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Actors Settle Case On Inclusive Hair and Makeup Styling On Film and TV Sets In Canada, by Etan Vlessing (May 2023)
ACTRA successfully reaches settlement and seeks systemic remedies through Hair and Makeup Arbitration, Press Release (May 2023)
Unions await arbitration in ACTRA grievance over hair, makeup inequities, by Victoria Ahearn (March 2022)
Splitting hairs: The screen industry’s unequal treatment of Black actors, by Joan Jenkinson (March 2022)
“Why Are You Contouring My Nose?” Black Canadian Actors Share Their Experiences with Hair and Makeup Discrimination, by Alaina Demopoulos (March 2022)
Ontario MPP Jill Andrew presents a motion at the Ontario legislature with an accompanying petition to have the curriculum at hair schools amended to include textured hair. The motion was passed on March 10, 2022.
Actors’ union files grievances claiming unequal treatment of BIPOC members, by Mike Moore (February 2022)
Championing Inclusion on our Film & TV Sets, by Vinessa Antoine (October 2021)
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