Reelworld was founded in 2000 to advance opportunities for Indigenous people and Canadians who are Black, Asian, South Asian and People of Colour in the screen industries by providing professional development and advocating for racial equity in Canadian content and production.This grant supports the 2025 Reelword Film Festival + Summit.
Hot Docs is not-for-profit organization dedicated to advancing and celebrating the art of documentary and creating production opportunities for documentary filmmakers. This grant supports an industry panel titled “Truth of Bias: Making Documentaries in the Age of Polarization”.
This grant supported DemocracyXChange (DXC) 2025, Canada’s premier democracy summit offers keynote speakers, expert panels and participatory workshops, created to both examine and tackle today’s most urgent civic issues. DXC is co-produced by OCAD University, The Open Democracy Project and the Dais at TMU.
The Canadian Independent Screen Fund for BPOC Creators is a national funding initiative dedicated to supporting small, medium, and large Canadian-owned BPOC (Black and People of Color) production companies.
The Green Line is an award-winning, hyperlocal news outlet that investigates the way Torontonians live to help young and other underserved people survive and thrive in the city. This grant supports the Documenters/Documentalistes Canada pilot project, which trains and pays citizens to document public meetings relevant to their community.
Press Forward is an organization dedicated to ensuring people in Canada have strong, independent and community-focused journalism. It works to unify, elevate and advocate for independent media organizations and to strengthen innovation, inclusivity and diversity in media across the country.
The Samara Centre for Democracy is a non-partisan charity with a mission to realize a resilient democracy with an engaged public and responsive institutions. This grant will support project Verified, which will work to track online abuse against journalists in the upcoming Canadian federal election.
Muslim Literary Festival is a vibrant community hub where Muslim writers connect, collaborate, and learn from industry professionals. MLF works to address the barriers that challenge Muslim writers, offering educational tools and networking opportunities.
The Cultural Policy Hub is a national, bilingual network of researchers, policymakers, artists and creators from across Canada’s academic, government, non-profit and private spheres. This grant supports the Cultural Policy Hub to conduct research and activities that further work in the theme of equity, democracy and polarization, with a focus on the future of local … Continued
The Walrus is a registered charity that publishes independent, fact-based journalism, produces national, ideas-focused events, and trains emerging professionals in publishing and nonprofit management. This grant supported the presentation of the event ‘The Walrus Talks at Home: Polarization.’