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AFTER ME TOO
Unique Vulnerability to Sexual Violence in Film, Television and Theatre (March 2018)
CBC/RADIO-CANADA WOMEN IN PRODUCTION ANNUAL REPORT 2020-2021
CUES (CANADIAN UNIONS FOR EQUALITY ON SCREEN)
What’s wrong with this picture? Directors and gender equality in the Canadian screen-based industry (September 2016)
GENDER PARITY IN CANDA'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.
GENDER IMBALANCE IN THE FILM INDUSTRY
INTERACTIVE ONTARIO
A Diversity and Inclusion Toolkit for the Interactive Digital Media Industry
SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY RESEARCH
The Celluloid Ceiling: Behind-the-Scenes Employment of Women on the Top 100, 250, and 500 Films of 2016
TELEFILM CANADA STUDIES
Discover Telefilm's most recent studies on key industry issues.
TORONTO SCREEN INDUSTRY WORKFORCE STUDY
USC ANNENBERG, INSTITUTE FOR DIVERSITY & EMPOWERMENT AT ANNENBERG (IDEA)
Inclusion or Invisibility? The Comprehensive Annenberg Report on Diversity in Entertainment
USC ANNENBERG, ANNENBERG SCHOOL RESEARCH GENDER & SHORT FILMS
Emerging Female Filmmakers and the Barriers Surrounding their Careers
USC ANNENBERG, ANNENBERG SCHOOL RESEARCH GENDER & SHORT FILMS
Emerging Female Filmmakers and the Barriers Surrounding their Careers
USC ANNENBERG, MEDIA, DIVERSITY & SOCIAL CHANGE INITIATIVE
Inequality in 900 Popular Films: Gender, Race/Ethnicity, LGBT, & Disability from 2007‐2016
WHAT'S WRONG WITH THIS PICTURE? DIRECTORS AND GENDER INEQUALITY IN THE CANADIAN SCREEN-BASED MEDIA INDUSTRY DR. AMANDA COLES - School of Culture and Communication, University of Melbourne
WOMEN & LEADERSHIP: A STUDY OF GENDER PARITY AND DIVERSITY IN CANADA"S SCREEN INDUSTRIES
CANADIAN UNIONS FOR EQUALITY ON SCREEN
The mandate of Canadian Unions for Equality on Screen (CUES) is to achieve gender equality in the production of screen-based media by raising awareness of the issue, and generating discussion within the industry.
CENTRE FOR THE STUDY OF WOMEN IN TELEVISION AND FILM AT SAN DIEGO STATE UNIVERSITY
For more than a decade, researchers affiliated with the Center have provided individuals working in the entertainment industry and members of the public with extensive and forward-thinking research on the employment of women. Scholars at the Center conduct an extensive agenda of original research documenting women’s under-representation and investigating the reasons for the continuing gender inequities.
GEENA DAVIS INSTITUTE ON GENDER IN MEDIA
Founded by Academy Award-winning actor and advocate Geena Davis, the Institute is the only research-based organization working within the media and entertainment industry to engage, educate, and influence the need to dramatically improve, gender balance, reduce stereotyping and create diverse female characters in entertainment targeting children 11 and under.
ONTARIO FILM COMMISSION
Professional Development and Learning Resources. Providing links to a wide selection of online professional development and special interest courses that are offered by a number of industry organizations and government agencies.
PLEASE ADJUST YOUR SET
Please Adjust Your Set is currently partnering with the Advocacy Committee of Vancouver Women in Film and Television to gather statistics on women’s participation in the Canadian Film and Television sector and to present our findings to key stakeholders in the industry.
RÉALISATRICES ÉQUITABLES
Equitable directors is a non-profit organization founded in 2007; its members are professional directors of Quebec.
FILM REFERENCE LIBRARY
The Film Reference Library is dedicated to preserving Canadian cinema heritage and promoting cinema scholarship by collecting, preserving, and providing access to a comprehensive, non-circulating collection of reference resources, as well as film and archival materials — including the corporate archive for the Toronto International Film Festival.
WOMEN’S MEDIA CENTER
The Women’s Media Center—founded by Jane Fonda, Robin Morgan, and Gloria Steinem—has the goal of making women visible and powerful in the media. The Women’s Media Center is training women and girls to be media ready and media savvy, monitoring and calling out media sexism, launching petitions, inviting watch-ins, organizing tweet-ups, and other activist campaigns.
WOMEN IN VIEW
Women in View is a non-profit organization dedicated to fostering greater racial and gender equity on screen and behind-the-scenes of Canadian media, entertainment, and digital industries.
Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television
ACTRA Toronto
BANFF World Media Festival
Black Women Film! Canada
BIPOC TV & FILM
CAFTCAD
Canadian Media Producers Association
Directors Guild of Canada Ontario (DGC)
DOC Institute
Hot Docs International Documentary Film Festival
IATSE Local Unions Archive
imagineNATIVE
Inside Out
Interactive Ontario
Liaison of Independent Filmmakers Toronto
National Film Board
OYA Media Group
Raindance Toronto
ReelAbilities
Reel Asian
ReelWorld
Screen Composers Guild of Canada
Shine Network
Toronto Black Film Festival
Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF)
Toronto Jewish Film Foundation
Writers Guild of Canada
Learn more about the following organizations that provide industry related funding and resources.
Canadian Independent Screen Fund (CISF) for Black and People of Colour (BPOC) Creators
Ontario Media Development Corporation
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