Ask the Experts! A Live Virtual Q&A for IBPOC Content Creators
Thursday March 23 2023 - 12:00pm to 1:00pm MT
Event DetailsCREATIVES EMPOWERED
CREATIVES EMPOWERED is a non-profit collective of artists + creatives. We are Black, Indigenous and People of Colour, empowering each other as an allied community. We are film + tv, media and arts professionals – from emerging to established – based in western Canada. We are the first and only organization of its kind in Alberta.
DID YOU KNOW? Our strong and growing IBPOC membership, and the community we serve, also represents various intersections of identity, including those who self-identify as 2SLGBTQIA+, People with Disabilities and women.
NEW IBPOC CONSULTANTS DIRECTORY!
A free public service, and the first of its kind, the IBPOC Consultants Directory features expertise on Equity, Diversity, Inclusion & Accessibility, to assist individuals + organizations in the cultural sector seeking to diversify their staff, contractors, membership, programming and audiences.
EVENTS + RESOURCES
BIPOC Healing and Wellness Centre
BIPOC Healing and Wellness Centre
BIPOC Healing and Wellness Centre provides anti-racist, decolonizing, intersectional feminist and culturally-informed therapy to individuals, couples, families and groups who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) in what is colonially known as Edmonton and the surrounding area.
BIPOC Healing and Wellness Centre provides anti-racist, decolonizing, intersectional feminist and culturally-informed therapy to individuals, couples, families and groups who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) in what is colonially known as Edmonton and the surrounding area.
OUR ULTIMATE VISION
To explore and encourage new and diverse ways of creating works that are inherently non-colonial. To create a more equitable cultural sector, that accurately reflects the world we live in. And to eliminate systemic racism within arts + culture.
OUR MISSION
CREATIVES EMPOWERED is a safe and supportive community for artists + creatives who are Black, Indigenous and People of Colour, based in western Canada. We advocate for and represent our members and their needs. We increase professional opportunities for IBPOC talent. We provide empowering and educational resources, events and professional development. We network, collaborate and share with like-minded individuals and organizations across Canada, and worldwide.
OUR VALUES
We must be empowered to be ourselves and to create.
We are the creative talent that does exist.
How we engage with one another is just as important as the work we create.
Our presence is a right, and needs no apology, nor an explanation.
Our stories + cultures are ours to share, and best represented by us.
Creating spaces free of racial + unconscious bias, frees up our creative energy, and empowers our health.
Dismantling negative stereotypes of IBPOC professionals is essential.
Collaborating with allies should always be empowering – for everyone involved.
True inclusivity must be authentic – not performative or tokenistic – and accountability is a prerequisite.
NEW CREATIVES EMPOWERED PODCAST!
Check out our new podcast created in collaboration with Canadian Cinema Editors! Please have a listen to this enlightening conversation on Cultivating & Harvesting EDI with Jordan Baylon, Soni Dasmohapatra, Pam Tzeng & Dinu Philip Alex. And subscribe for more empowering dialogue with IBPOC artists + creatives in Alberta!
Warner Bros. Discovery Access to Action Canada is in Alberta!
We are proud to partner with Warner Bros. Discovery Access Canada and Access to Action Canada along with the DGC – Alberta District Council.
Together we have facilitated an incredible film + tv training initiative for Black, Indigenous, People of Colour, LGBTQ2AI+, People with Disabilities and women.
Creatives Empowered successfully conducted a strategic outreach and engagement campaign to recruit candidates from these underrepresented communities for WarnerMedia Access Canada and DGC Alberta.
Our selected candidates then went on to receive FREE ONLINE TRAINING that could potentially lead to a Production Assistant position with large studio productions in Alberta’s booming film + tv industry.
The CMF is delighted to invest in CREATIVES EMPOWERED, as we look at various ways to fund activities that support and empower Black, Indigenous and People of Colour creative talent in Alberta.
− Valerie Creighton, President and CEO, Canada Media Fund
NOTICE TO CREATIVES EMPOWERED MEMBERS
2021 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS ARE NOW AVAILABLE FOR REVIEW
Electronic copies can be requested free of charge at info@creativesempowered.ca.