Emancipation Arts
Emancipation Arts is a multi-platform content creator committed to telling vital stories which showcase the diversity of human experience and expand social boundaries. This grant supported FreeUp! Emancipation Day 2021.
Program: Seed Project Grants
Noor Cultural Centre
The Noor Cultural Centre aims to be a centre for Islamic practice and learning, and celebration of Islamic culture, while respecting the diversity in peoples and religions as directed by the Qur’an. This grant supported the “Islamophobia Is” video project.
Black Women Film! Canada
Black Women Film! is a not-for-profit organization that supports the development of Black women and non-binary filmmakers & media artists in Canada. This grant supported the BIG UP: Black Women’s Producers Residency project.
The Resolve
The Resolve is an independent Canadian media outlet centring, elevating and celebrating Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) voices and stories.
The GreenLine
The Green Line is an award-winning, hyperlocal news outlet that investigates the way we live to help young and other underserved Torontonians survive and thrive in a rapidly changing city.
Peterborough Currents
Peterborough Currents is a reader-funded independent news outlet that puts people at the centre of their stories. They’re committed to producing journalism that connects the community, focusing on issues that affect real people’s live.
InsideWaterloo
InsideWaterloo is an independent media initiative that amplifies diverse voices of Black, Indigenous and racialized residents living in the Waterloo Region in Ontario.
Hot Docs
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 supported the BIPOC Podcast Development Lab program.
Volcano Non-Profit Productions Inc.
Volcano is a Toronto-based performance company that creates work experimentally, collaboratively, and with an eye to transcending borders of all kinds – international, artistic, and cultural. This grant supported a reimagining of Scott Joplin’s Treemonisha.
Story Money Impact
Story Money Impact is a registered charity that creates positive change through active engagement of courageous filmmakers to refine and amplify their messages for systemic change through impact strategy, education, and partnerships with constituents. This grant supported the SMI Pod Program.