TORONTO – The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is adopting all 12 of the recommendations made after the conclusion of an anti-harassment audit of workplace policies and practices.
The audit, announced last December, was led by Daina Green who is recognized internationally as a member of the United Nations Development Programme Roster of Experts in Gender Equality and Women's Empowerment in Public Administration. Green gathered information from over 100 members, staff and leaders in the Guild plus conducted one-on-one interviews with over 60 people.
“The DGC believes that every institution in our sector has an obligation to promote fairness, safety, dignity and due process for every member of our community”, said DGC president Tim Southam, in a statement. “Our membership clearly supports efforts by the Guild and other key industry stakeholders to stop harassment and this report lays out the steps we can take to build the strong reporting mechanisms, better training and greater awareness that we need to shift our industry culture. The Guild looks forward to the work ahead with all our partners to achieve this goal.”
The Directors Guild of Canada is a national labour organization that represents over 4,800 key creative and logistical personnel in the screen-based industry covering all areas of direction, design, production and editing.
