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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…

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…

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…

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 &…

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…

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. Unlike previous trips where the team had gone in with specific asks, the purpose of this visit was to build…