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
Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television
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to honour the year's best television documentary on a scientific or nature topic. Formerly presented as part of the
Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been presented as part of the
Canadian Screen Awards. The award is open to both standalone documentary films and relevant episodes of television documentary series; in particular, episodes of the
CBC Television documentary series ''
The Nature of Things'' 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