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In 2004, the BC Institute of Film Professionals (BCIFP) agreed to work with Service Canada to do a study of the labour issues surrounding women in the BC film and television industry. The BCIFP Women’s Initiative sub-committee was formed, and is dedicated to working with individuals, industry organizations, unions and the government to solve ongoing issues which plague women in this sector, including work equality, wage parity, discrimination on the job and stereotyping on the screen. Over the last three years, over 3000 volunteer hours and thousands of dollars have been donated to this initiative. The two studies subsequently completed demonstrate what was previously understood only anecdotally; women are underrepresented and under-remunerated in many occupations and facets of the industry.

The Please Adjust You Set initiative was created to monitor the representation of women through a “Record and Report” strategy. This website is part of this strategy, and will provide a snapshot of women working in the film and television industry in British Columbia and Canada. The Committee also plans to establish a means of regular collection of data on gender. This will include an overview of key employment trends, skills gaps and workforce composition. Lastly, the Committee plans on developing an Advocacy Strategy to bring the results of these studies to the attention of people in a position to influence policy and practice in the industry. Working with other key industry organizations like Women in Film & Television Vancouver, the goal is for this strategy to culminate in a summit and festival in March 2010, coinciding with International Women’s Day.

The committee has already completed a number of key tasks, including:

1. In November 2005, released the report: Women’s Labour Issues in the Film and Television Industry in BC (click here for report);
2. In December 2006, released the report: Women’s Participation in the Independent Sector of the Film and Television Industry in BC (click here for report);
3. In June 2007, the BCIFP received a special award from Women in Film and Television-Vancouver for the research conducted to date.
4. In August 2007, completed the “Record and Report” initiative, which consulted with unions, professional associations, broadcasters, funding agencies, juried awards groups and others in order to establish commitment and capacity to report statistics on women’s participation on an annual basis to the BCIFP. This data will be aggregated and analyzed on an ongoing basis to further encourage awareness and promote advocacy strategies.
5. In September 2007, created this website, Please Adjust Your Set, as a place to collect this data and articles on the subject.
6. In September 2007, released the presentation Women in the Media: Picturing Women in the 21st Century (see research page).

Artists
- Roula Lainas, Producer
- Gabrielle Rose, Actor
- Anne Wheeler, Director, Writer, Producer

 

British Columbia Film
- Liz Shorten, (former) Communications Manager
- Janine Bizzocchi Steele, Business Analyst

 

BCIFP
- Eileen Hoeter, President C Page 3

 

Creative Women Workshops Association
- Carol Whiteman, President and CEO

 

IATSE 669
- Carol McDonald, Camera Technicican
- Christina Kasperczyk, Executive Board, Camera Department

 

IATSE 891
- Dusty Kelly, (former) Business Representative
- Kathleen Higgins, Business Representative

 

National Film Board of Canada
- Rina Fraticelli, (former) Executive Producer
- Tracey Friesen, Producer

Simon Fraser University
- Colin Browne, Professor

 

Service Canada
- Pam Byers
- Rick Roberts

 

Union of BC Performers
- Jo Bates
- Christine Willes

 

University of British Columbia
- Sharon McGowan, Professor, Producer

 

Women in Film & Television Vancouver
- Danika Dinsmore, President
- Sophie McGarry, Past President
- Sara McIntyre, Past President
- Yvette Dudley Neuman, Past President

 

Independent Chair
- Bob Enright (former)
- Greg Tolliday
 
   

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