inside Out Pamela Rounis
    Mustaali Raj

Media National Advertising Challenge

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Cans for Cannes equals bright ideas for marketers

Recognizing the length of the competition as our advantage, we\'ll use media to re-frame the NAC, breaking down the mental barrier Ad Folk have around the time commitment involved. We\'ll motivate action by focusing on idea generation and by making it fun! Markers in turn will see the brainpower that goes into the NAC, helping them to see the competition as a business solution.

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National Advertising Challenge

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Cheat on Your Agency

Marketing managers are currently in relationships with their AOR\'s and this media plan highlights the opportunity to work with new creative minds.

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National Advertising Challenge

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CC Everyone

Award shows and competitions are not just for the creative folk, and neither is this media plan. By targeting all agency personnel through direct & personal channels, we will generate awareness and a higher number of entrants. With this media plan, we aim to break down some of the barriers to entry, to make this the easiest (and most delicious) advertising challenge you\'ve ever entered your original work into.

Client

National Advertising Challenge

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Latevertising

Becoming a top creative in the industry takes hard work, dedication and a lot of hours. Since the best and brightest creatives (our target) are usually the ones who consistently pull late nights at the office, we'll use the nightly cleaning crew as our media - as well as other unexpected objects around the office.

Client

National Advertising Challenge

  • gold Cans for Cannes equals bright ideas for marketers Ryan Van Dongen
  • silver Cheat on Your Agency Cara Jackson
    Jordan McKenzie
  • bronze CC Everyone Deniz Melen
    Jerome Skeene
  • merit Latevertising David Horovitch
    David Strasser
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