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ADVISORY COMMITTEE COMPRISED OF ESTEEMED
INDUSTRY PROFESSIONALS ANNOUNCED

Toronto, ON – The Canadian Academy today announced applications will be now be accepted for the Apprenticeship for Women Directors and will close on Friday June 23, 2017 at 11:59pm. The program, originally announced on March 8, 2017, is generously sponsored by the Canada Media Fund (CMF) and the RBC Emerging Artists Project. Interested applicants can visit academy.ca/women-directors for more information on how to apply.
 
An Advisory Committee comprised of a distinguished and diverse group of Executives, Directors and Producers will choose six women from across Canada to participate in the program.  The committee members are (alphabetically by last name): Norma Bailey (DGC), Tracey Deer (Women In View), Barbara Dolan (Morag Loves Company), Christine Haebler (Screen Siren), Kim McCraw (Microscope), Ana Serrano (CFC), Sudz Sutherland (Hungry Eyes), and Heather Webb (WIFT-T).
 
“As soon as we made the announcement about the Apprenticeship program in March, the response was overwhelming,” said Beth Janson, CEO of the Canadian Academy. “It indicated to us without a doubt that there is a thirst for programs that are bringing more talented women to the table and giving them the space to call the shots.”
 
 “I’m delighted by the overwhelming interest in the Apprenticeship program for Women Directors. I encourage all women who are thinking about embarking on this career path to apply,” stated Valerie Creighton, President and CEO, CMF. “I’m certain this and other initiatives being implemented by organizations across our industry will trigger new opportunities for the talented women who to choose to become directors. Initiatives such as this one are part of the CMF’s broader strategy to increase gender balance in Canada’s screen-based industries.”
 
The six recipients will be announced on September 6, 2017 at the Canadian Filmmakers Party hosted by The Canadian Academy during TIFF.
 
The Canadian Academy shared a blog post regarding today’s announcement through their inaugural monthly newsletter.

ABOUT THE ACADEMY | www.academy.ca 
The Academy of Canadian Cinema & Television is a national, non-profit, professional association dedicated to the promotion, recognition and celebration of exceptional achievements in Canadian film, television and digital media.  Unifying industry professionals across Canada, the Academy is a vital force representing all screen-based industries.
 
ABOUT RBC
Royal Bank of Canada is Canada’s largest bank, and one of the largest banks in the world, based on market capitalization. We are one of North America’s leading diversified financial services companies, and provide personal and commercial banking, wealth management, insurance, investor services and capital markets products and services on a global basis. We have over 80,000 full- and part-time employees who serve more than 16 million personal, business, public sector and institutional clients through offices in Canada, the U.S. and 37 other countries. For more information, please visit rbc.com.
 
In 2016, we supported over 2,000 artists, investing over $4.2 million in 160 organizations in a wide range of art genres. Our support is focused on artists in the early stages of their careers through the RBC Emerging Artists Project. Cumulatively, over 7,000 artists are now part of our RBC Emerging Artists alumni.

RBC helps communities prosper, supporting a broad range of community initiatives through donations, community investments and employee volunteer activities. For more information please see: http://www.rbc.com/community-sustainability/.
 
ABOUT THE CANADA MEDIA FUND
The Canada Media Fund (CMF) fosters, develops, finances and promotes the production of Canadian content and applications for all audiovisual media platforms. The CMF guides Canadian content towards a competitive global environment by fostering industry innovation, rewarding success, enabling a diversity of voice and promoting access to content through public and private sector partnerships. The CMF receives financial contributions from the Government of Canada and Canada’s cable, satellite and IPTV distributors. Please visit cmf-fmc.ca.
 

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