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 and Quebec Drama Federation Launch Program to Develop Environmental Sustainability Assessment Tool for Canadian Arts Sector
PACT is excited to be partnering with the Quebec Drama Federation (QDF) on a timely project relating to building environmental sustainability in the Canadian arts sector. The project, which is being supported…
Black Lives Matter, But I Don’t Know What to Say
Our world has been profoundly changed by COVID-19, in ways in which we never could have imagined. Our practice, our families and communities, and our everyday lives have been extremely…
Sharing PACT’s Business Continuity Plan
Dear Members, We are writing to you today to keep you updated as we all continue to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. First and foremost, we are taking as much action…
COVID-19 Resource Page
Safe travel protocols by the World Travel and Tourism Council Recommendations for mass gatherings by the World Health Organization (WHO) Employment Law and COVID-19 Update on the Large Employer Emergency…
What a Difference (Almost) a Year Makes
Since we are starting up our Advocacy Blog in earnest again, I thought it behooved me to lead the charge this time as the Chair/Head/Grand Poobah of the Advocacy Committee.…
PACT Goes to Ottawa
Last week Boomer Stacey (PACT’s Executive Director), Nick Tracey (Chair of the Advocacy Committee), and Mirette A. Shoeir (PACT’s Membership & Communications Manager) flew to Ottawa for an advocacy trip.…
Help Us Support Canadian Theatre
It’s been a busy year for PACT, and there’s even more programming on the way for 2020. Here’s what your donations support: CTA Negotiations: As you may know, CTA negotiations…
Easy Steps to Zero Waste Your Concessions, Your Festival – Lessons from Theatre SKAM
By: Kate Wallace, Operations Manager, Theatre SKAM with the help of Sadie Fox of The Sustainable Fox and Emma Leck, Communications Coordinator, SKAM. As a personal New Year’s resolution in January…
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…
