Margaret Collier Award

The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been part of the Canadian Screen Awards.[1] It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team.[2]

The award is named in honour of Margaret Collier, the longtime executive director of ACTRA's chapter for television writers.[3]

The recipient of this award is selected upon the recommendation of the Academy's television division writer's branch with ratification from the Academy's board of directors.

  1. ^ Tony Atherton, "Viewer curiosity behind Geminis success story". Ottawa Citizen, March 3, 1996.
  2. ^ "Special Awards". Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television. Retrieved 12 November 2017.
  3. ^ Susan Ferrier Mackay, "Formidable ACTRA official Margaret Collier advocated for writers for film, TV and radio". The Globe and Mail, May 12, 2021.