ACTRA National’s Diversity Committee is designed to promote and realize the principles concerning the casting of People of Colour, Aboriginal Peoples and Actors with Disabilities.
Our Mandate
As a Standing Committee of the ACTRA National Council, the ACTRA Diversity Committee will recommend policies and advocate support structures for diverse artistic communities in order to help create an inclusive environment and to right historical inequities within the recorded media in Canada.
Our Vision
The ACTRA Diversity Committee is a volunteer committee made up of ACTRA members from across Canada who are professionals in the entertainment industry, supported by ACTRA staff. The ACTRA Diversity Committee considers ‘diverse artistic communities’ to include, but not be limited to: ethnic minorities, First Nations, Metis, Inuit and performers with disabilities. The Diversity Committee strives to create an inclusive working environment that will foster more opportunities for ACTRA members from diverse communities.
Our Mission
To draw from the personal experiences of the Committee members who represent the diverse communities to help to identify and articulate contemporary challenges.
To recommend support structures for professionals of diverse communities who are experiencing challenges.
To discuss and recommend policy and initiatives that will help create a national agenda on diversity.
Recent ACTRA National Committee Initiatives
IAM PWD
ACTRA National is proud to be a supporter of the global Inclusion in the Arts & Media of People with Disabilities (I AM PWD) campaign is a global outreach and human rights initiative led by people with disabilities to give a voice in entertainment and media to performers and journalists with disabilities who often go unseen and unheard.
Face to Face
Two new fields have been added to Face to Face, ACTRA’s free online talent catalogue, in the ethnic background and disability sections that help performers differentiate “who you are” from “who you feel you can play.” With the addition of the new fields, F2F gives producers, directors and industry professionals the opportunity to create accurate and specific talent searches not available anywhere else.
Diversity in the Spotlight
ACTRA’s Diversity Committee shines a spotlight on our diverse ACTRA membership by profiling different culturally/physically diverse or aboriginal performer. Read More >
Join us!
The best initiatives are member-driven. By getting to know the membership and listening to your experiences we can better shape initiatives that support you. We welcome your input and your stories.
Jani Lauzon, ACTRA Diversity Committee Chair
jlauzon@actratoronto.com
(416) 928-2278 ext. 6618
