Awards
Casey Lessard’s photography has earned acclaim locally, provincially, nationally and internationally.
Awards for Casey Lessard Photography
2010 – PhotoFocus.com
Finalist – Emerging Photographer of the Year
Awards while working for Nunavut News/North:
June 2019 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association
1st – Best Local Editorial - Government toxicity will be hard to repair
July 2018 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association
1st – Best Local Editorial - Kill the Bill, Save the Culture
May 2017 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association
1st – Best Online Special Project/Event/Breaking News Coverage - NNSL Sports 2016 Nuuk Arctic Winter games website and app
May 2015 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association
1st – Outstanding Reporter Initiative - Best to Let the Dump Burn, ongoing coverage of Iqaluit dump fire disaster
May 2013 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association
1st – Best News/Feature Series - Feeding Nunavut - three-part series on food insecurity
1st – Best News Story - Two likely killed as fire destroys 22 Iqaluit homes
3rd – Best Feature Writing - Enook's shack home highlights housing problem in Pond Inlet
Awards while operating the Grand Bend Strip newspaper:
May 2010 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association
1st – Best Ad Design (circ up to 3,999) - Casey365.com – ad promoting website
3rd – Best Photo Essay (circ up to 3,999) - Five days of good, clean fun – Parkhill Five Fun Days
May 2010 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association
3rd – General Excellence – Class 1 (Award for best overall paper)
2nd – Photographer of the Year - Casey Lessard, photographer
1st – Best Feature Photo - Parkhill's Deere Season - Kelly Wiseman at the Parkhill Fair (cover photo)
1st – Best Creative Advertising - Casey365.com – ad promoting website
2nd – Education Writing – Chicago! – SHDHS music trip
3rd – Best Rural Story - Fields of Gold – Marcus Koenig, potato farmer
3rd – Best Photo Layout - Five days of good, clean fun – Parkhill Five Fun Days
3rd – Best Sports Photo - Hockey Night in Zurich – Mark Buruma in dressing room
May 2009 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association
2nd – Best Feature Series - The Final Frontier, examining wheelchair accessibility in Grand Bend, Exeter and Parkhill (May 28 & June 11, 2008)
3rd – Best Rural Reporting - The Final Frontier, examining wheelchair accessibility in Grand Bend, Exeter and Parkhill (May 28 & June 11, 2008)
3rd – Best Business Writing - Life on the Water, a day in the life of Purdy's fisheries in Sarnia (August 13, 2008)
3rd – Best Coverage of the Arts - various items
3rd – Best In House Ad Campaign - Caught Stripping (September 11 & September 25, 2008)
April 2009 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association
1st – Best Editorial - No Lifeguards, No Problem, a tribute to Jule Kovar and examination of Lambton Shores role in the drowning deaths of Kovar, Ryan Albrecht and Elizabeth Tse at Grand Bend beach (August 13, 2008)
1st – Best Sports & Recreation Story - No Lifeguards, No Problem, a tribute to Jule Kovar and examination of Lambton Shores role in the drowning deaths of Kovar, Ryan Albrecht and Elizabeth Tse at Grand Bend beach (August 13, 2008)
2nd – Best Creative Advertising - Caught Stripping (September 11 & September 25, 2008)
May 2008 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association
1st – Outstanding Reporter Initiative - Restore Us, a tribute to Bill and Helene Regier (August 1, 2007)
April 2008 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association
2nd – Photographer of the Year - Casey Lessard
3rd – Best Photo Essay - All's Fair in Parkhill, photos from the Parkhill Fair (September 26, 2007)
Awards for Casey Lessard while working for Haliburton Echo and Minden Times:
May 2007 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association
2nd – Best Photo Essay - Photos from the Haliburton Highlands Secondary School prom (May 31, 2006)
3rd – Best Photo Essay - Digging for Clams in West Guilford (August 1, 2006)
April 2007 – Ontario Community Newspapers Association
1st – Best Feature Photo - Haliburton Highlands Secondary School prom (May 30, 2006)
2nd – Photographer of the Year - Casey Lessard
Awards while working for Woolwich Observer:
May 2004 – Canadian Community Newspapers Association
2nd – Best Photo Essay - A Community Mourns, coverage of the Dan Snyder funeral (October 11, 2003)
“Casey’s images are whimsical and are a great example of good photojournalism.”