Screen Composers Guild of Canada

06/04/2026

The Screen Composers Guild of Canada recognizes, with appreciation, that today’s AI Strategy does not create a text-and-data-mining (TDM) exception that would have opened the door for AI developers to use Canadian composers’ work without attribution, remuneration, or transparency. Said SCGC President John Rowley: “SCGC appreciates that the Government did not agree to demands by AI developers for special shortcuts or legal loopholes, which would only harm creative livelihoods, damage creators’ brands, and limit incentives to create and invest in new Canadian content."

06/01/2026

Congratulations to our SCGC members who won a Canadian Screen Award over the weekend!

Film: Achievement in Music – Original Score
Todor Kobakov - 40 Acres

Film: Best Original Music in a Feature Length Documentary
Tom Third - Modern W***e

TV: Best Original Music, Animation
Erica Procunier - Thomas & Friends: The Christmas Letter Express

TV: Best Original Music, Comedy
Brian Chan, Caleb Chan - North of North - Top of the World

TV: Best Original Music, Documentary
Orin Isaacs - Bam Bam: The Sister Nancy Story

TV: Best Original Music, Factual, Lifestyle, Reality, or Entertainment
Nikhil Seetharam - Dark Side of the Cage - The Disappearance of Ronda Rousey

05/29/2026

CRTC decisions to stabilize funding for Canadian and Indigenous content & promote their discoverability

The Screen Composers Guild of Canada welcomes the CRTC’s recent broadcast policy decisions as the Commission continues to fulfill its mandate to support a modern and sustainable Canadian broadcasting system. These decisions will help to ensure that the work of Canadian screen composers and other creators is supported and promoted fairly by everyone who benefits from access to Canadian audiences and public funding.

SCGC President John Rowley says: “Culture goes to the heart of who we are. We’re grateful to the CRTC for its work to ensure that the future of Canadian and Indigenous content is equitable, sustainable and vibrant.

We look forward to ongoing collaboration with the CRTC and our industry partners as we continue to advocate for a sustainable, equitable and sovereign future for Canadian and Indigenous culture and its creators.”

05/27/2026

Congratulations to our SCGC members who have been nominated for a LEO Award.

Best Musical Score Motion Picture
Finka Wood- Foreigner
Rich Walters - One Mile: Chapter One
Jeff Tymoschuk - Time Helmet
Matthew Rogers - Worldbreaker

Best Musical Score Television Movie
Hamish Thomson - Ainsley Mcgregor Mysteries: A Case for the Watchmaker
Michael Neilson - Before Your Father Finds Us
Matthew Rogers - How to Lose a Popularity Contest
Sean William - If I Run
Jordan Han Andrew - R. L. Stine's Pumpkinhead
Sean William - Taken at a Truck Stop: A Black Girl Missing Movie

Best Musical Score Short Drama
Amanda Cawley - Charlie Is Not a Boy
Michael Creber - Thank You
Jordan Han Andrew - The After School Club

Best Musical Score Feature Length Documentary
Caleb Chan & Brian Chan Spring After Spring
Mark Lazeski - The Painted Life of E. J. Hughes

Best Musical Score Short Documentary
Mehrdad Jafari Raad - Light Through the Blindfold

Best Musical Score Documentary Series
Erik Abbink & Jacqueline Perriam - Ageless Gardens, V - Gardening for the Future

05/04/2026

The submission date has been extended for CASMA submissions! You still have time to get your submission in.

Submissions will now close MAY 15th!

13 awards will be presented on September 14th, 2026 highlighting the significant value that original music contributes to the screen. The Canadian Screen Music Awards are open to all Canadian and Permanent Resident composers.

For more information please visit https://www.scgcawards.ca/

05/01/2026

The CASMA Submissions will close on May 8th! Submit today!

13 awards will be presented on September 14th, 2026 highlighting the significant value that original music contributes to the screen. The Canadian Screen Music Awards are open to all Canadian and Permanent Resident composers.

For more information please visit https://www.scgcawards.ca/

04/17/2026

Harmony for the Modern Storyteller - Beginner with Erica Procunier (starts April 28th - online)

Unlock the emotional power of harmony. 🎹✨ Explore how harmonic language shapes modern storytelling — from the tension and resolution of functional harmony to the expressive freedom of post-tonal landscapes.

This 4-week journey is designed for composers who want to decode their own harmonic instincts, understand why certain progressions move us, and expand their musical language beyond the familiar.

https://screencomposers.ca/shop/erica/

04/16/2026