Joy Loewen
CCF Delegate
CCF DelegateVice President, Growth & Inclusion, Canada Media Fund
Joy Loewen is currently the Vice President, Growth & Inclusion at the Canada Media Fund responsible for the development, design and delivery of the CMF’s inclusion and growth strategies.
Before joining the CMF, Joy was CEO of the National Screen Institute where she led the creation of more than 20 different programs. Joy was also a founding member of the programming team that launched the Women’s Television Network (now W Network) and programmed feature films for the Gimli International Film Festival.
Based in Winnipeg, Joy holds a bachelor’s degree in radio and television arts from Ryerson Polytechnic (now Toronto Metropolitan University). She is an active volunteer and member of several community and nonprofit boards including The Winnipeg Foundation, Canada’s National Ballet School and Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Her innovative and collaborative spirit earned her the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022 in recognition of outstanding service to her province; Playback Canada’s Changemaker of the Year in 2023, East by Northwest’s 2024 Global Connector Award and Women in Film and Television’s 2024 Special Jury Award of Distinction.
CCF Delegate
Vice President, Growth & Inclusion, Canada Media Fund
Joy Loewen is currently the Vice President, Growth & Inclusion at the Canada Media Fund responsible for the development, design and delivery of the CMF’s inclusion and growth strategies.
Before joining the CMF, Joy was CEO of the National Screen Institute where she led the creation of more than 20 different programs. Joy was also a founding member of the programming team that launched the Women’s Television Network (now W Network) and programmed feature films for the Gimli International Film Festival.
Based in Winnipeg, Joy holds a bachelor’s degree in radio and television arts from Ryerson Polytechnic (now Toronto Metropolitan University). She is an active volunteer and member of several community and nonprofit boards including The Winnipeg Foundation, Canada’s National Ballet School and Friends of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.
Her innovative and collaborative spirit earned her the Queen Elizabeth II’s Platinum Jubilee Medal in 2022 in recognition of outstanding service to her province; Playback Canada’s Changemaker of the Year in 2023, East by Northwest’s 2024 Global Connector Award and Women in Film and Television’s 2024 Special Jury Award of Distinction.