Joanne T. Levy has been reappointed to the Canadian Radio-television and Telecommunications Commission (CRTC) as regional commissioner for Manitoba and Saskatchewan.

Levy will take on another five-year term starting July 3, the day after her current term ends, according to the Government of Canada website and a tweet from Canadian Heritage.

Her reappointment was confirmed by the Governor General in Council, on the recommendation of the Minister of Canadian Heritage, said the site.

Levy of Warman, Sask., was first appointed to the CRTC for the Manitoba/Saskatchewan region in July 2018 after serving as senior manager, producer and head of convergent content at Buffalo Gal Pictures.

She has more than 40 years of communications experience in the broadcast and production industries, including roles as executive director of the A-Channel Production Fund and director of programming for the Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), according to her biography on the CRTC site.

Levy has also worked as a TV journalist for CBC, formed an independent production company (Scorpio Productions), and served as chair of On Screen Manitoba as well as a national director for Women in Communications and Technology and on the Canadian Broadcast Standards Council. She’s also mentored emerging producers and advocated for Canadian creative talent from regional centres, said her bio.

Her reappointment comes as the CRTC plays a crucial role in shaping the newly passed Bill C-11, a.k.a. the Online Streaming Act, which updates the decades-old Broadcasting Act to bring industry regulation into the digital era.

“There has never been a more exciting time to serve at the CRTC,” Levy said in a statement on the CRTC site. “In collaboration with my fellow Commissioners and our expert staff we are poised to ensure all Canadians everywhere can create, contribute and consume content in a communication system at the edge of innovation.”

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