Budget 2019 Looks Good for the Arts
PACT applauds the announcement in Budget 2019 to increase funding for the Canada Arts Presentation Fund (CAPF) by $16 million over two years. This fund supports programming and development for…
Introducing Tabitha Keast, HR Specialist, at your service…
Why Does PACT Have an HR Specialist? For you. Access to the support of a Human Resources Specialist is one of the services that we provide to our members, affiliates…
So What Exactly is Cultural Democracy?
We have a problem. And when I say we, I am talking about all of us who work in the arts in Canada, especially the performing arts. The problem is…
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…
Finding, Creating, and Championing Community
Lunchbox Theatre By Valmai Goggin, Development Associate Now in our 44th season, Lunchbox Theatre is a small but sturdy staple in the Calgary arts landscape, and a bit of an…
Leveraging Your Board for Advocacy
Having others compliment you always is more meaningful than saying it yourself, and there should be no better cheerleaders than your Board. So how can you leverage your Board to…
Sara Meurling Steps Down as Executive Director of PACT
The Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) is announcing that Executive Director Sara Meurling has resigned for urgent family reasons. Her last day will be Friday February 15, 2019. Senior staff…
A Statement from PACT Region 6 (Quebec) on Theatre in Canada
In the past six months, the theatre community in Canada, and particularly in Quebec, have explored conversations on representation in theatre, cultural appropriation, power structures and privilege in art making,…
