Coalition M.E.D.I.A.
Coalition M.E.D.I.A. promotes equity, diversity, inclusion and accessibility for professionals from underrepresented French-speaking communities in Canada in the screen industry.
Program: Organizational Grants
All My Relations Indigenous Society
This grant will support the 2024, 2025, and 2026 editions of the Vancouver Indigenous Fashion Week (VIFW), an extraordinary celebration of Indigenous creativity and culture. VIFW highlights how fashion can build connections with Indigenous values, wisdom, and history, and cultivate of strength and resiliency in Indigenous communities, as well as be a vehicle for understanding … Continued
Silk Road Institute
Silk Road Institute is a nonprofit arts organization based in Montreal that aims to raise the visibility of Muslims in Canadian arts through captivating programming.
N.A.W.A.L.
N.A.W.A.L. helps film, television and interactive-media artists with roots in North Africa and West Asia create authentic content, gain skills and confidence, and carve out their place in the industry.
Racial Equity Media Collective
The Racial Equity Media Collective is a national not-for-profit organization committed to remove barriers to access and increase the production, export and sustainability of BIPOC content and BIPOC-led production companies.
Black Screen Office
The Black Screen Office is a not-for-profit organization whose mission is to support the development, production and distribution of Black screen-based content around the globe. This grant supported BSO programming.
Uvagut TV
Uvagut TV is Canada’s first national Inuktut television channel. It broadcasts movies, documentaries, cultural programs, current affairs shows, interviews with elders, and 5 hours of daily kids shows. Uvagut TV is currently available in over 600,000 homes across Canada.
Indigenous Communication Arts at First Nations University
The Indigenous Communication Arts (INCA) program at First Nations University is a unique program in Canada that provides journalism and communications education that is immersed in an Indigenous worldview and delivered within an Indigenous-led institution.
Documentary Organization of Canada
The Documentary Organization of Canada (DOC) is a member-driven national organization dedicated to supporting documentary filmmaking and filmmakers.
Mosquers
The Mosquers was started in 2006 as a short-film festival to provide a platform for local films by Muslim filmmakers in Edmonton. It has emerged as a key organization in Canada’s Muslim creative sector over the past decade.