The Rob Stewart Award, formerly known as the Gemini/Canadian Screen Award for Best Science or Nature Documentary Program, is a Canadian television award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television to honour the year's best television documentary on a scientific or nature topic. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the Canadian Screen Awards. The award is open to both standalone documentary films and relevant episodes of television documentary series; in particular, episodes of the CBC Television documentary series The Nature of Things have frequently been nominees for or winners of the award.
The award was renamed to its current name in 2017 in memory of Rob Stewart, an influential Canadian director of science and nature documentary films who died in January 2017.[1]
Nominees and winners
edit1990s
edit| Year | Film | Filmmakers |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 10th Gemini Awards | ||
| Epilepsy: The Centre of Her Storms | David Way, Wally Longul | |
| Cyberwars: Binary Groove | Alan White, Eric Calvert | |
| Forbidden Places: "Silent Witness" | Aiken Scherberger | |
| Forbidden Places: "Zone of Separation" | Aiken Scherberger | |
| Whisper in the Air | Angela Gwynn John, Michael Betcherman, Tom Perlmutter | |
| 1996 11th Gemini Awards | ||
| Ebola: Inside an Outbreak | Elliott Halpern, Simcha Jacobovici, Ric Esther Bienstock | |
| Heart of the People | Peter von Puttkamer, Sheera von Puttkamer | |
| In My Own Time: Diary of a Cancer Patient | Jerry Krepakevich, Graydon McCrea, Joseph Viszmeg | |
| The Living Tides of Fundy | Stuart Beecroft | |
| The Nature of Things: "Food or Famine" | John Bassett | |
| 1997 12th Gemini Awards | ||
| Separate Lives | Robert Lang | |
| Forbidden Places: "Wildkill" | Aiken Scherberger | |
| Journeys: "Volcano" | Lauren Millar, Craig Moffat | |
| Life and Times: "Roberta Bondar, Lone Star" | Ann Kennard | |
| Secrets of the Choco | Ian McLaren | |
| The Empty Net | Richard Elson | |
| 1998 13th Gemini Awards | ||
| Before Their Time | Rudy Buttignol, David Way, Steven Manuel | |
| Ellesmere Island National Park Reserve | Mitchell Azaria | |
| Superbugs | Gordon Henderson | |
| The Monarch: A Butterfly Beyond Borders | David Springbett, Heather MacAndrew | |
| Witness: "Quake Hunters" | Terence McKeown | |
| 1999 14th Gemini Awards | ||
| My Healing Journey: Seven Years with Cancer | Jerry Krepakevich | |
| Baboon Tales | Rudolf Kovanic, Gillian Darling-Kovanic | |
| The Nature of Things: "Up Close and Personal" | Caroline Underwood | |
| The Pill | Joe MacDonald | |
| Walking with Grizzlies | Ian Herring |
2000s
edit2010s
edit2020s
edit| Year | Film | Filmmakers | Ref |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2020 9th Canadian Screen Awards | |||
| The Nature of Things: "Takaya: Lone Wolf" | André Barro, Martin Williams, Cheryl Alexander, Bruce Whitty, Kim Bondi, Gaby Bastyra | [3] | |
| The Nature of Things: "Be Afraid: The Science of Fear" | Gordon Henderson, Stuart Henderson, Rita Kotzia | [4] | |
| The Nature of Things: "Pass the Salt" | Judy Holm, Michael McNamara, Aaron Hancox | ||
| The Nature of Things: "She Walks with Apes" | Mark Starowicz, Caitlin Starowicz | ||
| Striking Balance | Yvonne Drebert | ||
| 2021 10th Canadian Screen Awards | |||
| Borealis | Kevin McMahon, Michael McMahon, Kristina McLaughlin, Justine Pimlott, Felicity Justrabo | [5] | |
| The Nature of Things: "Inside The Great Vaccine Race" | Dugald Maudsley, Gillian Main | [6] | |
| The Nature of Things: "Kids vs. Screens" | Leora Eisen, Jackie Carlos, Diana Warmé | ||
| The Nature of Things: "Kingdom of the Polar Bears" | Merit Jensen Carr, Sally Blake, Patrice Lorton | ||
| The Nature of Things: "The Last Walrus" | Nathalie Bibeau, Frederic Bohbot | ||
| 2022 11th Canadian Screen Awards | |||
| The Nature of Things: "Ice and Fire: Tracking Canada's Climate Crisis" | Elliott Halpern, Elizabeth Trojian | [7] | |
| The Mightiest | Chris Perez, Marcelle Edwards, Manny Groneveldt | [8] | |
| The Nature of Things: "Carbon: The Unauthorized Biography" | Niobe Thompson | ||
| The Nature of Things: "Curb Your Carbon" | Dugald Maudsley, Gillian Main | ||
| The Nature of Things: "Nature's Big Year" | Christine Nielsen, Diana Warmé | ||
| 2023 12th Canadian Screen Awards | |||
| The Water Brothers | Wendy MacKeigan, Tyler Mifflin, Alex Mifflin | [9] | |
| Ageless Gardens | Ian Toews, Mark Bradley, Moses Znaimer, Beverley Shenken | [10] | |
| The Nature of Things: "Apocalypse, Plan B" | Caitlin Starowicz, Mark Starowicz | ||
| The Nature of Things: "True Survivors" | Carolyn Whittaker |
References
edit- ^ "Rob Stewart honored at Canadian Screen Awards". Tribute, March 13, 2017.
- ^ "Gord Downie's Secret Path, Amazing Race and CBC News among Canadian Screen Awards winners". CBC News, March 26, 2019.
- ^ Kim Izzo, "Canadian Screen Award winners for non-fiction categories revealed". RealScreen, May 17, 2021.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "Television Nominees Announced For 2021 Canadian Screen Awards, ‘Schitt’s Creek’ Leads The Pack With 21 Nominations". ET Canada, March 30, 2021.
- ^ Jamie Samhan, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Winners: Broadcast News And Documentary & Factual". ET Canada, April 4, 2022.
- ^ Brent Furdyk, "2022 Canadian Screen Award Nominees Announced, ‘Sort Of’ & ‘Scarborough’ Lead The Pack". ET Canada, February 15, 2022.
- ^ Jackson Weaver, "To Kill a Tiger, We're All Gonna Die and BLK emerge as top winners at CSAs' opening night". CBC News, April 11, 2023.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "2023 Canadian Screen Award Nominations for Documentary". Point of View, February 22, 2023.
- ^ Connie Thiessen, "Canadian Screen Awards winners: Documentary, Factual, Lifestyle & Reality". Broadcast Dialogue, May 30, 2024.
- ^ Pat Mullen, "Canadian Screen Award Nominees in Documentary and Factual Categories". Point of View, March 6, 2024.