Monday, September 12, 2005
Media job fair in Toronto Sept 29-30
(Copy of news release just e-mailed to me)
The Innoversity Creative Summit has attracted key hiring managers
to a Media Career Job Fair on September 29-30, Holiday Inn Hotel,
King St., Toronto.
Innoversity emphasizes the benefit and need for diversity in
Canadian media and acts as a bridge between those who run the
media and those who want to become part of it. The Creative
Summit offers excellent opportunities for networking and the job fair
is a part of its annual gathering, now in its fourth year.
The people who hire workers in Canada's broadcast and newspaper
industry will participate in the first ever Media Career Fair at this
year's Innoversity Creative Summit, September 29-30, at the Holiday
Inn Hotel on King Street in Toronto.
Thirteen hiring managers from television, radio and newspapers will
host booths providing information about jobs and careers in their
organizations. Media executives will be on hand to discuss job
opportunities and provide career guidance throughout the Creative
Summit. Attendees will also be able to book 15 minutes of private
time with a broadcast executive.
Media executives who want to ensure that their workplaces are more
diverse, and that their organizations have access to the best talent in
the country, requested the expanded emphasis on careers at this
years' summit. Astral, CanWest Global, CHUM, CORUS, CTV, FLOW-FM,
FRONT TV, KODAK, OMNI, The Weather Network, Standard Radio,
Telefilm, and Vision TV are just a few of the organizations taking part.
The Innoversity Career Fair is sponsored by CanWest Global.
Innoversity initiatives are already credited with reducing barriers
between the broadcast media and independent creative
professionals from under-represented backgrounds. The summit
welcomes media professionals, creative entrepreneurs and students
from all cultural backgrounds.
"To an outsider, the media industry can appear to be closed and
even mind-boggling", says Cynthia Reyes, co-founder and Acting
Chair of Innoversity. "Our goal is to help the Canadian media to de-
mystify career opportunities in TV, Radio, Film, Print and New Media
industries, and connect talented people to a wide range of
opportunities."
Reyes points to two recent studies that highlight the under-
representation of Aboriginals, Visible Minorities and People with
Disabilities in most roles in the media. The Innoversity Career Fair
responds to those findings and recommendations, made by the
Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) and Women in Film
and Television Toronto, (WIFT-T) whose recent study also
highlighted the many areas in which women are still
under-represented in the film and broadcast industry.
Cynthia Reyes and Hamlin Grange founded the not-for-profit
Innoversity Creative Summit in 2000. Before their starting their
consulting company, DiversiPro Inc., Grange worked as a journalist
at the Toronto Star, Global TV, TVO and the CBC, while Reyes
worked as an executive producer, journalism trainer, and as both a
program and management consultant at the CBC.
Innoversity is a not-for profit organization with a board of directors
and a steering committee from the media and community.
www.innoversity.com
Contact:
Cynthia Reyes
Co-Founder
Innoversity
260 Carlaw Ave, S. 202B
Toronto M4M 3L1
Tel: 416-461-6895
Fax: 416-461-8970
cynthiaATdiversipro.com
6:34 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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The Innoversity Creative Summit has attracted key hiring managers
to a Media Career Job Fair on September 29-30, Holiday Inn Hotel,
King St., Toronto.
Innoversity emphasizes the benefit and need for diversity in
Canadian media and acts as a bridge between those who run the
media and those who want to become part of it. The Creative
Summit offers excellent opportunities for networking and the job fair
is a part of its annual gathering, now in its fourth year.
The people who hire workers in Canada's broadcast and newspaper
industry will participate in the first ever Media Career Fair at this
year's Innoversity Creative Summit, September 29-30, at the Holiday
Inn Hotel on King Street in Toronto.
Thirteen hiring managers from television, radio and newspapers will
host booths providing information about jobs and careers in their
organizations. Media executives will be on hand to discuss job
opportunities and provide career guidance throughout the Creative
Summit. Attendees will also be able to book 15 minutes of private
time with a broadcast executive.
Media executives who want to ensure that their workplaces are more
diverse, and that their organizations have access to the best talent in
the country, requested the expanded emphasis on careers at this
years' summit. Astral, CanWest Global, CHUM, CORUS, CTV, FLOW-FM,
FRONT TV, KODAK, OMNI, The Weather Network, Standard Radio,
Telefilm, and Vision TV are just a few of the organizations taking part.
The Innoversity Career Fair is sponsored by CanWest Global.
Innoversity initiatives are already credited with reducing barriers
between the broadcast media and independent creative
professionals from under-represented backgrounds. The summit
welcomes media professionals, creative entrepreneurs and students
from all cultural backgrounds.
"To an outsider, the media industry can appear to be closed and
even mind-boggling", says Cynthia Reyes, co-founder and Acting
Chair of Innoversity. "Our goal is to help the Canadian media to de-
mystify career opportunities in TV, Radio, Film, Print and New Media
industries, and connect talented people to a wide range of
opportunities."
Reyes points to two recent studies that highlight the under-
representation of Aboriginals, Visible Minorities and People with
Disabilities in most roles in the media. The Innoversity Career Fair
responds to those findings and recommendations, made by the
Canadian Association of Broadcasters (CAB) and Women in Film
and Television Toronto, (WIFT-T) whose recent study also
highlighted the many areas in which women are still
under-represented in the film and broadcast industry.
Cynthia Reyes and Hamlin Grange founded the not-for-profit
Innoversity Creative Summit in 2000. Before their starting their
consulting company, DiversiPro Inc., Grange worked as a journalist
at the Toronto Star, Global TV, TVO and the CBC, while Reyes
worked as an executive producer, journalism trainer, and as both a
program and management consultant at the CBC.
Innoversity is a not-for profit organization with a board of directors
and a steering committee from the media and community.
www.innoversity.com
Contact:
Cynthia Reyes
Co-Founder
Innoversity
260 Carlaw Ave, S. 202B
Toronto M4M 3L1
Tel: 416-461-6895
Fax: 416-461-8970
cynthiaATdiversipro.com
6:34 PM posted by Robin Rowland
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