Canada Award



The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is proud to present the Canada Award, supported by the Multiculturalism Program of the Department of Canadian Heritage, honours excellence in mainstream television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada. It aims to promote greater opportunities for ethnic and visible minority professionals within the broadcasting industry on both sides of the camera.

To discover more information on the winners of the Canada Award and view clips from selected shows, click on the winner from each year to launch another page.


2007 - Little Mosque on the Prairie- Zarqa Nawaz, Mary Darling, Clark Donnelly, Michael Snook and Susan Flanders-Alexander
2006 - Wapos Bay - There's No "I" in Hockey- Dennis Jackson, Melanie Jackson, Anand Ramayya, Michael Scott
2005 - Two Worlds Colliding- Tasha Hubbard, Bonnie Thompson
2004 - Cosmic Current - Anand Ramayya, Joe MacDonald
2003 - Carry Me Home: The Story of Nathaniel Dett Chorale - Liam Romalis, Gerald Packer
2002 - Film Club - Cyrus Sundar Singh, Karen King-Chigbo
2001 - Made in China - Shan Tam, Karin L. Lee
2000 - Unwanted Soldiers - Karen King, Jari Osborne
1999 - Loyalties - Lesley Ann Patten, Kent Martin
1998 - The Rez - Brian Dennis
1998 - The Road Taken - Selwyn Jacob, Dale Phillips
1997 - The Mind of a Child - Gary Marcuse
1996 - Nuhoniyeh: Our Story - Allan Code, Mary Code
1995 - For Angela - Joe MacDonald, Nancy Trites Botkin, Daniel Prouty
1994 - Speak It! From The Heart of Black Nova Scotia - Marilyn A. Belec, Mike Mahoney, Sylvia Hamilton
1993 - It’s About Time - Rita Shelton Deverell, Peter Flemington
1992 - Drums - Andy Blicq, Pnina Bloch, Jennifer Campbell
1990 - Batiya Bak! - Werner Volkner
1989 - Inside Stories - Paul De Silva, Ann O’Brian
1988 - Degrassi Junior High - Kit Hood, Linda Schuyler







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