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A networking and fundraising event in Montreal and Toronto. Always a great success !
Exiting Conference !
Toronto - November 19 2025
Glen Gould Studios
6 sessions
2 special guest speakers
1 networking cocktail
Register Today !
The Youth Media Alliance (YMA) seeks to enrich the lives of Canadian children and teens by helping improve the quality of the content created for them on all screen-based media. The Alliance pursues its mission of encouraging high-quality content by presenting annual awards of excellence to the best productions targeting young English- and French-speaking Canadians, and emerging talent by awarding scholarships.
Dear Members,
As you know, the Shaw Rocket Fund is fighting to maintain vital support for Canadian kids’ content. Rogers has stopped its contributions as of this month, but we believe those contributions should continue until August 2026, when their licence term is up for renewal. To that end, Rocket Fund has filed a Part 1 Application with the CRTC, opening the door for public interventions.
The YMA has already participated by submitting a letter of support (below). Now, we encourage you to add your voice. During the Rogers/Shaw hearing, producer interventions made a real difference—and they can again.
Montreal, August 27, 2025 – Youth Media Alliance (YMA) is proud to announce the much-anticipated return of its flagship conference Children, Youth & Media, taking place on November 19, 2025, at the Glenn Gould Studio in Toronto. Under the theme “Imagining the Media That Shapes Us”, the event will bring together more than 200 industry professionals to explore the trends reshaping the world of youth content.
Montreal, August 26, 2025 – The Youth Media Alliance (YMA) is proud to announce its collaboration with MediaSmarts, Canada’s centre for digital media literacy, for the 20th anniversary of Media Literacy Week, taking place October 27–31, 2025.
Montreal, March 26, 2024 - YMA invites the youth media community to a cross-Canada Town Hall Forum on April 16 2025 at 2 p.m. ET, presented virtually in English and French, to continue sharing the issues you are facing during this virtual gathering; recap all that has been done recently, share updates on different consultations and actions taken, AND what is the funding landscape now, and moving forward what is next.
Montreal, November 27, 2024 - YMA invites the youth media community to a cross-Canada forum, presented virtually in English and French, to discuss the realities and challenges we face, on December 12, 2024 from 2 to 4 p.m. and/or to submit a discussion paper by December 10, 2024.
YMA will be pleased to present its Youth Media Conference on November 5 and 6, 2024 in Montreal - a one-day conference followed by a one-day screening of the Prix Jeunesse International.
Alongside the conference's impressive list of speakers, panelists and moderators, the winner of the YMA 2025 Andra Sheffer Scholarship will be announced, the YMA AGM will take place and Board members will be elected, and finally the YMA Prix Jeunesse will be presented, including the Prix Jeunesse 2024 from Munich.
CONTACT INFORMATION
5165 Sherbrooke West Suite 407 | Montreal, QC CANADA H4A 1T6
514 483-5417 | alliance@ymamj.org
When in Toronto: We, the YMA, acknowledge the land we work on is the traditional territory of many nations including the Mississaugas of the Credit, the Anishnabeg, the Chippewa, the Haudenosaunee and the Wendat peoples, and is now home to many diverse First Nations, Inuit and Métis peoples. We also acknowledge that Toronto is covered by Treaty 13 signed with the Mississaugas of the Credit and the Williams Treaty signed with multiple Mississaugas and Chippewa bands.
When in Montreal: We, the YMA, acknowledge that the land on which we gather is the traditional and unceded territory of the Kanien’kehá:ka (Mohawk) Nation, who have long served as the custodians of these lands and waters. Tiohtià:ke (Montreal) has historically been a place of meeting and exchange among many First Nations and continues to be home to a diverse Indigenous community.
The YMA supports and promotes the narrative sovereignty of all Indigenous nations
The YMA joins organizations across Canada’s screen industry to say: this is what we stand for and commit to:
1. Representation – Ensuring Canadian and Indigenous stories are seen and heard.
2. Reflection – Everyone in Canada should see themselves on screen.
3. Showcase – Telling our stories to the world.
4. Reconciliation – Taking real steps to work with and support Indigenous storytellers.
5. Diversity – Making room for a wide range of lived experiences and perspectives.
6. Access – Breaking down barriers to participation and opportunity.
7. Support – Backing the screen industry as a vital part of our economy and culture.
8. Collaboration – Working across sectors and borders to strengthen our industry.
9. Sustainability – Creating a future that works for people and the planet.
10. Accountability – Setting goals, tracking progress, and staying honest about where we are.
11. Equity – Actively dismantling systemic discrimination in all its forms.
