Gender parity in Canada’s film and television production industry
Despite making some progress towards gender parity in the Canadian film and television production industry, research shows that women still face barriers to career advancement. The lack of gender parity in key creative positions needs to be addressed. With this in mind, the CRTC, supported by a Steering Committee, brought together Canada’s largest public and private broadcasters. The objective is to find lasting solutions to make sure more women play leading roles in the Canadian film and television production industry.
Following the Summit, all participants agreed to work on voluntary action plans tailored to their businesses and markets to address this issue. You can read below the plans for each of the following participant broadcasters.
- Bell Media
- Blue Ant Media
- CBC/Radio-Canada
- Corus Entertainment
- WildBrain - formerly DHX
- Rogers Media
- TVA Group (in French only)
Members of the steering committee
- Department for Women and Gender Equality
- Femmes du cinéma, de la télévision et des médias numériques (in French only)
- Réalisatrices Équitables (in French only)
- Women in Film and Television Vancouver
- Women in Film and Television Toronto
- Women in View
- Women in Communications and Technology
The CRTC’s next step is to engage with smaller and independent broadcasters to see how they can voluntarily contribute to the collective goal of increasing women’s access to key positions within the film and television production industry.
Related links
- Production Report for the large English and French-language ownership groups
- Joint Statement on Achieving Gender Parity Following CRTC Women in Production Summit
- Dr. Caroline Simard at the 2019 Canadian Women in Communications and Technology Awards
- Ian Scott and Dr. Caroline J. Simard at the 2018 Canadian Women in Communications and Technology Awards
- Jean-Pierre Blais to the Awards Gala of the Women in Communications and Technology
Some research on gender parity
- Women In View
- Téléfilm Canada
- Réalisatrice Équitables
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