Canadian Screen Awards: Non-Fiction Programming Winners Announced

Festivities surrounding the Canadian Screen Awards began this week in Toronto. Last night the ceremony celebrating excellence in non-fiction programming was held at the Westin Harbour Castle in downtown Toronto.

The ceremony was held to honour achievements in television news, sports, documentary, lifestyle, factual and reality programming. The ceremony, hosted by The Beaverton’s Miguel Rivas, was the first in a week-long annual celebration hosted by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television.

CBC took home 18 of the 49 awards for achievements in various fields. CTV’s “The Amazing Race Canada” was also a popular winner taking home four awards.

The festivities continue on Wednesday with a gala celebrating creative fiction. On Thursday a gala will be held to honour immersive and digital storytelling. The festivities culminate on Sunday with a broadcast gala on CBC honouring Canadian film and television.

The full list of non-fiction winners is as follows:

Best Host or Interviewer in a News or Information Program or Series

CBC News: the fifth estate – Cross Lake: This is Where I Live (CBC)

Gillian Findlay

Best News Anchor, Local

British Columbia Votes (CBC)

Andrew Chang

Best Reportage, National

Global National – Ontario’s Troubled Probation System (Global)

Mike Omelus, Dawna Friesen, Carolyn Jarvis

Best News or Information Segment

APTN Investigates – Against Their Will (APTN)

Cullen Crozier, Holly Moore, Paul Barnsley

Best News or Information Program

Terror (Viceland)

Suroosh Alvi, Bernardo Loyola, Peter Salisbury, Michael Kronish, Shane Smith, Eddy Moretti

Best Sports Analyst

Raptors Basketball on TSN (TSN)

Jack Armstrong

Best Sports Feature Segment

Sound of Thunder (TSN)

Matt Dorman, Brent Blanchard, Devon Burns, Kevin Fallis

Best Sports Opening/Tease

2016 Grey Cup (TSN)

Craig Chambers, Devon Burns, Troy Hacock

Best Live Sports Event

2016 MLS Cup (TSN)

Jim Panousis, Steve Abitrante

Best Sports Host

2017 TradeCentre (TSN)

James Duthie

Best Photography, News or Information

CBC News: The National – Dancing Towards the Light (CBC)

Ed Ou, Kitra Cahana

Best Photography, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition

The Amazing Race Canada – Can I See Your Kuna? (CTV)

Ryan Shaw

Best Photography, Documentary or Factual

Abandoned – Newfoundland Coast (Viceland)

Alex Craig, David Ehrenreich

Best Picture Editing, Documentary

Canada In A Day (CTV)

Nick Hector

Best Picture Editing, Reality/Competition

The Amazing Race Canada – Finale (CTV)

Al Manson, Jonathan Dowler, Clare Elson, John Niedzielski, Jay Prychidny, Jordan Wood, Michael Tersigni

Best Picture Editing, Factual

Hello Goodbye – Lean on Me (CBC)

Derek Esposito

Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series

Science Max: Experiments at Large (TVO)

Nat Abraham, Michael McGuigan, Ira Levy, Peter Williamson, Joan Lambur, Phil McCordic, Leanne Brennan

Best Variety or Entertainment Special

P.K. Subban: Shots Fired (CBC)

Bruce Hills

Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research

W5: Making a Terrorist (CTV)

Madeline McNair, Brennan Lefler, Victor Malarek

Barbara Sears Award for Best Visual Research

League of Exotique Dancers (CBC)

Erin Chisholm

Best Writing, Factual

Still Standing – Fort McMurray (CBC)

Jonny Harris, Fraser Young, Steve Dylan, Graham Chittenden

Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition

The Amazing Race Canada – We Just Saw Johnny Mustard (CTV)

Mark Lysakowski, Jennifer Pratt, Rob Brunner

Best Writing, Documentary

Unstoppable: The Fentanyl Epidemic (CBC)

Robert Osborne

Rob Stewart Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program or Series

The Wild Canadian Year (CBC)

Jeff Turner, Sue Turner, Caroline Underwood

Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series

Rush: Time Stand Still (HBO Canada)

Allan Weinrib, Pegi Cecconi, Ray Danniels, John Virant, Corey Russell

Best Factual Series

Mayday (Discovery Channel)

Alex Bystram, Kim Bondi, Martin Pupp

Best History Documentary Program or Series

The Nature of Things with David Suzuki: Lost Secrets of the Pyramid (CBC)

Alan Handel, James Hyslop, Carlo Massarella, Dan Kendall

Best Documentary Program

RISE (Viceland)

Michelle Latimer, Tania Natscheff, Bernardo Loyola, Patrick McGuire, Heather Rae, Michael Kronish, Spike Jonze, Eddy Moretti, Shane Smith

Gordon Sinclair Award for Broadcast Journalism

Karyn Pugliese

Best Original Music, Non-Fiction

The Secret Path (CBC)

Gord Downie, Kevin Drew, Dave Hamelin

Best Sound, Non-Fiction

Where The Universe Sings: The Spiritual Journey of Lawren Harris (TVO)

Sanjay Mehta, Ian Rodness, Steve Blair, Dustin Harris

Best Production Design or Art Direction, Non-Fiction

Big Brother Canada – Finale (Global)

Peter Faragher, Kevin Halliday, Aaron Scholl, Andy Roskaft

Best Direction, Live Sports Event

2016 MLS Cup (TSN)

Richard Wells

Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information

Canada Day 150! From Coast to Coast to Coast (CBC)

David Russell

Best Direction, Reality/Competition

The Amazing Race Canada – Finale (CTV)

Rob Brunner

Best Direction, Documentary or Factual Series

Real Vikings: Viking Women (History)

Rebecca Snow

Best Direction, Documentary Program

Canada In A Day (CTV)

Trish Dolman

Best Host in a Live Program or Series

Canada Day 150! From Coast to Coast to Coast (CBC)

Rick Mercer

Best Talk Program or Series

The Marilyn Denis Show (CTV)

Michelle Crespi, John Simpson

Best Lifestyle Program or Series

Property Brothers (HGTV)

Gerard Barry, Drew Scott, Jonathan Scott, Kim Bondi, Jessica Vander Kooij

Best Live Entertainment Special

The JUNO Awards 2017 (CTV)

John Brunton, Barbara Bowlby, Randy Lennox, Allan Reid, Mark Cohon, Lindsay Cox, Pam De Montmorency, Tracy Galvin, Kristeen Von Hagen, Luciano Casimiri, Mark Vreeken, Howard Baggley, Simon Bowers, Doug McClement, Alex Nadon

Best News or Information Series

CBC News: the fifth estate (CBC)

Jim Williamson, Julian Sher

Best Host in a Program or Series

Your Special Canada (CBC)

Jonathan Torrens

Best Local Newscast

CBC News: Vancouver at 6 (CBC)

Alexandra Gibb, Joan Marshall, Eric Rankin, Natalie Clancy, Amar Parmar

Best National Newscast

CTV National News with Lisa LaFlamme (CTV)

Lisa LaFlamme, David Hughes, Rosa Hwang, Allan Myers, Allan Black