Directors Guild of Canada elects new national president

TORONTO — Warren P. Sonoda (above) has been elected as president of the Directors Guild of Canada (DGC). Sonoda and DGC’s new first vice-president, Tracey Deer, were acclaimed on the weekend during the DGC’s national executive board elections, which were conducted online. “It’s not lost on me that this weekend saw remarkable election results from across North America, and in its own way, the Directors Guild of Canada bent its arc towards inclusion with the historic election of a Japanese Canadian as president and a Mohawk filmmaker from Kahnawake as its first vice-president,” said Sonoda, in a press release. “I'm...