Awards Page

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1999 Awards

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1999 Best of the Northwest Video Festival
Award of Excellence Winner Programs That Make A Difference category working TV "Mac Pap" series
4 full length programs and several program segments provided support for the "Monumental" Campaign to erect a Monument at the B.C. Legislature honouring the "Mac Paps", the veterans of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalian who volunteered to fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War, between 1936 and 1939.

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1999 Best of the Northwest Video Festival
Award of Excellence Winner Political Programming category working TV MAI (Multilateral Agreement on Investment) series
16 programs on the campaign to stop the MAI (the Multilateral Agreement on Investment) . They were part of a world-wide grass-roots movement which "derailed the plans of the most powerful people in the world" . . . and helped "bring the rule of law to global capital".

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1999 Hometown Video Festival
Judges Choice Award Programs That Make A Difference category working TV "Mac Pap" series
4 full length programs and several program segments provided support for the "Monumental" Campaign to erect a Monument at the B.C. Legislature honouring the "Mac Paps", the veterans of the Mackenzie-Papineau Battalian who volunteered to fight fascism during the Spanish Civil War, between 1936 and 1939.

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1998 Awards

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1998 Hometown Video Festival Award Winner
Programs That Make A Difference category Bill C-91: Digging the Grave of Medicare working TV # 90 06/11/97
Produced to mark National Medicare Week in 1997, this program looked at Bill C-91, the Federal Drug Patent legislation. It was passed by the Mulroney Conservatives in spite of intense opposition from the Liberal opposition. Later, when they formed government, the Liberals became strong C-91 supporters. Health activists charge that C-91 is "driving health care costs through the roof".
According to one senior, it is "digging the grave of medicare". In recent years Liberal and Tory governments have cut hundreds of millions of dollars from health funding to fight their so called "war on the deficit".But at the same time they have given multi-national drug companies a license to print money with Bill C-91. It extends monopoly protection on drugs for 20 years, and bars cheaper generic drugs from entering the market.
1998 Hometown Video Festival Award Winner
Community Media Issues category Labour On Television working TV # 61 16/01/97
Prompted by the closure of nearly half of Rogers Community Television's lower mainland facilities, including "Van East", working TV's home since we first went to air; this program looks at the community access labour TV shows from Halifax to Vancouver, labour's only voice on broadcast television . . . a voice labour is about to lose . . .
Also 1997 Best of the Northwest Video Festival Winner, Documentary category, see below.
1998 Best of the Northwest Video Festival
Award of Excellence Winner Programs That Make A Difference category A Tribute to Bruce Eriksen working TV # 67 03/04/97
Celebrating the life and political struggles of Bruce Eriksen, the longtime Vancouver anti-poverty activist and city councillor for the labour backed civic party COPE (Committee of Progressive Electors). He died of liver cancer in March 1997 at age 68. Bruce was the partner, both personal and political of Libby Davies, who is now the NDP member of Parliament for Vancouver East.
Also 1997/8 Vision TV "Best of Over the Fence" Award of Excellence Winner, see below.
1998 Best of the Northwest Video Festival
Award of Excellence Winner Political Programming category The First Time Around working TV # 88 29/10/97
Celebrating the 25th Anniversary of the 1972 Dave Barrett NDP Government In 1972 the "Socialist Hordes" took power in BC for the first time ever, led by Dave Barrett, a former social worker and BCGEU (BC Government & Service Employees' Union) member. They began a "whirlwind of legislation" which in just 3 short years transformed BC's political landscape forever..
1997 - 1998 Vision TV Best of Over the Fence
Award of Excellence Winner A Tribute to Bruce Eriksen working TV # 67 03/04/97
Celebrating the life and political struggles of Bruce Eriksen, the longtime Vancouver anti-poverty activist and city councillor for the labour backed civic party COPE (Committee of Progressive Electors). He died of liver cancer in March 1997 at age 68. Bruce was the husband, friend and political partner of Libby Davies, who is now the NDP member of Parliament for Vancouver East.

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1997 Awards

1997 Hometown Video Festival Award Winner
Programs That Make A Difference category Don't Vote! working TV #56, 15/11/96
"Voting?...Of course...of course I'll be voting. We always vote, don't we darling?...Yes we do, we always vote, it's very important...the election to us, isn't it? Yes it is, yes it is...."
1997 Best of the Northwest, Award of Excellence, Documentary Alliance for Community Media - Northwest Region
Labour on Television working TV #61, 01/16/97 A full length feature on the state of labour TV in Canada, prompted by the closure of nearly 50% of Rogers cable community television facilities in Vancouver, including Van East, working TV ’s home base since we first went to air in 1993. Includes interviews with cable producers across the country.
1996 Best of the Northwest, Award of Excellence, Political Programming Alliance for Community Media - Northwest Region
	Common Sense Revolution Part 1 - Education working TV #34, 01/18/96 "Where do I find the time? A lot of coffee, a lot of patience and just stick to it basically....Some days I come home and I close the door and I just cry...."
1996 Excellence in Public Advocay Video (outside) CALMAward (Candian Association of Labour Media) Common Sense Revolution Part 1 - Education
1995 Excellence in Public Advocay Video (outside) CALMAward Dr. Dean Dawson and the Future of Medicine in Canada
1995 Stroke of Genius Award CALMAward Awarded to working TV for the only national broadcast of a labour television show on VISION TV.