We Support Caregivers
in the Performing Arts
The aim of Balancing Act is to create increased equality, accessibility, and inclusion for parents and caregivers※ working in the performing arts. We collaborate with artists, arts workers, and arts organizations to develop pathways for change at an individual, organizational and systemic level.
Balancing Act is an initiative of Theatre Direct.
※ Balancing Act defines a ‘caregiver’ as individuals who care for children, aging adults, those in need of personal or primary care, and anyone who self-identifies as a caregiver. We acknowledge that care work can include blood, adopted, or chosen family, colleagues, and caring for others out of duty.
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- Welcome to our 2023-24 Level UP! Strategy Partners!Balancing Act is excited to announce the third and final cohort of the Level UP! Initiative! Joining us from coast to coast to coast, 36 … Read more
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Balancing Act is still accepting applications for our third year of Level Up! Initiative. To learn more please join us online for our final Level … Read more - Balancing Act Canada is seeking a National Partnership ManagerFrançais à suivre This is a full-time position for a 12-month contract that will begin on June 1, 2023. The salary is between 60K – … Read more
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Have you filled out the National Caregiving Survey?
The National Caregiving Survey, led by the Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence, will help shape the future of care in Canada.
Complete it today to ensure your voice is included in how we understand the experiences of caregivers and care providers in the country.
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Balancing Act would like to extend a huge congratulations to Penny Couchie for receiving the 2023 Ontario Arts Council - Conseil des arts de l'Ontario Indigenous Arts Award
We are honoured to have a Penny Couchie as a Steering Committee member and a 22/23 strategy partner, as a co-artistic director of Aanmitaagzi, an Indigenous multidisciplinary arts organization based in her home community of Nipissing First Nation.
This award, created in 2012, celebrates the work of Indigenous artists and arts leaders who have made significant contributions to the arts in Ontario.
For more information on Aanmitaagzi visit:
www.aanmitaagzi.net/
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Another invaluable resource! 📚
A choreography of parenting
"Anita Clark, Director of The Work Room in Glasgow, Scotland, frames the voices of parent-artists as they launch a new resource. Born of a new project, RE-EMERGING, it is offered for others, like them, contemplating or navigating the complexities of resuming their practice alongside the care and raising of children."
Thank you Foolish Operations for passing the knowledge forward!
The RE-EMERGING group members are: Laura Bradshaw; Jude Williams; Natalia Barua; Nina Enemark; Oxana Banshikova; Rob Heaslip; Robbie Synge and Sara Gordon
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a choreography of parenting — The Work Room
theworkroom.org.uk
The Work Room is famous!! Well done!