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Humber talent on display at the 2023 Canadian Screen Awards

The annual awards celebrate Canada’s best in film, television and digital media

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The Canadian Screen Awards honour the best and brightest in the industry while advocating for the sector’s Canadian talent on screen and behind the scenes. 

Through Canadian Screen Week and the main event on April 16, 2023, the Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television gives screen-based professionals their moment in the spotlight by recognizing their work and contributions to industry growth. 

This year, Humber is proud to have 42 nominated alumni and Humber-affiliated talent representing a broad range of programs from the Faculty of Media and Creative Arts.

Humber had 20 winning alumni in 2023 representing 21 categories. Nominees and winners include:

James Bastable 

  • Achievement in Sound Mixing for “Brother” (Winner)

Anita Nittoly 

  • Best Stunt Coordination for “Pretty Hard Cases” (Winner)

Sara Murray 

  • Best TV Movie for “Swindler Seduction” (Winner)

Marsha Greene   

  • Best Drama Series for “The Porter” (Winner)
  • Best Writing, Drama Series for “The Porter” (Winner)
  • Best Drama Series for “Departure”

Kara Haflidson 

  • Best Comedy Series for “Letterkenny”

Bilal Baig 

  • Best Comedy Series for “Sort Of” (Winner)
  • Best Writing, Comedy for “Sort Of” (Winner)
  • Best Lead Performer, Comedy for “Sort Of” (Winner)

Jeff Thrasher 

  • Best Reality/Competition Program or Series for “The Amazing Race Canada” (Winner)
  • Best Direction, Factual for “Arctic Vets”
  • Best Writing, Factual for “Artic Vets”

George A. Reinblatt 

  • Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series for “Roast Battle Canada”
  • Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy for “Roast Battle Canada”

Russell Peters 

  • Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series for “Roast Battle Canada”
  • Best Performance, Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble) for “Roast Battle Canada”

Vance Banzo & Tim Blair 

  • Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series for “TallBoyz” (Winner)
  • Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy for “TallBoyz” (Winner)
  • Best Performance, Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble) for “TallBoyz”

Thea Gagliardi 

  • Best Sketch Comedy Program or Series for “TallBoyz” (Winner)

Jennifer Paterson 

  • Best Performing Arts Program for “Buffy Sainte-Marie: Starwalker” (Winner) 
  • Best Live Entertainment Special for “The 2022 JUNO Awards” (Winner)
  • Best Live Entertainment Special for “The Legacy Awards”

Melissa Lariviere 

  • Best Biography or Arts Documentary Program or Series for “Remembering Betty White”

Jason McKenzie 

  • Best Pre-School Program or Series for “Paw Patrol” (Winner)

Michael Dunn 

  • Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series for “Malory Towers”

Shaleen Sangha 

  • Best Children's or Youth Fiction Program or Series for “The Next Step”

Jamie Griffith 

  • Best Sports Program or Series for “Sportscentre”

Roz Weston

  • Best Host, Web Program or Series for “ET Canada Live” (Winner)

See all this year’s nominees and winners at academy.ca/nominees.

Despite our best efforts to recognize all of our amazing alumni talent, if a nominee was missed from our extensive list, we’d love to hear from you. Contact us at alumni@humber.ca.

Kati Mason 

  • Best Morning Show for “CBC News Morning Live with Heather Hiscox” (Winner)

Sara Mulvihill 

  • Best Morning Show for “Global News Morning Edmonton”

Alyssa Croezen 

  • Best Web Program for “ET Canada Royal Rewind”

Keavy Lynch 

  • Best Writing, Web Program or Series for “Revenge of the Black Best Friend”

Ashton James & Dwain Murphy

  • Best Supporting Performance, Web Program or Series for “Revenge of the Black Best Friend”

Kevin Hazlehurst & Brandon Ash-Mohammed

  • Best Writing, Lifestyle or Reality/Competition for “Canada's Drag Race” (Winner)

Andrew Johnston 

  • Best Writing, Variety or Sketch Comedy for “Roast Battle Canada”

Graham Chittenden 

  • Best Writing, Factual for “Still Standing” (Winner)

Graham Rogers 

  • Best Sound, Fiction for “The Porter”
  • Best Sound, Fiction for “Sort Of”
  • Best Sound, Fiction for “Pretty Hard Cases”
  • Best Sound, Documentary or Factual for “Crystal Pite: Angels’ Atlas”

Hugh Elchuk 

  • Best Picture Editing, Comedy for “Sort Of”

Mitch Connors 

  • Best Sound, Animation for “Paw Patrol” (Winner)

Devon Burns 

  • Best Sports Feature Segment for “Naked”
  • Best Sports Opening for “2021 Grey Cup Opening”

Jacob Frenkel 

  • Best Sports Feature Segment for “Pivot: The Sheldon Guy Story”
  • Best Sports Opening for “Toronto Raptors Season Opening” (Winner)

K. Trevor Wilson

  • Best Performance, Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble) for “Roast Battle Canada”

Taylor G. McConnachie

  • Best Picture Editing, Documentary for “Beautiful Scars”

Chris Robinson

  • Best Performance, Sketch Comedy (Individual or Ensemble) for “Pillow Talk”

Melody Johnson 

  • Best Performance, Animation for “Agent Binky: Pets of the Universe”

Adrienne Arsenault 

  • Best News Anchor for “The National”

Lola Waheed 

  • Barbara Sears Award for Best Editorial Research for “Black Liberators WWII”

Mike Langevin 

  • Best Picture Editing, Factual for “National Day of Truth and Reconciliation”
  • Best Live Entertainment Special for “The 2022 JUNO Awards” (Winner)

Sandy Pereira

  • Best Picture Editing, Drama for “The Porter” (Winner)