About

2020 brought into focus the challenges within the Canadian and international publishing industry to reflect the wider diversity of contemporary society within companies and with the authors they publish. Since then many changes have been implemented to greater or lesser success but as this short-term wave subsides how can the drive for changed be maintained and embedded long-term in organisational approaches. Join our panel of experts to examine the issues and discuss solutions. Presented as part of the 2024 International Visitors Programme.

Featuring:

Dawn Davis, Senior Vice President of Simon & Schuster
Anita Chong, Editoral Director, Fiction at McClelland & Stewart
Naseem Hrab, Publisher at Kids Can Press
Bianca Spence, Program Consultant, Books, Industry and Development, Ontario Creates
Moderated by Olga Filina, 5 Otter Agency

The IV Programme is supported by: