DCHP-2

Gemini Award Gemini, The Geminis DCHP-2 (June 2016)

• n. — Entertainment

  an annual award for excellence in Canadian English-language television, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television from 1986 to 2012.

  Type: 1. Origin — When the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (ACCT) assumed responsibility for television awards from the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) in 1986, the Gemini Awards were created to honour Canadians in the English-language television industry. The Gemini statuette given to awardees (see Image 1) was designed by Scott Thornley (see ACCT reference).
  At the time of the award's dissolution in 2012, there were 87 categories of awards, as well as several special awards given for various reasons, such as lifetime achievement. In 2012, the ACCT announced that the Gemini and Genie awards would be discontinued and replaced by the Canadian Screen Awards for all forms of media, including film, television and digital media (see the 2012 quotation). The Canadian Screen Awards were first awarded in 2013.
  See also COD-2, s.v. "Gemini" (3), which is marked "Cdn", ITP Nelson, s.v. "Gemini" (3).

  See also: Genie Award  Prix Gémeaux  ACTRA  ACTRA Award  ACCT  Canadian Screen Awards  Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television  

  • The Gemini Award was only awarded to English-language television. The ACCT holds a French counterpart of the Geminis, Les Prix Gémeaux, in Quebec (see the 1986 and 1996 quotations).