 | Thursday, March 27, 2025 | | WHAT'S NEW? | Happy Pride Month!
Here is a quick highlight of June's updates on the Diversity of Voices portal: - A super engaging Sit Down with The Juno Awards 2022 musical director, Orin Isaacs
- Pride Month celebrations hosted by outCBC, including a rainbow Pride Walk in partnership with CBC's Walking Group
- National Indigenous History Month learning series by CBC's ERG All Nations
- CBC, BIPOC TV & Film and CFC announce TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst
As always, please email Alicia Didow if you have content you'd like to share in the next update. | | | | |  | THE SIT DOWN WITH ORIN ISAACS | Emily Sit chats with The Juno Awards 2022 musical director, Orin Isaacs. He shares why he feels representation matters so much in Canadian media and how grateful he to be successful in his craft and is now in a position to inspire others to follow their big dreams. | | | | | | |  | | | outCBC CELEBRATES PRIDE MONTH | Join the CBC Walking Group and outCBC on Thursday, June 23rd at 12 pm - Let's celebrate Pride Month by walking and wearing rainbow colours in support of our CBC 2SLGBTQ+ co-workers.
All are welcome - come show your pride! Jason Paris from EFS will illuminate us on the struggles faced by the 2SLGBTQ+ community and answers questions.
Other upcoming outCBC events:
June 29 at 1:30 p.m. ET - OutCBC shines a light on the work of All Nations ERG during the Indigenous learning session Indigenous Gender and Sexuality with speakers Albert Beck and Harlan Pruden. | | | | | | |  | | | INDIGENOUS LEARNING SERIES | National Indigenous History Month LIVE is a learning series for CBC/Radio-Canada staff, presented by All Nations, National Centre for Truth and Reconciliation (NCTR) and Learning and Development.
All sessions are held on Zoom, and run from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. ET.
Make a personal commitment to deepen your own understanding by attending this series. See the conversation topics below:
June 22: Economic Reconciliation: Critical Paths Forward
(click here for the zoom link)
June 29: Indigenous Gender and Sexuality
(click here for the zoom link)
You're also welcome to check out past conversations, including the 2021 Indigenous Learning Series on iO.
* * * CBC has also curated a great list of resources in celebration of National Indigenous History Month on iO. Here you'll find TV programming, book and podcast recommendations, as well information about our partnerships and projects with organizations to amplify Indigenous voices. * * * | | | | | | |  | | | | Stories are added to The Latest almost every day, so please check regularly. Also, older postings are all held in the News Archives section.
A few recent stories, of the many, we'd like to highlight... - CBC, BIPOC TV & Film and CFC announce TV & Film Showrunner Catalyst
- RBC launches BIPOC Emerging Producers program
- The Village: Two podcasts, one collaboration
- CBC dramatic comedy series Sort Of wins Peabody Award
| | | | | | | | | | | If you have any feedback, questions or concerns,
please let me know at alicia.didow@cbc.ca | | | | | |
