The 8th Canadian Screen Awards were presented by the

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from 25–28 May 2020 to honour achievements in Canadian film, television, and

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production in 2019. The presentations were held as a series of virtual events due to the

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. Nominations were announced on 18 February, with François Girard'''s'' '' The Song of Names'' leading in film nominations with 9, and Dan and

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's sitcom ''

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'' leading in television with 26 nominations. Sophie Deraspe's '' Antigone'' would be the most-awarded film and win Best Motion Picture'','' while ''

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'' would be the most-awarded television series.

Ceremony information

The ceremony was originally scheduled to be held on 29 March 2020."Alex Trebek among special 2020 Canadian Academy award recipients"
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'', December 5, 2019. On 12 March, the Academy announced that the Canadian Screen Awards and all associated activities had been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Canada. On 28 March, the Academy stated that it would announce the winners at a later date "when the time is right", citing the "great uncertainty" of the situation. On 5 May 2020, the Academy announced that it would present the awards as a series of pre-recorded virtual presentations streamed on its website and

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outlets from 25–28 May. The streaming presentations were produced with the support of the CBC, CTV, and Telefilm Canada. The first stream on 25 May presented the awards in news, sports, and documentary categories. Children's, youth, lifestyle, and reality programming were presented on 26 May, scripted television programming was presented on 27 May, and films were presented on 28 May.

Special awards

The first recipients of the academy's special awards were announced on December 4, 2019.Corey Atad
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'', December 4, 2019. *Lifetime Achievement Award: David Suzuki * Margaret Collier Award:

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*Radius Award: Dan Levy * Earle Grey Award: Tina Keeper *Academy Icon Award: Alex Trebek * Gordon Sinclair Award: Anton Koschany *Board of Directors Tribute: Michael Donovan, Robin Mirsky *Humanitarian Award: Nathalie Younglai *Industry Leadership Award: Crave *Outstanding Media Innovation Award: Secret Location

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