HONOUR ROLL 2026
17th Annual MMF Canada Honour Roll
Thursday, June 11, 2026
SOUNDSTAGE at the W Toronto
Our 18th MMF Canada Honour Roll Awards, presented in partnership with Billboard Canada’s Managers to Watch, recognized the work and careers of several music managers including Helen Britton and Shauna de Cartier (MMF Canada Honour Roll Award), Matt Maw (MMF Canada Trailblazer Award), Sébastien Collin (Billboard Canada's Manager on the Rise), Matthew Burnett and Jordan Evans (Billboard Canada Managers of the Year), Tommas Arnby (International Manager Award).
Trailblazer Award recipient Matt Maw spoke to the power of community and how the support systems in his life helped him excel in his career. He thanked both MMF Canada and Billboard Canada for “highlighting the people doing the crucial, unseen and often unsexy work of management” and said that “to receive this honour from my respected colleagues means the world to me.” He also thanked Eric Lawrence, Rob Lanni, Devi Eknand, Vel Omazic, and Coalition Music and Canada's Music Incubator for their support, mentorship and guidance over the past 6 years. To his management roster, for trusting in him to bring their visions to life. As well as to everyone in the MMF Canada and greater music community who reached out, offered advice, put his name forward, or lent an ear or a helping hand. Finally, his husband for supporting him through it all. He ended his speech with "Be Gay, Do Crime. LANDBACK. Miigwetch.”
Joined on stage by their brand new family member, Peter and Leah of July Talk presented the Honour Roll Award to recipients Shauna de Cartier and Helen Britton. The duo emphasized the importance of balancing the personal and professional aspects of their work from the company’s first days of operating, when Helen was a new mother. “Supporting women and parents has been hallmark of our careers,” Shauna said, “indeed that’s how our partnership was forged. It is important to us that we support our artists and our staff to have families and careers. One doesn’t mean the other isn’t possible.” They continued to share the values they hold as an organization from community building to self-reliance and leadership. Then ended with a message for all the music managers in the room: “you have always been important and that is true now more than ever. Stick with it, adapt, change and work with your artists to discover their own unique pathway to a sustainable career. Now, more than ever, we need people who care about art and artists.”
Congratulations to the 2026 MMF Canada Honour Roll Awards recipients!
Honour Roll Award - Helen Britton and Shauna de Cartier
The MMF Canada Honour Roll Award celebrates Canadian managers for outstanding career achievements.
For more than twenty years, Helen Britton and Shauna de Cartier have worked in league and lockstep as business owners, artist managers and industry stakeholders. A partnership built on trust, respect and long-term vision, Shauna and Helen apply these values to all aspects of their work. With perseverance and integrity, they have made Six Shooter Inc. a destination for internationally renowned, multi-dimensional artists whose creative pursuits extend beyond the roles of musician or performer, overseeing a roster that currently includes Tanya Tagaq, The Dead South, William Prince, July Talk, Peter Dreams, Whitehorse and Cadence Weapon.
Champions of artists and women in the industry, Shauna and Helen lead by example. As former Chair of the board for Music Managers Forum Canada, former Vice-Chair on the CARAS/MusiCounts board and current Chair of CARAS’s Voting and Nominating Committee, Britton is also engaged in developing and supporting initiatives towards a more equitable, accessible music business for all. Shauna is currently CIMA Board Chair for the second time and has also served on the board for Canadian Starmaker Fund for more than ten years. She has received CIMA’s Entrepreneur of the Year Award and Six Shooter Inc. has also received Manager of the Year at the CLMA industry awards.
Trailblazer Award - Matt Maw
The MMF Canada Trailblazer Award celebrates a manager carving new paths in the industry.
Matt Maw (Chippewas of the Thames First Nation) is the founder of SUPERCONNECTED, a Toronto-based music company spanning artist management, label services, and music and culture consulting. He brings well over a decade of multi-faceted music industry experience, a deep commitment to artist development, and a track record of building sustainable careers. Throughout his career, Matt has worked with some of Canada's most celebrated artists, overseeing an award-winning, genre-spanning roster that includes Sebastian Gaskin, Boogey The Beat, Wolf Saga, and Miesha & the Spanks.
In 2025, Matt was named to Billboard Canada's inaugural "40 Under 40", recognizing his leadership in defining the future of Indigenous representation in Canada's music industry. In the same year, under his guidance, Sebastian Gaskin celebrated his first JUNO Award nomination and win for Contemporary Indigenous Artist or Group of the Year and was named as an inaugural Artist-In-Residence at Massey Hall. Matt currently sits on the board of Music Managers Forum Canada and the BreakOut West Indigenous Advisory Committee, and has worked alongside organizations including CARAS, SOCAN Foundation, the Gord Downie & Chanie Wenjack Fund, Universal Music Canada, Warner Music Group Canada, Arts & Crafts Productions, and Six Shooter Records, among others.