Margaret Collier Award

The Margaret Collier Award is the lifetime achievement honor presented the Gemini Awards to a writer for their outstanding body of work in Canadian television. It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team, however, this has only been presented once (to Wayne & Shuster).

The recipient of this award is selected upon the recommendation of the Academy's television division writer's branch with ratification from the Academy's board of directors.

Past recipients

• 1986 Charles E. Israel
• 1987 Grahame Woods
• 1988 M. Charles Cohen
• 1989 Donald Brittain
• 1990 Ted Allan
• 1992 Harry Rasky
• 1993 George R. Robertson
• 1994 Alex Barris
• 1995 Timothy Findley
• 1996 Anna Sandor
• 1998 Douglas Bowie
• 1998 Frank Shuster, Johnny Wayne for their collaborations as Wayne & Shuster. Frank Shuster accepted the award as Wayne had died in 1989.
• 1999 Suzette Couture
• 2000 Rob Forsyth
• 2001 David Barlow
• 2002 Patrick Watson
• 2003 Charles Lazer
• 2004 Wayne Grigsby
• 2005 not presented
• 2006 Pete White