| 1995 NEW
YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION
FESTIVAL |
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• Bronze
Medal for The Ilizarov Technique,
the story of a dwarf who
has his limbs stretched,
in hope of one day leading
a normal life. |
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| 1994 COLUMBUS
INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL |
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• Honourable
Mention for Womb with a
View: 3-D Ultrasound, a
look at how “virtual
reality” technology
may lead to healthier babies. |
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| 1994 CANADIAN
NURSES’ ASSOCIATION NATIONAL
HEALTH REPORTING COMPETITION FOR
THE MEDIA |
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• Certificate
of Merit for Testicular
Cancer: What Every Man Should
Know, a feature report stressing
the importance of regular
testicular self-examination.
• Certificate of
Merit for Laparoscopy
Revisited, a feature report
on some controversial
applications of this surgical
technique.
• Certificate of
Merit for A Question of
Life or Death, a documentary
about the agonizing wait
for donor organs, and
strategies to increase
organ donation.
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| 1993 COLUMBUS
INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL |
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• Bronze
Plaque (2nd Prize) for A
Tragedy of Errors, an investigative
documentary about the Quebec
Public Curator’s tragic
bungling of an elderly woman’s
case. This report prompted
a provincial government
investigation.
• Honourable Mention
for Recipe for Survival,
a documentary about alternative
treatments for AIDS.
• Honourable Mention
for Job for Life, a feature
report on a scientist
with cystic fibrosis,
racing against time to
find a cure for her own
disease. |
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| 1992 COLUMBUS
INTERNATIONAL FILM AND VIDEO FESTIVAL |
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• Bronze
Plaque (2nd Prize) for Sound
Effects, a documentary about
a controversial treatment
for autism.
• Honourable Mention
for Struggle for Power,
a five-part documentary
series about the Cree
of James Bay and their
fight against further
hydroelectric development.
• Honourable Mention
for On the Cutting Edge,
a feature report on laparoscopic
surgery.
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| 1991 NEW
YORK INTERNATIONAL FILM AND TELEVISION
FESTIVAL |
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• Finalist
Award for Struggle for Power,
a five-part documentary
series about the Cree of
James Bay and their fight
against further hydroelectric
development. |
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| 1988 ATLANTIC
JOURNALISM AWARDS |
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• Citation
of Merit for investigative
report on a German businessman’s
shady dealings in New Brunswick.
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