Equity in Canadian Theatre Report

[Rebecca Burton]

Hello

Just thought I'd send out the url for the Equity in Canadian Theatre report for interested parties.

Please feel free to distribute far and wide.

Cheers,

Rebecca


For Immediate Release
October 27, 2006

                                                                                                             

Adding It Up: 

The Status of Women in Canadian Theatre

 

A Report on the Phase One Findings of 
Equity in Canadian Theatre: The Women's Initiative

                   

In 1982 Rina Fraticelli released her report "The Status of Women in the Canadian Theatre" and exposed disturbing inequities on the nation's stages. Over twenty years later the report was re-opened by a national committee of women theatre artists and academics who were unsatisfied with the stagnant numbers and imbalances revealed by 21st century polls of the theatre industry. 

 

The Equity in Canadian Theatre initiative, co-chaired by Hope McIntyre (Artistic Director of Winnipeg's Sarasvàti Productions and President of the Playwrights Guild of Canada) and Kelly Thornton (Artistic Director of Toronto's Nightwood Theatre), conducted forums, panels and discussions with women across Canada over the last four years. In 2005, a national survey was sent out to over two hundred theatre companies in Canada, and Main Researcher, Rebecca Burton, started collecting research materials and tallying the results of the survey respondents to write one of the most comprehensive reports on the status of women in Canadian theatre ever undertaken.  

 

"Canadian society in general seems to feel that we have gained so much ground in terms of gender equity, but when you look at the numbers, it just doesn't add up," says study Co-Chair Hope McIntyre. The study found that women currently account for only 33% of the nation's artistic directors, 34% of the working directors, and 27% of the produced playwrights. 

 

To view the full report or a condensed version of the study's findings, complete with recommendations for actions to redress the industry's gender imbalances, please visit www.pact.ca and follow the link from the homepage (situated on the top right), or visit www.pact.ca and click on the tabs at the top for "Services - Communications/Publications" and look under "What's New."

 

For more information and/or interviews, contact:

Rebecca Burton, Main Researcher

Equity in Canadian Theatre: The Women's Initiative 

Phone: (416) 536-0916 

Email: becca_burton3 at hotmail.com

 

 

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