Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television Diversity Award
Canadian film and TV 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.
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
| Year | Program | Producers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 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 Perspective | Anne Marie Varner | [29] |