Working for Canadian Screenwriters
The Writers Guild of Canada (WGC) is a professional association of more than 2,500 English-language screenwriters. WGC members are the creative force behind Canada’s successful TV shows, movies, and webseries, and their work brings the diversity of Canadian life and culture to the world’s screens.
The WGC supports Canadian screenwriters through negotiating and administering collective agreements with independent producers and broadcasters to ensure that screenwriters earn fair pay and benefits, and advocates for policies that foster Canadian programming and production. The WGC is also an essential professional hub for screenwriters, bringing them together as a community, and boosting their profile in the industry and beyond.
News
June 2022 Script of the Month
The WGC on Bill C-11
Writers Talking TV: The Art of Showrunning
IPA 2019-2022 Extended to 2023
May 2022 Script of the Month
The winners of the 2022 WGC Screenwriting Awards!
April 2022 Script of the Month
March 2022 Script of the Month
WGC 2022 Screenwriting Awards Finalists
WGC Statement on Bill C-11, the Online Streaming Act
Op/ed - Hidden in Plain Sight: Disclosing my disability
December's Script of the Month
WTTV: Pretty Hard Cases now on YouTube
WTTV: Pretty Hard Cases set for Dec. 1
November's Script of the Month
WGC statement on the appointment of Pablo Rodriguez as Heritage Minister
Ontario Covid-19 Film & TV industry guidelines updated
New EDI Membership Report now available
2022 WGC Awards open for entries
October's Script of the Month
Media
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In this episode, we CUT TO: three of our 2021 WGC Screenwriting Awards Best Comedy Series nominees, interviewed by 2020's category winner, Jennica Harper (JANN). Listen in as finalists Kayla Lorette (New Eden), Evan Rosen (New Eden) and Winter Tekenos-Levy (Schitt's Creek) discuss their nominated scripts, the fun (or not) of writing during Covid and the evolution of TV comedy in Canada.
