Canadaland is the runaway Canadian winner at the third annual Signal Awards, recognizing the podcasts that define culture, “from mainstream and independent, underground and above the fold.”
Canadaland, Corus Entertainment’s Curioucast, CBC Podcasts and Radio-Canada OHdio are among the Canadian producers in the winning company of podcasts like All There Is with Anderson Cooper [Interview or Talk Show], On with Kara Swisher [Best Host, Current Events], Questlove Supreme [Music], Unlocking Us with Brené Brown [Best Conversation Starter], Handsome with Tig Notaro, Fortune Feimster and [Canadian] Mae Martin [Best Co-Host Team], The Sporkful [Food & Drink], and Twenty Thousand Hertz [Creativity & Marketing].
Canadaland’s A Field Guide to Gay Animals was the Canadian podcast that picked up the most honours, claiming Gold in the General Documentary category, Silver for Best Show Artwork, and Silver for Best Co-host Team for Owen Ever and Laine Kaplan-Levenson.
Canadaland’s Pretendians picked up Silver for Best Co-host Team for Robert Jago and Angel Ellis, and was also recognized with Silver in General Documentary.
CBC Podcasts’ Broomgate: A Curling Scandal won Gold in General Documentary (Sports), produced in association with USG Audio, Pacific Electric, and Kelly & Kelly.
Corus’ Curiouscast and Great Pacific Media’s Deadman’s Curse: Volcanic Gold captured Gold in the General-History category.
Radio-Canad OHDio won Gold for Bianca Gervais : Entre mères (Bianca Gervais: Just Between Mothers) – General‑Family & Child‑Raising; Fais un homme de toi : thérapies de conversion (Make a Man of Yourself: Conversion Therapies) – General‑LGBTQ+; and Croire encore? (Still Believing?) – General‑Religion & Spirituality.
The Canada Excellence Research Chair in Migration & Integration Program at Toronto Metropolitan University also won Silver in the General‑Activism, Public Service & Social Impact for its podcast, Borders & Belonging.
Find the full list of winners here.
