Changing Narratives Fund

Budget 2024 committed $10M, over 3 years, starting in 2024-2025, to the Department of Canadian Heritage to support the implementation of the Changing Narratives Fund.

The Changing Narratives Fund (CNF) is a new initiative that will support diverse communities (i.e. Indigenous, Black, racialized, ethno-religious minority, people with disabilities and 2SLGBTQI+ communities) to share their stories, experiences, and perspectives so that their voices are accurately and authentically represented in the media, and culture sectors in Canada.

The objective of the CNF is to implement incentives and initiatives that encourage greater participation of diverse communities and organizations in the culture and media sectors. To achieve this objective, the CNF will provide support for mentorship, training and professional development opportunities for diverse communities at all career stages so that members from these communities could increase their participation in the creative sectors.

The funding allocated for the CNF will be distributed through three existing programs to better support diverse communities and organizations in the following industries:

The Canada Media Fund

The Changing Narratives Fund stream of CMF prioritizes projects that foster the development of an inclusive audiovisual sector by providing training and professional development opportunities for diverse communities.

Learn more about the Canada Media Fund programming component.

The Local Journalism Initiative

The Changing Narratives Fund stream of LJI prioritizes the hiring of diverse (i.e., Indigenous, Black, racialized, ethno-religious minority, people with disabilities and 2SLGBTQI+ communities) journalists in diverse-owned and mainstream news organizations to produce civic journalism for underserved communities.

To protect the independence of the press, not-for-profit organizations will deliver this stream. These organizations will give funding to Canadian media organizations to address the need for local civic journalism in underserved communities.

Collective Initiatives Component of the Canada Periodical Fund

The Changing Narratives Fund stream of Collective Initiatives prioritizes projects that increase the overall sustainability of the Canadian magazine and community newspaper (non-daily) industries with a focus on diverse communities.

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