Margaret Collier Award

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The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, it became part of the Canadian Screen Awards in 2013. [1] It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team. [2] As of 2025, administration of the award has been transferred to the Writers Guild of Canada as part of its WGC Screenwriting Awards program. [3]

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The award is named in honour of Margaret Collier, the longtime executive director of ACTRA's chapter for television writers. [4]

Past recipients

Genie Awards

Canadian Screen Awards

WGC Screenwriting Awards

See also

References

  1. ↑ Tony Atherton, "Viewer curiosity behind Geminis success story". Ottawa Citizen , March 3, 1996.
  2. ↑ "Special Awards". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. 1 2 Nicholas Sokic, "Andrew Wreggit to receive WGC’s Margaret Collier Award". Playback , March 18, 2025.
  4. ↑ Susan Ferrier Mackay, "Formidable ACTRA official Margaret Collier advocated for writers for film, TV and radio". The Globe and Mail , May 12, 2021.
  5. ↑ John Haslett Cuff, "Seeing Things, Night Heat top Gemini nomination list". The Globe and Mail , October 22, 1987.
  6. ↑ "Awards honour contributions in TV". The Globe and Mail , February 21, 1996.
  7. ↑ Mike Boone, "Newsroom, Arrow scoop Geminis: Satiric sitcom about TV and a controversial series about doomed fighter pick up five apiece". Montreal Gazette , March 2, 1998.
  8. ↑ Adnan M. (28 February 2015). "Tassie Cameron ('Rookie Blue') Honoured with Margaret Collier Award". The Arts Guild. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  9. ↑ "'22 Minutes,' Ivan Fecan to receive special Canadian Screen Awards". Toronto Star , November 10, 2015.
  10. ↑ "Canadian Screen Awards: Peter Mansbridge, Karyn Pugliese, Margaret Atwood to be honoured". CBC News, October 30, 2017.
  11. ↑ Corey Atad, "Alex Trebek, David Suzuki, Dan Levy And More Among 2020 Canadian Screen Awards Special Honourees" Archived 2020-08-17 at the Wayback Machine . ET Canada , December 4, 2019.
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