Bold Ideas from Cannes Lions 2025: The De-Shittification of Advertising
One of my favourite themes emerging from today’s discussions on day one of Cannes Lions 2025 was the deep dive into a relatively new industry buzzword – and, arguably, a necessary rallying cry: de-shittification.
Bold Ideas from Cannes Lions 2025: Neurodivergent Minds – The Business Imperative Brands Can’t Afford to Miss
Amidst the AI buzz throughout the La Croisette another conversation started to rise above the noise — not because it was the loudest, but its clarity.
Cannes Lions 2025 – A Quick Guide for IAB Canada Members
As the 72nd Cannes Lions Festival approaches (June 16–20), we’ve pulled together a quick guide to help IAB Canada members navigate the week.
IAB Tech Lab Launches Containerization Project
The IAB Tech Lab has launched a new global initiative aimed at modernizing the infrastructure behind programmatic advertising. The Containerization Project is designed to tackle growing complexity in the supply chain and create a more efficient and scalable framework for real-time bidding (RTB).
IAB Tech Lab invites Canadian Digital Stakeholders to Shape AI’s Use of Online Content
As AI transforms the way people discover and consume information, it is also changing how publisher and brand content appears online.
Time to Lead: Why Canada Must Claim Its Place in the Digital Media Future
Canada’s digital media industry has evolved from early experimentation to a vital pillar of our economy.
The Citizen-Consumer Mindset: Why Values, Trust, and Price All Matter Now
At a time when economic anxiety runs high and public trust runs low, consumer behaviour is evolving in ways that are deeply emotional, values-driven, and—increasingly—political.
Signals from Europe: What Canada Can Learn from Multi-Markets in Motion
At Interact 2025 in Brussels last week, it became clear that European stakeholders are using creativity, AI, and collaborative frameworks not just to adapt to change, but to shape it. For Canadian marketers, policymakers, and media partners, there’s real value in watching how Europe is moving.
Putting Creators at the Center of Your Marketing Strategy
In the past year, the creator economy has leapt into the mainstream. Influencer marketing budgets are on track to grow by 14 percent in 2025, pushing total spend above $9 billion.
The Deadline Approaches – It’s Time to Repeal the DST
Ahead of the June 30th payment deadline, IAB Canada is making a final appeal to the federal government to repeal the Digital Services Tax (DST) – or at a minimum, remove its retroactive application to January 1st, 2022.