NFB announces new diversity, equity and inclusion plan

MONTREAL — The National Film Board of Canada (NFB) today announced its objectives and commitments for increasing diversity, equity and inclusion within its organization, which includes the creation of a new senior position responsible for NFB’s equity and anti-racist practices. “We want to help eliminate decades of injustice and systemic racism in Canadian society, as well as within our institution. This is why this plan includes targets and concrete actions that will have an impact not only on our recruitment, productions and distribution methods, but on the entire culture of our organization,” said Claude Joli-Coeur, government film commissioner and NFB...