From 1986 through 2011, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presented the Gemini Awards to recognize excellence in Canada’s English-language television industry. In 2013, the Gemini Awards amalgamated with the Genie Awards to become the Canadian Screen Awards, which succeeded the ACTRA Awards. The Prix Gmeaux, the Gemini’s French-language counterpart, was established in 1987 and continues to honor the television industry in Qubec.
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History
The original ACTRA Awards were integrated into the Academy of Canadian Cinema, the governing body of the Genie Awards, in 1986. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television was then renamed the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television. The award’s name was chosen to emphasize the “complementary nature of creativity and technology, fantasy and reality, artists and craftsmen,” as well as the efforts of industry professionals both in front of and behind the camera. Scott Thornley, an award-winning designer and artist, created the prize sculpture, which is a bronze outline of a face in profile.
The first Gemini Prizes were hosted on April 21, 1986, to honor the achievements of the Academy’s television members; awards were given out in 87 categories. Awards were given out in 114 categories by 2011. The Earle Grey Award, given to an individual or group for lifetime achievement in Canadian television, was one of the special honours awarded at the Gemini Awards. In 2003, awards for digital media categories were created.
The Academy announced in 2012 that the Gemini and Genie Awards will be merged into the Canadian Screen Awards, which were first held in Toronto on March 3, 2013, and televised on CBC Television, following “extensive industry engagement and outreach.” Helga Stephenson, the Academy’s CEO, noted that combining the television and cinema awards was part of an effort “to put a much stronger spotlight on those industries.”
Nomination Process
Nominations for shows and personalities were filed by their production company or the show’s producer. All submissions were subject to the Gemini Awards’ rules and regulations, which were reviewed annually by a committee of industry professionals. Each category’s nominations were then decided by a peer jury. The judging panels were made up of five to seven Academy members, as well as other industry professionals with competence in the field of the category in question. Jury members were chosen by a jury chair and the Academy scrutinized them for any potential biases.
Jury members evaluated all of the applications in their category based on a set of criteria and chose up to five nominations per category. The nominations were decided by secret ballot. PricewaterhouseCoopers audited the balloting procedure.
Votes for performance and craft categories were cast by Academy members with competence in that particular discipline, same to how nominations were decided (e.g., actors vote for acting categories and writers vote for writing categories). The program categories, on the other hand, were open to all voting members (e.g., Best Dramatic Series and Best Comedy Program or Series).
List of 25 Best TV Shows
In 2010, the Gemini Awards celebrated their 25th anniversary by asking a panel of experts to select the top 25 English-language Canadian television shows of all time, and then allowing fans to vote in an online poll. The following were the final results:
1. Degrassi: The Next Generation (all four seasons, 1980present)
2. The Flashpoint Period (20082012)
Mr. Dressup (196796) was a television show that aired from 1967 through 1996. (see Ernest Coombs)
Anne of Green Gables is the fourth book in the Anne of Green Gables series (mini-series, 1995)
Durham County (20072010) is the fifth most populous county in the United States.
6. Sherlock Holmes (20012009)
Due South (19941999) is a film that was released between 1994 and 1999.
Being Erica (20092011) is the eighth film in the Being Erica series.
9. Corner Gas (from 2004 to 2009)
The Friendly Giant (195885) is a film that was released between 1958 and 1985. (see Robert Homme)
The Beachcombers (197290) were a group of people who lived on the beach.
Trailer Park Boys (20012008) was a television series that aired from 2001 to 2008.
The Kids in the Hall (19881994) was a television series that aired from 1988 to 1994.
14. The Rick Mercer Report (from 2004 until the present)
North of 60 (199298) is a film that was released between 1992 and 1998.
This Hour Has 22 Minutes (1992Present) is a television series that aired from 1992 until the present.
17. John Wayne and Buster Keaton (195489)
Made in Canada (19982002) is the 18th film in the Made in Canada series.
Slings and Arrows (200306) is the 19th installment of the Slings and Arrows series.
20. The Inquest of Leonardo da Vinci (19982005)
The Nature of Things (1960Present) is number 22.
Traders (19962000) is the 23rd film in the series.
The New Music (19792008) is number 24.
The Newsroom (199697, 200405) is number 25.
What is the equivalent of the Academy Awards in Canada?
The Canadian Screen Prizes (French: Les prix crans canadiens) are awards presented in the film industry for artistic and technical achievement in Canadian film, English-language television, and digital media (web series) projects. The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television presents the awards each year to honor excellence in cinematic achievements as determined by the Academy’s voting membership.
The awards were first presented in 2013 as a result of a merger of the Academy’s prior prizes for television (English-language) and film productions, the Gemini Awards and Genie Awards. They are often compared to the Oscars and Emmy Awards in the United States, the BAFTA Awards in the United Kingdom, the AACTA Awards in Australia, the IFTA Awards in Ireland, the Csar Awards in France, and the Goya Awards in Spain, and are widely regarded as the most prestigious award for Canadian entertainers, artists, and filmmakers.
When do the Junos air tonight?
The 2022 JUNO Awards hosted by Simu Liu will be broadcast nationwide Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT on CBC TV, CBC Gem, CBC Radio One, CBC Music, CBC Listen, globally on CBCMusic.ca/junos and livestreamed on CBC Music’s Facebook, Twitter and YouTube pages.
bbno$, DJ Shub & Snotty Nose Rez Kids, Haviah Mighty, Lauren Spencer-Smith, and Tesher join the list
The Canadian Academy of Arts and Sciences (CARAS) and the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) today released the full list of artists and presenters who will take the stage at the 2022 JUNO Awards. This year’s show, hosted by Simu Liu of Marvel Studios’ Shang-Chi and The Legend of The Ten Rings, will air live from Budweiser Stage on CBC TV, CBC Radio One, and CBC Music on Sunday, May 15 at 8 p.m. ET/5 p.m. PT, and streamed live on CBC Gem, CBC Listen, and globally at CBCMusic.ca/junos, as well as CBC Music’s Facebook, Twitter, and
Is there a Canadian who has ever won an Academy Award?
The inaugural Academy Awards ceremony takes place. Mary Pickford of Toronto wins her second Best Actress Oscar for Coquette, beginning a Canadian trend. (Norma Shearer of Montreal and Marie Dressler of Cobourg, Ont., will win in the next two years, but the reign will not last: no Canuck has won Best Actress since.)
What does the candy award entail?
The “Oscar” has been given to the Academy Awards, and now the “Candy” has been given to the Canadian Screen Awards.
CSAs host Norm Macdonald quipped during his opening monologue on Sunday night that the award should be called the “Candy” in honor of the late John Candy, and it appears that the moniker has stuck.
Eugene Levy, Catherine O’Hara, and Martin Short, all comedic pals of Candy’s, were quick to adopt the moniker. Candy, who died in 1994 after a heart attack, co-starred with Levy and O’Hara on the Canadian sketch comedy show “SCTV.”
Candy’s friends didn’t merely adopt the new moniker. During the ceremony, Jacob Tremblay and presenters Donald Sutherland and Helen Shaver, as well as many other winners speaking to the press backstage, used the shorter moniker, referring to the statuette as the “Candy.”
What do the JUNO Awards mean?
The Juno Prizes, often known as the JUNOS, are annual awards given to Canadian musicians and bands to recognize their artistic and technical achievements in all areas of music. The awards presentations often include the induction of new members of the Canadian Music Hall of Fame. The Juno Awards are frequently referred to as Canada’s answer to the Brit Awards in the United Kingdom or the Grammy Awards in the United States.
The award winners are chosen by members of the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS) or a panel of specialists, depending on the prize. However, nine of the forty-two categories, such as Album of the Year and Artist of the Year, are decided solely on the basis of sales numbers. The nominees for Single of the Year, Artist of the Year, and Group of the Year are chosen by CARAS members. The nominees for the remaining categories are determined by a judge vote of professionals in the respective genre. The judges’ identities are kept hidden. The judges come from many walks of life in the music industry in Canada. They are men and women who speak both official languages and are distributed around the country (English and French). No one can judge the same category for two consecutive years.
What are the names of the Canadian music awards?
The Juno Awards are given out by Canada’s music recording industry. Since 1975, when the awards ceremony was first broadcast on television, they have been administered by the Canadian Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences (CARAS). Since 1995, when it was turned from an industry function to a public event at an arena concert venue, the awards ceremony has grown in popularity dramatically. The Canadian Music Hall of Fame, created by CARAS in 1978, is also part of the Juno Awards.
Which actor has received the most nominations for the Academy Awards?
Meryl Streep had the most Oscar nominations of all time as of March 2022, with an incredible 21 nods and three wins. Katherine Hepburn (1907-2003), despite receiving 12 nominations, won one more Academy Award than Meryl Streep during her acting career.
Who was the first woman to present the Academy Awards on her own?
In 1994, Whoopi Goldberg became the first woman to host the show on her own, becoming the first woman to do so. “Things are a little different: the host is wearing a dress, which is a first,” she began her introductory monologue.
She was the first Black actress to be nominated for both Best Woman and Best Supporting Actress at the Academy Awards, and she was the second Black actress to win an Oscar in 1991.
What are the Artios awards, and what do they mean?
The presentation was presented by Ghosts co-star Danielle Pinnock, and included current Oscar nominees Steven Spielberg, Ariana DeBose, and Troy Kotsur, as well as two-time Oscar contender Lee Daniels and Emmy winner Brian Cox.
“I’ve always been so fascinated by casting directors’ inexhaustible ingenuity and passion in giving actors a platform to share their gifts and in assisting artists in realizing their vision by assembling the appropriate ensemble of performers,” Pinnock said.
The Artios Awards have recognized casting directors in over 20 categories spanning film, television, and theater since 1985. Special awardees for their contributions to the craft are also chosen. Members of the recently relaunched Casting Society vote on nominees and winners.