Giver is a Canadian children's television series, which premiered on TVOntario's TVOKids programming block, airing from 2012 to 2017. Hosted by Michael Lagimodiere, each episode enlists a team of local children to assist in creating, designing and building a new or renovated public park in an Ontario community, in collaboration with professional designers and contractors."Essex County communities to be featured on TVOntario show Giver". Windsor Star, May 31, 2015.
To celebrate Canada's 150th birthday Giver 150 was slated to release on July 1, 2017. Giver 150 set to build the largest playground in the country, to be located in Ottawa at Mooney Bay. Over 400 volunteers ranging from kids to adults from all over the country helped build the playground. The 50,000 square foot playground is shaped like Canada and has different play space representing each of the country's provinces and territories.
The series is a three-time Canadian Screen Award nominee for Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program, at the 1st Canadian Screen Awards in 2013,"Thunder Bay’s Picton Park Gains Fame". NetNewsLedger, May 13, 2014. the 3rd Canadian Screen Awards in 2015"Canadian Screen Awards ’15: TV categories". Playback, January 13, 2015. and the 4th Canadian Screen Awards in 2016.“How to Change the World”, “Dragons’ Den” up for CSAs. RealScreen, January 19, 2016. The show won a Daytime Emmy Award at the 45th Annual Daytime Emmy Awards for "Outstanding Education or Informational Series".
Episodes +SeasonEpisodeTitleTVO Airdate11Batawa Dinosaur Park4/17/20122Fergus Dog Park4/24/20123Guelph Circus Park5/1/20124Hamilton Future Park5/8/20125Newmarket Car Park5/15/20126Goderich Butterly Park5/22/20127Niagara Falls Water Park5/29/20128Hamilton Science Park6/5/20129Hawksville Sandbox Park6/12/201210Etobicoke Nature Park6/19/201211Gower Obstacle Park6/26/201212Kemptville Skate Park7/3/201213Georgina Island Chipewa Park7/10/201221Toronto I Love Toronto Park4/30/20142Sarnia Music Park5/7/20143Thunder Bay Sleeping Giant Park5/14/20144Parry Sound Camp Park5/21/20145Niagara Falls Boat Park5/28/20146Linwood Gnome Park6/4/20147Scarborough World Park6/11/20148Port Hope Ganaraska Trail School Park6/18/20149Waubaushene Sawmill Park6/25/201410Monkton Farm Park7/2/201431Strathroy-Caradoc Train Park4/13/20152Victoria Harbour Firefighter Park4/20/20153Cambridge Carnival Park4/27/20154Algonquin Highlands Tree House Park5/4/20155Ingersoll Cheese Park5/11/20156Toronto T-Rex Park5/18/20157Emsdale Alphabet Park5/25/20158Amherstberg Sports Park6/1/20159Leamington Pizza Park6/8/201510Hamilton Hammer Park6/15/201541We're building Ontario4/26/20172We're building Quebec5/3/20173We're building Nova Scotia and New Brunswick5/10/20174We're building Manitoba5/17/20175We're building Northwest Territories and Yukon5/24/20176We're building British Columbia and Prince Edward Island5/31/20177We're building Alberta and Saskatchewan6/7/20178We're building Newfoundland and Labrador6/14/20179We're building Nunavut6/21/201710Giver's Celebrating Canada6/28/2017
Awards and nominations +YearAwardCategoryRecipientResult2013Kidscreen AwardsBest Kids Companion WebsiteGiverCanadian Screen Awards Best Children or Youth's Non-Fiction SeriesGiverCanadian Screen Awards Best Host in a Children's SeriesMichael LagimodiereYouth Media AllianceBest Convergent WebsiteGiverYouth Media AllianceBest Television Program, All Genres, Ages 6–8 (Newmarket- Car Park)Giver2015Canadian Screen AwardsBest Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or SeriesGiver2016Canadian Screen AwardsBest Children's or Youth Non-Fiction Program or SeriesGiverCanadian Screen AwardsBest Host in a Children's SeriesMichael Lagimodiere2017Youth Media AllianceBest Program, Live Action, Ages 9 +Giver2018Daytime Emmy AwardsOutstanding Education or Informational SeriesGiverRockie AwardsChildren & Youth - Non Fiction SeriesGiver2019Youth Media AllianceAward of Excellence, Best Interactive Content - Ages 6–9Giver 150
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