The Diversity Award was a special award presented by

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to honour excellence in English-language television programming that reflects the racial and cultural diversity of Canada". It was introduced in 1988 as the Multiculturalism Award under the umbrella of the

Gemini Awards The Gemini Awards were awards given by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television between 1986–2011 to recognize the achievements of Canada's English-language television industry. The Gemini Awards are analogous to the Emmy Awards given in th ...

,Bill Anderson, "Spotlight on Canadian TV; CBC sequel, CTV mini-series share top billing in Gemini nominations". ''

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'', October 13, 1988. and renamed to the Canada Award in 1993."Vision TV show honored for multiculturalism". ''

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'', February 10, 1993. The winner of the award was generally announced in advance of the ceremony, although the award was presented to the producers at the ceremony. It was renamed to the Diversity Award in 2014 after the Geminis were merged into the

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. It has not been presented since the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.

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productions and co-productions have won approximately half of all Canada Awards.

Winners by year

References

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Awards established in 1988 Awards disestablished in 2014 1988 establishments in Canada 2016 disestablishments in Canada Retired Canadian Screen Awards

Winners by year

See also

References