The Creative Equity Roadmap is intended to serve Justice, Equity, Decolonization, Diversity and Inclusion (JEDDI) work across the motion picture industry in B.C. It is:
a starting point, an invitation for collaboration and a contribution to the many important public materials being generated;
focused on supporting industry - the creative businesses, organizations and companies, recognizing that employers, labour organizations and industry associations have a particularly important role to play in changing systems;
intended as a practical approach, offering a high level framework for understanding the steps required as an organization for advancing the principles of Justice, Equity, Decolonization, Diversity and Inclusion;
offers a shared language and method centering on Commitments and People Practices by which B.C.'s motion picture industry may collectively consider and advance the principles of Justice, Equity, Decolonization, Diversity and Inclusion;
seeks to amplify the growing network of resources available in B.C. and Canada to support our collective work in this evolving field.
The language of gender and sexuality is a shifting, ever-evolving terrain marked by an appreciable degree of nuance and, on occasion, contestation. It’s important to note that there is sometimes a lag in academic language–for example, in the health sciences -compared to that used colloquially. NYU Libraries has complied a resource for navigating changing terminology.