Intersections Media

Opportunities For Youth Society

Call For Participants

Are you looking for an opportunity to be employed in the film industry?

Intersections is now accepting applications for intakes starting December 9, 2024.

(Please scroll down for more details and a link to an eligibility form.)

About Us

Intersections Media Opportunities for Youth Society, an Access BladeRunners Program, provides life skills, training, employment readiness skills, work experience/on-the-job training, job coaching and ongoing supports to unemployed youth at risk (inclusive of young adults between the ages of 19-29 with care experience and are currently in the SAJE Program).

Intersections Digital Media Workshop is a unique digital media curriculum delivered on a virtual platform. Since 2009 Intersections has delivered the Intersections Digital Media Workshop to more than 750 youth.

The focus of the Program is employment in entry level positions within the film industry. The Program is designed to facilitate marginalized and under represented youth (all genders, abilities, and underrepresented communities, including members of Indigenous, Black, and other racialized groups, persons with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ2+ immigrants and visible minorities) between the ages of 19 and 29 years.

The Purpose of Intersections is to build participants' self-confidence and provide them with the tools, certifications and skills to achieve long-term attachment to the workforce. After completing the Intersections Digital Media Workshop Program participants receive an Access Bladerunner Certificates of Completion. Participants also receive an Intersections Digital Media Workshop Certificate of Completion which is recognized by the Film Industry.

For general inquiries, please email

Lyn Vince, President

lvince@intersectionsmedia.com

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Overview

Call For Participants:

Film & Employment Training Workshop

Intersections is now accepting applications for intakes starting December 9, 2024.

Intersections Digital Media Workshop Program serves as a bridge and a unique digital media program delivered on a virtual platform, providing participants with the skills and opportunities to achieve entry-level positions in the film industry by providing life skills, training, employment readiness skills, work experience/on-the-job training, job coaching and ongoing support for under-represented and marginalized youth.

This Program does not provide financial compensation. The program is delivered at no cost to the participant, and certifications are paid for on the participants' behalf.

Initial Eligibility Requirements

You must...

Be interested in learning basic filmmaking and digital media skills;
Have access to a computer with sufficient processing power to run video conferencing software (Zoom);
Have a basic understanding of computers and have access to WiFi;
Be committed to gaining your work-ready certifications;
Be unemployed (or under-employed). Youth who are currently unemployed, self-employed, employed part-time, have unstable or unsustainable employment are eligible to participate in the Program, provided you are able to attend the Program full time.
Face barriers to employment and/or education;
Be between the ages of 19-29 (inclusive);
Residency: British Columbia
Citizenship: Canadian citizens, permanent residents, protected persons legally entitled to work. (Please note that individuals on work permits or study permits are NOT eligible.)
Not be on disability (PWD, persons with disability) or on disability insurance
Provide written proof that you are FULLY exited from any previous employment programs.

How To Apply For The Intersections Digital Media Workshop

Please complete the eligibility form to determine if you qualify for participation in the program:

Intersections Media Eligibility Form

After we review your submission, we will notify you by email if you are eligible to continue as a potential applicant.

If you would like more program information, then please contact:

Lyn Vince, President

lvince@intersectionsmedia.com

Workshop

Intervention Employment Services & Employment Skills Training Workshop

Intersections Media Opportunities for Youth Society delivers a successful and unique digital media employability workshop on a virtual platform to youth with barriers to employment. Intersections Digital Media Workshop (Intersections) incorporates life lessons and provides youth with the tools and skills to achieve long-term attachment to the workforce.

Digital media and film industry professionals deliver employment related sessions, including, but not limited to career and occupational information, career decision-making, job search techniques, job application processes, resume and cover letter preparation, job interview preparation and conduct, communication and teamwork.

An industry career consultant works with each participant to determine the goals and milestones to be met that would enable them to enter the labour market in the digital media and film industry. Participants develop a portfolio, including but not limited to career direction and goals, skills projects, resumé, and networking options in the digital media and film industry.

Participants acquire industry-standard training and certifications in skills that are required for many entry level positions in the film and digital media industry:

ActSafe Motion Picture Safety Awareness
First Aid & CPR
Workplace Hazardous Materials Information System (WHMIS)
Actsafe Motion Picture Industry Orientation (MPIO)
Covid-19 Safety Procedures
Creative BC Reel Green Climate and Sustainable Production
Anti-Bullying
Resumé Building
Preparation of Applications
Microsoft Office
Slack
Zoom

The Intersections digital media workshop utilizes the highly secure and confidential Zoom platform to successfully deliver the Interventions and conduct one-on-one and group meetings. As a result, participants are able to explore their creativity far more deeply, creating powerful and meaningful projects. With the increased employment opportunities in the film industry, Intersections is focusing on skills training and work experience for our participants to achieve long term attachment to the workforce primarily in the Film Industry.

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