EIT Announces Dr. Michelle MacArthur as Lead Researcher

[Smith, Annie]

Congratulations Michelle and Rebecca.  This is a pithy research project
and one most needed.  I am pleased to be producing/directing the world
premiere of "Last Chance Leduc", by Alberta playwright, Katherine Koller,
in March 2015. U of Alberta Drama is presently producing the Moira Buffini
Festival and that is a delight.

Annie
Grande Prairie Regional College

On 14-11-10 11:32 PM, "Kym Bird" <kbird at YORKU.CA> wrote:

>Allow me to add my voice. Congratulations Michelle and Rebecca.  We look
>forward to the results of your research!  Kym On 14-11-10 6:53 PM, Day,
>Moira wrote:
>> My congratulations to Rebecca and Michelle as well.
>>
>> Every year I share Rebecca's stats on gender and the Canadian theatre
>>with the students in my Canadian theatre and Women and Theatre classes.
>>They are always surprised and more than a little dismayed to learn that
>>the theatre they will be graduating into and plan to pursue a career in,
>>is still less of an even ground for women to work on than they either
>>desired or even thought.
>>
>> Moira
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Canadian Theatre Research [CANDRAMA at listserv.unb.ca] on behalf of
>>Louise Forsyth [louise.forsyth at SHAW.CA]
>> Sent: November 10, 2014 5:37 PM
>> To: CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
>> Subject: Re: EIT Announces Dr. Michelle MacArthur as Lead Researcher
>>
>> Congratulations to you, Michelle, and good job Rebecca!!
>>
>> Your work is so important to all of us in keeping us actively aware of
>>the serious and tenacious inequities in Canadian theatre. This has got
>>to change! Let¹s all speak out and work aggressively to support Michelle
>>and Rebecca. Take a look at the seasons announced in theatres in your
>>city, whichever one it is, just to see how institutionalised and deeply
>>rooted are the imbalances.
>>
>> Louise Forsyth
>>
>> De : Canadian Theatre Research [mailto:CANDRAMA at listserv.unb.ca] De la
>>part de Rebecca Burton
>> Envoyé : 10 novembre 2014 11:00
>> À : CANDRAMA at LISTSERV.UNB.CA
>> Objet : EIT Announces Dr. Michelle MacArthur as Lead Researcher
>>
>>
>> For Immediate Release
>>
>> Playwrights Guild of Canada, in partnership with some of the arts
>>industry¹s most vital organizations, has proudly launched the Equity in
>>Theatre (EIT) initiative.
>>
>> Given the decline in rates of representation for women playwrights in
>>recent years, and the trickledown effect this has in other areas (such
>>as directing, acting, and design), EIT has been created to help redress
>>existent gender inequities in the theatre industry.
>>
>> Equity in Theatre is delighted to announce that Dr. Michelle MacArthur
>>has been contracted to undertake a preparatory research study focused on
>>the successes and failures of previous equity initiatives. Her final
>>report will provide a series of ³best practice² recommendations that
>>will serve as a foundational framework for EIT as the project moves
>>forward.
>>
>> For more information, please see the press release attached here and
>>below.
>> Follow us on Facebook
>>(www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre<http://www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre
>>>), Twitter (@EquityInTheatre), and/or give us a call at PGC
>>>(#416-703-0201).
>>
>> Cheers,
>>
>> Rebecca
>>
>> Rebecca Burton
>> EIT Co-Organizer,
>> Membership and Professional Contracts Manager
>> Playwrights Guild of Canada
>>
>> --
>>
>> For Immediate Release
>>
>> EQUITY IN THEATRE (EIT) ANNOUNCES
>> RESEARCHER FOR EIT PROJECT
>>
>> (TORONTO, ON ­ November 10, 2014) Equity in Theatre is delighted to
>>announce that Dr. Michelle MacArthur has been contracted to undertake a
>>preparatory research study focused on the successes and failures of
>>previous equity initiatives.
>>
>> Dr. MacArthur completed her PhD at the University of Toronto¹s Centre
>>for Drama, Theatre and Performance Studies, specializing in Canadian
>>women¹s theatre. She has published articles in alt.theatre, Canadian
>>Theatre Review, and Theatre Research in Canada, and has twice been
>>awarded the Canadian Association for Theatre Research Award for Theatre,
>>Drama and Performance in French for her work on Quebec¹s Théâtre
>>Expérimental des Femmes (2012, 2014). Dr. MacArthur is currently a
>>sessional instructor at the University of Toronto and the book review
>>editor for Theatre Research in Canada/Recherches théâtrales au Canada.
>>
>> The EIT research study will analyze past equity endeavours and related
>>follow-up actions at home and abroad, in theatre and elsewhere, in order
>>to create a series of ³best practice² recommendations that will serve as
>>a foundational framework for the EIT initiative as a whole. This will
>>ensure past mistakes are not repeated or time wasted ³reinventing the
>>wheel,² while successes are capitalized on, which will maximize the
>>overall effectiveness and impact of the Equity in Theatre project.
>> With this and its other activities (such as a Symposium in April 2015),
>>Equity in Theatre hopes to foster dialogue on an (inter)national scale,
>>develop social actions that will help effect change, and generate
>>greater awareness of and exposure to Canadian women in theatre, all the
>>while drawing attention to the systemic discrimination that permeates
>>the industry still.
>> For more information about the study, or EIT in general, contact
>>Rebecca Burton or Jennie Egerdie. You can also follow us on
>>Facebook<https://www.facebook.com/EquityinTheatre> and
>>Twitter<https://twitter.com/EquityInTheatre>.
>>Website<http://www.eit.playwrightsguild.ca/> coming soon.
>>
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>Dr. Kym Bird
>Associate Professor
>English Department
>York University
>Toronto, Canada