CANADIAN ASSOCIATION OF COMMUNICATORS IN EDUCATION
2026 National BRAVO! Award winners announced

On October 24, we celebrated the accomplishments of the 2026 BRAVO! Awards, presented by SchoolBundle, recipients and all #schoolPR professionals in Halifax. We hope those in attendance had a great evening and safe travels home.

For those who could not join us, the Canadian Association of Communicators in Education was pleased to announce the winners of the 2026 BRAVO! Awards. This year's winners include 29 Coup de Cœur and 27 Communications Project recipients.

Under the Communications Project category, the Award of Excellence is highly competitive and the highest recognition for education public relations programs and campaigns in Canada. This year, we received 52 applications for the Communications Project category. The following eight submissions received 90 points and higher from the judges:

• Cloverley Elementary School: Building a healthy and vibrant school community
  North Vancouver School District
• Leading the Conversation: Surrey Schools' Multi-Format AI Engagement Strategy
  Surrey Schools
• CTRL+ALT+EDUCATE: Building Family Confidence in AI and Digital Learning
  Durham District School Board
• Repères parentaux: un balado au service des familles francophones
  Conseil des écoles publiques de l'Est de l'Ontario
• RDPSD Fire Academy
  Red Deer Public Schools
• From Posting to Purpose: Transforming DDSB's Social Media Engagement Strategy
  Durham District School Board
• From Gap to Infrastructure: The WCDSB Comms Hub
  Waterloo Catholic District School Board
• Registration and Brand Awareness Advertising Campaign
  Waterloo Region District School Board

Congratulations to all recipients and thank you to all applicants for taking the time to share your work with us and the judges.

The BRAVO! Awards Program is the only Canada-wide awards program specifically designed to recognize excellence in school board communications. CACE recognizes and honours exemplary work in all aspects of school public relations, communications, marketing and engagement.

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