Nominees

2026 Canadian Screen Awards.

Nominee

Donald Brittain Award for Best Social/Political Documentary Program

W5’s Avery Haines Investigates: Our Son the Terror Suspect

Synopsis:

Our Son The Terror Suspect exposes the impossible limbo facing hundreds of alleged foreign ISIS fighters and their families held in makeshift camps and prisons across Syria. Through unprecedented access, Avery Haines brings viewers inside Syrian prison interrogation rooms where she interviews accused Canadian terrorists, and into the homes of families pleading for due process. The documentary examines the political paralysis that leaves detainees in a legal no man's land. It's a haunting portrait of the collision between national security, human rights and the price of indifference.

Nominees:

Avery Haines, Joseph Loiero

Channel:

CTV

Broadcaster:

Bell Media

Production Company:

CTV News / Bell Media Inc.