The Canadian Academy announces Executive Residency Program

TORONTO – The Academy of Canadian Cinema and Television (the Canadian Academy) announced yesterday it is launching an eight-month Executive Residency Program, which will match working professionals who are Black, Indigenous, or a person of colour with high-level executives. This new initiative is designed “to break down the barriers that currently exist for the next generation of creative executives and business leaders,” a press release explains. A cohort of five to eight participants will be selected for the inaugural year. This national program includes “job shadowing at an executive level, monthly meetings with the cohort led by the community partners,...