TORONTO – “Never Have I Ever” star Maitreyi Ramakrishnan and sportscaster Bob Cole are among these set to obtain honours from this 12 months’s Canadian Screen Awards.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television has introduced the winners of its special awards, a precursor to the annual weeklong bash recognizing one of the best in homegrown movie, tv and screen-based media.
Ramakrishnan, the younger star of the Netflix comedy “Never Have I Ever,” will obtain the Radius Award for “making waves globally” whereas Cole will get a lifetime achievement award.
Former CBC host and Inuk media persona Rassi Nashalik is up for a broadcast journalism award, whereas manufacturing executives Vince Commisso of 9 Story Media Group and John Galway of Corrib Entertainment might be acknowledged for his or her affect on the expansion of the Canadian media trade.
This 12 months introduces the Changemaker Award, for people in media who carry consideration to systemic racism and promote fairness and inclusion. The winners are TSN host and producer Kayla Grey, CBC host and playwright Amanda Parris and Kathleen Newman-Bremang, deputy director of Unbothered, Refinery29’s on-line neighborhood for Black ladies.
Nominees for the Canadian Screen Awards might be introduced Feb. 15, with awards set to be handed out throughout Canadian Screen Week, April 4 to 10.
This report by The Canadian Press was first revealed Jan. 18, 2024.
