{{Short description|Award presented by the Canadian Gemini Awards}} {{Distinguish|Special Achievement Academy Award}} {{Multiple issues|{{more citations needed|date=April 2013}} {{Update|date=April 2025}}}} The '''Academy Achievement Award''' is an award presented by the Canadian [[Gemini Awards]] to an individual for their "exceptional, outstanding or ongoing contribution or service to the Canadian television industry." It is presented at the discretion of the [[Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television]] (not necessarily every year).
==List of past recipients== *1996: W.K. Donovan *1997: Arthur Weinthal *1998: Jim Burt *1999: A. Gordon Craig *2000: W. Paterson Ferns *2001: Dorothy Gardner *2002: [[Trina McQueen]] *2003: [[Michael Maclear]] <!-- David Greene, Bob Culbert, John Kastner and Allan King are listed as winners but the years they won are not listed by Gemini Awards--> *2007: [[John Kastner (filmmaker)|John Kastner]]<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=c6f7bebd-43a9-4a30-93d1-f4e80b81c3bd |title=Mr. Dressup finally earns the type of recognition he has so long deserved |date=October 5, 2007 |work=[[National Post]] |publisher=CanWest MediaWorks Publications, Inc. |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20151117043413/http://www.canada.com/story_print.html?id=c6f7bebd-43a9-4a30-93d1-f4e80b81c3bd |archivedate=November 17, 2015 }}</ref> *2010: [[Linda Schuyler]] *2011: [[Christina Jennings]]
==See also==
* [[Canadian television awards]]
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20101028213616/http://www.geminiawards.ca/Gemini25/specialawards.cfm Gemini Awards: Special Awards]
{{Canadian Screen Awards}}
[[Category:Gemini Awards]] [[Category:Lifetime achievement awards]]
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