APTN celebrates 38 Canadian Screen Award nominations, including 20 for “North of North”

APTN celebrates 38 Canadian Screen Award nominations, including 20 for “North of North”

APTN and its creative and production partners have received 38 nominations for the 2026 Canadian Screen Awards (CSAs): six for APTN’s news programming and 32 for APTN’s entertainment programming, with North of North topping the list at 20 nominations. These nominations reflect APTN’s commitment to developing Indigenous content that resonates from coast to coast to coast. Presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television, the CSAs recognize excellence across 146 categories in film, television and digital media.

News Programming Nominations 

• Best News or Information Program or Series — APTN Investigates 
• Best National Newscast — APTN National News 
• Best News or Information Segment — APTN Investigates: Inside Policing (“Deadly Force”) 
• Best Host or Interviewer, News or Information — Kenneth Jackson, APTN Investigates 
• Best Photography, News or Information (2 nominations) — Tom Fennario, APTN Investigates (“Something in the Water”) and Josh Grummett & Tamara Pimentel, APTN Investigates: Inside Policing (“Deadly Force”) 

Entertainment Programming Nominations 

• Best Comedy Series — North of North 
• Best Writing, Comedy — Stacey Aglok MacDonald & Alethea Arnaquq-Baril, North of North 
• Best Direction, Comedy (2 nominations) — Zoe Hopkins, North of North (“Carnivores”) and Anya Adams, North of North (“Top of the World”) 
• Best Ensemble Performance, Comedy — Anna Lambe, Maika Harper, Braeden Clarke, Zorga Qaunaq & Jay Ryan, North of North 
• Best Lead Performer, Comedy — Anna Lambe, North of North  
• Best Supporting Performer, Comedy (2 nominations) — Braeden Clarke, North of North, and Maika Harper, North of North 
• Best Guest Performance, Comedy (2 nominations) — Dan Jeannotte, North of North (“Carnivores”) and Tanya Tagaq, North of North (“Top of the World” / “Lost and Found”) 
• Best Achievement in Casting, Fiction — Stephanie Gorin, North of North (“Top of the World”) 
• Best Photography, Comedy — Jackson Parrell, North of North (“Top of the World”) 
• Best Picture Editing, Comedy — Sam Thomson, North of North (“Dumpcano”) 
• Best Visual Effects — Keven Chandoo, Agnes Lim, Andy Chan, Lorne Kwechansky, Michael Key, Ken Nielsen, Andrew Nguyen, Alex Merritt-Gambrill, Zhou Zuo & Aditya Sawant — North of North (“Top of the World”) 
• Best Sound, Fiction — Peter Murphy, John Dykstra, Gabe Knox, Mike Woroniuk, Brent Pickett, Mark Dejczak, Ed Douglas, Virginia Storey & Rob Hegedus, North of North (“Top of the World”) 
• Best Production Design or Art Direction, Fiction — Andrew Berry, North of North (“Top of the World”) 
• Best Costume Design — Debra Hanson, North of North (“Carnivores”) 
• Best Achievement in Make-Up — Dorota Mitoraj & Mikey Elliott, North of North (“Top of the World”) 
• Best Achievement in Hair — Chrystal Lotz & Tasha Cadotte, North of North (“Carnivores”) 
• Best Original Music, Comedy — Brian Chan & Caleb Chan, North of North (“Top of the World”) 
• Best Live Entertainment Special — Remembering the Children: National Day for Truth and Reconciliation 2025 
• Best Lifestyle Program or Series (2 nominations) — Chuck and the First Peoples’ Kitchen and Wild Rose Vets 
• Best Direction, Lifestyle or Information — Frederick Kroetsch & Shirley A. McLean, Wild Rose Vets (“Emergency Room”) 
• Best Writing, Factual (2 nominations) — Peter Esteves, Ghost Hunters of the Grand River (“Murney Tower”) and Angie Pepper O’Bomsawin & Vincenzo Giannelli, Little Big Community (“Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg”) 
• Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment — Todd Forsbloom, Coastal Carvings (“A Family Business”) 
• Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program — The Good Canadian 
• Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research — Chantelle Bellrichard, Jennifer Chiu, Paul Barnsley, Derrick O’Keefe & Anna Mehler Paperny, The Good Canadian 
• Best Feature Length Documentary — James Bay 1975: The Shock of Two Nations (Baie James 1975 : le choc des nations) 
• Achievement in Editing — Jane MacRae, Nika & Madison 
• Achievement in Sound Mixing — Lou Solakofski & Maryan P’yatnochka, Nika & Madison 

The CSAs will be presented during Canadian Screen Week, taking place in Toronto from May 27 to May 31, 2026. 

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Media Contact:
Joëlle Saltel
Manager of Communications, APTN
(431) 557-9909
jsaltel@aptn.ca

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