Resources are updated regularly. If there is something you feel we should add, please contact us at balancingact@theatredirect.ca.
Support Services
- The AFC (Actor’s Fund of Canada): Financial Support
- The AFC (Actor’s Fund of Canada): Personal Support
- The AFC (Actor’s Fund of Canada): Province-Specific Crisis Resources
- Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists – East: Caregiver Subsidy Pilot
- The Ontario Caregiver Organization: Personal Support
- Canadian Association of Mental Health (CAMH)
Global Initiatives
- Parent Artist Advocacy League
- Parents and Carers in Performing Arts
- Artist Residency in Motherhood
- Mother Artist Makers
- Dance Mama
- Raising Films
- Black Women Film
- Fractured Atlas
- Stage Managing the Arts
- How Not to Exclude Artist Parents
- Procreate Project
- Mother House Studios
- MOTHRA: Artist-Parent Project
- UBI Works
- Means of Production
- Mothers in Residence
- Canadian Centre for Caregiving Excellence
- Equal Futures Networks
- Pregnant Then Screwed
- Generator TO
- Work. Shouldn’t. Suck.
- Tanz Und Elternschaft
Articles
- “Parents of Colour and the Need for Anti-Racist Theatre Practices.” — Nicole Brewer, Howlround Theatre Commons
- “Disappearing Act: Dance Artist Mothers in the Gig Economy of the Performing Arts in Canada.” — Susie Burpee, Demeter Press
- “Performing and Parenting.” — Courtney Ch’ing Lancaster & Kris Noelle, Intermission Magazine
- “Balancing Act.” — Lisa Marie DiLiberto, Theatre Research in Canada: Volume 41, Issue No. 2
- “Theatre or Family: We Shouldn’t Have to Choose” — Caroline Macon Fleischer, American Theatre
- “Parents in the Arts Need to Stage a Childcare Revolution” — Lynn Gardener, The Guardian
- “Empty Seats At the Table.” — Tracey Norman, The Dance Current
- “A Feminist Economic Recovery Plan for Canada: Making the Economy Work for Everyone.” — Sultana, A. & Ravanera, C., The Institute for Gender and the Economy (GATE) and YWCA Canada
- “Who We Harm When Parenting Isn’t Considered” — Rachel Spencer-Hewitt, Howlround Theatre Commons
- “Making Radical Parent Inclusion Replicable and Sustainable” — Rachel Spencer-Hewitt, Howlround Theatre Commons
Level UP! Resources for Arts Organizations
Use the button below to access the Level UP! resources. Note that a passphrase is need to access these resources.
Contact balancingact@theatredirect.ca for more information and click here to learn more about Level Up!