CWC Newsletter
August 2025

Survey

There's still time to complete CWC’s 2024 Individual Revenue Survey. By taking part, you contribute valuable insights to the growing body of research on our sector by highlighting both its challenges and its strengths. Share the many ways you earn a living. Your experience matters! Your responses, shared only in aggregate, will inform our advocacy work and help drive meaningful change. To help exceed our goal of 500 respondents, please take and share the survey.

We appreciate your participation and look forward to sharing the results of the analysis with you. Respondents will receive the analyses for free.

Wellness Hour

Wellness Hour returns! CWC is proud to continue our special virtual event series focused on something that matters to all of us: mental health and well-being. Wellness Hour is a safe supportive space to care, share and be. Whether you're looking for tools to manage stress, want to hear from inspiring voices, or simply need a little time for yourself, this is the place to be.

The workshop is free for participants of the 2025-2026 Student Work Placement (SWP) program and for CWC members. Click here to become a member! Members can register up to 2 participants per session, and participants of the 2025-2026 Student Work Placement program are welcome to register 1 person per session.

Please email marwa.alibakhiet@cwc-coc.ca to receive a calendar invitation, and indicate the session you wish to attend.

The hour-long workshops will take place in English at 1 pm EDT, followed by a French session at 2 pm EDT.

SWP Internships

For placements that ended in July, please ensure all supporting documents are sent to kevin.gorchakov@cwc-coc.ca. Participants will receive an invitation to complete an exit survey. If you do not see it in your primary inbox, please check your spam or junk folder.

CWC on the Road

This summer, CWC had the pleasure of meeting several Student Work Placement program and Young Canada Works employers. Last month, we conducted monitoring with the Grimsby Downtown Business Improvement Area, and the Muskoka Arts & Crafts. While in Ottawa last week, we met with Arts Consultants Canada, Digital Arts Resource Centre, National Trust for Canada and Arts Ottawa. The feedback and shared experiences from both employers and students play a key role in supporting our ongoing efforts to extend these programs. We thank you for your time, and hospitality.

Upcoming: Annual General Meeting

CWC members will receive an invitation shortly. If you wish to join the AGM, sign-up and become a member today!

More market analysis!

Invitation to Comment on the Talent Agencies Consultation Paper 

Chime in on the definition of “performer” and “talent agency” and what types of regulations and compliance mechanisms should be set up.

The Ontario Ministry of Labour, Immigration, Training and Skills Development has published a consultation paper titled Talent Agencies Consultation, which is now available on the Ontario Regulatory Registry (ORR) website. The link to the ORR posting can be found here: Talent Agencies Consultation.

This paper presents a series of questions regarding the potential regulation of talent agents, share your comments by August 22, 2025.

Please submit your comments to: Talent-Agencies-Consultation@ontario.ca.

If you have any questions, feel free to contact Talent-Agencies-Consultation@ontario.ca.

Listings from CultureWorks.ca

Canada's national job board for the whole cultural sector!

Job Postings on CultureWorks.ca

CHRC's team at your service!

Executive Director
Grégoire Gagnon

Sr. Administration Officer
Honorine Muhirwa

Administrative Officer
Marwa Alibakhiet

Administrative Officer
Kevin Gorchakov

Administrative Officer
Nicola Schneider

Webmaster
Michael Lechasseur

A list of Board members can be found on CWC's web site at www.cwc-coc.ca

Featured Organisation Plus Member

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