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Ticket information for WGC Screenwriting Awards
Ticket information for WGC Screenwriting Awards
2026 Canadian Screen Award nominees
2026 Canadian Screen Award nominees
See this year's Canadian Screen Award Nominees.
Industry Survey: Canadian children's media
Industry Survey: Canadian children's media
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TIFF: The Market - Labs & Learning
TIFF: The Market - Labs & Learning
TIFF is a charitable cultural organization with a mission to transform the way people see the world, through film.
2026 WGC Screenwriting Award nominees
2026 WGC Screenwriting Award nominees
Stealing Isn't Innovation
Stealing Isn't Innovation
WGC welcomes renewed federal investment in Canada’s screen-based industries
WGC welcomes renewed federal investment in Canada’s screen-based industries
AFBS Member and Family Assistance Program
AFBS Member and Family Assistance Program
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2025 WGC Annual Members Party // Photagonist
2025 WGC Annual Members Party // Photagonist
Photagonist - visual media agency for other agencies and businesses
Open Source: How is the WGC faring in the age of AI?
Open Source: How is the WGC faring in the age of AI?
LISTEN: Anar Ali on CBC's Q with Tom Power
LISTEN: Anar Ali on CBC's Q with Tom Power
Art is Human: Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation
Art is Human: Manifesto for the Protection of Authentic Creation
The development of AI in culture must be done with the community, for the community, and in a careful, reasonable, and well-thought-out manner, because art is Human!
CBC News: Why the definition of CanCon might get a reboot
CBC News: Why the definition of CanCon might get a reboot
Canada has had rules to decide what counts as Canadian film or TV since 1984, but as viewing habits changed those regulations faced new questions. CBC’s Makda Ghebreslassie breaks down the existing definition of Canadian content, or CanCon, how it works and what might change.
Writers Guild of Canada appears before CRTC
Writers Guild of Canada appears before CRTC
2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards // Photagonist
2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards // Photagonist
Photagonist - visual media agency for other agencies and businesses
2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards Winners Announced
2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards Winners Announced
Andrew Wreggitt to receive Margaret Collier Award at WGC Screenwriting Awards
Andrew Wreggitt to receive Margaret Collier Award at WGC Screenwriting Awards
Nominations for the 2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards announced
Nominations for the 2025 WGC Screenwriting Awards announced
WGC, CMPA talk sector stability after historic strike vote in 2024
WGC, CMPA talk sector stability after historic strike vote in 2024
Year in review: Negotiations between Canadian producers and writers reached a tipping point last year, but the standoff laid the foundation for an AI roadmap.
BIPOC Credits: The mentality of a working writer with Abdul Malik
BIPOC Credits: The mentality of a working writer with Abdul Malik
WGC guide for alternate payment methods
WGC guide for alternate payment methods
Nice try AI ... Writers Guild of Canada champions writers not robots!
Nice try AI ... Writers Guild of Canada champions writers not robots!
Film & TV unions and guilds launch "FAIR" coalition
Film & TV unions and guilds launch "FAIR" coalition
Script of the Month - November 2024 | Writers Guild of Canada
Script of the Month - November 2024 | Writers Guild of Canada
2024 WGC Annual Members Party - Photos by Lu Chau, Photagonist
2024 WGC Annual Members Party - Photos by Lu Chau, Photagonist
2024 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Report
2024 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Report
Best Practices for Producers Working with Diverse Screenwriters
Best Practices for Producers Working with Diverse Screenwriters
Future-Proofing Creativity: Responding to AI's Game-Changing Impact | Canada Media Fund
Future-Proofing Creativity: Responding to AI's Game-Changing Impact | Canada Media Fund
The Cultural Frontline - Write Off: Screenwriters Versus AI - BBC Sounds
The Cultural Frontline - Write Off: Screenwriters Versus AI - BBC Sounds
BSO Office Hours Mentorship Program | Black Screen Office
BSO Office Hours Mentorship Program | Black Screen Office
WGC welcomes CRTC’s decision on base contributions from online streamers
WGC welcomes CRTC’s decision on base contributions from online streamers
Watch now on YouTube: Stories From My Gay Grandparents
Watch now on YouTube: Stories From My Gay Grandparents
Telefilm Canada | Advisory Committee Member application
Telefilm Canada | Advisory Committee Member application
Writers Guild of Canada ratifies new agreement
Writers Guild of Canada ratifies new agreement
Writers Guild of Canada Elects New President
Writers Guild of Canada Elects New President
Canadian screenwriters and independent producers reach terms on new Independent Production Agreement
Canadian screenwriters and independent producers reach terms on new Independent Production Agreement
Writers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike authorization
Writers vote overwhelmingly in favour of strike authorization
Neal McDougall Toronto Star op-ed (March 23, 2024) - People have rights that machines don't. Let's keep it that way
Neal McDougall Toronto Star op-ed (March 23, 2024) - People have rights that machines don't. Let's keep it that way
WGC Comments to the Government of Canada on Copyright in the Age of Generative AI
WGC Comments to the Government of Canada on Copyright in the Age of Generative AI
Podcast! Writers Talking Screen
Podcast! Writers Talking Screen
Holiday Movies Of The Week - Writers Talking TV episode
Holiday Movies Of The Week - Writers Talking TV episode
What is the Canadian Screenwriters Collection Society? (WGC member access)
What is the Canadian Screenwriters Collection Society? (WGC member access)
Watch the WGC speak at Dec. 6, 2023, CRTC Bill C-11 hearings
Watch the WGC speak at Dec. 6, 2023, CRTC Bill C-11 hearings
Writers Talking Screen - Kurt Smeaton, Marsha Greene, Veronika Paz and Amanda Joy
Writers Talking Screen - Kurt Smeaton, Marsha Greene, Veronika Paz and Amanda Joy
WGC Releases New Report on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion | Writers Guild of Canada
WGC Releases New Report on Equity, Diversity and Inclusion | Writers Guild of Canada
Writers Talking Screen: October 26, 2023
Writers Talking Screen: October 26, 2023
Script Coordinator Agreement Reached between WGC and IATSE
Script Coordinator Agreement Reached between WGC and IATSE
WGC talks AI on CBC Radio
WGC talks AI on CBC Radio
WGC's Writers Talking Screen - Children's TV
WGC's Writers Talking Screen - Children's TV
WGC letter on AI and the role of Canadian creators
WGC letter on AI and the role of Canadian creators
Clement Virgo in Conversation with Michael McGowan YOUTUBE
Clement Virgo in Conversation with Michael McGowan YOUTUBE
The WGC on Bill C-11
The WGC on Bill C-11
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