CBC, BIPOC TV & FILM and the CFC launch The Showrunner Catalyst
CBC, BIPOC TV & FILM, and the CFC announce new 3-year initiative at the Banff World Media Festival. The Showrunner Catalyst offers career coaching and shadowing opportunities for senior Canadian BIPOC writers. Along with masterclasses, each writer is attached to a CBC primetime drama or comedy series and receives 1:1 mentorship from an established showrunner.
“5 Questions” with Lindsey Addawoo
Lindsey Addawoo is a fierce new voice in Canadian film and TV. The writer and BIPOC TV & Film program alumna shares her career journey and more in our inaugural “5 Questions With” series.
Join our board / visioning committee!
We’re looking for transformative, revolutionary, creative leaders to join our board. If that’s you, submit your interest by March 4, 2022.
Equity audit by Knowledge Network reveals depth of racial inequities
The racial equity audit of British Columbia’s Knowledge Network (KN) provides stark quantitative evidence to what many have experienced personally: the gross racial inequity in funding at British Columbia’s sole provincially funded broadcaster.
Kadon Douglas: “Building an equitable industry requires discomfort”
Our Executive Director, Kadon Douglas, was interviewed by WildBrain as part of their Black History Month initiatives.
Heritage Minister introduces Bill C-11: The Online Streaming Act
BIPOC TV & FILM Writing for Kids’ TV Workshop Returns for 4th Year
Taylor Annisette, Leonard Chan, Vanessa Magic, and Rabiya Mansoor on board as teaching assistants/peer mentors for the 2022 BIPOC TV & FILM Writing for Kids’ TV program.
Black Light celebrates Black documentary voices in Canada
Black Light: A Celebration of Canadian Filmmakers is a series of six documentaries by leading Black documentary voices in Canada, curated by Hot Docs and Doc Instiute, in celebration of Black History Month.
Meet the 2022 Episodic Writers’ Lab cohort
Eight Indigenous, Black and racialized writers will participate in the 2022 Episodic Writers’ Lab.
CMF’s Now & Next on HireBIPOC.ca’s first year
To mark the first launch anniversary of HireBIPOC.ca, the Canada Media Fund’s blog Now & Next featured a story on the work achieved in the platform’s first year, as well as the challenges ahead.