Needs assessment for gender-based impact analysis of the Canadian feature film policy / : Évaluation des besoins pour l'analyse comparative entre les sexes de la Politique canadienne du long métrage

Our review of Canadian literature considered the issues that are being raised with respect to the participation of women in the Canadian feature film industry that may be of 9 interest for a Gender-Based Analysis of the Policy. [...] International literature was included for review to the extent that it was supportive of the development of theoretical and/or methodological frameworks through which to consider the participation of women in the Canadian context, or provided examples of data gathering solutions that may be of interest in the Canadian context. [...] In addition to the 2005 GBA, the three Canadian studies on the participation of women in the Canadian feature film industry included in our review were: a study conducted by the BC Institute of Film Professionals (BCIFP) in 2005, Women’s Labour Issues in the Film and Television Industry in British Columbia, (hereafter referred to as the BCIFP study); La place des réalisatrices dans le financement [...] The variety of approaches and sources of data and information used to assess the participation of women speaks to their differing levels of accessibility to the government and to the public. [...] The 2005 GBA found that women’s participation rates five years after the launch of the CFFP were consistent with trends observed in the five-year period prior to the introduction of the policy, based on a ten-year trend analysis of projects that make up the CAVCO database.