2024 Honourees
Kim Cattrall
ICON Award Honouree
Valerie Creighton
Glass Ceiling Award Honouree
Karena Evans
Breakthrough Award Honouree
Devery Jacobs
Impact Award Honouree
Deepa Mehta
Equity in Entertainment Award Honouree
2024 Speakers
maxine bailey
Executive Director, Canadian Film Centre (CFC)
Jully Black
Canada's queen of R&B and soul
Julie Bristow
Founder and CEO, Catalyst
Tracey Deer
Filmmaker
Ericka Evans
Studio Partner and Head of Production, Phantom Compass
Prem Gill
Chief Executive Officer, Creative BC
Magda Grace
Head of Prime Video, Canada, Australia and New Zealand, Prime Video
Abby Greensfelder
Founder and CEO, Everywoman Studios
Sophie Grégoire Trudeau
Keynote Speaker
Joanna Griffiths
President and Founder, Knix and Kt by Knix
Jocelyn Hamilton
President – Canada, Television, eOne
Jennifer Holness
President, Hungry Eyes Media
Zoe Hopkins
Writer, Director
Monika Ille
Chief Executive Officer, APTN
Christina Jennings
Chairman & President, Shaftesbury
Lainey Lui
Senior Correspondent, Etalk
Rabiya Mansoor (she/they)
Screenwriter, Actor, Producer
Deepa Mehta
Film writer and Director
Traci Melchor
Senior Correspondent, Etalk
Angela Moore
Actress, past Executive Director, UBCP/ACTRA
Keziah Myers
Executive Director, ADVANCE, Canada's Black Music Business Collective
Catherine Reitman
Writer, showrunner, actress, comedian, producer and director
Amanda Rheaume
Singer-songwriter, Co-Founder, Ishkode Records
Johanna Schneller
Entertainment Columnist, Globe and Mail
Mina Shum
Director, Writer
Lilly Singh
Multi-hyphenate entertainer, storyteller and gender equality advocate
Kari Skogland
Director
Kirstine Stewart
Global Media and Tech Leader
Madison Tevlin
Actor, Host, Model & Advocate
Karen Thorne-Stone
President & CEO, Ontario Creates
Nia Vardalos
Filmmaker
Aliza Vellani
Executive Board Director, UBCP/ACTRA
Barbara Williams
Executive Vice-President, CBC