The Ritz Carlton, Toronto
The IR Magazine Awards – Canada 2022 took place in-person on Wednesday, May 25 at The Ritz Carlton, Toronto. This very special event honored excellence in the investor relations profession across Canada and we were excited to welcome everyone back for an evening of fine food and lots of celebrating!
Since the annual event first launched in 1996, tens of thousands of analysts and investors have voted in the surveys that fuels the awards. The result: vital benchmarking information on which companies do the best IR. In recent years, the awards program has expanded to recognize more aspects of an IRO’s role as we add new categories to the list and give IR teams the opportunity to nominate themselves.
By popular demand, we presented two types of award categories – researched and nominated – both celebrating the success of those individuals and companies that are leading the way in IR across Canada.
For our researched categories, companies do not submit nominations. Instead, hundreds of analysts and investors cast their votes and give their opinions on which companies provide the best IR service. In our nominated categories, companies submit written entries to articulate their success and achievements from the past year, giving any publicly listed company the opportunity to be considered for an award.
View the highlights from the 2022 awards ceremony
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For our awards-by-nomination categories, individuals and companies are given the opportunity to submit written entries, free of charge, to be put forward to a panel of expert judges made up of investment professionals and IR Magazine editorial team members.
To view the full list of 2022 nominees and winners click here.
Canadian Tire Corporation
CN
WINNER
Sponsored by
Agnico Eagle Mines
Canadian Pacific Railway
WINNER
RBC
Rogers Communications
TD Bank Group
WSP Global
Sponsored by
Aecon Group
ARC Resources
WINNER
Boralex
DIRTT Environmental Solutions
Gibson Energy
Sponsored by
Aecon Group
ARC Resources
Hut 8 Mining Corp
WINNER
Sponsored by
Aecon Group
Hudbay Minerals
SNC-Lavalin Group
WINNER
Sun Life Financial
TransAlta Corporation
Sponsored by
ARC Resources
Arizona Sonoran Copper Company
Canadian Pacific Railway
WINNER
Cenovus Energy
Sun Life Financial
The Lion Electric Co
Sponsored by
ARC Resources
WINNER
Canadian Pacific Railway
CN
Endeavour Silver Corporation
Hudbay Minerals
Q4
Sponsored by
Aecon Group
Hut 8 Mining Corp
WINNER
Solaris Resources
Sponsored by
Aecon Group
ARC Resources
Hut 8 Mining Corp
WINNER
Solaris Resources
Sponsored by
Canadian Pacific Railway, Chris de Bruyn
Nutrien, Tim Mizuno
RBC, Marco Giurleo
WSP Global, Quentin Weber
WINNER
Sponsored by
The awards-by-nomination categories differ from our traditional researched awards, as individuals and companies are given the opportunity to submit written entries, free of charge, to be put forward to a panel of expert judges made up of investment professionals and IR Magazine editorial team members.
The judging process consists of three simple phases:
Phase one: Once the entry deadline has passed, the IR Magazine editorial team reviews all submissions and produces the short list
Phase two: The short-listed entries are shared with an independent judging panel made up of industry experts. The judges review each short-listed entry and select their top two picks per category
Phase three: The judges come together to discuss, debate and select the final list of winners who will go on to win an award
The judges’ votes are not made public, but their comments may be published in articles or reports after the event. Judges are not required to make comments against every submission.
We are delighted to announce our judging panel for the 2022 awards! Click on each photo below to find out more.
Brian Christie
Vice president, investor relations
Agnico Eagle Mines
Mr. Christie is the Vice President, Investor Relations and has held this position since 2012. Prior to his appointment, he worked for over 17 years in the investment industry, primarily as a precious and base metals mining analyst with Desjardins Securities, National Bank Financial, Canaccord Capital and HSBC Securities. Prior to this, Mr. Christie spent 13 years in the mining industry as a geologist for a variety of mining companies, including Homestake, Billiton, Falconbridge Copper and Newmont Mining.
Mr. Christie holds a BSc. in Geology (University of Toronto) and an MSc. in Geology (Queen’s University). He currently serves as Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Denver Gold Group.
Lorne Gorber
Executive advisor
Lorne is an executive communications professional with 15+ years of success leading global strategic reputation management initiatives. He delivers effective communications strategies and campaigns for multiple stakeholders within large, global, and publicly-traded companies.
Recognized as a passionate and effective listener with the ability to synthesize complexity into actionable insights and develop messages relevant to all audiences. He also has a strong background in creative arts and writing, and brings a talent for crystalizing key messages and engaging as the company spokesperson.
Lisa Greatrix
Former senior vice president, finance and investor relations
Canadian Tire Corporation
Lisa Greatrix is a seasoned Finance and Investor Relations Executive and Board member with extensive experience in managing diverse groups and initiatives in multiple disciplines including finance, customer support and operations.
Recently retired, Lisa previously held the role of Senior Vice-President, Finance and Investor Relations at Canadian Tire Corporation (CTC), Lisa and her team directly supported CTC’s Board of Directors, CFO and CEO. In this role, Lisa oversaw investor relations strategies and programs and also managed relationships with the investor and analyst communities. Lisa’s IR team was recognized with two IR Magazine Awards for Best in Sector.
Lisa joined Canadian Tire in 2007 as Vice-President, Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis. During this time, she acted as a trusted advisor to senior management, supported the creation of CT REIT and played a key role in creating a sustainable financial framework. Throughout her career at CTC, she has set strategies and inspired change that has made CTC home to some of the best practices in financial planning and analysis, and investor relations.
Prior to joining Canadian Tire, Lisa held senior positions at MDS, Research in Motion and Xerox Canada. Lisa is a Chartered Accountant and Chartered Professional Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Business Administration from York University. She has also completed the Queen’s Executive Program.
Lisa currently serves as a Board and Audit Committee member for the Canadian Investor Relations Institute (CIRI), and as a Board member for Neighbourly Pharmacy.
Colleen Johnston
Former CFO
TD Bank
Colleen currently serves on the boards of Shopify, McCain Foods and Q4. Colleen is Chair of Unity Health Toronto, which includes St. Michael’s Hospital, St. Joseph’s Health Centre and Providence Healthcare; a member on the Board of the Shaw Festival; and a member of the Dean’s Advisory Council at the Schulich School of Business. She previously served as the Chair of Bridgepoint Health and the Heart & Stroke Foundation of Ontario.
Colleen Johnston retired from TD Bank Group in 2018. Prior to this, she was the Group Head Direct Channels, Technology, Marketing and Corporate & Public Affairs, TD Bank Group. Colleen served as TD’s Chief Financial Officer from 2005 2015. Prior to joining TD in 2004, Colleen spent 15 years with Scotiabank in various senior finance positions. Colleen started her career at PwC in 1982. She received her CA designation in 1984 and in 2006 was elected an FCA (FCPA) recognizing her outstanding career achievements and
dedication to community activities.
At TD, she was actively involved in promoting diversity and inclusion in the workplace as Chair of the Women in Leadership Committee for ten years. In 2013, Colleen was awarded the Catalyst Canada Honours in the Business Leader Category. Colleen has received numerous top industry honours as a senior finance executive including Canada’s CFO of the Year in 2012. She was recognized by Women’s Executive Network as one of Canada’s Most Powerful Women three years in a row and inducted into Canada’s Most Powerful
Women: Top 100 Hall of Fame in 2007. In 2011, for the third year in a row, she was named one of the 25 Most Powerful Women in Banking by American Banker. Colleen has received Honorary Degrees from St. Mary’s University and York University (Schulich School of Business).
Laurie Havelock
Editor-at-large
IR Magazine
Laurie Havelock is a journalist, writer and podcaster who has worked with IR Magazine for almost a decade. Outside of writing about investor relations, corporate governance and green finance, he also works for the i newspaper as a news editor and culture writer. Away from writing, he works on several comedy podcasts including Podshambles and Idle Fantasy and was formerly a radio DJ, and hosted a weekly show on Shoreditch Radio called What’s Your Plan B? He lives in London with Mischa, his dog.
Our awards-by-research nominees are determined by the input of hundreds of analysts and portfolio managers, who give their opinions on which companies provide them with the best IR service in Canada. Every year we invite any publicly listed company to submit their list of buy and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers, so that they have the opportunity to vote via our survey.
If you have any questions on this process or wish to access our data sharing agreement, please visit our Frequently Asked Questions page. We are no longer accepting lists for the 2022 research, but should you have any queries about the process, please contact [email protected].
To view the full list of 2022 nominees and winners click here.
Agnico Eagle Mines
Canadian Pacific Railway
WINNER
CN
Enbridge
Intact Financial Corporation
Shopify
TC Energy Corporation
WSP Global
Sponsored by
BlackBerry
Endeavour Mining
Finning International
Gibson Energy
Hudbay Minerals
Stantec
WINNER
TMX Group
Sponsored by
Aecon Group
Badger Infrastructure Solutions
Calian Group
Cascades
Cronos Group
The Lion Electric Co
WINNER
Sponsored by
Agnico Eagle Mines, Brian Christie
Canadian Pacific Railway, Maeghan Albiston
WINNER
CN, Paul Butcher
Enbridge, Jonathan Morgan
Hydro One, Omar Javed
OpenText Corporation, Greg Secord
Shopify, Katie Keita
TC Energy Corporation, David Moneta
Sponsored by
Baytex Energy Corp, Brian Ector
Element Fleet Management, Michael Barrett
Hudbay Minerals, Candace Brule
The Lion Electric Co, Isabelle Adjahi
WINNER
TMX Group, Paul Malcolmson
Vermilion Energy, Kyle Preston
Sponsored by
Agnico Eagle Mines, Sean Boyd, CEO & David Smith, CFO
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners, David Krant, CFO & Samuel Pollock, CEO
Canadian Pacific Railway, Keith Creel, CEO & Nadeem Velani, CFO
WINNER
Intact Financial Corporation, Charles Brindamour, CEO & Louis Marcotte, CFO
Loblaw Companies, Richard Dufresne, CFO & Galen Weston, CEO
Shopify, Tobias Lütke, CEO & Amy Shapero, CFO
TELUS, Darren Entwistle, CEO & Doug French, CFO
Tourmaline Oil Corp, Brian Robinson, CFO & Michael Rose, CEO
WSP Global, Alexandre L'Heureux, CEO & Alain Michaud, CFO
Sponsored by
Capstone Mining, Darren Pylot, CEO & Raman Randhawa, CFO
Gibson Energy, Sean Brown, CFO & Steve Spaulding, CEO
Hudbay Minerals, Steve Douglas, CFO & Peter Kukielski, CEO
Stantec, Theresa Jang, CFO & Gord Johnston, CEO
Toromont Industries, Michael McMillan, CFO & Scott Medhurst, CEO
WINNER
Sponsored by
Canadian Pacific Railway
WINNER
CN
lululemon athletica
Shopify
Sponsored by
Canadian Tire Corporation
Gildan Activewear
lululemon athletica
WINNER
Magna International
Sponsored by
Alimentation Couche-Tard
Cronos Group
Loblaw Companies
WINNER
Saputo
Sponsored by
Ballard Power Systems
Enbridge
WINNER
Gibson Energy
Suncor Energy
TC Energy Corporation
Tourmaline Oil Corp
Sponsored by
Brookfield Asset Management
Intact Financial Corporation
WINNER
Manulife Financial
Scotiabank
TD Bank Group
TMX Group
Sponsored by
Canadian Pacific Railway
WINNER
CN
Finning International
GFL Environmental
Stantec
WSP Global
Sponsored by
Agnico Eagle Mines
WINNER
Endeavour Mining
First Quantum Minerals
Hudbay Minerals
Lundin Mining Corporation
Teck Resources
Sponsored by
BlackBerry
Constellation Software
Descartes Systems Group
OpenText Corporation
Shopify
WINNER
TELUS
Sponsored by
Algonquin Power & Utilities Corp
Brookfield Infrastructure Partners
Brookfield Renewable Partners
Capital Power Corporation
Fortis
WINNER
Hydro One
Sponsored by
The first thing to explain is that our awards are different from most others: for our awards by research, companies do not submit nominations. The winners are identified by in-depth research and any publicly traded company is eligible to be considered. This survey is the only one of its kind to go directly to the investment community, via a combination of an electronic survey and one-to-one telephone interviews, canvassing the opinions of the people who matter to you most.
July 2021: Sample selection
IR Magazine has been building investment community databases for more than 30 years. As part of the updating process, listed companies are contacted every year for details of the professionals who currently cover their stock. These details are combined with IHS Markit’s list of US investment community contacts to produce a total of around 50,000 investors and analysts.
September – November 2021: Telephone survey
The telephone survey then gets under way. The researchers conduct in-depth interviews with an additional 250 portfolio managers and analysts across the US and Canada. Many of them participate in the study year after year, but there is always a healthy proportion of new respondents each year as well. As the research progresses, the sample is adjusted to ensure appropriate weightings are maintained.
October 2021: Electronic survey
IR Magazine then conducts an electronic survey of buy-side and sell-side analysts and portfolio managers. The electronic survey typically receives 200 individual responses from the investment community. These responses then go to Mary Maude Research for initial analysis. The research firm determines what will constitute a representative sample, weighted for industry sector.
Results analysis
Once the survey stage of the research is completed, the final analysis is undertaken. The companies with the highest scores make the short lists for the awards categories, and the points are further analyzed to identify the best exponents of IR by sector. The independence of our research is crucial to the integrity of the whole awards program, so IR Magazine sees the results only once the research is complete. This ensures a transparent, independent set of results that IROs can trust as a valuable bench-marking tool.
January 2022: Short list compiled
IR Magazine receives the results in January and contacts the short-listed companies to give them the good news. The short list is then published to the entire IR community the month before the event.
May 25, 2022: Winners announced
And finally… the winners are announced live at the black tie awards gala on Wednesday, May 25, 2022!
May 2022: Report published
Shortly after the awards, the Investor Perception Study – Canada 2022 report is published and made available to IR Magazine subscribers. This report will profile the top ranked companies and reveal information on how they conduct their IR activities and why investors voted for them.
Attendees at this event are leading IR practitioners from across Canada. Each participant is someone with an established track record and a strategic IR role within his or her company.
Below is a sample of some of our past attendees:
Company | Job title | Company | Job title | |
DLF | AGM, investor relations | Verde AgriTech | Manager, investor relations | |
Alamos Gold | Associate, investor relations | BRP | Manager, investor relations | |
AirBoss of America | CFO | Lundin Mining | Manager, investor relations | |
Cenovus Energy | Communications contractor | Tervita Corporation | Manager, investor relations | |
Suncor Energy | Coordinator, market access | Canadian Pacific Railway | Managing director, investor relations | |
Shawcor | Corporate & investor relations | National Bank of Canada | Senior advisor, investor relations | |
Cordoba Minerals Corp/Kaizen Discovery | CS & ethics compliance officer | Bank of Montreal | Senior analyst | |
BMO Financial Group | Director | George Weston | Senior director, investor relations | |
Endeavour Silver | Director, investor relations | IGM Financial | Senior manager, corporate responsibility | |
Parkland Corporation | Director, capital markets | Cineplex | Senior manager, investor relations | |
Air Canada | Director, investor relations | RBC | Senior manager, investor relations | |
Capital Power | Director, investor relations | Aecon Group | Senior vice president | |
Capstone Mining | Director, investor relations | Intact Financial | Senior vice president | |
Hudbay Minerals | Director, investor relations | Pembina Pipeline Corporation | Senior VP & chief financial officer | |
TC Transcontinental | Director, investor relations | Parkland | Sr. Associate, corporate communications | |
Fortis | Executive assistant | Kinross Gold | SVP, investor relations | |
TD Bank Group | Head of ESG reporting | Samsung Life Insurance | US chief representative officer | |
Roots Corporation | Head of investor relations | Boralex | VP | |
Thomson Reuters | Head of investor relations | Real Matters | VP, investor relations | |
Nutrien | Investor relations administrator | Altus Group | VP, investor relations | |
ARC Resources | Investor relations analyst | Hydro One | VP, investor relations | |
Canadian Tire | IR associate and executive assistant | Stantec | VP, investor relations | |
WSP Global | IR | Gibson Energy | VP, strategy, planning & IR |
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Corbin was founded on the idea that insights-driven advice is a powerful catalyst for unlocking value. Leveraging proprietary research and analytics, a best-practice mindset, executional excellence, and a deep understanding of what influences sentiment, we deploy a proven model to realize value. We work with organizations globally, across all sectors and sizes, as our knowledge and insights drive breakthrough thinking and impact. We collaborate with our clients to execute sound, effective communication, and engagement strategies.
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Craib Design & Communications (Craib) is an industry-leading, full-service design and communications agency.
For 50 years we’ve put our clients first, inspiring their trust and helping to enhance their reputation. Clients trust us to deliver compelling communications – everything from engaging websites and ESG reports to innovative branding and intuitive digital experiences. It is this trust that brings our clients back each year.
Craib’s team consists of award-winning designers, IR & ESG specialists, editors, account managers, production specialists, developers and proofreaders. We are detail oriented, solution focused and dedicated to executing amazing results.
Our services draw upon a wide range of expertise across many industry sectors to help you deliver one-off projects or complete integrated solutions across all forms of print and digital media.
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Issuer Trading and Intelligence, a division of Generation IACP provides Issuers with 3 core services: Market Insight, Investor Analytics and Trading; Combined we are helping our Issuers understand and measure market engagement, in addition to providing trading insights whereby helping IR and C-suite have a more active relationship with capital markets. Our ability to communicate these activities immediately empower Issuers with the tactical information necessary to compete with their peers, understand their retail trading base, all while keeping a close eye on institutional activity. Our firm is headquartered in Toronto, and we work with clients across the globe.
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Harbor Access is a strategic investor relations advisory firm with offices in Stamford, Connecticut and Toronto, Ontario. With over 20 years of capital markets experience, Harbor specializes in working with small and mid-cap companies that are looking to build, support or expand their existing investor relations strategy and capabilities. Industry-agnostic, we work closely with a select group of clients that exhibit robust growth prospects, solid management teams, and a strong defensible market position. We believe that non-deal roadshows and effective communications are simply the most effective way for investors to understand a company’s equity story and maintain an optimal market valuation. For more information: www.harbor-access.com
Lumi is the leading digital platform facilitating in-room, hybrid and virtual AGMs for the world’s largest corporations, membership organisations, associations, legislative bodies, faith based organisations and partnerships.
It is the only platform that digitises the entire lifecycle of an AGM in a single solution that enables sophisticated meeting facilitation before, during and after the live meeting – including authenticated registration, live secure polling, Q&A management and relevant reporting.
Lumi is headquartered in Hampshire, UK where central functions including finance, product development and marketing are based, but has offices in 11 countries across EMEA, APAC and the Americas. Highly differentiated in the majority of markets where it is active, Lumi benefits from extremely strong, experienced and renowned MDs who head up each in-country team.
Its mobile solution enabled Lumi to facilitate the UK’s first electronic AGM held by a listed company, Jimmy Choo, in June 2016. The onset of the COVID-19 global pandemic rapidly accelerated the adoption of the Lumi virtual meeting platform, and Lumi has run over 2500 virtual and hybrid AGMs during 2020, in 35 different countries, including several hundred here in Canada.
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Market One is a marketing agency serving North America’s top publicly-listed companies. The market place is saturated, and it is becoming even more difficult for a public company to stand out. With over 60 years of combined capital markets experience and a team of certified marketers, we specialize in making sure your story is heard. Developing Canada’s first ‘push’ model of marketing for public companies, we’ve helped hundreds of public companies expand their awareness on broadcast TV, sponsored editorial content and digital marketing.
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Morrow Sodali is the leading global consultancy specializing in shareholder services, corporate governance, proxy solicitation and capital markets transactions. The firm provides corporate boards and executives with strategic advice and services relating to a broad range of activities, including: mergers and acquisitions, annual general and extraordinary shareholder meetings, dissident and contested campaigns, shareholder activist initiatives and multinational cross-border equity and debt transactions.
From headquarters in New York and London and nine offices in major capital markets, Morrow Sodali serves more than 700 corporate clients in 40 countries, including many of the world’s largest multinational corporations. In addition to listed and private companies, its clients include mutual funds, stock exchanges, membership associations and activist investors.
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Nasdaq (Nasdaq: NDAQ) is a leading global provider of trading, clearing, exchange technology, listing, information and public company services. Through its diverse portfolio of solutions, Nasdaq enables customers to plan, optimize and execute their business vision with confidence, using proven technologies that provide transparency and insight for navigating today’s global capital markets. As the creator of the world’s first electronic stock market, its technology powers more than 90 marketplaces in 50 countries, and 1 in 10 of the world’s securities transactions. Nasdaq is home to approximately 3,900 total listings with a market value of approximately $13 trillion.
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National Bank Financial Markets (www.nbfm.ca) is the trade name of the Financial Markets division of National Bank Financial, a subsidiary of National Bank of Canada. National Bank Financial is a fully-integrated investment dealer combining retail advisory and brokerage services with institutional brokerage, investment banking, corporate finance, and securities clearing for third parties. The Financial Markets division has a major presence in Toronto, Calgary, Vancouver and Montreal, as well as operations in New York, London, Dublin and Hong Kong. Our Corporate Access Program draws on the expertise of seasoned professionals to design customized outreach strategies that connect companies to the right institutional and retail investor prospects. With a full-suite of roadshow services, our team provides comprehensive, value-add resources to the marketing process.
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NYSE Group is a subsidiary of Intercontinental Exchange (NYSE:ICE), a leading operator of global exchanges and clearing houses, and a provider of data and listings services. NYSE Group’s equity exchanges — the New York Stock Exchange, NYSE American, NYSE Arca, NYSE Chicago and NYSE National — trade more U.S. equity volume than any other exchange group. The NYSE is the premier global venue for capital raising, leading worldwide in IPOs, including technology IPOs. NYSE Arca Options and NYSE Amex Options are leading equity options exchanges. To learn more, visit our website.
Notified is the world’s only communications cloud for events, public relations, and investor relations to drive meaningful insights and outcomes. Notified IR Cloud lets you manage stakeholder communications and regulatory requirements to maximize shareholder value. Tell your investment story with high-impact, multi-channel solutions – earnings announcements, press releases, webcasting, virtual events, and IR websites. Visit Notified.com to learn more.
OTC Markets Group Inc. (OTCQX: OTCM) operates regulated markets for trading 12,000 U.S. and international securities. Our data-driven disclosure standards form the foundation of our three public markets: OTCQX® Best Market, OTCQB® Venture Market and Pink® Open Market.
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Q4 is the fastest growing cloud-based investor relations and capital market solutions to the IR Industry with over 1,200 clients. Public companies the world over (many of which are Fortune 1000 brands) look to our leading web and intelligence solutions to power successful (and award winning) IR programs — and to better connect with their investors, make more effective decisions, and understand the capital markets.
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The most significant corporations, institutional investors, asset managers, private equity firms, and governments around the globe recognize RBC Capital Markets as an innovative, trusted partner with an in-depth expertise in capital markets, banking, and finance. We are well-established in the largest, most mature capital markets across North America, Europe, and the Asia Pacific region, which collectively encompasses 84% of the global investment banking fee pool.
RBC Capital Markets is part of a leading provider of financial services, Royal Bank of Canada (RBC). Founded in 1864, RBC is one of the largest banks in the world and the fifth largest in North America, as measured by market capitalization. With a strong capital base and consistent financial performance, RBC is among a small group of highly rated global banks.
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TMX Group operates global markets, and builds digital communities and analytic solutions that facilitate the funding, growth and success of businesses, traders and investors. TMX Group’s key operations include Toronto Stock Exchange, TSX Venture Exchange, TSX Alpha Exchange, The Canadian Depository for Securities, Montréal Exchange, Canadian Derivatives Clearing Corporation, and Trayport which provide listing markets, trading markets, clearing facilities, depository services, technology solutions, data products and other services to the global financial community. TMX Group is headquartered in Toronto and operates offices across North America (Montréal, Calgary, Vancouver and New York), as well as in key international markets including London and Singapore. For more information about TMX Group, visit our website at www.tmx.com. Follow TMX Group on Twitter: @TMXGroup.
Works Design is a full-service corporate communications agency and design studio. We help world-class organizations present themselves, tell their stories and build relationships with all of their stakeholders.
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Agnico Eagle is a senior Canadian gold mining company that has produced precious metals since 1957. Its operating mines are located in Canada, Finland and Mexico, with exploration activities in each of these countries as well as in the United States and Colombia. The Company and its shareholders have full exposure to gold prices due to its long-standing policy of no forward gold sales. Agnico Eagle has declared a cash dividend every year since 1983.
For more information, please visit www.agnicoeagle.com
CN is a true backbone of the economy, transporting approximately C$250 billion worth of goods annually for a wide range of business sectors, ranging from resource products to manufactured products to consumer goods, across a rail network spanning Canada and mid-America. CN – Canadian National Railway Company, along with its operating railway subsidiaries — serves the cities and ports of Vancouver, Prince Rupert, B.C., Montreal, Halifax, New Orleans, and Mobile, Ala., and the metropolitan areas of Toronto, Edmonton, Winnipeg, Calgary, Chicago, Memphis, Detroit, Duluth, Minn./Superior, Wis., and Jackson, Miss., with connections to all points in North America.
For more information on CN, visit the company’s website at www.cn.ca
Why partner with us?
Our awards provide a unique opportunity to get in front of some of the most influential people in the Canadian IR community. As a partner, you will gain an extensive amount of exposure through a wide range of print and digital marketing materials, both pre and post event, as well as on the day itself. Additionally, you can use the event to align yourself with IR excellence and network with key decision makers from across the region – the ones pushing the profession forward through innovation.
Partnering with the event will provide:
All our partnerships are created using a mix of branding, thought leadership, lead generation and meetings with your target audience. You tell us your objectives and we will work with you to create you a package that’s makes sense for your company and will help you achieve those objectives. To find out more get in touch with Ian Richman or call on +1 212 430 6865.
Register your interest for the 2023 awards by filling in the form at the link below. You will be the first to receive important updates about the event, including what to expect and how to book your table.
If you have any questions, please contact Danielle Gardiner at [email protected] or call +44 20 8090 0556.
We would like to thank Harbor Access for being our Photo Booth Partner at this year’s awards ceremony. Our guests enjoyed something a little bit different as we introduced the 360 photo booth, because after all, photos are so 2019!
To view the gallery, please click here and don’t forget to share your videos on social media using #IRawards
For partnership inquiries
+1 212 430 6865
For awards inquiries
+44 20 8004 4989
For all other inquiries
+44 20 3002 0396