The Immortal Awards 2026 Reveals Canadian Jury Lineup

​The Immortal Awards has revealed the names of the advertising leaders who will sit on the 2026 Canada jury.

The jury will convene in Toronto on November 10th for the Canadian session, supported by Zulu Alpha Kilo. The jury will decide which projects, if any, will be crowned the best of Canadian advertising and go on to represent the market in the regional round of North American judging.

Joining the group are standout creatives leaders from across the brand, agency and craft worlds.

The Canadian jury is represented by a strong brand contingent this year, including Pizza Pizza’s Adrian Fuoco, Kruger’s Susan Irving and IKEA’s Jacqueline Wark.

Agencies are represented by Publicis Toronto's Catherine Allen, TBWA\Canada’s Nancy Crimi-Lamanna, Diamond's Lori Davison, Zulu Alpha Kilo’s Jenny Glover, Courage’s Joel Holtby, VML’s Graham Lang and Simon Au from Kraft-Heinz's in-house agency The Kitchen.

Fela’s Taj Critchlow will be representing production.

The Immortal Awards 2026 Canada Jury includes:

• Catherine Allen, executive creative director, Publicis Toronto​
• Simon Au, executive creative director, The Kitchen North America
  
• Nancy Crimi -Lamanna, chief creative officer, TBWA\Canada
  
• Taj Critchlow, founder and managing partner, Fela​
• Lori Davison, chief strategy officer, Diamond​
  
• Adrian Fuoco, chief marketing officer, PizzaPizza
  
• Jenny Glover, chief creative officer, Zulu Alpha Kilo
  
• Joel Holtby, founder and CCO, Courage
  
• Susan Irving, chief marketing officer, Kruger Products
  
• Graham Lang, chief creative officer, VML Canada​
  
• Jacqueline Wark, director of marketing communications, IKEA Canada
  

Commenting on the jury, Paul Monan, head of creative excellence, at Little Black Book, says, "Over the last few years, Canadian creativity has led the way at the Immortals. It's a multi-Immortal and Commendation winning marketing which makes this jury day one of the most hotly anticipated and competitive on the calendar. We can't wait to be back in Toronto judging with this world-class line up of creative leaders. A huge thank you to our partners at Zulu Alpha Kilo for their continued support of both the Immortals and Canadian creativity."

Further juries will be announced in the coming weeks.

The Immortal Awards entry system is now open and entries into competition will be accepted until September 4th 2026. All entries must be made for a commissioning client, and must have first aired, broadcast, displayed, launched or published between September 2025 and 31st August 2026.

Any LBB member can enter work into The Immortal Awards. Standard and Premium members are entitled to a maximum of five entries, whilst Basic members are entitled to two.

If you’d like to enter The Immortal Awards but you’re not yet a member of LBB, sign up here today.

If you have any questions about The Immortal Awards or need any help with your entries, please contact us at immortals@lbbonline.com