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 loved ones, and their communities. We will not be celebrating Canada this week. We intend to use July 1st as…
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 through the Canada Council for the Arts’ Sector Innovation and Development fund, aims to test the feasibility of adapting Julie’s…
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 altered by this global pandemic. And yet, systemic oppressive practices, overt racism, white supremacy, extreme violence against POCs, and a…
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 as we can to support you now in this time of crisis, as well as exploring what support will be…
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 Financing Facility and Canada Emergency Commercial Rent Assistance Canada Helps - A Charity's Guide to Canada's COVID-19 Governmental Supports &…
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. It was last June that I took over from the indomitable Bonnie Green. Whether I have begun to fill her…
