HireBIPOC membership surpasses 2,300 in first week

TORONTO — The new industry-wide initiative HireBIPOC.ca has already surpassed 2,300 members in its first week of operation, co-founding partner Bell Media announced today. HireBIPOC.ca is a web portal which provides an online roster of Black, Indigenous and people of colour (BIPOC) media and entertainment professionals who work as creatives and crew in Canada’s screen-based industries. When the web portal launched on October 5, it had 500 members signed up. “We are inspired and heartened by the feedback and response we have received from the Black, Indigenous, and people of colour creative community, the industry, and the public. The numbers...