Guides and Resources

On Screen Manitoba develops tools and guides to help both you and your productions.

COVID-19 Resources

On Screen Manitoba continues to closely monitor the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on the media production industry. OSM regularly updates its COVID-19 Resources page with links, information and resources regarding public health orders, workplace safety and health guidelines and emergency relief programs for individuals, companies and not-for-profit organizations.

The Manitoba Media Production Industry COVID-19 Safety and Health Guide was last updated on May 25, 2021. It is intended to complement the Manitoba Government guidelines.

On Screen Manitoba has developed a COVID-19 Safety Basics poster that can be downloaded and posted in your workplace. The poster features important information on both sides.

The COVID-19 Safety and Health Guide has been endorsed by many production companies in Manitoba, who follow the Guide in production. Sign the undertaking by filling out this form.


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Content Creator Toolkit

***Currently under construction***

The Content Creator Toolkit is a a comprehensive online guide to planning, developing, producing and marketing screen-based content in Canada.

The Toolkit is available to all active On Screen Manitoba members.


Service Supplier Guide

*** New edition coming soon ***
Please refer to the Equipment, Services & Suppliers page of our Industry Directory for all current Service Supplier members.

The Manitoba Media Production Industry Service Supplier Guide is produced by On Screen Manitoba and is intended to outline the scope of media production service suppliers in the province.

The guide includes:

  • Insurance

  • Distribution

  • Cleaning and Supplies

  • Film and Acting Training

  • Financial Services

  • Legal/Law

  • Publicity

  • Signage

  • Stunts

  • Industry Stakeholders

  • Unions and Guilds

  • Film Offices and Commission

  • Accommodations

  • Equipment Rentals

  • Post Production

  • Audio Production

  • Vehicle Rentals

  • Film Studios

 
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Manitoba Production Company Profiles

*** New edition coming soon ***
Please refer to the Production Companies page of our Industry Directory for all current Prod members.

In this guide, you will find profiles of our local production companies. Manitoba companies work in all genres and formats to create content in English, French and Indigenous languages for Canadian and international audiences.


Second Edition - Safety and Health Guidelines for the Manitoba Media Production Industry

The Safety and Health Guidelines for the Manitoba Media Production Industry (Second Edition) are a compilation of workplace safety and health guidelines and legislation for the media production industry.

This guide is supplemental to — and not a replacement for — the requirements stipulated in the Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulations (The Act). For any in-depth interpretation of the laws and regulations for all safety and health issues that may arise on location, on set, in studios, in shops, in production offices or on other related worksites, the reader should refer to The Act and Regulations.

The Government of Manitoba has consolidated The Act and Regulation into one document, which is not always up to date. The current consolidated document is missing changes made to The Act on May 20, 2021. Official, updated copies of The Act and Regulation are available through bilingual PDFs on the provincial government’s website.

SAFE Work Manitoba has also curated several articles on safety topics relevant to the film and media production industry in Manitoba.

 
 

 

Safe, Respectful Workplaces and Harassment Prevention

On Screen Manitoba and the Manitoba media production industry have taken on a Harassment Prevention and Respectful Workplace initiative. This will include dialogue between IATSE, ACTRA, DGC, Film Training Manitoba, On Screen Manitoba, producers, productions and production companies.

The Harassment Prevention and Respectful Workplace initiative aims to create a respectful workplace where those who are subject to harassment can feel free to report without fear of retribution.

The Workplace Safety and Health Act and Regulation requires employers to develop, implement and post a written harassment prevention policy in consultation with the workplace safety and health committee or representative (see Manitoba Workplace Safety and Health Regulation, M.R. 217/2006, Part 10 — Harassment). If there is no committee or representative, the employees at the workplace should be consulted.

On Screen Manitoba has collected resources and developed Sample Harassment Prevention Policies to promote respectful workplaces in the media production industry:

On Screen Manitoba also developed the Manitoba Media Production Industry Code of Conduct to promote professionalism, respect and courtesy on set, on location, in the production office and on any and all production-related worksites.

Other Guides and Resources

On-Screen Protocols and Pathways

Lead by imagineNATIVE with support from the National Film Board of Canada, Canada Media Fund, Ontario Creates, Telefilm Canada, Creative BC and Inspirit Foundation, On-Screen Protocols and Pathways: A Media Production Guide To Working with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities, Cultures, Concepts and Stories lays a framework to guide productions and funders in producing screen-based content with First Nations, Métis and Inuit Communities in Canada.


Being Seen - Directives for creating authentic and inclusive content

The Black Screen Office’s (BSO’s) vision is to provide Directives to everyone in the film, television and interactive digital media industries to help them commission, create and assess authentic content. The Directives, which come from the community of underrepresented members of the industry and general public who were consulted as part of the research, are a tool meant for the industry to use to educate themselves, develop strategies for change, and enact real, systemic and long-lasting transformation.


Building Trust and Accountability

Report on Eligibility in the Indigenous Screen Sector

This report was developed by Archipel Research and Consulting Inc., in collaboration with the Indigenous Screen Office (ISO) and Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN), as the final report for a national consultation process about Indigenous eligibility requirements for funding. This project intended to analyze and explore considerations for eligibility, including definitions, and criteria needed to identify Indigenous applicants for the purposes of Indigenous-specific funding and support, and to develop policy recommendations and a framework for Indigenous-specific funding. To do so, we connected with Indigenous industry professionals, cultural experts, traditional knowledge keepers, academics, artists, and media content creators from across Canada.


Building Inclusive Networks in the Film & TV Industry

“Building Inclusive Networks in the Film and Television Industry” is a nation-wide qualitative study examining factors that contribute to the inclusion/exclusion of BIPOC women from industry networking events.


Evaluating Racial Equity in Canada's Screen Sector

A report to collect race-based data to measure inequity. Finding that this was not possible, it became a call to the government to make this information more accessible and to formalize a new, safe way to collect data.