YMA Unveils 2022 Awards of Excellence Winners

The Youth Media Alliance revealed the winners of the 2022 Awards of Excellence during a gala that took place in Salle Jean-Despréz at Radio-Canada.

The Award of Excellence for Best Television or Web Series under the Acquisition of Knowledge and Critical Thinking Skills category went to La Minute MAJ for short form and to Question d’actualité for long form. Both titles were produced by MAJ, l’actualité pour les jeunes and aired by Radio-Canada.

Les mimistoires (Le donjon des fantômes), produced by Maki Média and aired by TV5/Unis.tv and TFO, won for Stimulation of Imagination and Creativity. The short L’effet secondaire (Qui est Noah?), produced by Zone3 Inc. and aired by Radio-Canada, won for Commitment, Openness and Respect; while Six degrés (Sécuriser le périmètre), produced by Encore Télévision and aired by Radio-Canada and ICI Tou.TV, won the category as a long-form series.

The Advancement of Personal Growth and Self-Transcendence Award went to Jenny—Mon avenir (Mon cercle), produced by Productions Avenida and aired by TV5/UnisTv, while 14 mille millions de choses à savoir (Episode 36), produced by Productions KOTV Inc. and aired by ICI Tou.tv and Radio-Canada, topped the Emancipation through Games and Humour category.

The Emerging Talent Award went to Francis Papillon, who has directed 120 episodes of Explique-moi ça and 26 episodes of La liste des choses qui existent.

The Award of Excellence for Best Interactive Content under the Acquisition of Knowledge and Critical Thinking Skills category went to Trousses de littérature, a website/interactive experience produced by Télé-Québec. Under the Stimulation of Imagination and Creativity/Commitment, Openness and Respect category, Le blogue de Jenny, a website/interactive experience produced by Productions Avenida and Tobo, was the winner.

Parole d’ados (Liens d’entraide), produced by Radio-Canada, won the Award of Excellence for Best Podcast.

The Coup de cœur des tout-petits (ages 2 to 5) went to Les mimistoires. Math Makers won the Coup de cœur jeunesse (ages 6 to 12) and Six degrés the Coup de cœur des ados (13-plus).

The Award of Excellence for Youth Personality went to Pascal Boyer for Flippons. Michel Ledoux, a puppeteer, won the Outstanding Achievement Award. The Award of Excellence for Inclusion, Openness and Commitment went to La soirée MAMMOUTH 2021, produced by Attraction Images and Pamplemousse Média, aired by Télé-Québec.

The 2022 Awards of Excellence are sponsored by Radio-Canada, Bell Fund, Canada Media Fund, Shaw-Rocket Fund, Télé-Québec, TFO, APTN, Attraction Images, KOTV, Trio Orange, PMT, UnisTV, Qui Fait Quoi, Lien Multimédia, Apartment 11 Productions, Zone 3, CTVM and la Caisse Desjardins.