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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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...
See the 2019 CHPC Committee Report on Gender Parity in Canadian Artistic and Cultural Organizations
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...
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...
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...
See the article Make movement: towards solidarity and ethical art practices, via Rekto...
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:
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