If you are applying for Personal Option Projection with WCB, you will be asked what CU or classification you fit under. The purpose of a classification system is to group employers (you...
At the 2012 on the MOVE, conference for emerging dance artists, hosted by the DTRC in Vancouver BC on February 10, I had the pleasure of...
By Sabrina Furminger
It’s staggering to think that, as recently as twenty-five years ago, people...
In 2006, a group of artists’ associations and individuals came together in response to the growing awareness that senior Canadian artists are experiencing significant challenges. Before they could develop the programs and services to...
Taking the Leap is an online guidebook and resource around production and presentation for emerging dance artists in Montréal, but it just as well applies to artists across Canada. The...
From Hill Strategies, the Arts Research Monitor provides synopses of qualitative and quantitative research findings in arts and culture. The site is useful to artists, arts managers, funders, policy makers,...
Canadian Society for Dance Studies is a support and advocacy group for anyone who studies or works in the field of Canadian dance studies.
Dance studies encompass a broad range of research areas including...
The Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) brings together cultural workers and employers to address training, career development and other human resource issues.
The Canada Council for the Arts awards grants for the creation, production and dissemination of dance works. The operating activities of professional organizations, artists’ travel, professional development, tours and festivals...
Developed by artists and cultural workers via the Cultural Human Resources Council, The Art of Managing Your Career provides emerging self-employed artists and cultural workers with pertinent and practical information...
Calgary’s Decidely Jazz Dance Centre offers studios, a theatre and community space for rent.
Vancouver’s Harbour Dance Centre offers classes in a variety of dance forms for adult dancers of all levels and offers studios for rent. They offer discounts to CADA/West Members. See...
Please check Artists from Abroad for the most up-to-date information on artist visa processing. A Visa application can take a while to process, so be sure to begin the process early....
Access Probono provides pro bono legal services, meeting the ever-increasing and otherwise unmet legal needs of BC’s people and non-profit organizations of limited means.
Artists’ Legal Outreach is a group of volunteer lawyers and law students committed to working with artists and arts organizations. They offer resources, workshops and clinics where artists across BC...
SBC Insurance, the sport insurance specialists, offers unique insurance programs for members of sport associations, clubs, teams or individuals.
HKMB is the largest independently owned brokerage in Canada with a highly specialized Sports & Entertainment Practice Area. This program has been tailored to suit a range of Dance Instructors...
Extended health and dental insurance is invaluable, but most professional dance artists do not have access to health benefits through an employer, which means that they are paying for essential health services out of...
The DTRC was founded in 1985 and it’s mandate is to help dancers make necessary transitions into, within, and out of professional performing careers.
As a member of the DTRC, a...
The UDA is a professional union representing professional performers working, mostly in French, in Quebec and all over Canada. The UDA negotiates and manages more than 30 collective agreements, signed...
Often referred to as “Equity”, the CAEA is a professional association of performers, directors, choreographers, fight directors and stage managers in English Canada who are engaged in live performance, theatre,...
The UBCP is the BC Branch of ACTRA and is a trade union in the Province of British Columbia. UBCP is dedicated to protecting the rights of professional performers in...
Prepared for the Alliance of Mid-Career Dance Creators by Shannon Litzenberger, this report provides an examination of the challenges, needs and opportunities of Toronto-based mid-career contemporary dance creators. Based on...
This letter is in response to MLA Ron Cantelon’s remarks to the Times-Colonist, Saturday Aug 21:
Dear Ron,
I have just read your comments about arts cuts in the Victoria Times Colonist.
Having these grants administered by independent peer review and based on population is a positive step. The government did listen and did hear the importance of these two issues.
Regrettable that this new program is...
Beginning January 31, 2010, the federal government of Canada and the Canada Revenue Agency have at last allowed for Independent Artists and other Self-Employed individuals to be able to apply for their own EI...