Level Up: Intimacy Coordinators

Program Overview

Intimacy Coordinators (ICs) have an important role to play in helping to tell a story and support performers’ and crew safety when working in the Canadian film and television industry.

Level Up: Intimacy Coordinators is a program to help upskill ACTRA members across the country who are interested in pursuing a career as an IC.

Are you thinking about pursuing a career as an Intimacy Coordinator?

The journey to becoming a certified Intimacy Coordinator is a comprehensive and multi-stage process.

We recognize that due to financial and geographical barriers, many aspiring IC’s have not been able to complete the necessary training to become fully certified – particularly in regions outside of Toronto and Vancouver. Additionally, some productions require a level of niche specialization or cultural competency that the current roster of fully accredited IC’s does not satisfy.

Ensuring diversity of ICs in all regions in ethnicity, gender, and gender identity (for example), are key to effectively developing this work category in Canada.

If you are an ACTRA member who is interested in completing training components required to become a fully Certified Intimacy Coordinator, we encourage you to express your interest in participating in this program. Please note that submitting an expression of interest DOES NOT guarantee you a spot in this program, as a limited number of spots are available.

ACTRA will be in touch with all individuals who have expressed interest in the program in June 2026.

Expression of Interest Deadline: May 31, 2026 at 11:59pm PST

Click here to Express your Interest for participating in this program

Additional Information:

Program Guidelines

About the Program:

The goal of Level Up: Intimacy Coordinators is to have ACTRA members who aspire to be IC’s to become them, by providing access to the various training components required to become a fully Certified Intimacy Coordinator.

There are typically three necessary components to becoming a fully certified Intimacy Coordinator:

  1. Online theoretical foundational courses (part-time -12-16 weeks) – Aspiring ICs begin with theoretical and practical workshops that cover core concepts of consent and power dynamics.
  2. In-Person practical workshops (2-4 days) – an in-person workshop designed to apply the concepts learned online, physically.
  3. On-set Apprenticeship/Shadowing (~20 days) – one-on-one mentorship with a certified IC and the opportunity to shadow senior professionals on active film sets, providing invaluable hands-on experience.

Level Up aims to get as many aspiring IC’s as possible as far as possible through the above Certification process.

Key Dates:

For Applicants:

  • Expression of Interest – May 1-31, 2026
  • Application Adjudication – June 2026
  • Notifications for successful applicants – June 2026

For Selected Program Participants:

  • Online theoretical foundational course – July to November 2026 (TBC)
  • In-Person Practical Workshop – November/December 2026 (TBC)
  • On-Set Apprenticeship/Shadowing – Must take place between August 2026 to January 2027

Evaluation Criteria:

The participants will be selected based on the following evaluation criteria:

  • ACTRA Membership – This program is open only to ACTRA members in good standing.
  • Certification Progress– Amount of remaining components/training required to become a Fully Certified IC
  • Experience – How many days and how many productions worked on as an IC
  • Location – Applications from Regional Branches where there are currently less certified IC’s (Alberta, Manitoba, Maritimes, Newfoundland & Labrador, Ottawa, and Saskatchewan) will be prioritized
  • Equity-Deserving Community Support – Funding for this training was made possible by the Canada Media Fund (CMF) Sector Development Fund, which has a mandate to prioritize support for participants from the following equity-deserving communities: Indigenous, Black and Racialized, Women or gender-diverse individuals, 2SLGBTQIA+, Disabled persons/a person with disabilities, Official Language Minority Communities and Regional Communities (150km + away from Toronto/Montreal)

Please note that if selected, as a condition of participating in this program, participants must agree for ACTRA to represent them in collective bargaining as an Intimacy Coordinator.

For more information, please contact Jenn Paul – jpaul@actra.ca
Please allow 48-72 hours for a response

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