“It’s a beautiful day to be beautiful and it’s a great day to be great!” - Dwayne Holness Dwayne ‘Dukez’ Holness is an innovative, passionate, and motivating digital strategist, creative director, video director, and speaker at the helm of a creative movement known as Corex Creative, a Black-led, fully operating multi-dimensional marketing agency, with a primary focus on community buying, their clients’ vision, and being Black behind the camera. Never forgetting his roots, Dwayne is on a mission to execute big creative ideas, work with clients that have their finger on the pulse in an ever-changing societal climate, and create opportunities for elevation within marginalized communities. Dwayne has thrown himself into a number of community-based projects, the most popular of which being, Calculated Steps - a philosophy he coined and a brand created to inspire youth to achieve their goals by executing the steps required to do so. Dwayne utilizes his innate ability to connect and collaborate as a foundation for all his accomplishments. With the development of Corex Creative, he has worked with the Canadian Screen Awards on their digital production, as well as having toured the world with both Chronixx and Lauryn Hill as their lead creative director. His esteemed client list now includes CSA Group, Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, TD Bank, City of Toronto, Ontario.ca, and most recently the LCBO.