2016 Canadian Screen Awards – Television & Digital Media, Gala 1 Winners

The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television held its first gala tonight at the Westin Harbour Castle for the first round of Canadian Screen Award winners for 2016. The event was hosted by comedian Seán Cullen and presented 50 Canadian Screen Awards in the News & Sports, Documentary, Lifestyle, Reality & Digital Media categories.

In addition, they presented and three previously announced Academy Special Awards – Canada in Perspective received the Diversity Award; Mark Starowicz received the Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism; and Much Music Video Awards – Router-Based Production Audio Design received the Outstanding Technical Achievement Award.

Photos by Allan Tong


Complete list of the Canadian Screen Award winners for Gala 1

Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research
the fifth estate - The Mob and Michael Degroote
CBC (CBC)
Nicole Reinert, Alexandra Byers, Greg McArthur, Zach Dubinsky, Chelsea Gomez, Joseph Loiero

Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research
The Nature of Things: Jellyfish Rule!
CBC (CBC)
Gina Cali

Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series
Balletlujah
CBC (CBC)
(Corkscrew Media)
Scott Henuset, Heather Edwards, Brent Kawchuk

Best Cross-Platform Project - Non-Fiction
CBC News and CBC Aboriginal: Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women
(CBC)
Connie Walker, William Wolfe-Wylie, Tiar Wilson, Kimberly Ivany, Michael Pereira

Best Direction in a Documentary or Factual Series
Ice Pilots NWT - D-Day
History Channel Canada (Shaw Media)
Matt Shewchuk

Best Direction in a Documentary Program
Songs of Freedom

Ian Hanomansing

Vision TV (Zoomer Media)
Barbara Willis Sweete

Best Direction in a Lifestyle or Information Program or Series
The Marilyn Denis Show
CTV (Bell Media)
Bob Haller

Best Direction in a Live Sporting Event
2015 IIHF World Junior Gold Medal
TSN (Bell Media)
Andy Bouyoukos

Best Direction in a Reality / Competition Program or Series
The Amazing Race Canada – Man I’ve Got a Big Butt
CTV (Bell Media)
Rob Brunner

Best Documentary Program
SOL
Super Channel (Allarco Entertainment)
(Arnait Video Productions)
Marie-Hélène Cousineau, Stephane Rituit

Best Factual Program or Series
Still Standing
CBC (CBC)
(Frantic Films)
Jamie Brown, Catherine Legge, Jeff Peeler

Best History Documentary Program or Series
Vietnam: Canada's Shadow War
CBC (CBC)
(Merit Motion Pictures)
Merit Jensen Carr, Andy Blicq

Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series
CBC News Network - Power & Politics
CBC (CBC)
Rosemary Barton

Best Lifestyle Program or Series
Income Property
HGTV Canada (Shaw Media, Scripps Networks Interactive)
(SKIT Inc.)
Jennifer Dick, Kit Redmond, Scott McGillivray, Toni Miceli, Jenna Keane

Best Live Entertainment Special
The JUNO Awards 2015
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Production Company Ltd.)
John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Ed Robinson, Allan Reid, Lindsay Cox, Pam De Montmorency, Rose Marra

Best Live Sports Event
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
TSN (Bell Media)
(TSN)
Jim Panousis, Steve Abitrante

Best Local Newscast
CTV News Vancouver at 6
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media)
Ethan Faber, Les Staff, Rhonda Fuller, Len Catling, Charles Wright

Best National Newscast
CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media)
David Hughes, Rosa Hwang, Allan Black, Mark Borchiver, Lisa LaFlamme

Best News Anchor, Local
CBC News: Vancouver at 6
CBC (CBC)
Andrew Chang

Best News Anchor, National
CBC News Network with Ian Hanomansing
CBC (CBC)
Ian Hanomansing

Best News or Information Program
CBC News: Marketplace - Licence to Deceive
CBC (CBC)
(CBC)
Tiffany Foxcroft, Tyana Grundig, Erica Johnson, Morna Scott-Dunne, Bill Arnold

Best News or Information Segment
W5: Hands of God
CTV (Bell Media)
(CTV)
Victor Malarek, Mary Dartis, Litsa Sourtzis, André Lapalme, Jerry Vienneau, Brian Mellersh

Best News or Information Series
16x9
Global (Shaw Media)
(Global)
Laurie Few, Carolyn Jarvis

Best News Special
Decision Alberta 2015
Global (Shaw Media)
(Shaw Media)
Kenton Boston, Chris Bassett, Michael Fulmes, Michael Hennigar, Deb Zinck, Michel Gosselin, Lisa Geddes

Best Original Interactive Production Produced for Digital Media
Highrise: Universe Within
(National Film Board of Canada)
Anita Lee, David Oppenheim, Gerry Flahive, Katerina Cizek, Pietro Gagliano

Composer Darren Fung

Best Original Music for a Non-Fiction Program or Series
The Great Human Odyssey - Rise of a Species
CBC (CBC)
Darren Fung

Best Original Program or Series Produced for Digital Media - Non-Fiction
VICE Canada Reports
(VICE Canada)
Patrick Mcguire

Best Photography in a Documentary Program or Factual Series
Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI
OMNI (Rogers Media)
Jordan Paterson, Norm Li

Best Photography in a Lifestyle or Reality / Competition Program or Series
The Amazing Race Canada - Take Your Clue and Gooo!
CTV (Bell Media)
Ryan Shaw

Best Photography in a News or Information Program, Series or Segment
CBC News: The National - Losing Liberia
CBC (CBC)
Jean-Francois Bisson

Best Picture Editing in a Documentary Program or Series
Songs of Freedom
Vision TV (Zoomer Media)
David New

Best Picture Editing in a Factual Program or Series
Hockey Wives – Married to the Game
W Network (Corus)
Al Manson

Best Picture Editing in a Reality/Competition Program or Series
The Amazing Race Canada - Who’s Feeling Sporty Now
CTV (Bell Media)
Seth Poulin, Jonathan Dowler, Ben O'Neil, Burak Ozgan, Michael Tersigni

Best Production Design or Art Direction in a Non-Fiction Program or Series
Tricks on the Dead: The Story of the Chinese Labour Corps in WWI
OMNI (Rogers Media)
Cole Paterson, Candise Paul

Best Reality / Competition Program or Series
The Amazing Race Canada
CTV (Bell Media)
(Insight Production Company Ltd.)
John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Mark Lysakowski, Mike Bickerton, Sarah James, Kyle Martin, Daniela Battistella, Robyn Bigue, Ann Camilleri, Guy Clarkson, Catherine Petersen

Best Reportage, Local
Taxi Assault
Global (Shaw Media)
(Shaw Media)
Nancy Hixt, Dani Lantela, Lee Dillman

CBC's Adrienne Arsenault

Best Reportage, National
CBC News: The National - Ebola
CBC (CBC)
(CBC)
Adrienne Arsenault

Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series
The Great Human Odyssey
CBC (CBC)
(Clearwater Documentary)
Niobe Thompson

Best Sound in a Non-Fiction Program or Series
Songs of Freedom
Vision TV (Zoomer Media)
Peter Sawade, David Rose, L. Stu Young, Lou Solakofski, Martin Gwynn Jones, Krystin Hunter, Jane Tattersall

Best Sports Analyst in a Sports Program or Series (TIE)
2015 IIHF World Junior Gold Medal Game
TSN (TSN)
Ray Ferraro
AND
2015 IIHF World Junior Gold Medal Game
TSN (TSN)
Bob McKenzie

Best Sports Feature Segment
The Butterfly Child
TSN (Bell Media)
(TSN)
Ross Rheaume, James Duthie, Brent Blanchard, Devon Burns, Michael Banani

Best Sports Host in a Sports Program or Series
2015 Pan Am Games - Pan Am Afternoon
CBC (CBC)
Andi Petrillo

Best Sports Opening/Tease
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup Opening Tease
TSN (Bell Media)
(TSN)
Matt Dunn, Michael Farber, Devon Burns, Darren Oliver, Steve Denheyer

Best Sports Play-by-Play Announcer
2015 FIFA Women's World Cup
TSN (Bell Media)
Luke Wileman

Best Sports Program or Series
Defector
Sportsnet (Rogers Media)
(Sportsnet)
Marc Leblanc, Jeremy McElhanney

Best Talk Program or Series
The Marilyn Denis Show
CTV (Bell Media)
(Bell Media)
John Simpson, Michelle Crespi

Best Writing in a Documentary Program or Series
15 to Life: Kenneth's Story
iChannel (Stornoway Communications)
Nadine Pequeneza

Best Writing in a Factual Program or Series
Ice Pilots NWT - D-Day
History Channel Canada (Shaw Media)
Samantha Beck

Best Writing in a Lifestyle or Reality / Competition Program or Series
Survivorman Bigfoot - Legend of Klemtu Hill
OLN, Science Channel (Rogers Media, Discovery Communications LLC)
Les Stroud

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program
Sugar Coated
TVO (TVO)
(The Cutting Factory)
Michele Hozer, Janice Dawe