CBC announces participants of second year of AccessCBC program for disabled creators

CBC announced last week the participants selected for the second year of AccessCBC: A CBC Initiative for Creators with a Disability, a national program providing pre-development training, mentorship and financing support to Deaf and disabled creators. Fifteen participants across seven projects have been selected for the scripted comedy/drama and kids streams. In addition, as part of the unscripted stream, production is underway on four short projects from the CBC Creator Network, and a short documentary from the first round of AccessCBC has advanced to the second phase of development, according to a CBC press release. For the second iteration of AccessCBC, which launched in February...