Television Writing and Producing
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Program Overview
Humber’s TV Writing and Producing graduate certificate combines flexible online learning with an optional immersive in-person residency at our Lakeshore campus, ideal for both recent graduates and working professionals. Spread over two semesters, our curriculum blends creativity and business with a focus on impactful storytelling to equip emerging writers and producers with the skills and connections to excel in the scripted and unscripted industries across Canada and internationally.
Students will learn how to write, create, and produce for multiple formats including: half-hour television, animated children's programming, one-hour episodic television, reality programming, documentary series, and feature films.
Our producing courses cover the legal, technical, and artistic methods of production. Additional courses cover the marketplace from a current and future-focused perspective to understand the industry’s evolving needs. This, along with our emphasis on writing both for the unscripted and scripted space, prepares students for careers in writers’ rooms, as production co-ordinators and managers, as development executives, and as story producers and story editors. Courses are led by award-winning professors who are industry professionals and who bring real-world knowledge and application into the classroom.
Courses
At Humber, courses are delivered in a variety of formats:
In-Person - An in-person course is delivered fully on campus.
Online Asynchronous (A) - An online asynchronous course has no fixed class schedule and allows students to engage with the course at different times according to their needs. Faculty provide modules, which are completed independently by the students according to established deadlines.
Online Synchronous (S) - An online synchronous course is delivered fully online and requires faculty and students to participate in real-time according to a fixed schedule. Classes are scheduled for a specific day and time.
Hybrid - A hybrid course is a combination of in-person and online classes and follows a set schedule. Students must be available to attend in-person classes at scheduled times during the semester.
The chart below outlines the delivery options available for each course in this program, by campus. For some academic terms, there may be more than one delivery option available. You’ll be able to select your preferred options when building your course schedule during open enrolment. Preferences for course delivery will be considered on a first come, first served basis. Some Humber programs are also delivered fully online, where all courses are delivered online.
International students: the impact of studying from outside of Canada on Post-Graduation Work Permit (PGWP) eligibility differs significantly based on when you start your program. Please review the PGWP eligibility before choosing your program and course delivery.
| Course code and Name | Delivery Type by Location | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Course Code | Course Name | North | Lakeshore | IGS | DL/Online |
| Semester 1 | |||||
| TVWP 5001 | Business of TV & Film 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5002 | Creative Producing | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5003 | The Art of Production Management 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5004 | Writing for Half-Hours I | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5005 | Writing for TV Hours | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5006 | Writing and Producing Unscripted 1 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| Semester 2 | |||||
| TVWP 5501 | Business of TV & Film 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5502 | Writing for Film | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5503 | The Art of Production Management 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5504 | The Writers' Room | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5505 | Directing | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5506 | Writing and Producing Unscripted 2 | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
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Required 1 from the following courses |
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| TVWP 5507 | Advanced Writing Intensive | N/A | N/A | N/A | Online (A) |
| TVWP 5508 | Residency in Low-Budget Production | N/A | In-Person | N/A | N/A |
The Humber Advantage
Unlike students from other programs, Television Writing and Producing graduates enter the industry armed with their own spec or original script(s) in the any of the following genres: situation comedy, children's half-hour, animation, one-hour episodic, short film, screenplay, reality, and late night comedy. These scripts are invaluable writing samples that open doors for many grads.
Aaron Bala, a 2013 Television Writing and Producing graduate, is a screenwriter and network executive with TVOkids where he brings shows to life and develops new content for local markets.
Expert Faculty
Anne Fenn
Anne Fenn is an experienced writer and former TV development executive with over 25 years' experience writing for film, TV, radio, print and stage. Passionate about teaching, Anne has been teaching sitcom writing in the Comedy Writing & Performance program since 2010 and now also teaches creative producing and sitcom writing in the TV Writing & Producing postgraduate program. Anne can occasionally be found doing standup comedy in and around Toronto, and has a mainstage musical, Voiceless: A Musical, in development in the U.S. (staged production date of June 2025). Her writing has been nominated for multiple awards, some of which she won! Anne recently earned her MFA in Creative Nonfiction (King's/Dalhousie), holds a BA from the University of Toronto, and is a graduate of the Canadian Film Centre. For more information about Anne, please go to annefenn.com.
Diana Golts
Diana Golts' industry work includes producing series for Netflix including the Critics' Choice-nominated Dirty Money, and writing the streamer’s first true crime series in Brazil, Elize Matsunaga: Once Upon a Crime. She has also produced the HBO Max con artist series Generation Hustle, and ABC’s The Last Defense, which premiered at Tribeca and was executive produced by Viola Davis. Her independent work includes Mal de Ojo, a Spanish-language short that premiered on HBO, and Chapa, an award-winning Brazilian short. Diana is currently the program co-ordinator of the TV Writing and Producing program at Humber College. She holds an MFA in Film from Columbia University.
Rob Salem
Rob Salem was an entertainment columnist and editor at the Toronto Star for almost 40 years. He has also been an actor, author, TV and radio host and pop-culture pundit.
Raymond Storey
Raymond Storey is an award-winning television writer and producer whose series credits include: Bomb Girls (Shaw/Reelz), King (Shaw/Reelz), The Guard (Global/ION), Train 48 (Global), Made In Canada (CBC), Wind At My Back (CBC), Traders (Global), Deepwater Black (Sci-Fi Channel/YTV), and Road to Avonlea (CBC/Disney). Television movies and mini-series include Iron Road (CBC), Open Heart (CBC), Happy Christmas, Miss King (CBC), Sleeping Dogs Lie (CBC), Einstein: Light to the Power of Two (HBO), Da Vinci: Dream of Flight (HBO), Marie Curie: More Than Meets the Eye (HBO), Bach’s Fight (HBO), and Butterbox Babies (CBC, BBC, A&E). His producing credits include creator/executive producer, The Guard; creative producer, King; co-executive producer, Bomb Girls; creative consultant, Train 48; and supervising producer, Wind At My Back.
Ray was a multiple Gemini Award-nominee for Best Writing in a Television Movie or Mini-Series and won Best Writing in a Children or Youth Program in 1998. Most recently, Ray was nominated for a Canadian Screen Award as a writer-producer on Searching for Vimy’s Lost Soldiers.
With a background in theatre, Ray’s stageplays include The Last Bus, Saints and Apostles, The Glorious 12th, and South of China, as well as his musical collaborations with John Roby: Country Chorale, Girls in the Gang, The Dreamland, and the young audience musical Lulie the Iceberg, based on the children’s book by Japan’s Imperial Princess Takamodo. Ray is a three-time Dora Award winner, a three-time Sterling Award winner, a Governor General’s Award finalist, and Chalmer’s Award finalist, amongst others.
Your Career
In 2021, three graduates garnered Writers Guild of Canada Screenwriting Awards nominations for their work on Schitt’s Creek, Lockdown and Ollie’s Pack. Some of the graduates of this program are presently working as writers and producers at major television networks and major independent production companies. Some are working on popular television shows on CTV, CBC, NBC and Netflix such as Big Brother, Bitten and New Girl. There are also graduates currently running top animation TV series and working as literary agents at major agencies in Toronto.
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Program Availability
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Humber is a publicly funded institution. International students graduating from a PGWP Eligible program at Humber are eligible to apply for a Post-Graduation Work Permit.
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| Sep 2025 | Twilight | Online | Not Available |
Humber is a publicly funded institution. International students graduating from a PGWP Eligible program at Humber are eligible to apply for a Post-Graduation Work Permit.
International applicants outside of Canada can apply through Humber International. Check out the step-by-step Admissions Road Map for helpful information and additional resources.
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Television Writing and Producing
Watch the video to see how this program prepares you to work as a television writer and producer, and to work in the production offices and on sets of current major television shows.
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