 She has been praised for sticking up for Catherine Breillat’s "Fat Girl" (2001) when the board wanted to cut many scenes from the film for the festival in the name of censorship.Armatage has often argued for gender equality in filmmaking, and has stated that she believes that the goal for female filmmakers shouldn't just be to get to the halfway point, but to potentially exceed it.Armatage is now on the Board of Directors of Women in View - an advocacy group for gender and diversity in Canadian media.