CBC Documentary Unit

{{Short description|Canadian Broadcasting Corporation documentary unit 2000-2015}}

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The CBC Documentary Unit was a division of the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation from 2000 until 2015. The unit focused on documentary production, and was headed by executive producer Mark Starowicz.

Notable productions by the unit include:

• Canada: A People's History
• The Canadian Experience
• The Greatest Canadian
• Hockey: A People's History
• 8th Fire

In June 2014, CBC announced it would close the in-house Documentary Unit, with the last production scheduled for broadcast in the spring of 2015.{{cite web|title=CBC to cut back supper-hour news, in-house productions|url=http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/cbc-to-cut-back-supper-hour-news-in-house-productions-1.2688409/}} The decision sparked backlash from several prominent CBC journalists and other Canadian television and radio personalities.{{cite web|title=CBC facing backlash from some of its biggest personalities over documentary cuts|url=http://news.nationalpost.com/arts/television/cbc-personalities-sign-petition-opposing-planned-cuts-to-documentaries}} In July 2015, executive producer Mark Starowicz announced his departure after overseeing documentary production since 1992.{{cite web|title=Long-time executive Mark Starowicz leaving CBC|url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/arts/books-and-media/long-time-executive-mark-starowicz-leaving-cbc/article25770746/}}