''Absolutely Canadian'' is a Canadian documentary television series. Formerly a weekday news series on CBC Newsworld, it currently airs as a weekly series on CBC Television.

Newsworld

In its CBC Newsworld era, the program aired news reports on local and regional interest stories from the CBC's local news bureaux."CBC Newsworld aims for flair and depth". '' Calgary Herald'', June 24, 1998. Premiering in 1998, it was discontinued in 2009 when Newsworld was rebranded as CBC News Network and its daytime news programming was renamed '' CBC News Now''.

CBC Television

The series was relaunched in the summer of 2011 on CBC Television as a summer documentary series, with distinct regional editions produced in

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. Each six-episode regional series featured a mix of news and entertainment features, including documentary reports and live performances by local musicians. Beginning in January 2012, ''Absolutely Canadian'' aired nationally as a compilation of select segments from the regional programs. With the 2018 season the regional episodes and national curated slate of shows were made available on

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Awards

The feature documentary '' Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice'', an epic touching upon 150 years of the Chinese Canadian community and international diaspora from ''Absolutely Canadians Alberta edition, produced and directed by Kenda Gee and

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, picked up two nominations for Best Sound and Best Original Music in a Non-Fiction Program at the

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garnered an award nomination for Best Performance in a Variety or Sketch Comedy Program or Series for her appearance on ''Studio 14 Sessions'', the musical performance segment of the Ottawa edition. At the 4th Canadian Screen Awards, the series garnered nominations in the categories of Best Music Program or Series for ''John Mann Here and Now'', an episode of the British Columbia edition of the series featuring the first live concert performance by musician John Mann after publicizing his diagnosis with

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, and Best Documentary Program for '' Okpik's Dream'', a documentary film which aired on the Quebec edition of the series."Okpik's Dream, Montreal filmmaker's 1st doc, nominated for Canadian Screen Awards"

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, January 20, 2016.

References

External links

''Absolutely Canadian''''Lost Years: A People's Struggle for Justice''
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