Past Events
Below are some past national DEIB-focused events and initiatives undertaken by ACTRA National.
ACTRA collaborated with Reelworld to have ACTRA members from across the country who identify as Black, Indigenous, Asian and Women of Colour participate in focus groups contributing to this important research from a performer’s perspective.
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ACTRA collaborated with Reelworld on its Emerging 20 (E20) program on a series of live script readings with diverse ACTRA performers from across the country, allowing the writers to hear their work read out loud by professional Canadian talent.
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ACTRA Members were invited to draw from their personal experiences and submit a script that answered a specific diversity question. Successful candidates were provided with funding to create a short film based on their winning script.
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Developed by the DEIB Committee,
this online interactive ‘guide’ helps casting professionals understand the needs of deaf performers, such as where to place the sign interpreter and how to frame a shot of the signing performer.
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The ACTRA National Diversity & Inclusion Committee produced its first three films – The Audition, Diversity in the Workplace and From Reality to Set – in 2011/12.
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ACTRA Magazine
The first woman of colour to be ‘number one on the call sheet’ of a prime-time Canadian drama, Vinessa Antoine shares with us her personal hair and make-up challenges on production sets.
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Read why joining the cast of Star Trek: Discovery was extra special to Samora Smallwood.
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The volume of people vowing to fight anti-Black racism has been damn-near deafening. Omari Newton examines how this moment turned into a movement.
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Transplant stars Hamza Haq and Ayisha Issa talk with Sugith Varughese about being cast in the new Montreal-shot CTV series and about being diverse performers in Canada.
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Queer performers in our union have had enough of the status quo and are looking for change, now, by David Gale.
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Tribal is a First Nations crime series shot and set in Calgary, Alberta. Pat Chau talks with two of the show’s stars, Jessica Matten and Michelle Thrush, about the importance of showing diversity on screen and why Tribal should be seen by audiences around the world.
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