The BC Arts Council, our arts and culture partner, offers programs that serve various creative industries supported by Creative BC. The BCAC's Project Assistance: Professional Arts Festivals grant program supports eligible organizations and arts or curatorial...
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Apply for the Women in Music Canada Leadership Accelerator Program by November 30, 2023
Presented with partners ADVANCE and the International Indigenous Music Summit, this program will work to prepare more women and gender-diverse professionals for executive-level leadership roles.
This program is intended for mid-level industry professionals, in existing music companies or who are entrepreneurs, with a primary goal of preparing women and gender diverse music professionals for advancement to senior management and director-level opportunities. This will serve as a catalyst to create an ecosystem with more women and gender diverse role models and mentors in senior positions. This new national program will especially cater to intersectional women and gender-diverse people who have the least representation in organizational leadership roles, and as leaders in the music industry nationally.
Women in Music Canada and its program partners value diversity, equity, and inclusion, and welcomes and invites female and gender-diverse individuals from diverse backgrounds to apply. Enrollment for this program will be 2/3 by paid registrations through companies, and 1/3 subsidized (free) participants through applications and juried selection. Space is limited to fifteen participants, total.
The Leadership Program, including mentorship and training, will run online January 25, 2024 through February 29, 2024. Sessions will run from 7:00 PM through 9:00 PM ET (4:00 PM – 6:00 PM PT) Tuesday and Thursday, weekly. Mentorship sessions will run as per specific arranged times by participants. An in-person component will following these dates, to be hosted at ArtHaus in Toronto in March 2024. The deadline to apply is November 30, 2023. Applicants will be notified of their acceptance by December 15, 2023.Â
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