Via Non-Profit HR, Creative Ways To Minimize Burnout and Encourage Self-Care Among Social Sector Employees offers strategies for employers, including: model self-care at the leadership level, empower staff at all...
Via Generator, A Values-Based Approach to Hiring features conversations around hiring processes:
“Their respective approaches offer insight for companies currently undergoing transition, as well as companies seeking to clarify values to...
Via OnStage Blog, How To Have A Conversation With The Artist In Your Life:
“Our loved ones mean well, but most of them have no idea what we do and how...
An introspective seed, some questions put together by Passion Fruit Dance Company to start conversations about racism:
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See the report A Culture of Exploitation: “Reconciliation” and the Institutions of Canadian Art via the Yellowhead Institute, including 15 Standards of Achievement that can serve...
Justice in June, compiled by Autumn Gupta with Bryanna Wallace’s oversight for the purpose of providing a starting place for individuals trying to become better allies
“…become more informed as...
Gesturing Towards Decolonial Futures, by Elwood Jimmy and Vanessa Andreotti with the Musagetes Arts Foundation
“This collaboration involves several modes of relational engagement with Indigenous and non-Indigenous artists, scholars, and...
equity at work, programs and training to help us get free, together
Anti-Racist Resource Guide, created by Victoria Alexander, MEd., including content around:
Structural Racism vs Individual Racism
Understanding Implicit Bias
Steps to Becoming Anti-Racist
Organizations to Connect With
How to Find Protests...
Via RQD, see Dancing doesn’t mean putting up with everything!, a graphic story to raise awareness about harassment in the dance community.
See the infographic 50 Cognitive Biases in the Modern World via TitleMax
Via Visual Capitalist: “Every day, systematic errors in our thought process...
Acknowledging our Shared Territory via the Galiano Conservancy Association is a short film featuring local Indigenous leaders that delves more deeply into the subject of Territory Acknowledgments. Although the film...
See the 2019 CHPC Committee Report on Gender Parity in Canadian Artistic and Cultural Organizations
See the Deaf Artists & Theatres Toolkit (DATT), a resource...
As a community of learners, aware of intersections in privilege and experience, we agree to bring respect and good faith to our conversations. We have made the following community agreement to create a space...
See the Indigenous Ally Toolkit via the Montreal Urban Aboriginal Community Strategy...
See the Accessibility section of Generator’s Artist Producer Resource for info around audience and artist accessibility; accessible and specialized performances; accessibility statements; accessible websites, graphics and documents.
CADA/West stands together with several other Canadian dance service organizations in support of fostering a healthy, safe and equitable culture to practice dance in Canada today. Read our statement in...
Via CRIPSiE, Accessible Relaxed Performance Reflections shares what was tried and learned when working to produce an accessible relaxed performance.
See the Harassment resources via Generator, including creating a harassment policy, training/educational resources, campaigns and other statements.
Not in OUR Space! is a national anti-harassment and respectful workplace collaboration...
Respectful Workplaces in the Arts is a national campaign to...
Written by the Canadian Dance Assembly (CDA), see this Incident Report Template to report harassment, abuse, accidents and other incidents…
10 Practices for Creating a Safe Space in Your Mind-Body Classes is a great resource for teachers…
The Coalition for Safer Spaces is a great resource to learn about safer spaces and how to create a policy for your home, event, organization or any other activity that...
Realwheels, in partnership with Kickstart Disability Arts and Culture, is addressing the limited number of theatre venues that are truly and fully accessible for artists, backstage...
All Bodies Dance Project offer accessible and inclusive dance classesfor...
See the article Make movement: towards solidarity and ethical art practices, via Rekto...
Reviews From the Comfort of my Wheelchair by Shay. Wheelchair...
The Radical Access Mapping Project (RAMP) focuses on accessibility auditing, captioning and personal reflections on ableism and accessibility. Due to the lack of useful (or often any) accessibility information in...
The article Inclusive Dance, written by Sarah Lapp and Carolina Bergonzoni for Dance Hole, discusses considerations for inclusivity in dance.
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Undertake the 150 Acts of Reconciliation for the Last 150 Days of Canada’s 150 written by Crystal Fraser and Sara Komarnisky.
As many of us live and dance on stolen land, the Truth & Reconciliation Commission report is required reading. Please be informed about what the report is, what is in...
Boundary guidelines for contact improvisation, via Kathleen Rae of Raison D’être Dance Project and the Toronto Wednesday Dance Jam…
Via Non Profit: Always Fresh, Kids are the future? So are older adults! is an article advocating for an end to ageist practices across our sectors.
PeerNetBC envisions communities where people are connected. They provide training, resources and support to peer-led initiatives across BC. Their resource topics include:
This video was created by the Ontario Arts Council as a tool to highlight the significance of Indigenous cultural protocols...
Conscious Style Guide is a simple and accessible community resource for...
Via Tonic Theatre in the UK, here’s an infographic related to gender equality in the making and presenting of performance.
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Looking for ways to help create equity in theatre (dance)? Check out these recommendations put out by Equity in Theatre:
The Department of Justice’s Status of the Artist Act respects the status of the artist and professional relations between artists and producers in Canada.
Status of the Artist Act: General Principles