JTI

The Media Outlet has been independently certified according to the JTI Programme and CWA 17493:2019.

Alliance for Audited Media – Northern America

Certified by

Alliance for Audited Media – Northern America

Date of certification

13/09/2024

Contact details

1600 McConnor Parkway
60173 Schaumburg
United States of America

Media Outlet Radio-Canada Legal Entity CBC/Radio-Canada Date of first publication 04/10/2021 Date of Latest Change 13/09/2024

16. Professionalism in the Media Outlet

16.1. Recruitment and Training

There shall be professional guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff. This includes responsibilities for implementing diversity policy and staff welfare. Recruitment policy, (use of open competition etc.) and staff welfare principles should be publicly available.

Do you have guidelines for the recruitment and training of editorial staff?

Yes

Do those guidelines contain a diversity policy?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/fr/transparence-et-engagement/equite-diversite-et-inclusion

Do those guidelines cover staff welfare?

Yes

Are they publicly available?

Yes

What is the URL?

Diversité et inclusion: https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/fr/transparence-et-engagement et https://strategies.cbcrc.ca/fr/strategie-autochtone//diversite-et-inclusion/plan-de-diversite-et-dinclusion Code de conduite: https://site-cbc.radio-canada.ca/media/2876/code-conduite-fr.pdf

16.2. Working Conditions, Contract Policy and Labour Relations

Journalistic principles and practice should be supported by the organisational environment including protection for journalistic integrity through adherence to labour laws and regulations, transparency of contract policy and freedom to organise. The duration or nature of the contract should not inhibit a journalist from operating in an ethical manner and the organisation structure should protect that principle.

Do the regulations and guidelines for the employment of staff and engagement of contract journalists protect their editorial independence?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

L'indépendance de nos journalistes est encadrée par les NPJ (https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/fr/vision/gouvernance/normes-et-pratiques-journalistiques/conflits-interets) :
« Préserver notre indépendance

Nous sommes indépendants des lobbies et des pouvoirs politiques et économiques. Nous défendons la liberté d’expression et la liberté de la presse, garantes d’une société libre et démocratique.

L’intérêt public guide toutes nos décisions. »

notre code de conduite (https://cbc.radio-canada.ca/fr/vision/gouvernance/politiques-institutionnelles/valeurs-ethiques/conduite) .

La principale convention collective précise aussi les rôles de chacun de manière à préserver l'indépendance éditoriale. ( https://drive.google.com/file/d/1-RYh9ziE14xtN9glyKY75lJxmqd_tPaK/view) Article 49.2 : 49.2 Obligations professionnelles
Dans le respect du mandat que l’Employeur détient du Parlement par la Loi de
la radiodiffusion et des statuts qui en découlent, les Parties reconnaissent
que les obligations professionnelles de l’Employeur et de ses Employées ou
Employés sont d'abord à l'égard du public qui a droit à une information
impartiale, complète, factuelle et équilibrée, conformément aux dispositions du
paragraphe 49.1

Are your employees (including freelance) covered by legal contracts and insurance?

Yes

Does your staff have the freedom to organise?

Yes

Do you have an existing structure for social dialogue including a collective bargaining arrangement with appropriate trade unions?

Yes

Are there guidelines for contracts of engagement with freelance journalists?

Yes

Do these guidelines ensure the ability of freelancers to adhere to the editorial principles?

Yes

16.3. Staff Welfare

Responsibility for the welfare of staff and those contracted on a freelance basis should be an important part of a Media Outlet’s role. Organisational Editorial Guidelines should be protective against any form of discrimination and supportive of equality of opportunity. It should ensure safety at work and in the working environment (including remote and online) and have guidelines, which support staff who have been exposed to material of a sensitive or upsetting nature or have suffered physical or psychological harm in the course of their work.

Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures protect against discrimination in the workplace?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Nous avons une politique encadrant les comportements au travail (https://io.cbcrc.ca/#/resources/respect-in-the-workplace-unacceptable-behaviour-comportements-inacceptables-1.5525943)
ainsi que plusieurs engagements dans notre politique d'ÉDI (https://io.cbcrc.ca/#/resources/equity-diversity-inclusion-equite-diversite-inclusion-edi-1.3095890)



Does your Media Outlet's rules and procedures support equality of opportunity?

Yes

Does your Media Outlet have a safety at work policy, which includes specific protection for journalists working in hostile environments?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

https://sites.google.com/cbc.ca/trousse-sur-la-haine-en-ligne/accueil

https://io.cbcrc.ca/#/resources/assigning-employees-to-hostile-environments-affectation-des-employes-en-milieu-hostile-1.3175860

Nous avons aussi mis sur pied un réseau d'entraide entre membres du personnels journalistiques qui sont confrontés à des images ou situations violentes, perturbante etc.

Et il existe plusieurs formations en lien avec la sécurité physique et psychologique.

Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who have been exposed to material of a sensitive or upsetting nature?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

https://sites.google.com/cbc.ca/trousse-sur-la-haine-en-ligne/accueil

https://io.cbcrc.ca/#/resources/assigning-employees-to-hostile-environments-affectation-des-employes-en-milieu-hostile-1.3175860

Nous avons aussi mis sur pied un réseau d'entraide entre membres du personnels journalistiques qui sont confrontés à des images ou situations violentes, perturbante etc.

Et il existe plusieurs formations en lien avec la sécurité physique et psychologique ainsi qu'un Programme d'aide aux employés (voir ci-dessous)

Does your Media Outlet have guidelines to support editorial staff who suffered physical or psychological harm in the course of their work?

Yes

If you want to publish additional information, please provide it here.

Outils spécifiques à propos de la haine en ligne : https://sites.google.com/cbc.ca/trousse-sur-la-haine-en-ligne/accueil

Programme d'aide aux empolyés : https://homeweb.ca/fr

Nous avons aussi mis sur pied un réseau d'entraide entre membres du personnels journalistiques qui sont confrontés à des images ou situations violentes, perturbante etc.