Ashleigh Gardner (Wattpad) talks about how new technologies — such as machine learning — are creating new opportunities to discover and publish marginalized voices.
Diversity and Inclusion
22 results
Over the summer of 2018, the Association of Canadian Publishers conducted a baseline survey to measure the diversity of the Canadian book publishing workforce. This session shares the highlights.
Disrupting bias: Overcoming our discomfort with differences
- March 20, 2019
In this highly practical session, Ritu Bhasin draws on the latest neuroscience and leadership research to explore how discomfort with differences manifests within the publishing industry.
Best practices for equity-driven acquisitions: Shifting from gatekeeping to spacemaking
- March 20, 2019
How do we shift from “gatekeeping” towards “spacemaking”: a process that solicits, supports, and develops the work of marginalized writers and professionals?
A frank discussion on the challenges and opportunities for women in today’s publishing industry.
What do you know about the characters in your lists? Using data to reveal gender bias in contemporary fiction
- March 23, 2018
Turning content into data reveals a discouraging trend of female under-representation constant across time and genre. This presentation provides the data necessary to self-assess the content we’re publishing and self-correct.
Collective effervescence
- March 23, 2018
Saadia Muzaffar guides us through an exploration of how leaders in the publishing sector can reimagine their work and its impact, and reconcile that with the realities of business and bottom lines.
Léonicka Valcius and Anyka Davis interrogate and rethink in-house processes and assumptions that come before publication date, including acquisitions, audience identification, setting sales expectations and budgets, and more.
Minding the gap: Advanced sales strategies for diverse lists
- March 24, 2017
As the publication of diverse books moves from “latest trend” to business priority, sales reps, marketers, and retailers need tools and strategies to effectively sell these books.
Tech as equalizer: We Read Too
- April 1, 2016
The We Read Too app showcases children’s and YA books written by and for people of colour. Kaya Thomas shares why she created it and how the publishers can reach audiences of colour.