
About the Academy.
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is the largest non-profit professional media arts organization in Canada. With a membership of more than 4,000 emerging and established industry professionals, we are dedicated to developing, recognizing, celebrating, and advocating for Canadian talent in the film, television, and digital media sectors.
The Canadian Academy strives to foster industry growth, knowledge, inclusion, and mentorship through a series of professional development programs, talent activation initiatives, and networking opportunities. Aimed at creating a more equitable and diverse Canadian screen-based industry, we are committed to discovering and nurturing all levels of talent through professional training and guidance.
The Canadian Academy produces the Canadian Screen Awards, bringing together the screen-based industry annually to celebrate the country’s top talent in the film, television and digital sectors at Canadian Screen Week. In 2013, the Canadian Screen Awards were born as the result of a merger of the Academy’s Gemini and Genie Awards, which, respectively, honoured English-language television and film.
Board of Directors.

John Young
Academy Chair

Thomas Santram
Academy Vice Chair
Senior Vice President & General Counsel, Cineplex

Anita McOuat, CA, CPA
Academy Treasurer

Scott Henderson
Academy Secretary,
President, Henderson Communications
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Neishaw Ali
President/Executive Producer, SPIN VFX

Shamier Anderson
Actor, Partner & Co-Founder of B.L.A.C.K

Solange Attwood
EVP, Blue Ant International

maxine bailey
Executive Director, Canadian Film Centre
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Tracey Deer
Creator / Director / Writer / Executive Producer

Jennifer Dettman
Executive Director, Unscripted Content, CBC

Andréa Grau
Founder & Owner of Touchwood PR

Jocelyn Hamilton
President, Canada, Television, Entertainment One
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Jennifer Hollyer
President of the Jennifer Hollyer Agency

Stephan James
Actor, Partner & Co-Founder of B.L.A.C.K

Tina Keeper
Producer, Actress

Anne Marie La Traverse
President and Executive Producer, Pink Sky Entertainment
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Jennifer Twiner McCarron
CEO, Thunderbird Entertainment Group

Noah Segal
Co-President, Elevation Pictures

Lindsey Scully
Head of PR, Netflix Canada

Justin Stockman
Vice-President, English Content Development & Programming at Bell Media
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