Winners At The Canadian New Media Awards '08

The 3rd annual Canadian New Media Awards were held recently in Toronto as part of the nextMEDIA conference. The event was MC-ed by the comedian Sugar Sammy at the gorgeous CiRCA nightclub. The winners at the event included Viigo, a Toronto-based mobile RSS startup, and marblemedia, among others. The complete list of the winners (along with the finalists) is below:

COMPANY OF THE YEAR

• marblemedia, Toronto, ON - WINNER
• Big Blue Bubble, London, ON
  
• Moment Factory, Montreal, Quebec
• Vision Critical, Vancouver, BC

MOST PROMISING COMPANY OF THE YEAR

• Viigo, Toronto, ON - WINNER
• b5 Media, Toronto, ON
• Filemobile, Toronto, ON
  

EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA WEBSITES

• www.homelessnation.org, Homeless Street Archive , Montreal, QC - WINNER
• protagonize, Taunt Media, Burnaby, BC
• Pixton, Pixton Comics Inc,Vancouver, BC

EXCELLENCE IN SOCIAL MEDIA APPLICATIONS

• Traveler IQ Challenge, TravelPod , Ottawa, ON - WINNER
• These Are My Kids, Kinzin , Vancouver, BC
• Real Champions, CloudRaker , Montreal, QC

EXCELLENCE IN GAMING

• Mario Strikers Charged, Next Level Games Inc. , Vancouver, BC - WINNER
• The Urban Vermin Adventure, Decode Entertainment , Toronto, ON
• MysteryAtMansfieldManor.com, SR Entertainment Inc. , Toronto, ON

EXCELLENCE IN CHILDREN'S

• Flip Boom, Toon Boom Animation Inc. ,Montreal, QC - WINNER
  
• TVOKids.com, TVO, Toronto, ON
• Spiderman: Friend or Foe, Next Level Games Inc. ,Vancouver, BC

EXCELLENCE IN CROSS PLATFORM

• www.OddJobJack.com, Smiley Guy Studios, Toronto, ON - WINNER
• Postcards from Crystal, Lifecapture Interactive, Toronto, ON
• Mobile Stories, iThentic, Toronto, ON
  

EXCELLENCE IN NEWS/INFORMATION

• Diamond Road Online, Kensington Communications Inc., Toronto, ON - WINNER
• sedna.tv, Turbulent Média, Montreal, QC
  
• CBCNews.ca, CBCNews.ca, Toronto, ON

EXCELLENCE IN CULTURE, LIFESTYLE ARTS

• 1973: Sorry Out of Gas, Bluesponge, Montreal, QC - WINNER
• EMDialog, Dept of Computer Science, University of Calgary, Calgary, AB
• Website - The National Ballet of Canada, Momentum, Toronto, ON

EXCELLENCE IN LEARNING

• LE TAPIS ROUGE, Ellicom inc., Québec, QC - WINNER
  
• www.arewethereyet.tv, Sinking Ship Entertainment, Toronto, ON
• CBC/Radio-Canada Digital Archives Website, CBC / Radio-Canada, Toronto, ON

EDUCATOR OF THE YEAR

• Dan Zen, Sheridan Institute, Oakville, ON - WINNER
• Gerri Sinclair, Great Northern Way Campus, Vancouver, BC
  
• Daniel Ouellette, Loyalist College, Belleville, ON

PROGRAMMER OF THE YEAR

• Evert Pot, Toronto, ON - WINNER
• Corwin Derkatch, Regina, SK
• Ryan Andal, Toronto, ON

PRODUCER OF THE YEAR

• Mark Bishop, Toronto, ON - WINNER
• Michael Fergusson, Vancouver, BC
• Diana Arruda, Toronto, ON

DESIGNER OF THE YEAR

• Daniel Riley, Toronto, ON - WINNER
• Vincent Morisset, Montreal, QC
• Myron Campbell, Winnipeg, MB