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Category: Award Gala

  • The Earth Day Canada Gala@Mill Street Brew Pub-Wed.,June 14th,2017

    The yearly Earth Day Canada Gala is an opportunity for environmental, business, community and political leaders to come together, celebrate recent accomplishments, network and have fun! This year’s fundraising for the new EarthPLAY program, puts outdoor free play back into childhood. More than 400 guests arrived at the newly renovated Mill Street Brew Pub, where…

  • The 2017 Parachute Gala @Rebel-Wed.,May 31st, 2017.

    Photography By Sari Colt They rolled out the “Green Caroet” for The 2017 Parachute Gala which was  held at Rebel in Toronto on May 31st, 2017. The Parachute Board of Directors, members of the medical community, celebrities, community leaders, and entertainers joined together to raise awareness and funds for one important cause. Parachute awarded both His…

  • Canadian Music Week 2017 – The Crystals, The Indies, The Canadian Radio Music Awards, The Cdn.Music & Broadcast Industry Awards, 2017 Live Music Industry Awards – April 18th-23rd, 2017

    Interviewer-Chris Jesse & Videographer-Steve Jesse The Crystals Awards was proud to present their 2017 Radio Awards for The Best in Canadian Radio Creative, on Wed. April 19th at the TIFF Bell Lightbox, as part of Canadian Music Week (CMW), running from April 18-23. With recognition going out to a great deal of musical talents, it…

  • Canadian Screen Awards@Sony Centre-Sunday, March 12th, 2017

    It was the fifth annual Canadian Screen Awards on Sunday night, broadcasted live from Toronto’s Sony Centre for the Performing Arts, with Canadian Howie Mandel hosting this year’s award ceremonies. Each year, the Canadian Screen Awards honours the best in Canadian film and television, with winners in the Creative Fiction and Non-Fiction categories announced at…

  • Canadian Screen Awards Nomination Announcement @Aperture (Tues., Jan.17th, 2017)

    Two more months before the excitement of The Canadian Screen Awards arrives in Toronto, but some announcements were made regarding the nominees and it was streaming live on line. Iconic actor Christopher Plummer will be honoured with a Lifetime Achievement Award at the 2017 Canadian Screen Awards. Also actor and television personality Howie Mandel will…

  • WXN Top 100 Most Powerful Women @M.T.C.C. (Thurs. Nov.24th, 2016)

    The Awards Gala is about celebration and recognition. It’s another year of accomplished recipients for The Top 100 Community, raising the total number to 939, including 128 Hall of Fame Inductees. On November 24, 2016, the spotlight was on the Award Winners, as well as their organizations and networks who played a vital role in…

  • The RBC Canadian Women Entrepreneur Awards Gala@The Fairmount Royal York(Wed.,Nov.16th,2016)

    5,000 women entrepreneurs from coast to coast were nominated for this year’s award, and 18 finalists were selected. These exceptional women were chosen for their accomplishments in industries as diverse as finance, technology, and health services. The winners were announced and celebrated at the 24th Annual Awards Gala, hosted by Diane Francis, editor at large…

  • B’Nai Brith Canada-2016 Human Rights Gala Honouring David Foster@Mattamy Centre(Thurs.,Nov.10th,2016)

    By BK on the SCENE On Thursday, Nov. 10, 2016, B’nai Brith Canada celebrated its 2016 Human Rights Gala by honouring Grammy-Award winning Canadian music legend and humanitarian David Foster with the Award of Merit, the highest distinction their organization can bestow. A dedicated human rights activist and Officer of the Order of Canada, it…

  • The Polaris Music Prize@The Carlu(Monday,September 19th,2016)

    Kaytranada was the big winner on Monday night for the Polaris Music Prize as Buffy Sainte-Marie presented the 24-year-old Haitian-Canadian producer with the $50,000 prize. His debut album titled 99.9% was awarded the eleventh annual Polaris Prize, which recognizes a single Canadian record each year for the most artistic merit, regardless of sales or label.…

  • TIFF 2016: We Kill Death@Thompson Hotel+Creative Coalition@STK

    Photo Credits: Tom Sandler, Ernesto DiStefano+BK on the SCENE We were privileged to be invited on Friday to view history being made as three free climbing roof toppers–Mustang Wanted, Vadim Makhorov and Vitaliy Raskalov–climbed a construction crane atop a 60-story building in downtown Toronto in celebration of the new film they’re starring in called “WE…

  • TIFF 2016: The 2016 Birks Diamond Tribute during TIFF@Shangri-La(Mon.,Sept.12th,2016)

    Telefilm Canada and Birks paid tribute to 12 Canadian women in film at the 2016 Birks Diamond Tribute during Day 5 of TIFF at the Shangri-La hotel in downtown Toronto. The 2016 honourees of the Birks Diamond Tribute to the Year’s Women in Film were directors Tracey Deer, Ann Marie Fleming,April Mullen, Léa Pool and…

  • 2016 Canada’s Walk of Fame Inductee Announcement!@The Royal York Fairmount(Tues.,Aug.23rd,2016)

    It was the  2016 Canada’s Walk of Fame Inductee Announcement at the legendary Royal York Fairmount in Toronto! Canada’s Walk of Fame, along with Corus Entertainment,  announced the names of the 2016 inductees. Each has been selected for having excelled in their respective field, for fuelling Canadian pride and for inspiring the next generation to…

  • Canadian Music Week 2016(CMW2016)@Toronto(May2nd-8th,2016

    Canadian Music Week now in it’s 34th year is recognized as one of the premiere entertainment events in North America focusing on the business of music. The Canadian Music Week festival ran for 7 nights of performances, with hundreds of showcasing bands at more than 40 live music venues in downtown Toronto. All convention functions…

  • 48th Annual Purina Animal Hall of Fame@Purina Pathway(Tues.,May3rd,2016)

    Purina honoured (#AHOF) extraordinary acts of animal heroism at the 48th Annual Purina Animal Hall of Fame,hosted at Purina(@PurinaCanada) PawsWay(wwww.PawsWay.ca), its permanent home. Since its inception in 1968, the Purina Animal Hall of Fame has honoured pets and service animals for their remarkable feats of bravery, from alerting humans to life-threating medical emergencies,to saving them…

  • Earth Ball 2016 MILL STREET BREWERY: 21 Tank House Lane Distillery District(Fri.,Arpil 22nd,2016)

    The annual Earth Ball event hosted more than 400 business and environmental leaders in celebration of environmental achievement, while delighting guests in a culinary experience coupled with exciting entertainment. For 25 years, Earth Day Canada has inspired and activated Canadians of all ages to reduce the collective impact on the environment through innovative programming and…

  • Canadian Screen Awards Opening+Finale Gala@Westin Harbour Castle+Sony Centre(Wed.,March9th+Sun.,March 13th,2016)

    The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television  announced that 49 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS and six Academy Special Awards were presented in Drama, Children’s or Youth, Comedy and Variety categories http://www.academy.ca/news The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television  announced that 49 CANADIAN SCREEN AWARDS and six Academy Special Awards were presented tonight in Drama, Children’s or…

  • Academy Social@99 Sudbury(Thurs.,March 10th,2016)

    ​Canadian Screen Week celebrations continued with #AcademySocial, an event to honour the impressive achievements made by Canadian innovators in social and digital media. Hosts, Much Digital Creator Jus Reign and Much and eTalk Daily Correspondent Liz Trinnear host this evening of fun and celebration. Jus Reign – also known as Jasmeet Singh – Much Digital Creator/YouTube Influencer 690K subscribers on YouTube;  191K followers on…

  • The Fifth Annual Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize For NonFiction@AGO(Tues.,Oct.6th,2015) Chan

    By Nicholas Chan It was the Fifth Annual Hilary Weston Writers’ Trust Prize For NonFiction at the Art Gallery Of Ontario. The shortlist of Canadian literary nonfiction writer included:Eliott Behar for Tell It To The World,Douglas Coupland for Kitten Clone:Inside Alatel-Lucent,Dean Jobb for Empire of Deception:From Chicago to Nova Scotia, Lynette Loeppky:Cease:A Memoir of Love,Loss…

  • 26th Annual Socan Awards+Gala-Mon.,June 22nd,2015@Westin Harbour Castle

    SOCAN honored the legendary Randy Bachman, Bernie Finkelstein, and Mars Bonfire with a lifetime achievement award and the Canadian music industry honoured some of Canada’s most talented songwriters, composers, lyricists and music publishers at the 26th Annual SOCAN Awards Gala. The event acknowledges SOCAN members’ outstanding national and international achievements from the previous year. Past…

  • ANOKHI MEDIA’s 12th Anniversary Event @ Fairmount Royal York (March 28, 2015)

       The  ANOKHI MEDIA’s 12th Anniversary event at Toronto’s Fairmont Royal York was the place to celebrate the South Asian Community with over 900 well-dressed attendees. Red Carpet guests included: Daniel Ashwin Pillai – Director of Online TV, Spotlight TV, Pulse TV Dilshad Burman- Host, Omni TV V-Mix Raoul Juneja – Producer and Veejay, Omni TV V-Mix Veronica Chail…