Named 2024 100 most influential Black Canadians for three years in a row Emmy nominated Tonya Williams is the 2024 Canadian Screen Awards Changemaker Recipient, a 2023 Visionary Award Recipient of the Legacy Awards and Playbacks 2021 Changemaker of the Year. She is an award-winning actress and producer who has worked in the industry for the last 49 years. She is widely known for her 19 years starring in The Young and the Restless as Dr. Olivia Winters. She is also the Founder and Executive Director of the Reelworld Screen Institute, Reelworld Film Festival+Summit and Reelworld Foundation. Tonya founded Reelworld in 2000 to address the lack of opportunities, access, and inclusion in Canada for Black, Indigenous, Asian and People of Colour in the screen industries.