WIFT-T: Our Achievements

2008

• Third annual Short Film Showcase on International Women's Day is sold out

2007
• WIFT-T celebrates 20 years of incorporation
• WIFT-T hosts the WIFT International Summit from July 16-19 at the Park Hyatt Toronto. The 2007 WIFT International Summit featured more than 100 industry leaders who contributed their expertise and experience to more than 50 panels and workshops.
• WIFT-T launches the first-ever online broadcasts for the International Summit
• WIFT-T partners with the Schulich School of Business and Humber School of Media Studies and Information Technology to offer the Business Management for Media Professionals
• WIFT-T presents the second annual Short Film Showcase on International Women's Day to celebrate women filmmakers
• WIFT-T awarded funding by the Entertainment and Creative Cluster Partnerships Fund, a program of the Ministry of Culture, co-administered by the Ontario Media Development Corporation (OMDC), to develop, in partnership with the Schulich School of Business, the Business Management for Media Professionals
• WIFT-T, in association with the Quebecor Fund, announces the 2007 Quebecor Bursary program, a provincial program designed to assist underrepresented women and/or men in the film and television industry gain access to professional skills development

2006
• WIFT-T presents first Short Film Showcase on International Women's Day to celebrate women filmmakers
• WIFT-T exceeds 850 members
• WIFT-T and DGC Ontario launch CanadianFilmmaker.com, a new online resource on the business of feature filmmaking in Canada

2005
• Crystal Awards Luncheon is sold out
• WIFT-T launches Executive Management Program

2004
• Crystal Awards Luncheon is sold out
• WIFT-T publishes Frame Work: Employment in Canadian Screen-Based Media - A National Profile, the first Canadian study of its kind that measures diversity, skills and employment in the film, television and new media industries

2003
• WIFT-T completes a record-breaking programming year

2002
• WIFT-T is the 3rd largest chapter in the world, with over 700 members

2001
• WIFT-T initiates a new three-year Strategic Plan with a focus on technical training, career development, international partnerships and national research activities

1998
• WIFT-T implements first ever Members Benefits Plan to freelancers, contract workers and self-employed members
• WIFT-T and The Centre for Entrepreneurship at Centennial College launch The Independent Producers Program - a program to help independent producers start their own businesses

1997
• WIFT-T launches a new five-year Strategic Plan
• WIFT-T releases Riding the Next Wave: Future Trends in Film, Television and Digital Media, compiled from over 60 interviews with industry experts

1996
• TWIFT officially renames itself WIFT-T to conform with the International body
• Studio WIFT-T opens its doors to the public

1994
• CBC sponsors first ever CBC Women Writers Award

1993
• TWIFT publishes Take Two: A Woman's Guide to Technical Jobs in the Film and Television Industry

1992
• TWIFT unveils an industry based job bank for members
• TWIFT develops an apprenticeship and job shadowing placement program in conjunction
with the CBC Training department
• TWIFT unveils its first ever Strategic Plan

1991
• Toronto Women in Film and Video officially renames itself Toronto Women in Film and Television Inc. (TWIFT) to better reflect the changing nature of the membership
• TWIFT publishes Changing Focus: The Future for Women in the Canadian Film and Television Industry
• TWIFT begins presenting its first professional development workshops

1988
• First annual TWIFV Awards is held at the Copa Nightclu.

1987
• Toronto Women in Film and Video Inc. (TWIFV) receives incorporation status with founding president Suzanne DePoe, Vice President Alice O'Neil
• At the end of its first incorporated year, TWIFV has 150 members

1984
• At the international women's film festival Through Her Eyes, women in the Toronto film and television industry meet with visitors from the New York chapter of Women in Film. This is the catalyst that creates the Toronto chapter of Women in Film and Video.