Alliance for Equity in the Music Industry

11/26/2021

Racial Equity Media Collective has released its first report on Racialized Funding Data in film/TV. The full report and summary are available here: https://www.re-mc.org/research

This work is SO IMPORTANT to the cultural sector, because "What doesn't get measured, doesn't get done." In film/TV as in the music industry, producers, agencies, funders, government departments must develop a universally-adoptable and transparent data collection method, so that the current status and future progress can be tracked, measured, and understood.

Without the data we are in the dark - and that s where inequity will continue to thrive.

06/30/2021

www.allianceforequity.ca/newsletters/call-to-action-in-solidarity-with-indigenous-peoples-july-1-1

Dear friends and colleagues, The founders of the Indigenous Music Summit and Indigenous Music Alliance have a request for tomorrow, July 1: Stop and reflect. Here is their : Many have called for this July 1st to be different: cancelled, quieted, renamed, reimagined. We are feeling t

04/29/2021

Excellent article by Chaka V Grier on the "altruistic violence" of white ppl/orgs who think they are doing good. Side note: "doing diversity" without investing wholeheartedly in systemic change is just another means of exploitation. https://nowtoronto.com/culture/canadian-artists-activists-on-their-experiences-of-altruistic-violence?fbclid=IwAR0UfpWsDNTV2jHQZoFb0hHsyajFKDpsHRjvu2Cs6VC7fO6aQPxoiYfvbis

A benevolent-seeming gesture disguised as generosity towards BIPOC creators, altruistic violence is becoming hard to ignore.

04/18/2021

https://www.ledevoir.com/culture/musique/598892/musique-front-commun-pour-la-diversite-sur-les-ondes

Re: CRTC review of commercial radio policy. We need mandatory data collection, an explicit, actionable equity mandate for the CRTC, and a new license regime that creates transparency & accountability by broadcasters & everyone else in the regulatory framework.

Faut-il établir des quotas fixant la représentation d’artistes féminines et issus des minorités à la radio commerciale?

04/15/2021

The National Indigenous Music Advisory is reaching out to Indigenous music artists and industry to contribute to the development of an Indigenous Music Strategy, and the creation of a National Indigenous Music Office.

The National Indigenous Music Advisory Council wants to hear from YOU!

Join one of our three sessions and receive a $50 honorarium (limited to first 60 registrations):

Mon. April 26, 3:00pm-5:00pm EST
Wed. May 5, 6:30pm-8:30pm EST
Fri. May 7, 2:00pm-4:00pm EST

For those unable to attend one of these sessions, or who prefer to provide a contribution in writing, written submissions are welcomed! Please email your written submissions to [email protected]

The National Indigenous Music Advisory looks forward to hearing from you!

REGISTER HERE: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/national-indigenous-music-office-community-engagement-tickets-150046919375

02/28/2021

Do you serve on a board of directors? When you joined, what training/onboarding did your receive? Was any of it about inclusion as a core value? This article speaks to a significant issue in Cdn music industry & arts governance.

Diversity unlikely to be effective unless there is a parallel commitment to inclusion, L. Robin Cardozo and Matt Fullbrook write.

02/19/2021

Our colleagues at Racial Equity Media Collective will appear before the Parliamentary Committee regarding Bill-C10 on Monday, Feb 22 at 11 am.

They are advocating for important changes to the Broadcasting Act to support BIPOC creators in film, tv, and music.

Follow this link for a message and details from co-founder Sherien Barsoum.

Dear friends and colleagues, Please see below this important update from Sherien Barsoum at Racial Equity Media Collective regarding their intervention in Bill C-10. *** Hello everyone! Mark your calendars! We are just around the corner from the REMC's presentation to the House of Commons Stand

02/10/2021

Melissa Vincent for CBC Music explores an important question here: How will equity- and sovereignty-seeking communities fare when the the live music sector is rebuilt?

COVID-19 has levelled the Canadian music industry while exacerbating old problems. We look at what to keep, and what to leave behind.

01/21/2021

Call to action! Join AEMI and the Racial Equity Media Collective in advocating for changes to the upcoming new Broadcasting Act to support BIPOC creators & entrepreneurs in the film/TV and music industries.

Read, sign, share! ASAP, Deadline coming fast!

https://www.allianceforequity.ca/newsletters/bill-c-10

01/11/2021

Let's talk about ending gender oppression, making safer spaces, access to capital and mentorship, and all the ways we can pull together in the industry for women and gender nonconforming folks.

Panel on January 15h 5pm ET
Panel event FB:
https://www.facebook.com/events/702877423760421?acontext=
General Conference event:
Facebook event: https://www.facebook.com/events/486126212369091

12/01/2020

Cool job alert: Racial Equity Media Collective is hiring a Managing Director (for a term position). If you are an administrator and strong advocate in anti-racism, with a film/tv background, fundraising, community engagement, policy development, ideally BIPOC identifying, this could be for you!

https://www.workinculture.ca/JobBoard/jobs/Managing-Director-(46)