• The Producers Internship - Call for Applications due November 1, 2006
• Alliance Atlantis Communications Diversity in Broadcasting Internship - Call for Applications due October 25, 2006
• CBC Canadian Reflections Award - Call for Applications due October 4, 2006
• Kodak New Vision Fellowship - Call for Applications due Tuesday August 1, 2006
• WIFT-T Banff Mentorship Award - Call for Applications due Thursday, May 18, 2006
CBC Canadian Reflections Award 2006
Presented in partnership with Women in Film and Television-Toronto
2006 CBC Canadian Reflections
Award Winner: Barb Taylor
Media Release (PDF download: 56.3k)
Women in Film and Television - Toronto (WIFT-T), in partnership with CBC Television, is pleased to announce Barb Taylor as the winner of this year’s CBC Canadian Reflections Award. Taylor will receive her award at the 2006 Crystal Awards Gala Luncheon on Monday, December 4, 2006 at the Fairmont Royal York Hotel in Toronto.
The CBC Canadian Reflections Award is a national competitive award that gives one emerging Canadian female filmmaker the invaluable opportunity to receive creative support from CBC Television to develop a concept project to showcase the diversity of Canada. The winner receives a cash award to go toward production costs of a program of up to 30 minutes in length, as well as invaluable consultation with a CBC executive in charge of production.
Award Winner Barb Taylor’s creative work includes the animated shorts Tomboy and The Sheelagh. She worked at Nelvana from 1997 to 2001 on animated television series and is currently working at Corus Entertainment on the development of BoomBoxBaby.ca, Canada’s first online teen radio station. She is also working on another short, Sheelagh and Brigit, in development with support from the National Film Board of Canada.
The award winner will receive the following:
• Consultation time with an Executive in Charge of Production for CBC Television
• A $7,500 cash award to go towards the cost of production
• National promotion at the 2006 Crystal Awards
• A WIFT-T programming pass valued at $1,200
CBC/Radio-Canada is Canada's national public broadcaster and one of its largest cultural institutions. CBC/Radio-Canada reaches Canadians through eight national radio and television
networks, its full-service Web sites, local/regional stations and affiliates, as well as the digital television channel Country Canada and the continuous music network Galaxie. In addition, CBC/Radio-Canada has forged partnerships with other broadcasters and is a partner in the satellite radio service SIRIUS Canada as well as in the specialty television services ARTV and The Documentary Channel. Through this array of activities, CBC/Radio-Canada brings diverse regional and cultural perspectives into the daily lives of Canadians in English, French and eight aboriginal languages.
For further information regarding the application process please click below:
2006 Application Information
