Consultation about Indigenous programming in Canada

In collaboration with First Nations, Inuit, and Métis peoples, we sought your views on how to co-develop an Indigenous broadcasting policy that meets the needs and interests of Indigenous audiences, broadcasters, and content creators.

Who was the focus of this consultation

• Indigenous peoples (First Nations, Inuit, and Métis persons living in Indigenous communities, in urban or rural areas including remote and Northern communities)
• Industry (Indigenous and non-Indigenous broadcasters and content creators – audio and audiovisual)
• Indigenous organizations and governments
• Indigenous media, broadcasting organizations, and universities
• Commercial and public broadcasters
• All Canadians

Key topics for discussion

We encouraged Indigenous peoples and all Canadians to help define the needs and interests of the Indigenous broadcasting policy.
We invited you to provide your comments on many topics, for example:

• what challenges exist that make it difficult to access and discover Indigenous programming;
• how radio stations, television services, and online streamers can best meet the needs and interests of Indigenous peoples;
• how the availability and diversity of Indigenous programming (music, spoken word, television, film, and online content) offered in Indigenous languages can meet the needs and interests of Indigenous peoples; and
• what initiatives broadcasters can implement to help preserve Indigenous languages.

See the Notice of Consultation for more details.

What we have learnt so far

This consultation represents the second phase of a three-phase process.

The first phase consisted of engagement sessions to identify the needs of Indigenous peoples within the broadcasting system in Canada. Find out what Indigenous broadcasters and content creators had to say during Phase 1:

• Executive summary of the engagement sessions “What You Said” report
• Engagement sessions report

The executive summary is available in the following Indigenous languages:

• Cree
• Inuktitut
• Mi’kmaq
• Mohawk
• Ojibway

The engagement sessions helped establish the second phase, the public consultation. You can learn more about the feedback we are receiving in Phase 2:

• Interventions (comments we received online, by mail and by fax)
• CRTC Conversations (comments)

Related information

• Co-development of the Indigenous Broadcasting Policy
• Indigenous Co-development and Engagement: Wise Practices
• Indigenous Broadcasting Policies (TV and radio)
• Resources for Indigenous broadcasters

Date modified:

2024-08-23