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Planet on Screen: A Narrative Masterclass is a professional development workshop for Canadian film and television creatives who want to explore strategies to integrate our climate reality into scripted content in ways that feel authentic, entertaining and true to your creative vision.
Built for writers, producers and creatives working in scripted film and television, this workshop moves beyond awareness into application, offering practical tools for climate-aware storytelling that feels compelling.
Together, we explore:
- How to work with the reality that the climate crisis touches everything and everyone
- How to weave environmental themes into your narrative, character development, tone, and world building without lecturing
- How to find the comedy, tension, and humanity inside climate-aware storytelling that resonates with audiences
Developed and presented by Producing for the Planet, featuring industry professionals working at the frontlines of storytelling.
Details:
- Friday, May 22nd 2026
- 12:00 - 3:00pm EST
- In-person in Toronto
The workshop will be held in-person and limited to 15 participants. Please bring your laptops to the in-person session.
The Planet on Screen Workshop will be hosted by:
Anne Francis: a producer and an Environmental Studies graduate researcher specializing in climate and sustainability storytelling. Through Producing for the Planet, Anne serves as researcher and facilitator, supporting producers, creatives and broadcasters to integrate climate, nature, and sustainability themes on screen.
Joined by:
Skye R. Regan is an Indigenous-Irish screenwriter, performer, and producer based in Toronto whose work centres on land, community, and the futures we can imagine together. Grounded in land-based teachings, her storytelling reflects interconnectedness, curiosity, and responsibility to the land and future generations. She has written for Caillou (Peacock / WildBrain), Interstellar Ella (Apple TV+ / TVO), Wordsville (PBS / TVO), and Secrets of the Forest (TVO / ABC Australia). A Harvard alumna and recent Quantic MBA graduate, Skye is also a graduate of the BANFF Spark Accelerator, the Pacific Screenwriting Program, and the Diverse Showrunner Bootcamp. She is the founder of Roaming Writers, Program Director at Harvardwood, and a board member of Women in Film & Television (WIFT+) Toronto. Through Play All Day Productions, she develops animated and live-action projects that uplift underrepresented voices and foster connection to each other and to the land.
Keri Ferencz: Writers Guild Of Canada award-winning screenwriter and producer Keri Ferencz hails from Niagara Falls and has the love of novelty - and mini golf - to prove it. Showrunner on the upcoming third season of the tween mystery series Macy Murdoch and Co-Executive Producer on Murdoch Mysteries, her previous television credits include Gilded Newport Mysteries: Murder At The Breakers, Hudson & Rex, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Remedy, and Cows Come Home. Holding a Master’s Degree in Popular Culture with a focus on fandom as a creative practice, her writing has been seen in The Globe and Mail, Macleans, and on Pop Matters. She is represented by Meridian Artists.
The Planet on Screen Workshop has been created in partnership with the Canadian Broadcasting Coporation, and supported by The Canadian Media Producers Association, The Shaw Rocket Fund, and Blue Ant Media.
