CANADA MEDIA FUND – ALLIANCE OF WOMEN FILM JOURNALISTS

Whistler Film Festival Women on Top Summit Keynote Address — Valerie Creighton (Guest Post)

The Minister of Canadian Heritage recently announced Creative Canada, a new approach to support creativity and content making in the country. A critical piece of her announcement was the increase in federal contributions to the Canada Media Fund in 2018/2019. While this is not new money, it will offset the gap from declining cable, and direct to home revenue created by cord-cutting and cord-shaving.

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Women on Top Summit @ Whistler Film Festival: Keynote Address by Valerie Creighton, Canadian Media Fund

December 4, 2016January 22, 2025 Jennifer Merin 0 Comments canada, CANADA MEDIA FUND, gender parity, valerie creighton, Whistler Film Festival

At Whistler Film Festival’s spirited Women on Top Summit (held December 3, atop Whistler Mountain), Canada Media Fund’s president and CEO Valerie Creighton affirmed and underscored Canada’s commitment to reach parity for women working in all aspects of the country’s moving image industries. Creighton’s speech provides comprehensive coverage of status and strategies re Canada reaching the goal of gender parity.