CCBE Awards
Every year the CCBE seeks nominations of individuals for four Awards
Bob Norton Ambassador of the Year
CCBE Lifetime Achievement Award
CCBE George McCurdy Bursary Award
CCBE Engineering Excellence Award
Bob Norton Ambassador of the Year
An Ambassador is a diplomatic minister of the highest order. This award is named in memory of its first recipient, Bob Norton, who was an icon of the Canadian Broadcast Community, and who gave the first technical paper at the first CCBE Conference in 1951.
The Ambassador Award recognizes the individual, who through efforts, other than that of engineering achievement, contributed to the prestige and honour of the Broadcast Engineering Industry. This award recognizes the skill of communicating and building relationships within the industry.
Previous Award Recipients:
2020s:
2022 Ted Paley, 2023 Tyler Everitt, 2024 Brian Gray
2010s:
2010 Sylvia Fantin, 2011 Ron Paley, 2012 Howard Tullock, 2013 Jane Rusch, 2014 Tracey Walsh, 2015 Paul Stechly, 2016 Denis Dion, 2017 Andrew Mulrooney, 2018 Stu Buck, 2019 Darrin Paley
2000s:
2000 Reg McCausland, 2001 William Johnson, 2002 Doug Allen, 2003 Willy Renz, 2004 Ian Schmidt, 2005 Howard Christenson, 2006 Jim Adamson, 2007 Trevor Joice, 2008 Eugene Johnson, 2009 Bob Burger
1990s:
1990, Tom Pressley, 1991 Doug Allen, 1995 Doug & Jackie Loney, 1996 Wayne Stacey, 1998 Ab Nightingale
1980s:
1988 Bob Norton, 1989 Bill Holroyd
CCBE Lifetime Achievement Award
The CCBE Lifetime Achievement award is given to an individual who made outstanding contributions to the Canadian broadcast community in their life. In order to be eligible, candidates must have made innovative contributions which had an impact on the evolution and implementation of new broadcast technology. The granting of this award is to give wider recognition for the individual’s achievements over the span of their career.
Previous Award Recipients:
2020s:
2022 Roger Cole, 2023 Kirk Nesbitt & Al Douglas, 2024 Denis Barriault
2010s:
2010 Jack Hoeppner, 2011 Robert Latreille, 2012 Willie Renz, 2013 Gus Somdermeyer, 2014 Wally Lennox, 2015 David “Geets” Haydu, 2016 Paul Firminger, 2017 Jacques Letourneau, 2018 Gary Hooper, 2019 Russ Jenkins
2000s:
2006 Steve Edwards, 2007 Doug MaCaulay, 2008 Wayne Stacey, 2009 Jim Kippen
CCBE George McCurdy Bursary Award
This Award managed by SAIT and given to a second year student in the Electronics Engineering Program in the McPhail School of Energy.
Selection of the successful applicant will be based on a combination of academic achievement, financial need, as well as demonstrated attitude and leadership skills within the student community.
Previous Award Recipients:
2020s:
2020 Spencer Dykstra, 2021 Mason Remmer, 2022 Magnus Alm, 2023 Jessamae Dela Peña Amosco
2010s:
2010 Brett Hancock, 2011 Nathaniel Deshpande, 2012 Ryan Nesbitt, 2013 Veronique Lafreniere, 2013 Ravindra Dutt, 2014 Syed Abbas, 2015 Lindsay Hall, 2016 Kevin Davis, 2017 Max Schulttz, 2018 Matthew Nystrom, 2019 Michael Whitmore
2000s:
2000 Shon Kelly, 2001 Greg Harris, 2002 Sam Petite, 2006 Chris Dorota, 2007 Josh Millar
1990s:
1990 Cheryl Clark, 1991 Owen Mekitarian, 1993 Mathew MacDonald, 1994 Marc Jean Lemieux, 1995 Christopher McLaurin, 1999 James MacMillan
1980s:
1984 Ian Sharp, 1985 Brad Yenssen, 1986 Ralph Grohman, 1987 Joe Gurney, 1988 Steve Quinn, 1989 Perry Metaxas
CCBE Engineering Excellence Award
The CCBE Engineering Excellence Award is awarded to an individual who has displayed a high standard of engineering accomplishment in Canadian Broadcasting.
Previous Award Recipients:
2020s:
2022 Brian Hinz, 2023 Jason Lemieux, 2024 Willie Perez
2010s:
2010 Ed Yiu, 2011 Martin Marcotte, 2012 Dave Belanger, 2013 Paul Thomas, 2014 Philippe Aube, 2015 Nat Polito, 2016 Kevin Dent, 2017 Francois O. Gauthier, 2018 Shon Kelly, 2019 Frédéric Vendette
2000s:
2000 Ray Carnovale, 2001 Paul D. Edgley, 2002 Wally Lennox, 2003 Bruce Cowen, 2004 Peter Warth, 2005 Lou Montana, 2006 Ron Weller, 2006 Kyle Clouthier, 2007 Jacques Letourneau, 2008 John Coldwell, 2009 Richard Sondermeyer
1990s:
1990 Reg McCausland, 1991 Trevor Joice, 1992 Franscois Conway, 1993 Bill Onn, 1994 Steve Edwards, 1995 Jim Mercer, 1998 Gus Sondermeyer, 1999 Garry Hooper
1980s:
1983 Stue Clark, 1984 Scott Read, 1985 Clive Eastwood, 1986 Warren Parker, 1987 Ron Turnpenny, 1988 Austin Reeve, 1989 Peter Paczynski
