CDC Diversity Internship Initiative

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Location:

Canada

Production Type:

Entertainment Careers

Job Type:

Staff / Crew

Required Skill:

Videography


Our Objective:

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To offer an opportunity to someone who would like to make a career as a Casting Director and is from a group that is underrepresented and/or faces barriers to entry into the entertainment industry.  This program is open to anyone who is Black, Indigenous, Racialized, LGBTQ2S+, and/or living with disabilities

 

Deadline to Apply: April 30, 2021

Internships Available: Two

Duration of Placement: Six weeks

Stipend: $3600 each

 

Eligibility:

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Must be a Canadian citizen, permanent resident or person on whom refugee status has been conferred

Must be legally entitled to work according to the relevant provincial/ territorial legislation and regulations

Cannot be an employee or relative of any CDC member

Selection Process:

The CDC executive will evaluate the applications on their merit and select the finalists

Each finalist will be interviewed up to two times, virtually, by the CDC executive and the mentor Casting Director in May 2021

All finalists’ names will be made available to any CDC members who request them for hiring purposes, for possible short term contracts in the future.
https://www.projectcasting.com/job/cdc-diversity-internship-initiative