{"id":2412,"date":"2018-06-27T11:57:27","date_gmt":"2018-06-27T15:57:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/"},"modified":"2018-06-27T11:59:58","modified_gmt":"2018-06-27T15:59:58","slug":"telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/","title":{"rendered":"Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Christa Dickenson has become the new executive director at Telefilm Canada for a term of five years, effective July 30, 2018.<\/p>\n<p>Dickenson will be charged with helping to promote Canada&#8217;s audiovisual industry. She currently serves as\u00a0the president and CEO of Interactive Ontario. Prior to taking on those titles at the organization, Dickenson\u00a0was executive director from 2014 to 2017. Before being hired by Interactive Ontario, she was employed by Rogers Communications, CPAC and CTV.<\/p>\n<p>The Honorable M\u00e9lanie Joly, Minister of Canadian Heritage, stated: &#8220;The Canadian identity spans all forms of art, including the films developed and produced here by our creators. As the new executive director of Telefilm Canada, Ms. Dickenson will help Canada&#8217;s talent shine at home and around the world. I am confident that her valuable experience will help strengthen our audiovisual industry so more audiences can hear and see our stories.&#8221;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Christa Dickenson has become the new executive director at Telefilm Canada for a term of five years, effective July 30, 2018.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":479,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69],"tags":[423,141],"class_list":["post-2412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","","category-top-stories","tag-christa-dickenson","tag-telefilm-canada"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v21.7 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director - TVCANADA<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director - TVCANADA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Christa Dickenson has become the new executive director at Telefilm Canada for a term of five years, effective July 30, 2018.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"TVCANADA\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2018-06-27T15:57:27+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2018-06-27T15:59:58+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Joanna Padovano Tong\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Joanna Padovano Tong\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/\",\"name\":\"Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director - TVCANADA\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#website\"},\"datePublished\":\"2018-06-27T15:57:27+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2018-06-27T15:59:58+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#\/schema\/person\/32988e9e383343ccc4b66993cc2d85e2\"},\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/\",\"name\":\"TVCANADA\",\"description\":\"\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":\"required name=search_term_string\"}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#\/schema\/person\/32988e9e383343ccc4b66993cc2d85e2\",\"name\":\"Joanna Padovano Tong\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/author\/simon-weaver-2\/\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director - TVCANADA","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director - TVCANADA","og_description":"Christa Dickenson has become the new executive director at Telefilm Canada for a term of five years, effective July 30, 2018.","og_url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/","og_site_name":"TVCANADA","article_published_time":"2018-06-27T15:57:27+00:00","article_modified_time":"2018-06-27T15:59:58+00:00","og_image":[{"url":"http:\/\/worldscreen.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/05\/logo.jpg"}],"author":"Joanna Padovano Tong","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"Joanna Padovano Tong","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/","name":"Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director - TVCANADA","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#website"},"datePublished":"2018-06-27T15:57:27+00:00","dateModified":"2018-06-27T15:59:58+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#\/schema\/person\/32988e9e383343ccc4b66993cc2d85e2"},"breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/"]}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/telefilm-canada-installs-new-executive-director\/#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Telefilm Canada Installs New Executive Director"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#website","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/","name":"TVCANADA","description":"","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/#\/schema\/person\/32988e9e383343ccc4b66993cc2d85e2","name":"Joanna Padovano Tong","url":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/author\/simon-weaver-2\/"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/479"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2412\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/worldscreen.com\/tvcanada\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}