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Advisory committee reformed to recommend CBC board candidates

The federal government has selected a 10-person committee to recommend new CBC/Radio-Canada board members that meet gender parity and diversity goals.

CBC unveils winter programming for video, podcast content

The pubcaster also revealed the newly announced unscripted series Push and the new hosts of long-running docuseries The Nature of Things.

DOC Institute report reveals inequities for BIPOC-led docs

The first-ever Funding Analysis for BIPOC Documentary Content in Canada report also highlights barriers but says it was limited due to a lack of data from funders.

CBC, Australian Broadcasting Corporation renew MOU

The continued partnership comes as two projects from their Kindred ABC/CBC Animation Collaboration enter development.

How CBC’s Sort Of implemented its trans mentorship program

Co-creators Bilal Baig and Fab Filippo discuss using the program, created in partnership with the Trans Film Mentorship, to train trans and non-binary creatives while filming season two.

David Cronenberg, Charles Officer among DGC award winners

Guillermo del Toro’s Nightmare Alley led with the most wins at the Nov. 5 awards ceremony in Vancouver, followed by TV series The Porter and The Handmaid’s Tale.

DGC finds ‘imbalances’ in regional production activity in 2021: report

The findings are part of the Directors Guild of Canada’s first DGC Director Statistics Report, which tracks both service and domestic production activity across the country that involve the guild.

In Brief: NBA stars, Wu-Tang rapper board Handle with Care

Plus: Sort Of and Women Talking land Gotham Award noms, Drinkwater and Guitar Lessons rake in audiences, and more.

Run the Burbs starts shooting season two in and around Toronto

Anthony Q. Farrell joins the Pier 21 Films-produced CBC comedy as executive producer and showrunner for this season, slated to premiere in winter 2023.

David Suzuki to retire from The Nature of Things in spring

CBC says it will confirm plans for a replacement for the longtime host and environmentalist in the coming weeks.

Canadians feted at MIPCOM Cannes Diversify TV Awards

Sort Of, Pour toi Flora and Proud To Be Me were all winners at the awards ceremony in Cannes.

MIPCOM ’22: Building Bones of Crows’ hybrid model

The team behind Marie Clements’ CBC miniseries and feature discuss how the unique two-format approach helped finance the ambitious story.