CRI 100 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Male Privilege, Implicit Stereotype, White Supremacy

• School: Ryerson University
• Department: Creative Industries
• Course: CRI 100
• Professor: Louis- Etienne Dubois

Document Summary

The sector is national in terms of funding and regulatory frameworks that shape domestic production sector + international made internationally about labour markets and industry dynamics. Fourth: sector is highly subsidized by significant public investments, communication of diverse/dynamic canadian national identity is driving policy rationale for many public investments in sector. Men are seen as creative/visionary and women as demanding/difficult: pathways and pipelines: multiple feeder occupations = diversity of pathways into the director"s chair. Diversity of pathways = opportunity for diversity in director"s chair. 2 aspects in career pathways into directing that reproduce male privilege: gateway occupations to become director are male dominated, misconception that men enjoy working more than female colleagues: hiring and financing: industry is risk-intense and risk adverse. Risk management tied to financing involving complex range of public/private investors. The bigger the production the less likely a woman will be the director.