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Award Winners

2024 Pinnacle Awards and Special Awards Winners

Pinnacle Award Winners

A Pinnacle Award is a prestigious communications award with a longstanding history of celebrating and rewarding the best public relations programs and projects. CPRS Hamilton is proud to recognize the exceptional talent of its members and those in the PR sector.

2025 Winners

Silver Pinnacle Winners

  • City of Hamilton, Solar Eclipse – Integrated Communications
  • Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority, On the Road at HOPA Ports – Multimedia Campaign 
  • CBV Institute, Decoding Digital Trust – Kevin Floether, MCM, APR, CM – Communications Project, Research

Gold Pinnacle Winners

  • YMCA Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford, Igniting the Potential to Save Lives – External Communications Campaign
  • Hamilton Oshawa Port Authority, On the Road at HOPA Ports – Media Relations Campaign under $50k
  • Creative Guild, Hamilton Poop Project – Advocacy and Social Marketing Campaign
  • YMCA Hamilton | Burlington | Brantford, Igniting Potential to Save Lives Campaign – Charitable Campaign
  • McMaster University, Master of Communications Management, Cutting the Cord to the Gas Tank and Plugging in (Capstone Defence) – presented by Nicole Woodall, MBA, MCM, APR – Communication Project, Research

Special Award Winners

Nominated by peers, these awards recognize exceptional leadership and action in the public relations profession.

2025 Winners

  • Marcus Giancola, Niagara College – Student Award of Excellence
  • Cynthia Liebel, PhD, MCM, APR, and Nicole Woodall, MBA, MCM – Sharon Little, APR Legacy Scholar Award
  • Bill Steinburg – Bob Deans, APR Mentorship Award
  • Tiana Melnychuk – Heather J. Pullen Memorial Award
  • Naomi Fox – Mark Gregory Memorial Award

Previous Winners

Click on the years below to see winners from previous years

2024 Winners

Silver Pinnacle Winners

  • Hamilton Community Foundation – In-House Team of the Year
  • King’s University College – Media Relations Campaign under 50k
  • Town of Milton – Integrated Communications Campaign

Gold Pinnacle Winners

  • Family & Children’s Services Niagara – Marketing Communications Campaign
  • Hamilton Community Foundation – External Communications Campaign
  • Niagara Region Public Health – Marketing Communications Campaign
  • St. Mary’s General Hospital Foundation – Marketing Communications Campaign
  • Town of Milton – In-House Team of the Year
  • Town of Oakville (Julia Le, Jeff Smalley) – Digital Communications Campaign; Product or Service Launch
  • Wilfrid Laurier University – Marketing Communications Campaign; Special Events Project

Special Award Winners

  • Alyssa Lai, APR – Bill Cockman Memroial Award for Excellence in PR
  • Alexandre Sevigny, PhD, APR – Dr. Louis J. Cahill Memorial Award for Distinguished Service
  • Naomi Fox – Heather J. Pullen Memorial Award
  • Linneah Tovstiga – Bob Deans, APR Mentorship Award
  • Brett Sweeney, MCM, APR – Sharon Little, APR Legacy Scholar Fund
  • Bhrigu Bagga – Student Award of Excellence (Niagara College)