A Word from the PACT Staff about July 1st
To the PACT membership, With the ongoing confirmation of unmarked gravesites at residential “schools” over the past month, we are thinking of the toll on Indigenous artists, their families and…
PACT’s 2019 Federal Election Messaging
These are PACT's policy recommendations for the 2019 federal election campaign, which we've shared with numerous stakeholders in Ottawa. They are based on a survey of the PACT membership conducted…
CHRC Workshops on Maintaining Respectful Workplaces
Free workshops for the cultural sector At this year’s PACTcon in Saskatoon, I gave a short overview of an initiative called Respectful Workplaces in the Arts, a national campaign in…
Announcing Boomer Stacey as PACT’s New Executive Director
The Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) is thrilled to announce the appointment of Boomer Stacey as its new Executive Director. An accomplished artist, arts manager, and internationally respected cultural…
Salary Information Becoming Mandatory on Artsboard
Starting Monday, July 22nd, all new job postings on PACT's Artsboard will need to have numerical information about remuneration in the "Salary Range" field in order to be approved and…
Finding New Ways to Collaborate
By Katie German, Artistic Associate, Manitoba Theatre for Young People When we got the email to speak about a transformation in MTYP’s artistic practise, our Artistic Director Pablo Felices-Luna and…
Intimate, Optional Theatre for Teens
The Importance of Intimate, Optional Theatre for Teens By Bronwyn Carradine, Education & Outreach Coordinator, Green Thumb Theatre We recently opened Cranked by Michael P Northey, a multi-award winning one-man…
What It Means to Reimagine Theatre
Playwrights Theatre Centre By Belinda Bruce, Communications Manager As we write this, PTC has just wrapped WrightSpace – our annual ten-day residency that provides emerging and established playwrights from across…
Art on the Periphery
Talk Is Free Theatre By Arkady Spivak, Artistic Producer Talk Is Free Theatre is the only company in our Central Ontario region with a full professional winter season. Our mission,…
20 Years of Zuppa
Zuppa Theatre By Alex McLean, Co-Artistic Director We aren’t spring chickens anymore. We had our 20th anniversary in March and have barely stepped back to reflect. My colleague Ben Stone…
