Canadian Heritage committee  In terms of the public reporting, we work closely with academics. The transparency of reporting is integral to having truth be shared with the whole society you're trying to change. You're absolutely right. In addition to that, it can't just be compartmentalized and be a little

Canadian Heritage committee  I'll just dive in very quickly. We certainly believe in the Geena Davis Institute on Gender in Media's ethos “If she can see it, she can be it”, so Heather and I and our home union have worked to create opportunity at all levels, be it in union leadership—where Heather and I have

Canadian Heritage committee  Yes, so you become role models, and that changes the stories that you tell. That ends up really...because we're looking for long-term, systemic change. We want society to behave differently with each other, and the disadvantage has been too systemic for too long. All of those thi

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you for the question. I'm proud to be in Parkdale—High Park. In terms of your first question, yes, we observe that the government is working in the right direction. We have approached the problem of sexual harassment in the industry very industry-wide. We appreciate everyt

Canadian Heritage committee  –If we're ever going to stop the systemic exclusion of women, women must not only be part of the conversation, but also must be equally represented in key leadership and decision-making positions. Studies support this. A 2016 study by the Rockefeller Foundation found that havin

Canadian Heritage committee  While the work we have started within our industry has been instrumental in our quest to create gender parity, we feel we have only just begun. We'd like to end our presentation by asking the federal government to play its role by implementing the following three recommendations.

Canadian Heritage committee  Thank you very much, Ms. Chairwoman, and members of the committee, for allowing us to appear before you today as part of your study, and thank you for the eloquent remembrance of Mr. Brown. My name is Ferne Downey. I'm a Canadian actor and past president of ACTRA, the Alliance

Canadian Heritage committee  In addition to my role as past president of ACTRA, I'm also proud to serve as the chair of CUES, the Canadian Unions for Equality on Screen. CUES is a group of union and guild representatives whose aim is to collect and analyze data to better understand the opportunities and chal