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

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to honour the year's best television documentary on a scientific or nature topic. Formerly presented as part of the

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, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the

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. The award is open to both standalone documentary films and relevant episodes of television documentary series; in particular, episodes of the

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documentary series ''

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'' 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."Rob Stewart honored at Canadian Screen Awards"
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'', March 13, 2017.

Nominees and winners

1990s

2000s

2010s

2020s

References

{{Canadian Screen Awards Canadian Screen Award television categories Canadian documentary film awards