Music Publishers Canada Unveils 2025 Women In The Studio National Accelerator Participants
Now in its seventh year, the acclaimed project boosts the careers of music producers from across the country. Seven new participants have just been named.
A key initiative to foster equity behind the scenes of the Canadian music industry is back.
Music Publishers Canada (MPC) has announced the seven producer-songwriters selected for its 2025 Women in the Studio National Accelerator, which supports the professional growth of music producers from across Canada.
Now in its seventh year, the training program provides music producers with a series of curated sessions and workshops that focus on skills development as well as networking opportunities with music industry leaders that may otherwise be inaccessible to them. The accelerator targets mid-career producers who are already producing for others and equips them with skills and connections vital for them to take the next step in their music industry career.
The program reflects Music Publishers Canada's commitment to driving meaningful change and fostering greater equity within the music industry.
There are 40 past graduates of the program.
Margaret McGuffin, CEO of Music Publishers Canada, points to a key statistic about why initiatives like these are so necessary.
“Only 6% of the songs you hear are produced by women," says McGuffin, one of this year's Billboard Canada Power Players. "Now in its seventh year, the Accelerator is a cornerstone of what we do at Music Publishers Canada to make sure we are doing the work that will lead to seeing meaningful change in this industry."
“Women artists have rightfully claimed their space in the spotlight – whether on stage or in the studio," says Meg Symsyk, President and CEO of FACTOR, one of the key supporters of the program along with RBC Foundation and Ontario Creates. "But engineers and producer roles at the studio stubbornly remain a space where women aren't afforded equal opportunities to bring their creativity and technical skill to the process of crafting that next enduring hit song."
Symsyk (also one of this year's Power Players) says they will remain a funder of the Women in the Studio program until the goal of parity is achieved.
This year’s program will run virtually from June through October 2025, and will include an in-person residency week in Toronto in July.
Here are this year's participants:
- CEC - Winnipeg, MB
- Daggerss - Altona, MB
- Emma Whale - Burlington, ON
- Lila Gray - Vancouver, BC
- Maze - Montreal, QC
- Ramona Vee - Toronto, ON
- TARANEH - Ottawa, ON
