Humber’s Multi-Platform Storytelling for Creative Producers and Screenwriters graduate certificate program is a fully online program that will prepare you for the exciting and innovative world of writing and producing across an ever-increasing array of screen-based platforms. It will cultivate your ability to adapt to a constantly changing multi-platform media industry through engagement with a range of traditional and emerging media forms. You will develop strong entrepreneurial and collaboration skills, and initiative through team-based and individual projects. Professional communication and pitching skills are fostered through a mentorship course, which pairs a student with an industry-based professional. The mentorship course also provides students with an opportunity to begin building their professional network and portfolio. You will learn how to access traditional and innovative funding opportunities while building personal brands as creative, cross-disciplinary, global storytellers. The program uses leading-edge curriculum design and online delivery that surpasses conventional perceptions about online education. It will be attractive to international and distance students, industry professionals seeking upgrading, as well as graduates of Canadian degree and advanced diploma programs.

Ontario is emerging as an important hub for media production with Toronto’s film and television cluster now ranking third in North America. The Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA)’s Profile 2013 estimates that domestic and foreign film and television production in Canada generated 50,200 direct equivalent full-time jobs in 2012/2013.Our program has been designed to address this growing demand for trained professionals who can create engaging content in multi-platform delivery.