Women in View

Research and action on the role of women in Canadian media

Reports

The 6th On Screen Report finds that gender equity initiatives had a strong impact. Between 2017 and 2019, there was a 23% increase in the number of TV episodes directed by women at CBC bringing women’s share of directing at the public broadcasters to 60%. This, in turn, raised the industry-wide percentage of women-directed TV episodes from 2017’s 27% to almost 50% in 2019 even though women’s share of directing work at Bell and Corus—where similar gender parity initiatives were not adopted— remained quite low. However, intersectional insights reveal a disturbing pattern common across gender-parity initiatives: setting targets merely based on gender doesn’t equitably serve all women. When examined individually, these statistics are dismal and illuminate the lack of diversity within leadership positions, in writing rooms, and on sets. There is still a great deal of work to do.

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