NEWSLETTERS

Welcome to the CHRC Newsletter June 2021

In this issue!

• Respectful Workplaces in the Arts workshops
• Cultural Resilience: Using Innovation to Stabilize in Times of Crisis
• Other participation initiatives for the sector
• Job Postings on CultureWorks.ca
• Keep in touch…

We are pleased to announce that we will continue to offer Respectful Workplaces in the Arts (RWA) workshops into 2021-2022!

Over the next few weeks, CHRC is hosting open-registration workshops by time zone. The workshops are 4-hours in length (includes a 30-minute lunch break and other shorter breaks).

The workshops are intended for non-profit organizations and cultural workers in any of the cultural disciplines or industries: managers, administrators, technical personnel, Board members, volunteers and, obviously, artists. 

Sign up via Eventbrite by clicking on the links below. Organizations and individuals may reserve up to 8 “spots” in the workshop. PARTICIPATION IS FREE however, if you reserve, we kindly request that you mark your calendar and attend. Workshops are limited to a total of 90 participants. The CHRC-led workshop calendar appears below.

Organizations that can bring together anywhere between 8 and 90 participants are invited to request to host a workshop.

Renewed thanks to Canadian Heritage for the funding support!

CHRC RWA Workshops in English and French (chronological order)

Short intro

Canadian Heritage and CHRC are offering Respectful Workplaces in the Arts workshops to encourage better workplace practices and behaviours. The workshops cover information on Provincial and Territorial legislation, definitions of harassment and bullying as well as case-studies to navigate the complexities of problematic situations. These workshops are not legal nor therapy clinics, they are conversations facilitated by experienced cultural sector leaders. Resources are discussed to help individuals and organizations towards contributing to better work environments and/or to develop their own policies/codes of conduct.

http://respectfulartsworkplaces.ca/training-resources-on-harassment
http://respectfulartsworkplaces.ca/code-of-conduct

Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC), CHRC and Les Arts et la Ville are embarking on a two-phase project that aims to discover inspiring examples of cultural innovation throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Cultural Resilience: Using Innovation to Stabilize in Times of Crisis will call attention to the organizations and artists who created, distributed, and monetized cultural content despite the challenges of public safety measures. These approaches will become the foundation for a new tool aimed at building resilience within the sector for years to come.  Through Hill Strategies, the CCNC is gathering stories of resilience and creative responses to the pandemic. We encourage you to bring forward your stories of success and be part of a bright future for the Canadian cultural sector for years to come

To submit a story for consideration, visit Culturalresilience.ca

For more information contact:

Kate Littlejohn
National Events and Communications Manager
Creative City Network of Canada
katelittlejohn@creativecity.ca
1-343-804-5975 

About the Creative City Network of Canada (CCNC)

The Creative City Network of Canada is a national, non-profit organization that facilitates collaboration, knowledge sharing, research, and professional development for the cultural sector at the local level through the development of cultural policy, planning, and professional practice.

www.creativecity.ca

Canadian Heritage Launches the Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey - Canada.ca

Participate in the survey from May 10 to June 18.

“We are very pleased to announce the launch of the Canadian Artists and Content Creators Economic Survey. As of May 10, 2021, the survey is live and open for a period of 6 weeks.

The objective of this survey is to help create an updated portrait of the artistic and creative community in Canada. The data gathered through this survey will serve the important function of informing future and existing Canadian Heritage policies and programs, ensuring the Department continues to be responsive to the creative sector’s reality.

Widespread participation today means more detailed data will be available for analysis in the near future, as we all make plans towards recovery. This is why we are especially grateful for your participation and help disseminating this survey within your networks.

We look forward to hearing from the artists and content creators in your communities!”

Link to the survey in English: https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/campaigns/canadian-artists-content-creators.html

2021 FEDERAL BUDGET ANALYSIS – MASS CULTURE

“Hello MC Network!

As you probably already know, the federal budget was released in April. We want to let you know about a project we are working on that will form part of the Alternative Federal Budget (AFB). 

The AFB is an annual initiative of the think tank Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives (CCPA). It follows the actual federal budget to propose alternatives in many areas, such as reconciliation, taxes, housing, healthcare, childcare, the environment – and culture. In the past, the Canadian Arts Coalition (CAC) has led the development of the culture chapter of the AFB, but last year the CAC Board decided to discontinue their involvement in the AFB, so Mass Culture has stepped in to pick up this important work. This will be the first piece of a larger research project on federal funding for culture that Mass Culture will be leading.

As we prepare this chapter, we want to hear from the cultural sector. We aim to involve varied and diverse perspectives. 

To facilitate the discussion, we have set up a Slack channel with several questions (shown below). You can also send your responses, or any other thoughts you have on the federal budget or what we should push for in the alternative budget to: fedbudget@massculture.ca.

We look forward to hearing from you.

1. In what ways does the 2021 federal budget support your work in the cultural sector? 
2. In what ways does the 2021 federal budget come up short? If you could add or change one thing in the 2021 federal budget, what would it be? Are there certain populations or disciplines that you feel are not well supported by the 2021 federal budget?
3. Outside of the items in the main culture section of the budget, section 6.2, what other items in the budget do you feel are important for the cultural sector? Do these measures go far enough? 
4. Are there items in the budget that are unclear or that require more explanation? Do you have any questions for Canadian Heritage or other federal departments?
5. Outside of measures relating to government spending and taxes, are there other measures you feel the federal government should take to support the cultural sector (e.g. protections for gig workers, copyright, etc.)?
6. In what ways do you feel that culture can help address the broad objectives outlined in the budget, such as addressing climate change, reconciliation, black entrepreneurship, women entrepreneurship, etc.?”

Current Job Postings

CHRC members receive a 25% discount on job postings!

Executive Director: Grégoire Gagnon

Project Managers:

Lucie D'Aoust (Respectful Workplaces in the Arts and YCW)
Annalee Adair (Talent to Lead)
Lise Labine (Talent de leader - volet francophone)

Administrative and Communications Officer: Sofia Downing

Finance Officer: Erma Barnett

Webmaster: Michael Lechasseur

A list of Board members can be found on CHRC's web site.

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