The 2023 Canadian Screen Award winners in the Children’s & Animation categories were presented Wednesday afternoon, live at Meridian Hall in Toronto and hosted by Paul Sun-Hyung Lee.
Multiple award winners included The Hardy Boys and PAW Patrol – Rescue Knights, with TVO and TVO Kids’ productions securing a leading six awards. Among those honoured was the late Ted Bastien, who won Best Direction, Animation for PAW Patrol – Rescue Knights, and was recognized with a standing ovation by those in attendance at Wednesday’s awards.
Find the full list of winners here:
Best Performance, Children’s or Youth
Holly Hobbie
Family Channel (WildBrain)
(Aircraft Pictures in association with Cloudco Entertainment and Wexworks Media)
Saara Chaudry
Best Writing, Children’s or Youth
The Hardy Boys – Captured!
YTV (Corus Entertainment)
(Lambur Productions Inc.)
Ramona Barckert
Best Writing, Pre-School
Happy House of Frightenstein – Heirloom Doom
Family Jr. (WildBrain)
(Headspinner Productions Inc.)
Ken Cuperus, Sandy Jobin-Bevans
Best Pre-School Program or Series
PAW Patrol
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Entertainment)
Jennifer Dodge, Ronnen Harary, Keith Chapman, Ursula Ziegler-Sullivan, Laura Clunie, Toni Stevens, Jonah Stroh, Dan Mokriy, Tracey Dodokin, Jason McKenzie, Damian Temporale
Best Picture Editing, Children’s or Youth
All-Round Champion – Hockey
TVO (TVO)
(marblemedia)
Al Manson
Best Direction, Children’s or Youth
The Hardy Boys – The Doctor’s Orders
YTV (Corus Entertainment)
(Lambur Productions Inc.)
Melanie Orr
Best Children’s or Youth Non-Fiction Program or Series
All-Round Champion
TVO (TVO)
(marblemedia)
Matthew Hornburg, Mark J.W. Bishop, Donna Luke, Steve Sloan, Michael A. Dunn, Andra Johnson Duke, Jim Bell, Marney Malabar
Shaw Rocket Fund Kids’ Choice Award
The Fabulous Show with Fay and Fluffy
Family Jr. (WildBrain)
(Lopii Productions)
Rennata Lopez, Georgina Lopez
Best Children’s or Youth Fiction Program or Series
Detention Adventure
CBC Gem
(LoCo Motion Pictures, Broken Compass Films)
Lauren Corber, Joe Kicak, Carmen Albano, Ryan West
Best Sound, Animation
PAW Patrol – Rescue Knights: Quest for the Dragon’s Tooth
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Entertainment)
Richard Spence-Thomas, Tim Muirhead, Mitch Connors, Luke Dante, Kyle Peters, Ryan Ongaro, Patton Rodrigues
Best Original Music, Animation
Let’s Go Luna! – Dig it Daddy-O
TVOKids (TVO)
(9 Story Media Group / Brown Bag Films)
Ari Posner, Amin Bhatia, Kris Kuzdak
Best Writing, Animation
Pinecone & Pony – The Pwettiest Pony / Try This Club On For Size
Apple TV+
(First Generation Films)
Stephanie Kaliner, Lakna Edirisinghe
Best Direction, Animation
PAW Patrol – Rescue Knights: Quest for the Dragon’s Tooth
TVOKids (TVO)
(Spin Master Entertainment)
Charles E. Bastien
Best Performance, Animation
Summer Memories
Family Channel (WildBrain)
(A&N Productions, Aircraft Pictures and Yeti Farm Creative)
Tricia Black
Best Animated Program or Series
The Snoopy Show
Apple TV+
(WildBrain)
Anne Loi, Josh Scherba, Stephanie Betts, Paige Braddock, Craig Schulz, Mark Evestaff, Kimberly Small
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