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On Documentary and CBC’s License Renewal

by Barri Cohen
February 1, 2021
Industry

The recent CBC/Radio Canada CRTC hearings saw DOC advocate on behalf of Canadian documentary filmmakers during the broadcaster’s license renewal at a time when CBC is reducing investment in documentaries.

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Policy Matters: Was Joly ‘Netflixed’?

by Barri Cohen
September 3, 2018
Industry

Did concerns over taxes and French-language production at Netflix prove to be Mélanie Joly’s undoing as heritage minister?

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POV Interview: Jesse Wente – First Director of the New Indigenous Screen Office

by Marc Glassman
June 12, 2018
Interviews

Canada’s media establishment got it right when they approached Jesse Wente to be the first director of the new Indigenous Screen Office (ISO). Articulate and passionate, Wente has been a cultural columnist for CBC Radio

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Netflix Sets Its Own Rules

by Rudy Buttignol
October 9, 2017
Industry

Last week, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, unveiled her long-awaited cultural industries policy titled Creative Canada. While there are some good bits in the announcement, such as top up money for the

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An Open Letter to Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly

by Kevin McMahon
September 12, 2016
Essays/Features

Kevin McMahon delivers a massive plea from the heart for Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly to take a stand for Canadian documentary filmmakers.

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Policy Matters: Innovation Games

by Barri Cohen
July 28, 2016
Industry

Will Heritage Minister Mélanie Joly genuinely “innovate” and create a luminous film culture?

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Policy Matters: Is This the Best We Can Do?

by Barri Cohen
May 16, 2016
Industry

Jean-Pierre Blais, chair of the CRTC, should be fired or have the decency to resign for his indifferent destruction of Canadian media.

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Docs and Philanthropists: Do We Have a Match?

by Marc Glassman Judy Wolfe
March 24, 2016
Industry

On the Documentary Organization of Canada's publication Philanthropic Funding for Documentaries in Canada: Towards an Industry-wide Strategy,

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Policy Matters: A Guide for Factual Creatives

by Barri Cohen
September 1, 2015
Industry

Barri Cohen reflects on the Canadian Media Guild's Guide to Working in Canadian Factual TV Production.

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Policy Matters: The Sisyphean Toil

by Barri Cohen
February 22, 2015
Industry

It’s unlikely many know the names of the cultural warriors who toil on our collective behalf, so let me shine the spotlight of this page on one of them: Lisa Fitzgibbons

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