Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Diversity Award

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The Diversity Award was a special award presented by Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to honour excellence in English-language television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada". It was introduced in 1988 as the Multiculturalism Award under the umbrella of the Gemini Awards, [1] and renamed to the Canada Award in 1993. [2] The winner of the award was generally announced in advance of the ceremony, although the award was presented to the producers at the ceremony.

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It was renamed to the Diversity Award in 2014 after the Geminis were merged into the Canadian Screen Awards. It has not been presented since the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.

National Film Board of Canada productions and co-productions have won approximately half of all Canada Awards.

Winners by year

YearProgramProducersRef
1988 Degrassi Junior High Kit Hood, Linda Schuyler [3]
1989 Inside Stories Paul de Silva [4]
1990 Batiya Bak! Werner Volkmer [5]
1992 Drums Pnina Bloch, Jennifer Campbell, Andy Blicq [6]
1993 It's About Time Peter Flemington, Rita Deverell [2]
1994 Speak It! From the Heart of Black Nova Scotia Mike Mahoney, Sylvia Hamilton [7]
1995 For Angela Nancy Trites Botkin, Joe MacDonald [8]
1996 Nuhoniyeh: Our Story Allan Code, Mary Code [9]
1997 The Mind of a Child Gary Marcuse [10]
1998 (1) The Road Taken Selwyn Jacob, Dale Phillips [11]
1998 (2) The Rez : "They Call Her Tanya"Brian Dennis [12]
1999 Loyalties Lesley Ann Patten [13]
2000 Unwanted Soldiers Karen King [14]
2001 Made in China: The Story of Adopted Chinese Children in Canada Karen Lee, Shan Tam [15]
2002 Film Club Cyrus Sundar Singh [16]
2003 Carry Me Home: The Story & Music of the Nathaniel Dett Chorale Liam Romalis [17]
2004 Cosmic Current Anand Ramayya [18]
2005 Two Worlds Colliding Tasha Hubbard, Bonnie Thompson [19]
2006 Wapos Bay : "There's No I in Hockey" Michael J. F. Scott, Anand Ramayya, Melanie Jackson, Dennis Jackson [20]
2007 Little Mosque on the Prairie Zarqa Nawaz, Mary Darling, Clark Donnelly, Susan Alexander, Michael Snook [21]
2008 Qallunaat! Why White People Are Funny Mark Sandiford, Kent Martin [22]
2009 Club Native Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick [23]
2010 Reel Injun Catherine Bainbridge, Christina Fon, Linda Ludwick [24]
2011 The Storytelling Class John Paskievich, John Whiteway [25]
2013 Blind Spot: What Happened to Canada's Aboriginal Fathers?Geoff Leo [26]
2014 The Defector: Escape from North Korea Ann Shin [27]
2015 The Exhibition Damon Vignale, Miho Yamamoto [28]
2016 Canada in PerspectiveAnne Marie Varner [29]

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References

  1. ↑ Bill Anderson, "Spotlight on Canadian TV; CBC sequel, CTV mini-series share top billing in Gemini nominations". Ottawa Citizen , October 13, 1988.
  2. 1 2 "Vision TV show honored for multiculturalism". Waterloo Region Record , February 10, 1993.
  3. ↑ "Degrassi grabs Gemini awards: CBC's teen drama series steals show". Vancouver Sun , December 1, 1988.
  4. ↑ Greg Quill, "R.H. Thomson's Banting best Glory Enough For All the big winner at Gemini Awards". Toronto Star , December 6, 1989.
  5. ↑ "Gemini Award winners". Edmonton Journal , December 5, 1990.
  6. ↑ Mike Boone, "Gemini Awards show scores with innovation". Montreal Gazette , March 9, 1992.
  7. ↑ Ian Johnston, "N.S. film to get award at Geminis". Halifax Daily News , February 17, 1994.
  8. ↑ "Early Gemini Award winner announced". Calgary Herald , February 12, 1995.
  9. ↑ Christopher Harris, "Film on Dene wins award". The Globe and Mail , February 23, 1996.
  10. ↑ "Pinsent to be honored at Geminis". Waterloo Region Record , February 14, 1997.
  11. ↑ John McKay, "Canadian TV has three days of glory: Gemini judges sifted through more than 2,200 entries to pick 64 winners". Waterloo Region Record , February 25, 1998.
  12. ↑ John McKay, "Gemini weekend again praises the best Canadian TV". Canadian Press, September 29, 1998.
  13. ↑ "Geminis have plenty of clout, Pinsent says". North Bay Nugget , November 3, 1999.
  14. ↑ "Da Vinci and Dr Lucille winners at the final night of the Gemini TV awards". Canadian Press, October 30, 2000.
  15. ↑ "Burroughs honoured". North Bay Nugget , November 5, 2001.
  16. ↑ John McKay, "CBC News big winner on first of three nights of Gemini TV awards honours". Canadian Press, November 2, 2002.
  17. ↑ "Geminis name early winners; Dale, Maclear, McKenna recognized". Hamilton Spectator , September 25, 2003.
  18. ↑ "Special Gemini Awards announced Monday". Niagara Falls Review , November 9, 2004.
  19. ↑ "Special Gemini honours announced". Chatham Daily News , November 8, 2005.
  20. ↑ "Youth and lifestyle shows get Geminis". Toronto Star , October 18, 2006.
  21. ↑ "Mr. Dressup, others to get special Geminis". Calgary Herald , October 5, 2007.
  22. ↑ "Gemini Special Awards winners announced". Toronto Star , October 7, 2008.
  23. ↑ "Late filmmaker Allan King, Eric Peterson to receive special Gemini awards". Canadian Press, October 1, 2009.
  24. ↑ "Reel Injun, Degrassi win special Geminis". National Post , October 21, 2010.
  25. ↑ "Local filmmakers win special Gemini". Winnipeg Free Press , August 11, 2011.
  26. ↑ "Blind Spot documentary to receive Canada Award". Regina Leader-Post , February 26, 2013.
  27. ↑ "Canadian human smuggling documentary 'The Defector' wins diversity prize". Canadian Press, January 28, 2014.
  28. ↑ Katie Bailey, "Canadian Screen Awards ’15: Far-flung docs win night one". Playback , February 24, 2015.
  29. ↑ Julianna Cummins, "Canada in Perspective wins ACCT’s Diversity Award". Playback , February 11, 2016.
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