2025-2030 Corporate Strategy

2024-2025 Progress Report

Executive Summary

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2025-2030 Corporate Strategy

2024-2025 Progress Report

Executive Summary

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Progress in Progress

2023-2025 Equity, Diversity and Inclusion Plan

Our overall goal is to include a range of faces, voices, experiences and perspectives in both our content and our workplace.

Access our corporate strategy and other documents relating to its implementation.

Full Strategy

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Executive Summary

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Our vision

By 2025, our unwavering commitment to equity, diversity and inclusion (EDI) in everything we do makes us an inspiring public service media company and employer. As a catalyst for change, we stand strong in our values, creating space for learning, innovation and courageous conversations. We earn trust through inclusive content that connects genuinely with people and their realities.

In Inuit Unikkaangit, CBC replays valuable teachings from its archives in Inuktitut for the descendants of the storytellers, some of whom are hearing them for the first.

An organization-wide commitment

At CBC/Radio-Canada, we know that it will take organization-wide commitment to meaningfully achieve equity, diversity and inclusion in our content and our workforce. All of us - content creators, independent producers, union members, and many others - are working together to ensure that our content truly reflects the diversity of our country. From coast to coast to coast, we are committed to making sure that all people living in Canada feel valued, seen and heard by their public broadcaster.

Aniekan Etuhube is a video journalist with CBC New Brunswick, based in Fredericton. He previously worked for Pulse Africa and has extensive experience in visual storytelling and general-interest reporting.

Becoming a more accessible public service media organization means making a difference in three key areas:

1 Choosing EDI

We will recognize and remove barriers by applying an EDI lens in all parts of our work.

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Meghan Roberts, CBC News: Northbeat host

2 Content for all

We will ensure our content reflects the experiences of all people living in Canada.

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The series Lakay Nou, which means "Our Home" in Haitian Creole, is the first French-language series in Canada whose cast and crew are predominantly made up of members of Black communities.

3 Workplace culture

We will foster EDI as a value shared and owned by everyone at CBC/Radio-Canada.

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Cameraman Louis-Marie Philidor and journalist Jay Turnbull are warmly dressed while covering the lying-in-state for former Prime Minister Brian Mulroney in front of Saint Patrick's Basilica in Montreal.

4 Connected to communities

We will connect with underrepresented communities to better understand and meet their expectations and needs regarding CBC/Radio-Canada.

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Black on the Prairies is a CBC collection of articles, essays, and images exploring Black life in Alberta, Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

5 Straightforward communications

We will ensure accountability through openness and regular and authentic communication that unite us under a common vision.

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The event: Accessibility in the spotlight. On March 22, 2023, Accessible Media Inc., CBC/Radio-Canada, the Canadian Paralympic Committee, and the Disability Screen Office met in Ottawa to celebrate the successes that are making Canada a more accessible country for everyone.

A changing workforce

Our audiences are evolving, and so are we. We are committed to creating and maintaining a workforce that reflects Canada.

  • Racialized People
  • Indigenous People
  • Person With Disabilities
  • Women
  • LGBTQ2+

* *Includes all employees in roles of 13+ weeks. Employees on leave are excluded. Labour force availability is based on the 2016 Statistics Canada census (for Indigenous peoples, racialized people and women) and 2017 Canadian Survey on Disability (for persons with disabilities)

** **LGBTQ2+: Lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer, two-spirit and other gender and sexual diversity. The Canadian Labour Force availability for this group is not available from Statistics Canada and is therefore not reported.

At a glance

2025-2030 Corporate Strategy
Consult our previous plans

Nothing is more important to us than serving Canadians. Please consult these strategies and plans for more information on our commitment.

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Choosing EDI

We believe that equity, diversity and inclusion make us stronger as an organization and a better public broadcaster for Canadians. We adopt strategies that allow us to lead a sustainable transformation. We are purposeful about tracking success and remain open to continuous learning and improvement.

Content for all

We're taking a fresh look at the content we produce and commission to improve representation of creators from across our society and to ensure a diversity of perspectives. We believe that for our content to be the best, it must reflect the experiences of our audiences, our content creators, and our employees. This means challenging ourselves to reach underrepresented communities and tell new stories, while recognizing that we need to rebuild trust where it is lacking. These new stories will be professional and accurate while also creating space for authenticity.

Workplace culture

Diverse and inclusive teams drive innovation and are more successful. As an organization, we create spaces to learn, grow and collaborate. We also provide ongoing opportunities and support for all employees to ensure equity, diversity and inclusion in their everyday work.

Connected to communities

To better serve Canadians and ensure their voices are heard and realities are reflected in our content, we must be intentional about building closer connections with diverse communities, particularly those that are underrepresented.

Straightforward communications

Accountability and transparency are essential to supporting our EDI work at CBC/Radio-Canada. We will share our vision for EDI and keep Canadians informed of our progress. Our communications will support EDI engagement within the organization and externally, while encouraging broader discussions about EDI across the media industry.