The Black Screen Office (BSO) works independently and in collaboration with screen industry decision-makers and creators to make Canada’s screen industries equitable and free of anti-Black racism. Through ground-breaking research, innovative workforce initiatives and education and advocacy, the BSO creates and supports opportunities for Black Canadians to have thriving careers in the screen industries and to share their onscreen stories globally.
The Black Screen Office participates in a number of events related to and in support of Canada’s film industry. Browse our photo galleries to live these events through images.
Halifax Roundtable: Clarity, Ambition, and the Work Ahead
We gathered in Halifax with actors, writers, directors, producers, and other screen creatives from across the region for a grounded, forward-looking conversation about real pathways for African Nova Scotian storytellers. The energy was clear — the talent is here, the commitment is strong, and the next step is building the structure to match.
Read more about how Halifax is shaping its screen future.
This section covers both past and upcoming events hosted by the Black Screen Office. Discover highlights from our annual BSO Symposium, roundtables, panels, and workshops. Stay updated on future events designed to inspire, educate, and connect Black creatives, providing opportunities to learn, showcase your work, and build valuable connections.
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We would like to honour the land that we are on, which has been the site of human activity since time immemorial. The Black Screen Office HQ is located on the traditional territories of the Huron-Wendat, Anishinabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee Confederacy and most recently, The Mississaugas of the Credit River First Nations.
Ontario is covered by 46 treaties and other agreements, and is home to many Indigenous Nations from across Turtle Island, including the Inuit and the Metis. These treaties and other agreements, including the One Dish with One Spoon Wampum Belt Covenant, are agreements to peaceably share and care for the land and its resources. Other Indigenous Nations, Europeans, and newcomers, were invited into this covenant in the spirit of respect, peace, and friendship.
We are mindful of broken covenants and we strive to make this right, with the land and with each other.
We are all Treaty people. Many of us, have come here as settlers, immigrants, newcomers in this generation or generations past. We would like to also acknowledge those of us who came here forcibly, particularly as a result of the Trans-Atlantic Slave trade. Therefore, we honour and pay tribute to the ancestors of African Origin and Descent.
