Awards & Recognition
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2019, 2020
Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates
D2L was selected for The Career Directory, a guide to entry-level recruitment for recent college and university graduates. The Career Directory is Canada’s longest-running career guide for new graduates. Highlights for new graduates at D2L include various training opportunities, tuition subsidies (related to the job), a wide variety of new grad positions, and various work benefits.
2011-2020
Waterloo Area’s Top Employers
This award exemplifies our ongoing commitment to establishing the best work environment. A variety of on-site amenities, support for employees in sustaining a positive work-life balance, ongoing employee development programs, great financial benefits, and a company-subsidized social committee were highlighted as the primary contributing factors in D2L’s selection for the tenth consecutive year.
2012-2014, 2018, 2019
Canada’s Top Employers for Young People
This designation recognizes employers that offer the nation’s best workplaces and programs for young people. The selection of D2L was based on our engaging and progressive corporate culture, the extensive social events and opportunities conducted by our staff, and the inclusive ways we work with students to offer valuable internship experiences.
Learning Technologies Awards, Gold
2019Best online distance learning programme
OnDemand is a unique programme combining the discipline of a classroom with the flexibility of independent study. It is data driven, responsive and places the individual at the centre of their learning experience resulting in a programme which understands the learners and meets their needs.
Chief Learning Officer Learning in Practice Award
2019Excellence in Community Service
Humanitarian projects need support from aid workers, but they have a lot to learn before they can work in the field. ICF worked with D2L to design a blended learning experience to prepare volunteers for rapid deployment—helping aid organizations respond faster in post-disaster situations.
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IMS Global Learning Consortium
2019Technical Excellence Award
D2L Platform and Standards Architect Viktor Haag received the IMS Technical Excellence award recognizing an individual with significant and sustained participation to create and publish an IMS standard. Contributions include authoring and reviewing the specifications, developing reference implementations, and providing a cross-specification perspective.
SIIA CODiE Award
2019Best K-12 Learning Management System
Brightspace was recently named the best K-12 Learning Management Solution (LMS) of 2019 as part of the annual SIIA CODiE Awards. The prestigious CODiE Awards recognize the companies producing the most innovative Business and Education technology products across the country and around the world.
BIG Innovation Award
2019D2L Brightspace Pulse
This annual business awards program recognizes the organizations, products and people that are bringing new ideas to life. Nominations were judged by a select group of business leaders and executives who volunteered their time and expertise to score submissions.
Canada’s Best Managed Companies
2013-2019Platinum Standard
D2L was selected as a recipient of the award given to organizations that demonstrate vision, passion, and achievement. Our overall business performance, sustained growth, and continuing efforts to the transformation of learning were cited as factors in receiving the award.
Canada’s Top Employers for Young People
2012-2014, 2018, 2019This designation recognizes employers that offer the nation’s best workplaces and programs for young people. The selection of D2L was based on our engaging and progressive corporate culture, the extensive social events and opportunities conducted by our staff, and the inclusive ways we work with students to offer valuable internship experiences.
Brandon Hall Excellence in Technology Awards
2018Best Advance in Learning Management Technology
D2L and Accenture have been recognized for driving an innovative approach to employee learning and development. The partnership was awarded bronze for Accenture’s use of D2L’s Brightspace to power its INSEAD Online Strategy Certificate Program.
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Canada’s Best Employers for Recent Graduates
2019, 2020D2L was selected for The Career Directory, a guide to entry-level recruitment for recent college and university graduates. The Career Directory is Canada’s longest-running career guide for new graduates. Highlights for new graduates at D2L include various training opportunities, tuition subsidies (related to the job), a wide variety of new grad positions, and various work benefits.
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36th LEAD Corporate Leadership Award
2018Best Use of a Learning Management System
The award from HR.com honours Epworth’s transformation from an institution primarily focused on compliance training to an elearning organization committed to improved work practices, learner-led learning and digital literacy.
Brandon Hall HCM Excellence Awards
2018Excellence in Leadership Development
D2L and Accenture captured Silver at the Brandon Hall Human Capital Management Excellence Awards. The awards recognize the organizations that have most successfully deployed programs, strategies, modalities, processes, systems, and tools that have achieved measurable results.
CLO Learning in Practice Awards
2018Division 2 Gold, Innovation Award
Dr. Nancy Robert, EVP and chief product and marketing officer, was awarded the Innovation Award. The award is presented to learning executives who have applied innovative practices, processes, and/or technologies in order to address an organizational opportunity.
CLO Learning in Practice Awards
2018Excellence in Innovation Award
The awards recognize top industry leaders who excel in the design and delivery of employee learning and development programs. D2L was awarded Bronze for creating an interactive video player to help the TSO encourage students and teachers to tune in to Canada’s musical heritage.
E&I Cloud Leadership Awards
2018Collaboration (Runner-up)
The awards recognize higher education institutions for their innovation in cloud computing. Evaluation was based on the use of cloud technologies to address collaboration between one or more individual institutions or between one or more branch campuses within an institutional system.
E&I Cloud Leadership Awards
2018Cloud Storage (Runner-up)
These awards recognize higher education institutions for their innovation in cloud computing. Evaluation for this category was based on the complete use of cloud technologies to address institution-wide administrative and academic storage challenges for staff, faculty and/or students.
E&I Cloud Leadership Awards
2018Public/Private Cloud Security (Runner-up)
The E&I Cloud Leadership Awards recognize higher education institutions for their innovation in cloud computing. Evaluation for this category was based on the best application and/or approach to securing institutional public and/or private cloud resources.
E&I Cloud Leadership Awards
2018Innovation (Runner-up)
The E&I Cloud Leadership Awards recognize higher education institutions for their innovation in cloud computing. Evaluation for this category was based on the creative use of cloud technologies to address institutional challenges and/or operational efficiencies.
E&I Cloud Leadership Awards
2018Hybrid Iaas/Paas
The E&I Cloud Leadership Awards recognize higher education institutions for their innovation in cloud computing. Evaluation for this category was based on the best application and design for an institutional infrastructure-as-a-service and platform-as-a-service solution.
Aragon Research Globe for Corporate Learning™
2017"Leader" Distinction
The company received a “Leader” distinction in the Aragon Research Globe for Corporate Learning™. D2L’s Brightspace was recognized for its differentiation in learner experience, social assessment, content creation and curation, integrated video across the platform, and analytics.
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Canada’s Most Admired Corporate Cultures
2017Mid Market
D2L is among 10 mid-market corporations awarded for their commitment to culture. This national program, now in its 14th year, annually recognizes best-in-class Canadian organizations for having cultures that have helped them enhance performance and sustain a competitive advantage.
Learning Impact Awards
2017Honorable Mention
St. Leo University’s implementation of D2L Brightspace was awarded Honorable Mention by the IMS Global Awards for 2017. IMS recognized the deployment of the learning management system because of its innovative use of technology to support and enhance learning.
Best of Elearning! Awards
2017Best LMS - Cloud
For the industry’s exclusive users’ choice awards, all nominations are made directly by users of solutions. D2L was chosen as the winner of the Best Learning Management System – Cloud category for its Instructional Design Wizard, TurnItIn integration, and flexible course delivery options.
Waterloo Region’s Healthy Workplace Award
2016 & 2017Platinum-Level Award
This award recognizes and celebrates workplaces in the Waterloo region that demonstrate a strong commitment to improved health for their employees. D2L encourages and supports the health and well-being of our employees. At D2L, we believe a healthy workplace leads to engaged employees, which contributes to a more effective and productive company.
Training Magazine’s Learning Design Challenge
2016Silver Award: Brightspace Gamification & Silver Award: Analytics Suite
Training magazine rewards learning and development professionals for best practices in e-learning. D2L was chosen as a winner for its innovative learning analytics and gamification offerings.
IMS Learning Impact Awards
2014Platinum, Degree Compass
Recognizing the most impactful use of technology in support of learning worldwide, the IMS Executive Strategic Council selects finalists by identifying examples of products and services that address the most significant challenges facing education. D2L is a two-time Platinum winner, recognized for its work with NYCDOE and Degree Compass.
Sustainable Waterloo Region
2014Leadership & Innovation Award
D2L received the award for our higher-than-average record of providing alternative commuting support through the TravelWise program. This award recognizes an organization that has demonstrated a strong commitment to—and creative solutions for—encouraging alternative transportation for employees. We were also recognized for our Eco Plan that rewards our Waterloo region employees who turn in their parking pass.
EY Entrepreneur of the Year
2013Software and Technology
John Baker was recognized as Ontario’s Entrepreneur of the Year in the Software and Technology category. The Canadian program honours the country’s most impressive entrepreneurs from all areas of business. Award finalists are chosen based on their vision, leadership, financial success and social responsibility.
Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award
2013Accessibility
In 2013, D2L received the Dr. Jacob Bolotin Award from the National Federation of the Blind for its groundbreaking work in accessibility. Specifically, this award is given to organizations and individuals who have made impactful contributions toward achieving the full integration of the blind into society on a basis of equality.
EdTech Digest Awards
2013Leadership Award
The EdTech Digest Awards recognize technologies, trendsetters, and leaders throughout the education sector for their innovative contributions. As part of the 2013 EdTech Digest Awards program, D2L was chosen as a winner for its outstanding solutions in the field of education and technology.
Ovum “On the Radar” Award
2013Best Implementation of Big Data and Analytics
For delivering an analytics solution that helps institutions develop meaningful insights from educational data, the Big Data category profiles organizations that have created new products, services, or processes to address previously unsolved challenges with an innovative approach.
Greater K-W Chamber of Commerce
2012Business of the Year
This award recognizes an organization that makes an exceptional contribution to the business community through involvement and leadership while also acting as a role model in the community.
Microsoft Public Sector Partner of the Year
2011, 2012Education Solution Partner
The award recognizes a partner that excels at providing innovative and unique solutions based on Microsoft technologies to education customers. D2L was recognized for exemplifying how innovative solutions can be delivered by embracing Microsoft technologies to deliver D2L Learning Suite.
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Best Small and Medium Employers
2010-2012Top 50 in Canada
A national study named D2L one of the top 50 best small or medium-sized employers in Canada, citing high levels of employee engagement. This is a particularly important award for us, as employee opinion is the predominant factor in determining an organization’s overall score.
Junior Achievement
2011Business of the Year
The Business of the Year Award recognizes a company that is outstanding in all areas of business, with a history of leading-edge marketing strategies, support of youth throughout the community, exceptional corporate citizenship, and high quality standards.
Deloitte Technology Fast 50™
2011Leadership Award
Candidates are judged on their ability to create a distinct competitive advantage in a high-growth market. A panel of subject matter experts evaluates companies based on several key criteria: competitive advantage, size, growth, market attractiveness, management effectiveness and organization, and financial performance.
National Federation of the Blind
2010 & 2011Nonvisual Accessibility, Gold Level Web Certification
D2L has made a pledge to support the NFB nonvisual web accessibility program. We aim to demonstrate our ongoing commitment to annually test and certify D2L’s learning environment against the NFB’s standards, reflecting our belief in building inclusive design into our research and development practices.
Waterloo Area’s Top Employers
2011-2020This award exemplifies our ongoing commitment to establishing the best work environment. A variety of on-site amenities, support for employees in sustaining a positive work-life balance, ongoing employee development programs, great financial benefits, and a company-subsidized social committee were highlighted as the primary contributing factors in D2L’s selection for the tenth consecutive year.
Brandon Hall Learning Technology Award
2010Best Advance in Technology in Learning Analytics or Reporting
The category looks for functionality related to collecting learning data, querying data, creating reports, visualizing data, and comparing variables and data sets. The role of technology in helping admins make sense of data and understand the effectiveness of their learning services is a key criterion.
IMS LearnSAT
2010Best in Category Award, Learning Management System
D2L was the recipient of first place in the Learning Management Systems category, a Best in Category Award for learning management that was based on the results of the 2010 IMS Learning and Education Technology Satisfaction and Trends (LearnSAT) survey.
AMCA Awards
2007–2010Platinum MarCom Award
D2L has received the prestigious MarCom Platinum Award in recognition of conference material and special event plans for our annual users’ conference, Fusion. Winners are recognized for their excellence in terms of quality, creativity, attention to detail, and resourcefulness.