WGC Writers Block Award

The Writers Block Award is presented to a person who has demonstrated a record of exceptional service to the Writers Guild of Canada and whose efforts have strengthened the Canadian screenwriting community as a whole. The recipient of The Writers Block Award is determined by the Writers Guild of Canada Council.

The 2011 WGC Writers Block Award was presented to communications lawyer Peter Grant. Counsel and past chair of the Technology, Communications and Intellectual Property Group at McCarthy Tetrault law firm in Toronto, Peter is a pioneer in the field of communications law in Canada. His work on behalf of the WGC and the coalitions in which we’ve participated was instrumental in our fight for more production of quality drama in this country.

The Writers Block Award has previously been awarded to Peter Grant (2011), Rebecca Schechter (2010), Karen Walton (2009),  Anne MacNaughton, Jeremy Hole and Jack Blum (2008), Sondra Kelly and Sugith Varughese (2007), Fred Yackman (2006), Jill Golick (2005), Pete White (2004), Bill Williams (2003), Jack Gray (2002), and David Barlow (2000).