CBC awards $2.2 million in funding to 119 projects

8,800 applications were submitted TORONTO – The CBC announced Friday 119 original Canadian projects have been selected to receive immediate support through The CBC Creative Relief Fund, exceeding the initial commitment with $2.2 million in development and production funding confirmed across three programming streams. The announcement says 99 projects have been selected for development funding and 20 for production funding, including 51 projects (43%) from self-identified Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) creators. The fund was launched in April in response to the Covid-19 pandemic, to provide at least $2 million in urgently needed development and production funding as...