Guest Industry Expert — All Access 2021:
Guest Broadcaster (2020, 2018 & 2017) & Moderator (2017):

Melanie Nepinak Hadley

Program Director, Global Access Programs, Warner Media Inc.

Melanie is an Ojibway woman originally from Winnipeg, Manitoba and is currently based in Toronto. She is currently the Program Director for WarnerMedia's Canadian initiatives focused on building relationships with and opportunities for creators of all genders, abilities and identities from Canada’s underrepresented communities, including members of Indigenous, Black, and other racialized groups, people with disabilities and members of the LGBTQ2+ and Francophone minority communities.

Prior to her role at WarnerMedia, she was executive in charge of production for CBC Drama overseeing projects in development and production including Trickster, Heartland, Frankie Drake Mysteries, Pure, The Secret Path and When Calls the Heart. Before that she was the manager of programming for Aboriginal Peoples Television Network (APTN).