Professional Arts/Service Organisations
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ACT (Association des Compagnies de Théâtre)
Francophone association representing all non-profit adult theatres in Quebec.
Member of CQRHC (Conseil québécois des ressources humaines en culture), l'Académie québécoise du théâtre, and the Conseil québécois du théâtre.
- Member services
- Negotiates basic working conditions and collective agreements with unions such as UDA
- Typical Membership
Non-profit companies.
- Phone
1-866-348-8960
- info@act-theatre.ca
- Website
ADC (Associated Designers of Canada)
National, not-for-profit arts service organisation and professional association dedicated to promoting and protecting the interests of Canadian set, costume, lighting and sound designers.
Seeks to improve the status of the designing artist in the field of performing arts. Since its founding in 1965, ADC has grown and changed in response to its members' needs, and is now federally certified to represent designers across Canada (currently with limitations in the province of Quebec) and is recognized by producers and producer associations as the official negotiating body for designers in Canada.
- Member services
- Contracts
- Producer-paid accident insurance coverage and a self-directed RRSP program with a producer contribution
- Mediation and mentoring
- Limited association-paid legal consultation
- Typical Membership
- Any professional designer who has the appropriate credentials and design credits has the right to apply for membership in ADC (minimum of 3 professional productions for Professional applicants, and minimum of 1 professional production for Apprentice applicants)
- The Membership Committee meets 4 times per year at Board meetings to review membership applications.
- Phone
416-410-4209
- adc@designers.ca
- Website
ALAI
ALAI Canada has as its purpose to promote and protect copyright, as well as to study questions regarding the protection and the applicability of these rights.
Due to its close contacts with the World Intellectual Property Organization (WIPO), UNESCO and the European Union, ALAI is invited to share its views on projects elaborated by these organisations and among others, on the evolution of the Berne and Rome Conventions. Every second year, ALAI holds a world-wide congress, such as those of Québec in 1989 and Montebello in 1997 organised by ALAI Canada, and in the the interval years, study sessions are held, such as those of Amsterdam and Cambridge.
- Member services
- Holds conferences, seminars and congresses
- Publishes and distributes documents dealing with copyright
- Educational and training sessions on copyright issues
- Typical Membership
ALAI is made up of a multiplicity of personalities interested in copyright from over twenty countries.
- Phone
514-993-1556
- alaican@aei.ca
- Website
ANDPVA (Association for Native Development in the Performing and Visual Arts)
Member-driven, not-for-profit arts service organisation for the promotion and development of indigenous artists.
ANDPVA offers community and participatory arts practices that offer an alternative to mainstream institutions and practices from an Indigenous set of value and belief systems. The ANDPVA is based in Toronto, but has a growing national focus and represents over 300 active artists.
- Member services
- Runs a Multi-disciplinary Arts Festival, as well as music festivals and exhibitions (most in Toronto)
- Curatorial training program
- Artistic and cultural workshops
- Typical Membership
Indigenous artists.
- Phone
1-877-972-0871, 416-972-0871
- ahneen@andpva.com
- Website
APASQ (Association des Professionels des Arts de la Scène du Québec)
A francophone-speaking professional association dedicated to supporting creation in the performing arts.
APASQ aims to study, defend and develop the economic, social, moral and professional interests of its members, and to promote and expose scenographic creation from Quebec. I t also wishes to support the integration of all the disciplines of the performing arts, in order to work in continuity with this milieu.
- Member services
- Advice on negotiating contracts and working as a "travailleur autonome" (self-employed)
- Information on funding and statistics on theatre job market
- Retirement fund for members
- Typical Membership
APASQ represents mainly lighting, costume, and sound designers.
- Phone
514-523-4221 or 1-877-523-4221
- info@apasq.org
- Website
APTP (Association des producteurs de théâtre privé)
Francophone association of for-profit theatre companies in Quebec.
- Member services
- Consults on collective agreements with similar associations
- Typical Membership
For-profit theatre companies.
- Phone
514-590-0660
- aptp@qc.aira.com
- Website
AQAD (Association Québécoise des auteurs dramatique)
Professional, francophone union of playwrights and artists/technicians from associated crafts.
AQAD is recognized as the primary representative of playwrights, librettists, translators, and adaptors in theatre and (lyrical theatre) in respect of the "Loi sur le statut professionnel et les conditions d'engagement des artistes de la scène, du disque et du cinéma (L.R.Q., c. S-32.1)."
- Member services
- Continuing education for playwrights
- Collective agreements on contract negotiations for original pieces
- Typical Membership
Playwrights, librettists, specialists in adaptations, and translators.
- Phone
514-596-3705
- info@aqad.qc.ca
- Website
AQM (Association québécoise des marionnettistes)
Professional, francophone association of puppeteers working alongside Quebec's arts unions to raise awareness and to support the creation of contemporary puppet theatre.
AQM collaborates with international puppet organisations. AQM works mainly with companies that stimulate the evolution, visibility, and awareness of puppet theatre in contemporary theatre and to the public. Council members also sit on CQT, AQT, CQRHC, and Culture Montreal.
- Member services
- Workshops
- Creates internships
- Organises improv matches for members
- Organises continuing education courses in liaison with RAPThéâtre, ACT, TUEJ, and APTP
- Typical Membership
Puppet troupes, companies presenting occasional puppet pieces, puppet artists, individuals interested in the craft of puppetry or the AQM publications.
- Phone
514-522-1919
- aqm@aei.ca
- Website
AQT (Académie québécoise du théâtre)
Francophone organisation dedicated to the promotion and development of theatre in Quebec.
AQT's main activity is its annual Soirée des Masques, a televised gala awarding excellence in theatre.
- Member services
- Organises awards nights recognizing excellence in theatre
- Maintains cyber-magazine Théâtre Québec containing provincial theatre calendars and useful links
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-272-4252 or 1-888-272-4252
- info@aqt.qc.ca
- Website
ATSA
A group founded to provoke social change through public performance art events organised around issues that concern its founders.
ATSA organises installations, performances and realistic stagings bearing witness to "various social and environmental aberrations … Their work investigates and transforms the urban landscape and restores the citizen's place in the public realm, depicting it as a political space open to discussion and societal debates. ATSA promotes an open, active and responsible vision of artists as citizens contributing to the sustainable development of their society".
- Member services
- Workshops and conferences on activism
- Available to set up an information booth at ecology, society and/or heritage related events
- Typical Membership
Activists, artists, students, supporters.
- Phone
514-844-9830
- info@atsa.qc.ca
- Website
Affaires d'Art
Non-profit, francophone organisation established to help artists develop career management skills.
Aims to inspire entrepreneurial instinct in artists to help them secure financial freedom.
- Member services
- Helps artists establish detailed career plans, marketing plans, portfolios and other promotional items
- Workshops on managing self-employment and other topics
- Typical Membership
Established, emerging, and/or self-taught comedians, actors, musicians, vocalists, circus artists, dancers, visual artists.
- Phone
514-543-7371
- info@affairesdart.org
- Website
Association of Performing Arts Presenters
Arts service organisation representing both the non-profit and for-profit sectors of the industry.
"The Association of Performing Arts Presenters is a membership organisation, dedicated to bringing performing artists and audiences together in every way imaginable. The Association achieves its goal by providing visionary thinking, professional development, resource sharing, and advocacy, in support of its members and all those who create and disseminate the performing arts."
- Member services
- Visa assistance
- Many online resources
- Grants
- Typical Membership
Members hail from 15 countries across the globe and range from large performing arts centres in major urban cities, outdoor festivals and rural community-focused organisations to academic institutions, artists and artist managers. Members bring performances to over 2 million audience-goers each week.
- Phone
888-820-ARTS
- info@artspresenters.org
- Website
CAC (Canadian Arts Coalition)
CAC has the singular focus to lobby for increased funding through the Canada Council for the Arts in the federal budget.
The Canadian Arts Coalition will implement a lobbying and public affairs plan designed to build support for an infusion of new funding to the Canada Council. This includes: meetings with Cabinet Ministers, Members of Parliament, public servants and key influencers; and communication strategies to build public support. The CAC is the largest consortium of artists and arts organisations ever assembled in Canada.
- Member services
Advocacy
- Typical Membership
Organisations interested in lobbying for increased funding of the arts in Canada.
- Phone
604-681-3535
- info@allianceforarts.com
- Website
CAEA (Canadian Actors' Equity Association)
Professional association of actors, directors, choreographers and stage managers, founded mainly to manage scale agreements.
Canadian Actors' Equity Association represents 5,500 active professional artists, including performers engaged in theatre, opera and dance in English Canada. Every Equity member's engagement is governed by the terms of a specific form of contract. Both scale agreements (negotiated by Equity with a producer or group of producers) and Equity's policies articulate the minimum terms and working conditions required for the engagement of an Equity member.
- Member services
- Union support
- Insurance
- Retirement benefits
- Legal consulting
- Audition notices
- Typical Membership
Performers, directors, choreographers, fight directors and stage managers.
- Phone
416-867-9165
- info@caea.com
- Website
CAPACOA (Canadian Arts Presenting Association/L'Association canadienne des organismes artistiques
Canadian network of performing arts touring professionals, with a mandate to promote the development of the presentation of the arts in Canada.
"Through professional development, facilitating the touring marketplace, and connecting professionals and organisations, CAPACOA's programs and services build capacity in people and in organisations."
- Member services
- Professional development seminars
- Assists the presenters of the arts in Canada with coordination of bookings
- Funding
- Typical Membership
Touring companies, artists, agents, facility managers, stagehands, ticket sellers, marketers, and impresarios.
- Phone
613-562-3515
- mail@capacoa.ca
- Website
CAPPRT (The Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal)
Quasi-judicial, independent federal agency which administers the regime of professional relations contained in the Status of the Artist Act.
"The Status of the Artist Act guarantees the right of artists to join associations that can represent their professional interests and the right to bargain collectively with producers for the purpose of reaching agreement on the minimum terms and conditions under which an artist will provide services to those producers. The Act also permits producers to form associations for the purposes of bargaining and entering into scale agreements. By following the procedures specified in the Act, artists' associations may become certified by CAPPRT, granting them the exclusive right to negotiate scale agreements with producers."
- Member services
- Defines the sectors of cultural activity suitable for collective bargaining between artists' associations and producers within CAPPRT's jurisdiction
- Certifies artists' associations to represent self-employed artists working in these sectors
- Deals with complaints of unfair labour practices and other matters brought forward by artists, artists' associations or producers, and prescribes appropriate remedies for contraventions of Part II of the Act
- Typical Membership
Members of the Tribunal are appointed by the Governor in Council in consultation with the Minister of Canadian Heritage. The Tribunal has jurisdiction over self-employed artists, producers in the federal jurisdiction, artists' associations and producers' associations.
- Phone
1-800-263-ARTS
- info@capprt-tcrpap.gc.ca
- Website
CCA (Canadian Conference of the Arts)
Non-partisan, non-profit cultural advocacy organisation.
The CCA provides "a national forum for debate on cultural policy and are the leading national advocate for Canada's artists and cultural institutions and industries."
- Member services
- 50–60 CCA Bulletins annually, containing research updates and more
- Chalmers Conference networking event
- Reduced rates for the National Policy Conference and discounts on CCA publications
- Organisational members receive: free registration for one delegate to the CCA's Chalmers Conference (valued at $150)
- Links to artist members' sites through www.ccarts.ca
- Typical Membership
Artists and cultural workers, arts organisations, labour groups, arts educators, cultural industry organisations and concerned citizens from across Canada.
- Phone
613-238-3561
- info@ccarts.ca
- Website
CCC (Creator's Copyright Coalition)
Alliance of the national associations, unions and collectives representing individual artists working primarily in the English language media in Canada.
"Our concern is to protect artists' rights in negotiations with the large media organisations with whom they sign contracts, as well as rights as artists/creators on the Internet." The CCC collaborates with and supports the work of sister organisation DAMIC (Droit d'auteur/Multimédia/Internet/Copyright) in Québec.
- Member services
- Copyright protection
- Promotion
- Workshops
- Typical Membership
Writers, musicians, songwriters, composers, artists, performers, photographers, directors, screenwriters, translators and journalists concerned about our continued ability to make a living.
- Phone
n/a
- editor@creatorscopyright.ca
- Website
CEAD (Centre des auteurs dramatiques)
Play development centre and arts service organisation.
Operating as a service to playwrights, to the professional and amateur theatre communities, as well as to the academic milieu, CEAD is representative of all professional francophone playwriting in Quebec and throughout Canada.
- Member services
- Offers critiques, exchanges between professionals and aspiring playwrights, opportunities to preview plays with actors, public readings, etc.
- Vast library of québécois and Franco-Canadian plays
- Manages the Résidence Québécoise des auteurs dramatiques, circulation of English language plays, international exchanges, and the Fonds Gratien-Gélinas for upcoming playwrights
- Typical Membership
Professional playwrights.
- Phone
514-288-3384
- cead@cead.qc.ca
- Website
CHRC (Cultural Human Resources Council)
National council whose mandate is to "initiate, coordinate and promote human resources planning, management, development and training in the cultural sector".
The CHRC manages projects addressing cultural human resource issues such as succession, training, compensation, HR management/planning, career planning and competency development.
- Member services
- Youth internships
- Competence compendiums
- Maintains CultureWorks, an online job board for artists and cultural workers
- Opportunities to network with partners in and outside the cultural sector
- Typical Membership
Artists, creators, technical staff, managers and all others engaged professionally in the sector, including the self-employed.
- Phone
1-866-562-1535
- info@culturalhrc.ca
- Website
CINARS
A private, non-profit organisation whose principal mission is to promote and market the performing arts of Quebec and Canada to the international audience.
The mission of CINARS is: to promote cultural productions from the performing arts sector and strengthen their marketing; to promote business exchanges between producer and presenter organisations; and to make Montreal an international focal point for the performing arts.
- Member services
- Promotion in foreign markets through fairs and missions
- Biennial networking conference bringing together nearly 1,000 artists, agents, presenters, producers and observers from 60 countries
- Forums on issues such as the nuts and bolts of foreign touring
- "Exporting Preparation" program designed for artist agents and tour organisers who want to upgrade their knowledge and tools of international marketing
- "Signature 2001", a complete marketing package
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-842-5866
- arts@cinars.org
- Website
CITT (Canadian Institute for Theatre Technology)
National, broad ranging arts service organisation dedicated to the betterment of the Canadian live performance community
Institute working at local, regional, national, and international levels with the mission of actively promoting the professional development of its members. Focused on maintaining standards of excellence in support of live performance in Canada.
- Member services
- Workshops, conferences, awards
- Online forums
- Publications in the areas of technology, management, design, architecture and education for live performance
- Typical Membership
Designers, technicians and craftspeople, managers, educators and students, consultants, architects, suppliers and manufacturers.
- Phone
613-482-1165 or Toll free: 1-888-271-3383
- citt@citt.org
- Website
COCo (Centre for Community Organisations)
Provincial, non-profit organisation that works primarily with English-speaking, bilingual, and ethno-cultural organisations to develop organisational health and promote community sector development.
COCo's mission is to promote social justice, active citizenship, democracy, and socio-economic development by supporting the development of healthy organisations and strong communities.
- Member services
- Advises on evaluation, conflict management, fundraising, board development, strategic planning, and more
- Supports community organisations through training and e-Bulletins
- Resource Centre
- Learning circles
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-849‑5599 or 1-866-552‑2626
- info@coco-net.org
- Website
CQT (Conseil Quebecois du Theatre)
Umbrella group for the entire French-speaking Quebec theatre milieu.
The CQT regularly lobbies for more government funding and better working conditions for theatre artists. Also a member of MAL (Mouvement des Arts et des Lettres).
- Member services
- The CQT is mainly a lobbying group
- Typical Membership
The CQT is formed of theatre associations, companies, and professionals, of which as least 2 come from outside of the metropolitan Montreal area. (Membership not open, committees are appointed or elected.)
- Phone
514-954-0270 or 1-866-954-0270
- cqt@cqt.qc.ca
- Website
Conseil de la Culture de la Gaspésie
Regional francophone cultural association covering all domains, and also concerned with heritage (patrimoine) issues.
The Council is funded and mandated by the government to promote and defend the interests of the cultural milieu while supporting the development and visibility of Gaspésie artists and the region's cultural products.
- Member services
- Advice on grants, portfolios, and marketing
- Professional development workshops
- Awards, galas recognizing outstanding work
- Directory of Gaspésie area artists
- List of regional art service providers under Ressources Professionelles
- Typical Membership
Individual artists and organisations.
- Phone
1-800-820-0883 ext. 229 / 418-534-4139
- falary@culturegaspesie.org
- Website
Culture Montreal
Independent non-profit organisation for anyone interested in promoting culture in all its forms as an essential element of Montreal's development.
Culture Montreal is the expert-advisor to governments, the City and the Communauté métropolitaine de Montréal on issues pertaining to art and performance. It is a place for reflection, dialogue, and action aimed at the cultural community, political and business decision-making entities, and citizens.
- Member services
- Culture research and analysis
- Events, networking, guest speakers
- Discounts through CM's partners
- Participates in Journées de la Culture
- Culture Metropolis, etc.
- Typical Membership
Artists, cultural workers, and citizens.
- Phone
514-845-0303 ext. 24
- info@culturemontreal.ca
- Website
DAM
An open organisation striving for the recognition and inclusion of professional artists from ethno-cultural communities into the Montreal cultural network.
DAM's mandate is to "promote cultural diversity in the arts and culture through recognition and inclusion of all artists and cultural practitioners within professional arts networks, professional cultural organisations and the performance outlets in Montreal" and to "maintain an active and critical watch over policies and procedures that could discriminate against artistic and cultural proceedings".
- Member services
Advocacy
- Typical Membership
Any person who supports the mandate and objectives of D.A.M. may become a member of the organisation.
- Phone
514-280-3580
- guillaume.sirois@cum.qc.ca
- Website
En piste, formerly La Trac
Trade association housed inside the National Circus School and founded to support the circus arts.
En Piste aims to "develop, consolidate and foster cohesion within the circus arts by encouraging creative initiatives, increasing the level of representation and the promotion of circus events, creating a framework and opportunities for professionals to discuss their trade".
- Member services
- Continuous training program with different governmental partners yearly
- Consulting services
- Typical Membership
Individual circus performers, circus companies, technicians, producers.
- Phone
514-529-1183
- admin@enpiste.qc.ca
- Website
Entreacteurs
Francophone association of independent actors who choose to work without agents.
The association makes it possible for these actors to be visible to casting agencies and to directors and producers of cinema, television, publicity, and theatre.
- Member services
- Representation
- Links to individual portfolios via Entracteur website
- Typical Membership
Independent actors, all members of the Union des Artistes and/or ACTRA.
- Phone
514-666-4949
- casting@entreacteurs.com
- Website
FIA (International Federation of Actors)
International, independent and non-governmental organisation representing performers' associations in all continents.
Sister federation of the International Federation of Musicians (FIM). Does not represent individuals directly. (http://www.fia-actors.com/en/faq.html). "FIA's key function is the representation of its members in the international arena. Most national performers' organisations do not have access to this important sphere of activity and FIA is able to participate on behalf of its members in international forums, which deal with issues affecting the life and status of professional performers." FIA also organises broadcast professionals and helps them react to developments in new media and technologies.
- Member services
- Representation of performers and associations in international forums
- Helps secure national and local funding for live performance
- Maintains the Committee for Artists' Freedom to support performers whose rights and livelihoods are threatened as a result of war, political or religious oppression
- Collective agreeements on the use of recorded performances/intellectual property rights
- Trade union development
- Ensures distribution of essential information on issues such as developments in collective bargaining, new technologies, cultural funding and policy, intellectual property rights, taxation, social security, health and safety
- Typical Membership
Trade unions, guilds and associations of professional performers representing actors, dancers, singers, variety and circus artists and others.
- Phone
44-20-7379-0900
- info@fia-actors.com
- Website
FQTA (La Fédération québécoise du théâtre amateur)
Francophone association of individuals and companies who perform and present amateur theatre in Quebec.
The FQTA organises workshops, Vacances-Théâtre, le Festival de théâtre amateur de Sherbrooke, La Grande Virée, Le Festival des Arts de la Scène, and Le Festival international de théâtre amateur du Québec à Victoriaville.
- Member services
- Directory of plays containing essential performance information
- Training books
- Group insurance discounts
- Typical Membership
Amateur theatre companies.
- Phone
819-752-2501
- info@fqta.ca
- Website
Farine orpheline
Francophone group of pluridisciplinary artists committed to combining practices and resources, with a special interest in transforming industrial and urban areas.
The collective develops every project from beginning to end using a variety of media. With an approach that is both analytical and poetic, Farine Orpheline explores the archaeology of doubt, the history of the banal, the architecture of fragments, and other exact sciences.
- Member services
- Collaborations, shared equipment
- Artist spaces
- Participation in festivals
- Typical Membership
Artists from all fields.
- Phone
514-523-2243
- code306@farineorpheline.qc.ca
- Website
IAPAO
IAPAO is a network that presents and supports performance art activities and research.
IAPAO strengthens the international performance art community by developing better economic and social support for performance artists and organisers through stronger relationships with funders and supporters.
- Member services
- Promotion
- Networking
- Information sharing
- Typical Membership
Performance artists and their supporters.
- Phone
917-664-5705
- suffragettes21@ hotmail.com
- Website
IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees)
Professional union of stage hands and technicians focused on organising non-union workers.
"The local union structure of I.A, backed up by the International, enables members to have a direct voice in their working lives … Members are among the highest compensated union members in North America. While most contracts are negotiated locally or by region, the General Office signs nationwide agreements in cases where they are warranted by the nature of the work involved."
- Member services
- Manages collective agreements
- Scholarships
- Help with union drives
- Typical Membership
Technicians, artisans and craftspersons in the entertainment industry, including live theatre, motion picture and television production, and trade shows.
- Phone
416-362-3569
- organizing@iatse-intl.org
- Website
IPIC (Intellectual Property Institute of Canada)
"Canada's pre-eminent association of professionals who specialize in intellectual property: patents for inventions, trade-marks, copyright, and industrial designs."
"IPIC is the only professional association in Canada to which nearly all patent agents, trade-mark agents and lawyers specializing in intellectual property belong."
- Member services
- Professional IPIC designation
- Professional development seminars and conferences on cutting edge intellectual property
- patent and trade-mark courses and tutorials
- Annual membership directory
- Representation of IP professionals before Government
- "Members only" permitting online view and key word search of IPIC's professional journals, newsletters and intellectual property literature index
- Typical Membership
Patent agents, trade-mark agents and lawyers specializing in intellectual property.
- Phone
613-234-0516
- admin@ipic.ca
- Website
MAI (Montréal, arts interculturels)
The MAI is a pluridisciplinary presenter of professional contemporary artists, with an intercultural mandate.
An independent, non-profit organisation, the MAI is comprised of a theatre, a gallery space, a café and two rehearsal rooms. "An incubator for the arts favourable to reflection and research, a space for dialogue and interchange between cultures stimulating collaboration between different partners, MAI has the mandate of supporting creation, presentation and outreach of intercultural arts for a diversified audience."
- Member services
- Residencies
- Collaborations
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-982-1812
- info@m-a-i.qc.ca
- Website
MASC
A community-focused arts organisation and registered charity created to introduce Canadian children to the arts.
MASC performs for over 145,000 children and youth each year in eastern Ontario, Outaouais and western Quebec: "connecting artists and learning".
- Member services
- Hires artists to give performances and workshops
- Residencies
- Typical Membership
- Phone
613-725-9119
- masc@masconline.ca
- Website
OUT Productions
Professional, non-profit theatre company and registered charity whose work celebrates queer culture.
OUT's mission is to create professional plays in French and English that celebrate queer culture, history and identity.
- Member services
Produces queer arts events ranging from mainstage works to staged readings and visiting presentations, feature artists from all cultures, backgrounds, and orientations, including Le Boudoir.
- Typical Membership
LGBT artists
- Phone
514-409-B-OUT
- in@out.ca
- Website
Outiller - la releve artistique Montréalaise (City of Montreal)
A project initiative from the Conseil des Arts de Montreal to "improve the socio-professional integration of young artists in Montreal".
Created to support collaboration and dialogue between emerging artists and those working in culture, education and government.
- Member services
Advocacy for artists in all disciplines.
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-280-3580
- Website
http://www.artsmontreal.org/artsmontreal.org_non_ssl/releve.php?lang=en
PACT (Professional Association of Canadian Theatres)
PACT is a major member-driven organisation that serves as the collective voice of professional Canadian theatres, including regional, summer, and theatre for young audiences.
Provides leadership, national representation and a variety of programs and practical assistance to member companies, enabling members to do their own creative work.
- Member services
- Standard contracts
- Labour relations support
- Professional development series
- Typical Membership
Professional theatre companies and established alternative companies, and a network of theatre professionals. There are three types of membership - Regular, Commercial, Associate and also PACT Affiliation.
- Phone
416-595-6455
- info@pact.ca
- Website
PGC (Playwrights Guild of Canada)
National association of professional and emerging playwrights, formerly Playwrights Union of Canada, which manages financial and copyright issues for its members.
Also maintains the Foundation for the Recognition of Excellence in Drama (F.R.E.D.), a charitable foundation started to advance the knowledge and appreciation of Canadian plays, and a Women's Caucus. PGC provides advocacy and support for over 500 members.
- Member services
- Negotiates royalty payments, copyright protection, and commission fees, mostly with PACT
- Administers royalties
- Publishes and distributes scripts
- Publishes through its imprint, the Playwrights Canada Press
- Typical Membership
Playwrights
- Phone
417-703-0201
- info@playwrightsguild.ca
- Website
PWM (Playwrights' Workshop Montreal)
Nationally mandated play development organisation and a professional theatre centre dedicated to the development of contemporary Canadian work and new writers for the stage.
Canada's oldest play development centre and member-based organisation. PWM is affiliated with the Professional Association of Canadian Theatres (PACT) and the Quebec Drama Federation (QDF), and employs members of the Canadian Actors' Equity Association (CAEA) and l'Union Des Artistes (UDA).
- Member services
- One-on-one dramaturgy programs, in-house readings and workshops
- Translation projects
- Radio drama commissions for broadcast
- Artist residencies
- Master classes
- Typical Membership
Playwrights
- Phone
514-843-3685
- Website
Performance Creation Canada
"Nationwide network dedicated to the nourishment, management and study of performance creation in Canada, and the ecology in which it flourishes."
"As such, Performance Creation Canada (PCC) will endeavour to identify and advance the multifaceted interests of a multidisciplinary definition of work that is performed by the artist(s) who created it."
- Member services
- Conferences in many provinces
- Online discussion and information sharing forum
- Typical Membership
Artists, administrators, educators, funding institutions, presenters, agents, archivists and critics.
- Phone
n/a
- mgreen@performancecreationcanada.ca
- Website
QCGN (Quebec Community Groups Network)
A non-profit organisation which supports minority English language culture in Quebec.
"QCGN promotes cooperation with provincial, regional and municipal government authorities in order to support and assist the development and enhance the vitality of the English-language minority communities", with arts being among the priority sectors of involvement. Members of QCGN's Community Evaluation Committee meet with representatives from Canada Council and Canadian Heritage-IPOLC to discuss and exchange information on the growing needs of the English-speaking artistic community in Quebec.
- Member services
- Advocacy on legal issues, language issues, political and constitutional affairs
- Publishes Arts Ahead bulletin with practical information to the artistic community
- Provides useful links to information, resources, and federal and provincial government websites pertaining to Anglophone communities in Quebec
- Typical Membership
Anglophone community organisations.
- Phone
418-681-2112
- qcgn@qcgn.ca
- Website
QDF (Quebec Drama Federation)
Umbrella theatre group for the entire English language milieu, representing government agencies, arts organisations, and community groups.
Develops new audiences by promoting English-language theatre to the general public, the tourist sector, and the arts community. Creates a network for its members and provides them with specialized resources to facilitate career development.
- Member services
- Representation
- Promotion
- Theatre Calendar, quarterly publication
- Professional workshops
- Email bulletins
- Typical Membership
Theatre artists, practitioners, educators, and students.
- Phone
514-875-8698
- quebecdrama@bellnet.ca
- Website
RAIQ (Regroupement des arts interdisciplinaires du Québec or Quebec Interdisciplinary Arts Network)
The RAIQ aims to bring together artists, arts organisations and companies working in the interdisciplinary arts in Quebec to ensure representation on all levels.
"The RAIQ aims to nurture the development of its members and of different interdisciplinary practices, by initiating activities that promote research and experimentation, such as conferences, studies, training and networking events."
- Member services
- Education
- Promotion
- Typical Membership
Artists, organisations.
- Phone
514-380-3093 (office hours: Monday and Tuesday)
- raiq@studio303.ca
- Website
ROSEQ (Réseau des Organisateurs de Spectacles de l'Est du Québec)
Francophone association for the promotion and support of the performing arts in Eastern Quebec, especially in rural areas.
Member of RIDEAU (an independent, francophone network of performing arts presenters).
- Member services
- Tour planning
- Educates members on marketing issues
- Negotiates with agents on behalf of members
- Organisational help
- Typical Membership
- Phone
418-723-4323
- roseq@globetrotter.net
- Website
Rideau (Réseau Indépendant des Diffuseurs d'événements Artistiques Unis)
Independent, francophone network of performing arts presenters.
RIDEAU defends the interests of performing arts organisations on three levels: national (within the RIDEAU structure), regional (within the networks related to programming and marketing) and individual (within a local community made up of business people, and cultural and scholastic decision makers and speakers).
- Member services
Information/advice
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-598-8024
- admin@rideau-inc.qc.ca
- Website
SODEC
SODEC is a francophone Quebec government corporation overseen by the Minister of Culture and Communications. It supports the production and distribution of Quebec culture through cultural industries.
SODEC's general mandate is to provide public financial assistance for enterprises active in the following fields: book publishing, recording and variety shows, film and television production, and arts & crafts. SODEC offers a wide range of programs for the various cultural industries. Its assistance takes the form of project investments, grants, or repayable subsidies.
- Member services
Financing
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-521-5541
- info@sodec.gouv.qc.ca
- Website
SoQAD (Société Québécoise des auteurs dramatique)
Francophone association representing the larger theatre companies in Quebec on financial issues.
Implemented by AQAD to manage royalty payments for all plays produced in Quebec public institutions, based on an agreement between the ADAQ and the Minister of Education.
- Member services
- Collects royalties and manages reproduction rights for playwrights
- Typical Membership
- Phone
514-596-0311
- soqad@aqad.qc.ca
- Website
Studio 303
A not-for-profit registered charity, dedicated to the development and innovation in new dance and interdisciplinary practices.
"Studio 303 exists to promote the evolution of live artistic practices. Concentrating on the physical body, Studio 303 is a unique resource centre which offers cutting edge workshops, innovative administrative services and a flexible, intimate studio laboratory where new works may be created and presented. Studio 303's programming aims to stimulate enriching exchanges between a variety of artists, art forms and the public."
- Member services
- Presents works of emerging and established artists
- Master classes and extended workshops
- Technical and administrative internships and mentorship programs
- Annual Emerging Artists' Residency
- Space and equipment rentals
- Typical Membership
Dancers, students, public
- Phone
514-393-3771
- info@studio303.ca
- Website
TUEJ (Théâtres Unis Enfance Jeunesse)
Represents producers of theatre for young audiences, francophone.
TUEJ never intervenes with the artistic vision, but its members must respect a severe code of ethics that represents those of the association.
- Member services
Collective negotiation.
- Typical Membership
Theatre companies who present theatre for young audiences.
- Phone
450-446-4863
- Website
YES (Youth Employment Strategy)
Governmental initiative to help young Canadians (aged 15 to 30) obtain career information, develop skills, find good jobs and stay employed.
- Member services
3 main programs:
- Skills Link, which helps young people who face more barriers to employment than others
- Summer Work Experience, which helps secondary and post-secondary students find summer jobs
- Career Focus, which helps post-secondary graduates develop advanced skills and find careers in their fields
- Also offers internships and mentorship programs for artists Youth Employment Strategy
- Typical Membership
15 to 35 year-old unemployed anglophones.
- Phone
1-800-935-5555 / 514-878-9788
- youth@canada.gc.ca
- Website