Youth Media Alliance Launches New Scholarship Fund

The Youth Media Alliance, together with partners Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec, TFO and APTN, is offering four French-language diversity, equity and inclusion youth production scholarships per year over three years.

The scholarships will place applicants from diverse or Indigenous communities with French-language youth production companies to gain on-set experience. The total amount of the fund is C$10,000 ($7,800) for 12 internships spread out over three years.

Eligibility requirements for the scholarship include being a French-speaking Canadian citizen or permanent resident, at least 18 years old at the time of application and demonstrating a strong interest in children’s, youth and family content. Applicants must also identify as a member of a visible minority or an Indigenous community, be an individual and not a company, submit a cover letter (in French) describing their interest in the children’s television and digital media industry and the relevance of this scholarship to their career development and provide a short bio (in French) and a high-resolution headshot.

The winners will be placed on a crew of a show currently in pre-production or production (fiction, live-action series, youth news or magazine, intended for ages 2 to 17). The fund will cover the cost of up to ten days of work, at a rate of C$250 ($194) per day, for a total allocation of C$2,500 ($1,945).

The fund’s aim is to help participants break into the industry, gain experience in the production environment, expand their network of contacts and to participate in the production of a television program to be broadcast on Radio-Canada, Télé-Québec, TFO or APTN.

The deadline to apply is May 31.