News

March 20, 2023

On March 20, let’s celebrate World Theatre Day for Children and Youth!

Join five associations all across Canada to celebrate World Theatre Day for Children and Youth!

March 17, 2023

PACT is looking for its next Executive Director!

PACT is seeking its next Executive Director to lead with a future focus into the next phase of both the Canadian theatre sector and PACT itself. Learn more about the position!

February 14, 2023

PACTcon is back!

PACTcon is back this year, to be held in-person in Kamloops, BC!

February 3, 2023

PACT Executive Director, Boomer Stacey bids farewell to PACT

Long-time PACT staff member, Boomer Stacey, bids farewell to PACT. Thank you Boomer!

February 2, 2023

Meet the inaugural winner of the 2023 PACT Green Award

Register now to RSVP to the PACT Green Award ceremony!

October 18, 2022

PACT's 2022 Pre-Budget Submission

PACT’s budget recommendations focus on measures that support the ongoing recovery of the theatre sector from the global pandemic, historic inequities, and the theatre sector’s commitment to climate action.

August 8, 2022

Apply to the PACT Green Award

The PACT Green Award, a new initiative of the Environmental Stewardship Committee, honours programming from companies and/or artists that inspires theatre workers and theatregoers to engage with the climate crisis and environmental stewardship in creative and exciting ways.

February 18, 2022

Flexible Working Models: The First Level UP! National Roundtable

Balancing Act and PACT held the first Level UP! National Roundtable on January 13th. Leading off a four-part series, this gathering featured guest companies Fringe Toronto, Neptune Theatre, Outside the March, and Roseneath Theatre, all of which are piloting some form of flexible working model this year.

June 28, 2021

A Word from the PACT Staff about July 1st

With the ongoing confirmation of unmarked gravesites at residential “schools” over the past month, we are thinking of the toll on Indigenous artists, their families and loved ones, and their communities.

July 9, 2020

PACT and Quebec Drama Federation Launch Program to Develop Environmental Sustainability Assessment Tool for Canadian Arts Sector

PACT is excited to be partnering with the Quebec Drama Federation (QDF) on a timely project relating to building environmental sustainability in the Canadian arts sector.

June 1, 2020

Black Lives Matter, But I Don’t Know What to Say

Our world has been profoundly changed by COVID-19, in ways in which we never could have imagined. Our practice, our families and communities, and our everyday lives have been extremely altered by this global pandemic.

July 16, 2019

Salary Information Becoming Mandatory on Artsboard

Starting Monday, July 22nd, all new job postings on PACT’s Artsboard will need to have numerical information about remuneration in the “Salary Range” field in order to be approved and appear on the site.