Michel G. Desjardins (L’inis), Nancy Partheniou (Main Trainer), Marie-Noëlle Legault (Trainer, Payroll Specialist), Marr Morgan (Netflix), Stéphane Cardin (Netflix), Anne Sirois (DGC) and Laurence Franks (Netflix).  Photo credit: L’inis

Montréal - Netflix, L'inis and the Directors Guild – Québec district council are pleased to announce the creation of a new training program offered by L’inis and aimed at future assistant production accountants. Through the initiative and thanks to the financial participation of Netflix, this 70-hour training course has been designed by the Guild and aims to introduce the participants to the rules and accounting practices in effect within the production structure of the American company as well as fostering their employability.

The increase in Netflix production activities on Canadian and Quebec territories requires the hiring of trained and skilled personnel familiar to accounting standards in effect in the company. The objective of the course is to also plan the succession of assistant accountants for American productions shot in Quebec. This is the first course in its genre to be offered in Canada.

The two-week program started on February 18^th with fifteen participants attending workshops by industry experts as well as comprehensive theoretical courses to help understand the essential concepts related to production accounting.

Chantal Barrette, Directors Guild’s business agent for the Quebec district council is delighted by this initiative demonstrating the importance of the employer-union collaboration for members skills development and achieving highest quality standards in service delivery.

L’inis executive director, Michel G. Desjardins wishes to thank Netflix and the Guild for the trust towards the institution and emphasized the constant preoccupation of its team to listen to industry needs and to respond to them effectively and rapidly.

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About the Directors Guild of Canada

The Directors Guild of Canada (DGC) is a national labour organization that represents over 4,800 key creative and logistical personnel in the screen-based industry covering all areas of direction, design, production and editing. The DGC negotiates and administers collective agreements and lobbies extensively on issues of concern for Members including Canadian content conditions, CRTC regulations and ensuring that funding is maintained for Canadian film and television programming.

About L’inis

L'inis contributes to the development of the professional environment of film, television and interactive media in Quebec and Canada by providing individuals and businesses with training and support programs that promote diversity of content and meet the needs of the public requirements and changes in the audiovisual, communications and entertainment markets. L'inis is the recognized training mutual in the audiovisual sector. L'inis is supported by the Quebec Ministry of Culture and Communications and the Commission of Labor Market Partners; by its main partner, Corus Media; its major partners, L'inis Foundation, Technicolor, NBCUniversal, UDA, DGC and AQTIS as well as their respective members.