The Margaret Collier Award is a lifetime achievement award, presented by the Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television, to a Canadian writer for their outstanding body of work in film or television. Formerly presented as part of the Gemini Awards, since 2013 it has been part of the Canadian Screen Awards. It can be presented to an individual writer or writing team. The award is named in honour of Margaret Collier, the longtime executive director of ACTRA's chapter for television writers. 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 2007 - Susan Marcus, Chris Clark, Lilly Barnes, Joy Simons-Newall 2008 - David Cole 2009 - Barbara Samuels 2010 - Donald Martin 2011 - Bob Carney 2013 - Heather Conkie 2014 - Semi Chellas 2015 - Tassie Cameron 2016 - Karen Walton 2017 - Denis McGrath 2018 - Brad Wright 2019 - David Shore See also Canadian television awards References Gemini Awards Lifetime achievement awards Canadian Screen Award television categories Screenwriting awards for television