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<body class='hmmessage'><div dir='ltr'>Hello Everyone,<div><br></div><div>I am writing to spread the word about an upcoming EIT "Hackathon" event being held on International Women's Day. Please see the press release below. If you can't join us at one of the host locations across the nation, please contribute from the comfort of your own home. Thanks!</div><div><br></div><div>Best Wishes,</div><div><br></div><div>Rebecca</div><div><br></div><div>Rebecca Burton</div><div>Membership and Contracts Manager, PGC</div><div>Co-Organizer, Equity in Theatre</div><div><br></div><div>--</div><div><br></div><div><br></div><div><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:0cm;
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-.05pt">PRESS</span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif;
letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span></b><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:
"Times New Roman",serif;letter-spacing:-.05pt">RELEASE</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 2pt;"><b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">February<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>18,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>2015<o:p></o:p></span></b></p>
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line-height:100%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Equity<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Partners<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt">
</span>with<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Theatres<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>Throughout<span style="letter-spacing:
-.1pt"> </span>Canada<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to Proudly<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Announce<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Equity<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Hackathon</span></b><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 2pt;"><b><u><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For<span style="letter-spacing:-.45pt"> </span>Immediate<span style="letter-spacing:
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0.8pt 5.4pt 0.0001pt 2pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">(TORONTO,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>ON<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>–<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>February<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>18,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>2015)<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Equity<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>(EIT),<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>partnership<span style="letter-spacing:
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-.25pt"> </span>Canada,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>proud<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>announce<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>upcoming<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span><b>Equity<span style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>Hackathon<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span></b>in
celebration<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt"> </span>International<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Women’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Day.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>On<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>March<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>8,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>2015,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>EIT<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>partners<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>hold<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>targeted “hackathons”<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>throughout<span style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>nation<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>increase<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>online<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>visibility<span style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Canadian<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>women<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>theatre.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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none;punctuation-wrap:simple;text-autospace:none;mso-line-break-override:restrictions"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;line-height:100%;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">A<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>quick<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>online<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>search<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Canadian<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>women<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>demonstrates<span style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>their<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>comparative<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>absence<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>the virtual<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>world.<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>There<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>fewer<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>sites<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>“wikipages”<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>designated<span style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Canadian<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>women’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>work<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>compared<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to male<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>American<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>counterparts;<span style="letter-spacing:
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-.3pt"> </span>information,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>less notoriety,<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>less<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>research<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>available,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>which<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>may<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>result<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>lower<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>levels<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>support,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>resources,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>funding. In<span style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt"> </span>response<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>lack<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>substantial<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>information<span style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt"> </span>online<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>about<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Canadian<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>women<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>theatre,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>this International<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Women’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>Day<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>companies<span style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>practitioners<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>will<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>join<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>forces<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>add<span style="letter-spacing:
-.25pt"> </span>online<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>pages<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>to wiki-sites<span style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>diverse<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>women<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Canadian<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>industry.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>The<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>purpose<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:
-.15pt"> </span>event<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>is<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>increase<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>the amount<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>information<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>online<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>for<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Canadian<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>women<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt">
</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.25pt"> </span>theatre.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 5.65pt 0.0001pt 2pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">Our<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>partners<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>hosts<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>include,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>but<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:
-.2pt"> </span>not<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>limited<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>to:<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Gwaandak<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>(White<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Horse,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span><span style="letter-spacing:-.05pt">Yukon);</span><span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>Intrepid<span style="letter-spacing:1.3pt">
</span>Theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>(Victoria,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>BC);<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Playwrights<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Guild<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>of<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Canada<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>(Toronto,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Ontario);<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Playwrights<span style="letter-spacing:
-.3pt"> </span>Theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Centre (Vancouver,<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>BC);<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Prairie<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Theatre<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt">
</span>Exchange<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>(Winnipeg,<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Manitoba);<span style="letter-spacing:
-.35pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt"> </span>Women’s<span style="letter-spacing:-.3pt">
</span>Work<span style="letter-spacing:-.35pt"> </span>Festival (St.<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>John’s,<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>Newfoundland).<span style="letter-spacing:
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</span>in<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>person<span style="letter-spacing:-.1pt"> </span>are<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>invited<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>to register<span style="letter-spacing:
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</span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>join<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>us<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>virtually.<o:p></o:p></span></p>
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<p class="MsoNormal" style="margin: 0cm 0cm 0.0001pt 2pt;"><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif">For<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>more<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>information<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>on<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>the<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>event,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt">
</span>its<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>objectives,<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>and<span style="letter-spacing:-.15pt"> </span>host<span style="letter-spacing:-.2pt"> </span>locations,<span style="letter-spacing:
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"Times New Roman",serif"><a href="http://www.equityhack.wordpress.com/"><span style="color:blue;letter-spacing:-.05pt;text-decoration:none;text-underline:
none">http://www.equityhack.wordpress.com</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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</span>Egerdie</span><span style="font-size:12.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman",serif"><o:p></o:p></span></p>
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