March 5 - 7, 2020 River Rock Casino Resort, Richmond, B.C.
www.actsafeconference.ca
Message from the Hon. Lisa Beare Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
On behalf of Premier John Horgan and the Government of British Columbia, I would like to welcome you to Actsafe’s Entertainment Safety Conference.
Conference attendees come from a wide range of fields yet you all share a commitment to keeping people who work in the industry and audiences safe. This conference is an opportunity to share knowledge with people from around the world.
I applaud Actsafe’s dedication to creating a safe work environment in the creative sector. A big part of prevention is education. Actsafe provides resources, training and advisory services to support our arts and entertainment industries. They also collaborate with Creative BC on motion picture training.
Our government is proud to support Actsafe along with WorkSafeBC and Creative BC. Together we are working to reduce the risk of injuries in the entertainment sector.
Congratulations on expanding this year’s event to include motion picture industry.Thank you to all the organizers for creating opportunities to improve safety for everyone in the creative sector. I wish everyone an enjoyable and productive conference!
Sincerely,
Hon. Lisa Beare, Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture
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Manu Nellutla Don Parman Executive Director Manager, Performing Arts Programs and Services
It is my pleasure to welcome you all to the 4th Annual Actsafe Welcome to the 2020 Actsafe Entertainment Safety conference. Entertainment Safety Conference (AESC), the only conference in And to many of you, welcome back! Year four. I am astounded Pacific North West focused on making arts and entertainment this crazy idea has received the response it has. In large part due workplaces safer for workers and audiences alike! to the hard work of the Actsafe team and the members of our standing committees. You must have noticed that we changed our conference name from Actsafe Event Safety Conference to Actsafe Entertainment In fact, this year we get to welcome our colleagues from the Safety Conference. This is to accommodate the wider audience motion picture industry with their own content and delegates. My from the arts and entertainment industry. To this year’s hope is that we can all share our experiences across our sectors conference, as per our industries’ demand, we added a third full and create even more discussions around safe practices in the day to include motion picture and television industry focused entertainment industry as a whole. sessions and panels. These sessions along with the performing arts and live event related sessions are dedicated to appraising As always the success of this event relies on your participation! you of the best practices, regulations and sharing experiences So join sessions, ask questions, add your voice and let us know from the industry. your thoughts.
This conference wouldn’t be possible without the support from Thank you again for joining us, and have fun! the industry members, Actsafe board and standing committees, sponsors, exhibitors, presenters, and volunteers. I would like Don Parman to take this opportunity to recognize that we are hosting the conference on the unceded territory of the Musqueam Nation. Manager, Performing Arts Programs & Services I also want to appreciate the effort and passion put in by the Actsafe team who have all gone above and beyond in organizing this event.
We hope that this conference will be a wonderful opportunity for you all to attend sessions and learn more about workplace safety while having an opportunity to network with industry members.
On behalf of Actsafe, I wish that you will find AESC 2020 a fruitful experience and spread our vision to prevent and eliminate occupational diseases, injuries and illnesses.
Thank you. Manu Nellutla Actsafe Safety Association Executive Director We are a not-for-profit association funded by employer contributions and revenue from fee-based programs and services. This funding model ensures that all stakeholders, big and small, union and non-union, Canadian and international have a stake in Actsafe and have access to our services.
Over the years we have developed a wide range of resources including digital and print media, instructor-led and online education, personalized OHS advisory services and safety equipment rentals. Our efforts keep the industries continually focused on improving health and safety outcomes and preventing illness and injuries; helping reduce regulatory compliance costs and creating safer workplaces.
As a testament to the quality and uniqueness of our resources, they are used around the world by others interested in educating and promoting safety in these unique industries.
3 #140 - 4259 Canada Way, Burnaby, BC, V5G 1H1 604 733 4682 www.actsafe.ca [email protected] CONTENTS
Welcome & About Us 3 Sponsors 5 Schedule of Events 6–8 Session Descriptions 12–15 Presenters 16–22 Tradeshow Exhibitors 23 Acknowledgements & Administration 24
OUR MISSION
To make British Columbia the safest place in the world for the production of motion pictures, television, live events and performing arts by providing trusted and reliable occupational health and safety education, training and resources to the employers, supervisors and workers we serve.
SAVE THE DATE Actsafe Injury Prevention Week is back for its third year and this year the theme is ‘MIND Your Health: Mental Health Awareness’
September 21-25, 2020
Keep an eye out for Actsafe’s Safety Cafe that may be coming to a production or workplace near you! #AIPWEEK2020 actsafe.ca/injury-prevention-week/ #AIPWeek2020
4 THANK YOU TO OUR SPONSORS
PLATINUM SPONSORS
GOLD SPONSORS
SILVER SPONSORS
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8 Join us for an Evening of CELEBRATING SAFETY
an entertainment and networking event
~ March 6th 2020, 6pm - 10pm ~ Doors: 5pm. Complimentary appetizers (cash bar). River Rock Casino, Richmond, B.C.
Awards Presentation
WorkSafeBC Student Video Contest Award TRIVIA Actsafe Aspiring Filmmaker Award NIGHT
Actsafe Safety in Entertainment Awards Categories: Motion Picture and Television Performing Arts & Live Event Safety Ambassador of the Year Safety Ambassador of the Year Safety Innovation of the Year Safety Innovation of the Year Safety Board of the Year Safety Board of the Year
TNT Event PLanning
actsafe.ca/celebrating-safety
9 SESSIONS
Session titles are colour-coded by format: What were the catalysts that created the methods utilized by Intimacy Presentation Coordinators? How have film and television sets benefitted from having an Intimacy Coordinator? How can productions support Intimacy Panel Discussion Coordinators when they work on their sets? Join us to hear more about Interactive / Hands-On Demonstration this important position.
Additional sessions were confirmed after our print deadline. An Introduction to Intimacy Session Sponsor Please see the website or app for further details. Direction in Theatre Amanda Cutting, Megan Gilron, #metoo: Choosing to Be a Leader Session Sponsor Phay Moores, Lindsay Somers Hanne Lene Dalgleish (moderator), Intimacy Directors are movement professionals and advocates who Jennifer Bernard, Masha Birkby, specialize in the choreographing and directing of theatrical intimacy. Erin Nelligan, Natasha Tony They tackle scenes that feature nudity, simulated consensual and nonconsensual sex acts, scenes of heightened emotion and trauma, It’s been a little over two years since #metoo exploded onto social and scenes with youth. Their goal is to create art that is safe, nuanced, media. Many were not ready for the rapid changes that followed, and compelling, and sustainable. They support the stage manager with companies, employers, employees and contractors have struggled to rehearsal protocols, communication, and conflict resolution. find theirt footing in a constantly shifting work safety landscape. Join the panel as they discuss reactive vs proactive approaches and how each of What does emotional safety look like for performers whose job it is our voices and actions counts in fostering a safe workplace for all. to live and relive vulnerable human emotion? How does the rehearsal process support mental and psychological safety when creating A Crash Course In Emergency Session Sponsor scenes of intimacy? How does an Intimacy Director navigate the power Planning For Festivals and Mass- dynamics of the creative team to ensure all cast and crew feel safe to voice concerns of harassment or unprofessional conduct? Join us for Gathering Events a discussion of the ways in which Intimacy Directors support theatre Simon Hunt productions. Attain greater safety, sustainability, and resilience in the music festival/event industry by incorporating simple and sound principles in Back of House Situational Session Sponsor emergency planning. This session will introduce you to the fundamentals Awareness of good emergency planning and includes interactive exercises and examples, anecdotal tips, tricks, and links to additional resources. If you Steven A. Adelman work in event planning or are responsible for public safety at outdoor The term situational awareness is widely misused. It does not mean events and music festivals (especially those in rural environments), you only to ‘See Something, Say Something,’ because few people do. In this won’t want to miss this! session, Event Safety Alliance Vice President Steven Adelman will tell about “party busboy” Walter Bailey to explain what this important term An Introduction to Intimacy Session Sponsor really means and how it applies to people who work back of house at any Coordinators in Film & Television venue. A story with a great narrative arc, from ignorance and disaster to inspiration and empowerment. Amanda Cutting, Megan Gilron, Phay Moores, Lindsay Somers Bootcamp: An Examination of Session Sponsor The #MeToo movement initiated by Tarana Burke in 2006, and made MacEwan University’s Theatre viral by actress Alyssa Milano in 2017, empowered others to bring their Production Safety Program experiences of sexual harassment and assault to public attention. This included experiences of many cast and crew of television, film, and Scott Spidell theatre productions. In some instances, these individuals were harmed This session will examine the effort in compressing a first-year on stage or on set during simulated intimacy scenes, scenes with nudity, university intensive safety program for 30 students into a six-day period. and during vulnerable storytelling. The program covers fall arrest (with ticket), wood/paint/props/wardrobe What advancements can be developed to support and protect shop safety, and Mobile Elevated Work Platforms (with ticket). Students’ performers when they perform scenes of vulnerability or intimacy? Who basic skillsets are changing: with the loss of shop classes and home regulates performers’ safety when it comes to auditions, film sets, and economics, as well as many students living in cities that don’t require a television sets? drivers license, often the only fine-motor skills that they bring are typing with their thumbs! Intimacy Coordination is the latest adaptation the film and TV industry has embraced to hold productions accountable when it comes to We will look at the new European Theatre Technicians Education (ETTE) protecting their performers. Intimacy Coordination is a developing program. The ETTE project developed a European safety training for position in this well-versed industry that is focused on creating a safer stage workers with a corresponding safety passport. The training is space for the performers on film and television sets worldwide. Intimacy based on 10 ESCO competences that every employee working on the Coordinators work closely with performers, directors, and productions stage should master. Is it possible to introduce this program in North to assist with choreography, communication, legal documents, and America to develop an international basic, training standard? ensuring the consent of the performers involved in simulated sex scenes and scenes that require nudity or implied nudity. 10 Break the Chain, Session Sponsor Canadian Actors’ Equity Save the Pain Association Mental Health & Session Sponsor Eric Stuart Wellness Survey Reportback ‘Oh, it is so easy with hindsight’ we hear people complain all the time. Scott Bellis, Jennifer Riedle Well yes, it is! Those who know and work with Eric also know he is strong in his opposition to those who become ‘experts after the fact’. But, if we Senior Business Representative Jennifer Riedle and President Scott can use that hindsight and apply it to future events, then why wouldn’t Bellis will present highlights and topline results from Canadian Actors’ we? Equity Association’s recent membership survey undertaken in late 2020 attempting to identify the prevalence of Mental Health & Wellness Just because we were not clever enough in the 1600s to work out that challenges from across the Association’s disciplines (performers, slavery was just wrong, doesn’t mean we should just dismiss it as directors, choreographers, fight directors and stage managers) and something that happened and could never happen again. In the UK it genres (dance, opera, theatre). The survey questions covered all aspects took until 2014 to realise that slavery had not disappeared, it had just of mental health, from illness to self-care to insurance services, current reformed and was back with a vengeance. 200 years between abolition and potential. Data gathered will be used to help Equity establish support and recognizing that we missed something? strategies for artists to sustain healthy lives in healthy careers. It is 30 years since Hillsborough (96 dead), 35 years since the Bradford Fire (56 dead), over 70 since the Bethnal Green Disaster where 173 died Choreographing Safer Spaces Session Sponsor and over 100 since the Titanic sank with the loss of over 1,500 lives. We for Dancers are smarter now; we have more powerful computers to help our already powerful brains. Will Heller (moderator), Megan Andrews, Erika Mayall, Julie-anne Saroyan, Dr Alina If we can work that out, rather than falling for the media hype and Sotskova headlines, then we really can learn and prevent repetition of such incidents. We can break chains of causality, we can predict what might Panelists will discuss the unique workplace challenges faced by those go wrong, we can prevent other disasters, we can save lives! in the dance community, and how organizations and individuals are building toward a healthier and safer environment. Bystander Intervention: Session Sponsor Interrupting Harassment at Work, Concussion Awareness Training Session Sponsor in Public and at Large Events Tool (CATT) Course for Workers & Stacey Forrester, Ashtyn Bevan Workplaces: What You Need to Know About Concussion Bystander intervention has been proven to be one of the most effective tools in preventing and stopping sexual and other forms of harassment Dr. Shelina Babul, Denise Beaton, Gabby Hadly and acts of violence. However, it is not something we innately know how to do. Lack of skill, combined with other environmental and individual Have you ever sustained a concussion or know someone who has? Do factors means that we are often left to witness behaviours, and hope you know how to respond if you witness a potential concussion-causing that someone else does something. This session will walk participants event at work? Get the tools you need to: recognize a concussion, through identifying barriers to intervention, tools to overcome what’s respond when a potential concussion-causing incident occurs, manage known as ‘The Bystander Effect’,’ and six strategies for intervening, concussion recovery and return to work – as an employee, employer, whether your personality style is outgoing or more reserved. Participants or colleague – and how to prevent concussions in your workplace. wil also learn ways to engage and activate your staff, volunteers and Attendees will be led through the Concussion Awareness Training Tool crowds at live events in meaningful ways to empower them to intervene (CATT) course for Workers & Workplaces, an evidence-based resource when they see someone being targeted. with the most up-to-date information on this “invisible injury.” At the end of the workshop, attendees will receive a certificate of completion.
Creating Safer Spaces in the Arts Session Sponsor Brenda Leadlay (moderator), Emily Grace Brook, Naomi Gracechild Three artists who live and work on the unceded territories of Musqueam, Tsleil-Waututh and Squamish people will share their personal stories to help us understand and explore ways to create safer spaces for everyone working in the arts. (Hosted by Brenda Leadlay of the BC Alliance for Arts + Culture).
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Demystifying Orientations: The Session Sponsor I Think We’re Alone Now Session Sponsor Regulations and Beyond! Heather Eastman Paul Bergin, Robin Schooley What is a lone worker and how do we make sure they are supported? Workers of all ages can be injured at work, but young and new workers Many companies don’t realize how many of their employees – whether may be more at risk. The Occupational Health and Safety Regulation on a contract or work full-time – have some aspect of their job where requires employers to provide young and new workers with orientation they work alone. Working alone comes with its own unique set of and training about safe work procedures and how to recognize hazards hazards and challenges, so it’s important to be clear on the work alone on the job. In the motion picture, performing arts, and live performance definition and categories so your company can properly equip your staff industry, the young and new worker orientation is significant due to with the tools they need to be safe. the unique risks and hazards of the work activities and essential in the Our presentation is designed to support companies and employees to prevention of serious injuries. Come to this session to learn more about benefit from a lone worker safety program. We will be providing case your responsibilities for safety, to learn more about the unique training studies on how we have helped public and private companies improve and orientation needs of young and new workers, and to find out how to their lone worker safety program. deliver training and orientation that resonates and motivates. Key takeaways: Event Safety Officer: Building Session Sponsor • Understanding provincial work alone legislation Better Safety Coordination • Writing an effective policy and procedure Kevin Jones, Adam Lund, Elora Martin, • Using technology to support your program Colin Mathie, Don Parman, Eric Stuart,
Join UBC Emergency Medicine, Odyssey Medical, Live Nation, Gentian Knotty By Nature Session Sponsor Events and Actsafe as we workshop the creation of an Event Safety Officer program for live events in British Columbia. This interactive Tom Heemskerk workshop will help define and direct the creation of relevant, training and resources needed to build a better safety coordinator for our unique In this hands-on workshop, attendees will learn how to tie industry. Be prepared to participate and come armed with your ideas and several different knots that are especially useful, whether questions. for theatre, film, or everyday life. Tom will also be presenting more involved techniques such as lashing, splicing, seizing, etc.
Exhausted, Under Pressure, Session Sponsor and Out of Time Lessons Learned: Facility Session Sponsor Inspections and You! Dominic Housiaux, Dr. Marlene Reil
Every conversation about event safety should include the concept of Don Parman (moderator), Bill Chabassol, “stressors”. We will examine the effect of stress on health and decision Evan Klassen, Galen Olstead making, the stress response around hostile work environments and Join us for an in-depth look into recent facility issues that highlight some ideas on how to effect change. Participants can expect to learn inspection and maintenance. Western Canada Theatre (Kamloops) how to: and Key City Theatre (Cranbrook) will share their journeys to keep their • Define Stress and Stressors & with examples of physiological facilities safe and open for business. & psychological responses. • Identify how the stress response affects decision making and Session Sponsor behavior with specific conversations around discrimination Leveraging the Value of and hostile work environments. Sustainability to Drive Business • Present ideas that can change the stress environment for the Growth better. Minto Roy Session Sponsors How’s Your Health & This presentation will provide real world solutions and applications to Safety Program? support BC film industry organizations in integrating sustainability into their daily operations. Elevating sustainability as not simply the right Lisa Houle, Anand Kanna thing to do, but as a competitive business advantage. Minto will discuss actSafetysafe Association proven concepts and offer specific step by step advice to help your OHS Program? What’s that? Do I need one? Take in this session as Anand business leverage the value of sustainability to help drive core business Kanna, Actsafe’s Manager of Motion Picture Programs and Services function; sales, marketing, HR, operations, compliance and augment and Lisa Houle from WorkSafeBC take you on a journey to find out how brand value. The presentation will also review real-word examples employers can implement an occupational health and safety program and strategies utilized by small to medium size businesses today to that will keep your workers safe while helping to improve the bottom line. engage clients, investors, quality supply chain partners and community stakeholders.
12 Rated Hardware KEYNOTE Session Sponsor Session Sponsor Geoff McEvoy Maybe Everyone Should At Riggit’s booth on the tradeshow floor we’ll be demoing Stay Home? and discussing rated hardware. Learn how ratings are Steven A. Adelman determined, where to find them and which ones to trust. In 2019, the lawyer for victims of the Gilroy, California Garlic Session Sponsor Festival shooting made some dramatic claims about what he Resilient Teams contends is the level of safety and security required for every Dominic Housiaux, Dr. Marlene Reil public event, no matter how big or small or how often any particular risk had occurred. If his argument carries the day, reasonable How do you build resilient teams? Does the world resilience, people might soon conclude that the only safe place is in their own seem to be synonymous with being tough and able to go it home. With lawyerly precision, Event Safety Alliance Vice President alone? Join us as we expand on the earlier conversation about workplace Steve Adelman will lead you into the abyss to tease the significance stress and stressors. We will examine how to build individual and group out of a single key claim. All of our jobs, and our society itself, hang resilience when stressors cannot be avoided or the unexpected happens. in the balance. Participants can expect to learn how to: • Examine situations in which stressors are unavoidable. Naloxone Training (Hands-On) Session Sponsor • Explore the common traits of resilient teams and the protective Sandeep Ranu effect of resilience. Taught in a classroom type setting, this 90 minute course • Identify strategies for building resilient teams. focuses on opioid overdose reversal and Take Home Naloxone (THN). The course provides a solid understanding of opioids, Session Sponsor neurophysiology of opioid addiction, how to recognize the signs of an Respectful Workplaces opioid overdose and Naloxone pharmacology. In addition, attendees will in the Arts participate in a hands-on practice session, learning how to deliver the Tabitha Keast opioid overdose reversal drug Naloxone. By the end of the session, attendees will be able to describe what opioids Note that this workshop is 3 hours long, with a 30 minute break at the are and their effects on the body/brain, recognize the signs of an opioid midpoint. overdose and know how to deliver Naloxone in an emergency. Every The Cultural Human Resources Council’s project, Respectful Workplaces attendee will receive a free Take Home Naloxone (THN) kit. in the Arts, addresses harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination and violence. CHRC is working in collaboration with national arts service organizations (NASOs) and other leaders in the sector in equity-seeking groups. Respectful Workplaces in the Arts will ensure that artists and arts organizations across Canada have the tools, resources and training to prevent harassment of any kind, and build respectful workplaces as the norm in the cultural sector. We make sure you are Under the Respectful Workplaces in the Arts (RWA) banner (www. respectfulartsworkplaces.ca), CHRC’s Maintaining Respectful protected every time you step on Workplaces workshops have been created to explore how to best deal set with harassment situations through: • discussions of what IS and IS NOT a respectful workplace; • a review of situations and scenarios to identify how to create and sustain a respectful workplace; and • an in depth consideration of the roles of both employers and artists and cultural workers in establishing and maintaining a respectful workplace. The sessions are made up of small groups, and feedback from attendees is encouraged. At the end of the workshop, you will have been introduced to the particulars of the legislation in British Columbia, you will have participated in a discussion of the challenges of addressing these behaviours in your workplace and completed two case studies, and we will talk a bit about the complaint process itself. There is a lot to cover – bring a pen and a cup of coffee.
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Safe at Any Cost: When Session Sponsor The Future of Work: Sitting Safety Session Sponsor Risk Mitigation Becomes at the Table Catastrophic Erin Quinn Dominic Housiaux What are trends telling us about the role of safety and its When can safety procedures in complex systems counterintuitively importance over the next decade? How will safety sit at the executive lead to an increase in risk? In the workshop we will look at the historic level? How can you demonstrate the importance of safety in the bigger examples where safety systems and procedures contributed directly picture? This workshop invites you to explore your real challenges and to catastrophic failure. As part of the session we will work in groups to taking a real look at the trends where safety is turning out to be a major identify the difference between effective risk management and “safety player. theatre”, using scenarios pulled from a wide variety of different areas in Session Sponsor the entertainment industry. We will explore the findings of the group(s) The WorkSafeBC Film Program identifying effective outcomes and safety” trip hazards” that often and Committee Evaluation remain hidden in plain sight. (PACE) Initiative
Paul Bergin, Rhonda Langlois Safety By Design Session Sponsor The WorkSafeBC Film Program and Committee Effectiveness Initiative Moderator: Keith Woods (PACE) is a process designed to engage industry partners in the motion picture, performing arts, and live performance industry. This initiative How safe is this set? Go from script, through concept, set aims to ensure employers have operationalized their safety and design, construction and finally use by the cast and crew, health program and ensured that an effective Joint Health and Safety and what safety considerations are in place through the process with our Committee has been created to maintain a safe and healthy workplace. talented production team. This session will help you understand what to expect if you are selected to take part in the Film PACE initiative. If you are not selected for this Safety Talks 101: How to Deliver Session Sponsor initiative, this session will help you understand your health and safety responsibilities at workplace in BC. an Engaging Safety Talk Anand Kanna (Motion Picture Edition) WorkSafeBC Student Safety Session Sponsors Don Parman (Live Event & Performing Arts Edition Video Contest Adjudication Join Actsafe’s Programs and Services Manager for an engaging, hands on participatory workshop that will help you break the ice with engaging Always wanted to be a judge on America’s Got Talent? Then start off your conference experience and timely safety meetings and toolbox talks. Participate in role-playing actSafetysafe Association exercises on how to deliver safety talks, learn what should be covered, by watching videos! Be a part of this session where and get familiar with Actsafe’s online and printed Orientation Form. WorkSafeBC will present the shortlisted safety videos for the 2020 Student Safety Video Contest and then help decide who will take home the prize. You’ll also hear about the philosophy around training new and young workers from the contest sponsors, London Drugs, Seaspan and Actsafe. Don’t forget to join us at the Celebration of Safety on Friday night to see who wins
Young Workers (Alive After 5) Session Sponsor Brian Campbell Young workers are at the front of the line when it comes to workplace vulnerability. One-third of workplace injuries are reported from young workers. Lack of empowerment that young workers feel in their jobs is often one of the reasons why these workers are at such a high risk of injury and death on the job. Learn about employer responsibilities, young workers rights under the Workers Compensation Act and OH&S Regulations.
What Even is a Point Load Plan? Session Sponsor Geoff McEvoy, Duncan Keith While you’re planning for your event, it’s essential to consider the anticipated structural load of a project. Point load plans: What are they? How are they used? How do you design for and calculate one? Learn all the details from the folks at Riggit. 14 Session Sponsor Calltime Mental Health Session Sponsor Introduction to Psychological Training Session Health and Safety Tom Adair, Gregg Taylor Margaret Tebbutt, MA One of the mandates of the Calltime Mental Health Learn about how to promote mental health and address campaign is to reduce stigma and provide training on mental health & mental illness, including addiction, in the workplace from a health and addictions. Join us for this interactive session where you will learn how safety perspective. This workshop includes a review of local policies or to choose the right training for you or your team or organization, ensure regulations, and provides an overview of National Standard of Canada the timing and type/format of training is appropriate, and receive a list for Psychological Health and Safety in the Workplace. of training that is available. In the second half of the session, you will participate in mental health awareness training based on content from the Calltime Mental Health campaign’s newly released training modules. Workplace Bullying and Session Sponsor Harassment Session Sponsor Calltime Mental Health: Martin Fisher Making a Difference Workplace bullying and harassment can take many forms, Tom Adair, Gregg Taylor including verbal aggression, spreading malicious rumours, personal Join us for this dynamic session and learn about the latest outcomes, attacks, hazing, cyber bullying and other intimidating or humiliating initiatives, and resources developed by the Calltime Mental Health behaviours. If workplace bullying and harassment is not addressed, campaign. The campaign committee’s work to reduce stigma and it can lead to lost productivity, anxiety, and sometimes even suicidal provide resources related to mental health and addictions in the BC Film or homicidal thoughts or actions. It is important that all workers Sector has progressed well in 2019, with new plans and projects lined understand what workplace bullying and harassment is and what it is up for 2020. Hear from mental health experts and crew members from not. It is also equally important for workers to know what steps they BC’s Film Unions about issues of mental health and addictions within our need to take when witnessing or experiencing bullying and harassment. sector and strategies for healing and maintaining mental health. Q&A to Workplace bullying and harassment is an occupational hazard and follow. therefore all sections of the Workers Compensation Act that protect workers from exposure to hazards are applicable. Members of Joint Occupational Health & Safety Committees should attend this session to learn their role in taking reasonable steps to eliminate or minimize workplace bullying and harassment.
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KEYNOTE Steven A. Adelman Head of Adelman Law Group, PLLC; Vice President | Event Safety Alliance Steve’s national sports and entertainment law practice focuses on risk management and litigation regarding safety and security at live events, and he also serves as an expert witness in crowd-related lawsuits. With the Event Safety Alliance, he is one of the authors of the Event Safety Guide, and he chairs the group that is developing a first-of-its-kind ANSI standard for Crowd Management at live events. He is on the faculty of Arizona State University’s Sports Law and Business Program, he writes the monthly “Adelman on Venues” newsletter on current issues in the live event and venue industry, and he frequently appears in national and local media to provide analysis of sports and entertainment incidents. Steve graduated from Boston College Law School in 1994. He can be reached at [email protected]. Tom Adair Scott Bellis Calltime Mental Health Council President BC & Yukon Councill | Canadian Actors’ Equity Association Tom has been chairperson of the IATSE Local 891 Scott Bellis studied Theatre Arts at Studio 58 Health and Welfare Benefits Trust Plan for the last (Langara College) and for over 30 years has worked 25 years and a trustee for 27. Between 1998-2017, as an actor and director in live performing arts Tom was Executive Director of the BC Council of across Western Canada. He is a founding member Film Unions representing over 10,000 employees and Artistic Associate at Vancouver’s Bard on the and members of IATSE Local 891, IATSE Local 669 Beach Shakespeare Festival, where he has appeared and Teamsters 155. He has also held various other in over 40 productions since 1990. He has worked positions including being on the Board of Governors for virtually every theatre company in Vancouver for Capilano University, as a board member of Pacific Cinematheque, and has been nominated for twenty Jessie Richardson Theatre acting awards, he sat on the Advisory Planning and Environment Committees in the City and is also a lead instructor for the Arts Club Theatre’s Annual Actors’ of New Westminster. Intensive. He has held the position of Council President for Canadian Actors’ Equity Association since 2018. P. Megan Andrews, PhD BC Program Manager | Dancer Transition Resource Centre Paul Bergin Occupational Safety Officer | WorkSafeBC P. Megan Andrews, PhD, (she/her/hers) is a settler dance artist/scholar, educator/facilitator and writer/ Paul Bergin is a seasoned health and safety editor with a portfolio of artistic, research and professional with over 30 years of experience. Paul educational engagements. As an Associate Artist joined WorkSafeBC as an occupational safety officer with the Scotiabank Dance Centre in Vancouver and in 2008. Prior to joining WorkSafeBC, Paul worked a Visiting Scholar at the Institute for Performance as a health and safety specialist for a number of Studies at Simon Fraser University, she is currently employers including post-secondary education and a developing a series of dance/movement/conversation multinational manufacturer. In his current role, projects focussed on experiences of ethical relationality. Megan teaches Paul is a key member of the WorkSafeBC film team in the School for Contemporary Arts at SFU and works as BC Program specializing in the Program and Committee Evaluation (PACE) and the Film Manager for the Dancer Transition Resource Centre. and Production Initiative. Paul has completed the University of Victoria, Environmental & Occupational Health Program.
Dr Shelina Babul Jennifer Bernard Associate Director & Sports Injury Specialist | BC Injury Research & General Manager | Stage Fab Prevention Unit, BC Children’s Hospital Dr. Shelina Babul focuses primarily on sport and Jennifer Bernard started her career as a lighting recreational evidence-based research and knowledge technician for Westsun, and quickly transitioned implementation, with a particular specialization in into touring with major Canadian and international concussions/traumatic brain injuries (TBI) and their artists. Over her 25 years in the live event industry, prevention, recognition, treatment and management. Jennifer has worked as teacher at the Art Institute, She is the chair and/or committee and board member supervisor at Rogers Arena, site manager for Live on numerous provincial and national injury and Nation Festivals, operations manager and production concussion advisory committees. She has received manager. In 2012, Jennifer brought her extensive the safety award by BC Hockey and the prevention and awareness award by experience to Stagefab Custom Manufacturing Inc., helping create new the Brain Injury Association of Canada. business opportunities as the general manager of the company.
Denise Beaton Ashtyn Bevan Provincial Coordinator for Injury Prevention, Population and Public Co-Founder and Regional Organizer | Good Night Out Vancouver Health Department | BC Centre for Disease Control and Prevention Denise is a member of the BC Injury Research & Ashtyn brings to Good Night Out Vancouver a BA Prevention Unit, and manages the research and in Communications from SFU and strong capacity development of Changing Knowledge and Attitudes in the creation of communication strategies for about Concussions: The Concussion Awareness social change. She was inspired by the work of Training Tool (CATT) for Workers and Workplaces. the UK Chapter of Good Night Out while doing CATT for Workers & Workplaces will be the fourth a semester abroad and was the force behind training module on www.cattonline.com, filling establishing a chapter in Vancouver. Ashtyn creates the gap in addressing concussion awareness and and implements creative messaging and awareness education in the adult population by providing free-to-use, easy access campaigns for Good Night Out alongside being the volunteer coordinator. to current best practices for concussion recognition, management and return to work guidelines. 16 Masha Birkby Martin Fisher Masha is a freelance technician, stage manager, production manager, BCFED Health & Safety Centre technical director, and an all-around events specialist. She has been working Martin Fisher has recently come out of retirement to become a full- in the Vancouver theatre and special events scene for twenty years and has time coordinator for the BCFED OH&S Center. A graduate of the Labour seen some great industry change in that time. Her current projects include College of Canada, Martin has spent the majority of his working career setting up a speakers’ bureau and planning special events through Fearless in the promotion of human rights and health & safety for all workers. A Curiosity Productions and being a mom to Nikolas. lifelong learner, he feels immensely blessed to share his knowledge and experiences while learning from those he shares the room with. Emily Grace Brook Emily Grace Brook is a writer/actor/producer who identifies as a person Stacey Forrester with a disability. She has written two short films: Work Bites (2013) and Co-Founder and Education Director | Good Night Out Vancouver The Specials (2015), and her work on the latter has been distributed Stacey is the Harm Reduction Manager for Bass internationally in China and screened internationally in Austin, Texas. It was Coast Music Festival in British Columbia, while also awarded “Best North American Comedy Short” at the 2016 Vancouver also consulting on event safety for other local and International South Asian Film Festival. Emily performed stand-up comedy international mass gatherings. Stacey is one of the for the Realwheels Comedy on Wheels and made her theatre debut the founders of Good Night Out Vancouver, a non-profit Realwheels 2019 production of Janet Munsil’s Act of Faith. aimed at addressing sexualized violence in nightlife, hospitality and love music sectors. Stacey leads Brian Campbell the education program of Good Night Out, creating Occupational Health and Safety Co-ordinator | curriculum and leading training sessions for various communities. BCFED Health & Safety Centre Brian Campbell is an Occupational Health and Megan Gilron Safety Co-ordinator at the BCFED Health and Safety Human Sexuality Educator & Intimacy Coordinator Trainee Centre. During his 10 years at the BCFED OH&S Centre Brian has specialized in occupational hygiene Megan Gilron (she | her | hers) is an actor’s advocate, monitoring, young worker and migrant worker human sexuality educator, and intimacy coordinator portfolios. He is originally from Manitoba where he trainee. She has an expansive background in theatre worked for the Manitoba Federation of Labour and costume design, acting, and directing; film and TV the Safe Workers of Tomorrow (Young Workers) costuming (IATSE 891 member); and youth facilitation Project. (with Safeteen International). Her work is diversely informed by training and experience in mental health first aid, conflict resolution, consent and boundaries Bill Chabossol negotiations in the Kink/BDSM community, and facilitation of somatic Production Manager | Western Canada Theatre bodywork. She currently works on film and TV productions in British Columbia, Canada. Graduate of Sheridan College’s Theatre Arts – Production program; former attendee of the Banff Centre’s Technical Production Work-Study program. Bill has taught, mentored, and been found backstage on many theatrical productions across Canada for over 15 years.
Amanda Cutting Intimacy Coordinator / Intimacy Director | IDI USA / IDI UK PLANNING Photobooth An award-nominated actor and director, Amanda Liz, has been active in both professional and semi- SERVICES rentals professional Theatre, Film and Television for 22+ years. Amanda has worked as an actor advocate and Intimacy choreographer/coordinator for the last six years and is currently a certified Intimacy Coordinator with IDI- USA and an Intimacy Director with IDI-UK. She has a variety of certifications to COCKTAIL PARTIES qualify her in the field, among them basic firearms for film, stage combat and mental health first aid. Amanda works internationally, assisting in WRAP UP PARTIES creating safe workplaces for artists on both stage and film sets. RECEPTIONS Heather Eastman Chief Operating Officer | Tsunami Solutions AWARDS CEREMONIES Heather Eastman has a background in medical KICK OFF PARTIES research and epidemiology. After receiving her Master’s degree in Occupational Therapy from the AFTER PARTIES University of British Columbia, Heather worked in various roles as a healthcare provider. Working in- EDITORS PARTIES community as well as in-facility for Private and public organizations. Many of her clients were involved WRAP UP PARTIES in workplace accidents. In 2010, Heather changed directions to work towards preventing accidents by joining Tsunami Solutions; a software provider who specializes in monitoring people who work alone with their product - SafetyLine. @TNTEVENTPLANNING.CA
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Naomi Gracechild Dominic Housiaux Principal | Lankey & Limey Ltd. Naomi Gracechild (she/they) is a woman of Afro-Caribbean and European ancestry and a multidisciplinary artist, educator, entrepreneur and activist Dominic’s work focusses on the empowerment of who believes in the power of art to document history and heal communities. individuals within organizations and how individual participation, the prevailing environment, their mental Gabby Hadly health and a sense of agency can impact strategic, safety, and operational goals. Dominic is an OSHA Research Coordinator | BC Injury Research and Prevention Unit 1910 &1926 Outreach Trainer, focusing on practical Gabby Hadly is a Research Coordinator with the BC safety for the entertainment industry. Dominic serves Injury Research and Prevention Unit (BC Children’s as Co-Chair of the Event Safety Medical & Electrical Hospital Research Institute). Her academic training ANSI Standards Committees and is a member of the Crowd Management, is in medical biology, environmental science, and Planning & Management, Structures, Communications, Fire Safety, population health. Hadly is currently a Master Security, and Venue &Site Design ANSI Standards Working Groups. of Public Health candidate at the University of British Columbia. Her past research has focused Simon Hunt on applying virtual reality to concussion research, Public Safety Coordinator | Shambhala Music Festival prevention, treatment, and management. She is passionate about the More recently Simon has worked as a city emergency intersection between cutting-edge technology and improving health care. program coordinator, a forest fire specialist for the She is currently focused on concussions/traumatic brain injuries (TBI) in provincial and federal governments, and performed athletes across Canada. a senior role in emergency coordination during the 2010 Vancouver Winter Olympics. Simon is also an Tom Heemskirk incident command system instructor, working as Head Stage Carpenter / Assistant Technical Director | IATSE Local 168 / an emergency management consultant with the Royal & McPherson Theatres Society government and private sector since 2013. Simon currently oversees a team of over a 1,000 staff and volunteers as the public As the Head Carpenter in a ‘hemp house’, Tom works safety coordinator for Shambhala festival. Since 2018 he has had a part extensively with rope – a lot of rope – on a daily in developing world-pioneering festival safety programs such as harm basis. His interest in ropework began in earnest at reduction and mass-gathering medicine. the age of nine, when as a farmboy he spliced a rope-halter for his 4-H calf. Somehow he ended up Kevin Jones working in theatre, where his knotting and rigging Executive Director of Event Operations, National | Odyssey Medical skills continue to be developed and applied in myriad ways. Tom started off as a freelancer working for Kevin is Odyssey’s Executive Director of Event various theatres, eventually becoming Head Electrician for Bastion Theatre Operations nationally – call-sign Ops Kilo. His tenure and Pacific Opera Victoria. He worked and taught at The Banff Centre prior with Odyssey goes back to the beginning. Kevin’s to joining the house crew at the Royal Theatre and McPherson Playhouse passions are in the tactical and operational event in 1990. Tom is a member of the International Guild of Knot Tyers. delivery. He is committed to crew, patients, and customer positive outcomes. Kevin has extensive Lisa Houle experience in risk management, emergency communication and event operations. Kevin’s Manager Industry & Labour Services | WorkSafeBC experience spans from remote wilderness expeditions to large scale urban Lisa joined WorkSafeBC in 2013 after 20 years in sporting events and multi-day, 24/7 music festivals. He has led event the Forest industry, primarily in silviculture. She medical programs for many large obstacle course events. understands well how complicated logistics, short term work and high turnover can affect the health and safety of a workforce. Currently bringing Anand Kanna strong industry knowledge and health and safety Manager, Motion Pictures Programs & Services | background to a portfolio that includes tourism Actsafe Safety Association and hospitality, film and performing arts and After 18 years of working in all aspects of motion municipalities, she continues to build relationships to further improve picture and television production, Anand moved to safety for workers in BC. She has a BA in psychology from McGill Actsafe Safety Association where he took on the role University, a Culinary Arts diploma from Dubrulle, and currently lives in of Communications Manager. In early 2017, Anand Vancouver with her young family. added the Industry Advisor role to his portfolio, and is now responsible for managing education and outreach programs for the motion picture, television and commercial industries. BIS SAFETY AND Tabitha Keast Director, Human Resources | Professional Association of Canadian COMPLIANCE Theatres / Cultural Human Resources Council SOFTWARE As the Human Resources Specialist at PACT, Tabitha is responsible for the provision of consulting, resource/ Because safety should material creation, and support to professional theatre be simple companies on issues related to HR and employer compliance. Her previous life as an actor and producer in Toronto’s theatre and film industry provides practical insight into the unique human resources challenges of this sector. The role of Workshop Facilitator with the Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) is a natural companion to her position at PACT. The CHRC has trained a select group of facilitators to deliver workshops on Maintaining Respectful Workplaces. 18 Duncan Keith Colin Mathie Corporate Head Rigger | Riggit Services Inc. Director of Health, Safety, and Risk Management | Live Nation Canada Since 1993, Duncan Keith has consistently increased his stature in the Colin Mathie joined LIVE NATION Canada in 2014, production community by expanding his knowledge, skills and experience. and has been focused on the analysis of operations Throughout his 27 year career in rigging, audio, video, lighting, and carpentry within the festival, stadium and arena space, working he has continued to upgrade his safety training and obtain certification as with production teams to enhance safety, risk an operator of a variety of equipment. In 2003, Duncan received a Diploma management and emergency response planning. in Electrical and Computer Engineering Technology from the British Colin also has a long history in the facilitation Columbia Institute of Technology and also received the Computer Control of risk assessments and the development and Technology Award. Duncan received his ETCP Arena Rigger certification in execution of security and emergency management 2006 and is a 2D/3D CAD operator, and was Rigging project manager for the response plans. He has worked on large-scale multi-million dollar projects 2010 Winter Olympic ceremonies at BC Place. owned and operated by BHP Billiton and the Port Hedland Port Authority (the largest bulk export port in Australia). Colin has also served as an Evan Klassen Emergency Management Officer for a municipal government. Managing Director | Western Canada Theatre Erika Mayall Evan serves as Region Director with the Professional Physiotherapist / Board Director, Healthy Dancer Canada Association of Canadian Theatres, and sits on the Erika is a physiotherapist with a special interest in boards of the Kamloops Centre for the Arts Society dance medicine and science and has trained with and the BC Interior Community Foundation. He both Diane Lee and LJ Lee in the Integrated Systems has pursued a broad career in theatre, music and Model (ISM) approach. Erika is an active member heritage, including as a stage manager for theatre & of the International Association of Dance Medicine opera, as Director of Artistic Operations & Production and Science (IADMS) having attended and presented with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra and as at numerous conferences since 2007. She is a Board Chair of the Seven Oaks House Museum. Evan has also worked current board member of Healthy Dancer Canada with arts service organizations, including as Secretary-Treasurer for (HDC) where she co-chairs the Screening Committee and is chair of the Canadian Actors’ Equity Association, and on the boards of the Winnipeg Conference Committee. Erika works in private practice in Vancouver, BC Arts Council and Manitobans for the Arts. and is currently the on-site physiotherapist at the Pro Arte Centre as well as consultant physiotherapist for Lamondance. Rhonda Langlois Occupational Hygiene Officer r / WorkSafeBC Geoff McEvoy Rhonda Langlois is a health and safety professional VP of Operations | Riggit Services Inc. with over 20 years of experience. Rhonda has worked With over 30 years in the industry, Geoff is VP in a myriad of industrial, commercial, and business of Operations at Riggit Services Inc. Riggit was sectors within British Columbia and Alberta. Rhonda established in 2000 as a full services company who joined WorkSafeBC as an occupational hygiene design, build and install innovative systems that officer in 2014. She is currently involved in the suspend objects for concerts, exhibitions, live events Program and Committee Evaluation (PACE) for both and film productions. film and general industry employers. Rhonda has graduated from the Health and Safety Program at the University of Alberta, holds a Bachelor of Science from Acadia University and an Environmental Diploma from the Northern Alberta Institute of Technology. Phay Moores Intimacy Director Adam Lund Phay Moores is an Intimacy Director, director, Clinical Associate Professor, Emergency Medicine | UBC internationally-trained actor combatant, and Adam is a practicing emergency physician since professional actor based in what is now known as 2003, currently licensed in British Columbia and Vancouver. She is English, French, and Assiniboine. Ontario. He works at the Royal Columbian Hospital She currently works as an administrative assistant and at Eagle Ridge (community hospital). He is for Intimacy Director Siobhan Richardson; an artistic also an online support physician for BC Emergency associate and producer for Full Circle: First Nations Health Services since 2013, supporting paramedics Performance and the Talking Stick Festival; and and the provincial patient transfer services. He is the Intimacy Director for various projects around Vancouver. Phay’s goal is to national medical director for Odyssey Medical, and continue to provide and advocate for safe practices in our theatre, film, and has a particular interest in risk assessment and leadership development. other creative spaces. Academically, Adam is a Clinical Associate Professor in the Department of Emergency Medicine at UBC, and the head of the BC Emergency Medicine Network’s Innovation Program on Mass Gathering and Event Medicine. Galen Olstead Managing Director | Key City Theatre Elora Martin Galen is Managing Director of East Kootenay’s Director of Event Operations | Odyssey Medical regional performing arts centre Key City Theatre, located in Cranbrook BC. Since 2014, Galen Elora is Odyssey’s Director of Event Operations in has overseen the expansion and broadening of the West. She considers herself a ‘lifer’ in the world programming and substantial capital upgrades to of event medicine and can almost always be found the facility. Before landing in Cranbrook, Galen was managing our crew covering local community fortunate to live and work internationally, spending events or organizing the team in preparation of our time in Japan, Greece and the UK before returning to next major planned event. Elora is now a licensed Canada to live in Vancouver. Galen is a director with the British Columbia Emergency Medical Responder and also has a Touring Council and a member of the Columbia Kootenay Cultural Alliance background in bookkeeping. She recently completed Steering Committee. the Construction Safety Officer program, to gain more knowledge about building festival sites. Elora has an extensive volunteer background with St. John Ambulance. 19 PRESENTERS
Don Parman Minto Roy Manager, Performing Arts Programs and Services | Actsafe Safety Co-Founder and Managing Partner | Social Print Paper Association Minto, who is also co-creator of the forest-free Don’s 25 year career has taken him from student, to Sugar Sheet and Wheat Sheet paper brands, has the crew, to supervisor and now Manager of Performing vision to create a world that no longer uses trees to Arts Programs and Services. Along the way he has make paper. Minto and his team work to advance worked with some amazing organizations: The the greater awareness and use of agricultural paper Massey Theatre, Vancouver Folk Music Festival, to support the paper and printing requirements of Royal City Musical Theatre, The Canadian Institute industry, government and academic institutions.Minto for Theatre Technologies, to name just a few. was recognized as “One of Canada’s Top Emerging Don now brings all of that experience and love for Immigrant Entrepreneurs” by the National Post and in 2016 by Canada’s live performance to Actsafe. From ladder safety to air quality, Don has Clean50 as “One of Canada’s Top 50 Leaders in Sustainability”. He was the experienced it first hand and can help you navigate the world of performing co-owner of the Canadian Immigrant Magazine and has published many arts safely. articles in national and regional publications.
Erin Quinn Julie-anne Saroyan Project Manager | Advancing Women in Engineering and Technology Creative Producer | Small Stage Erin is a consultant working in culture change and Julie-anne loves sharing dance with everyone by organizational design. An established communicator, connecting audiences to dance in non-traditional strategist, and creative collaborator - committed venues, mentoring next generation artists, and more to understanding trends, Erin has 20 years of recently experimenting with dance in digital realms experience in empowering individuals and teams In 2001, Julie-anne co-founded the company and to foster relevant, valuable and positive workplace kicked off the series Dances for a Small Stage in change Vancouver. Since then, Julie-anne has produced over 50 installments of the series Dances for a Small Stage in Vancouver, including three installments at The National Arts Centre in Ottawa. Julie-anne’s background includes a degree in dance combined Sandeep Ranu with technical theatre from York University and an internship in dance Counsellor | Construction Industry Rehabilitation Plan stage management at The Banff Centre. Julie-anne has had the pleasure of Sandeep Ranu is a British born and trained counsellor working with many dance artists and companies including Ballet BC, Margie with an undergraduate degree in BSc Psychology Gillis, Emily Molnar and Crystal Pite/Kidd Pivot Julie-anne is dedicated to and a postgraduate certificate and diploma in creating and producing innovative and accessible new dance works through Cognitive Behavioural Therapy. She also holds a collaborations with dance artists, musicians and technologists. general certificate in online therapy and a diploma in online counselling. Sandeep believes in drawing Robin Schooley upon somatic, emotional, behavioural and cognitive Industry Specialist | WorkSafeBC knowledge to address the person as a whole, and integrating a combination of approaches to meet each individual’s needs. Robin Schooley joined WorkSafeBC in 2001 where She strives to create a confidential space for clients to build on their existing she worked in communications and media relations resources, learn and practice new coping strategies, share their story and before joining the Young and New Worker team in create lasting change. 2008. As part of that team, Robin works to reduce injuries among new and young workers by raising awareness, creating empowerment and developing Dr Marlene Riel injury prevention resources for youth, educators, Dr. Marlene M. Reil is a licensed psychologist and employers and parents. She also works to foster psychiatric nurse practitioner who specializes partnerships with members of community and industry to build knowledge in co-occurring mental-health, substance use, and awareness among youth and their influencers. and physical-health disorders. She has a PhD in psychology with a concentration in substance Actsafe ad v4.pdf 1 2020-02-07 3:33:25 PM abuse counseling from the New School for Social Research in New York City and has been trained in psychoanalytic psychotherapy. Dr. Reil uses a harm- reduction approach to treating substance use disorders which entails working with clients to develop and progress towards their goals without the requirement of abstinence. C DON’T HOLD UP THE JOB Jennifer Riedle M
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management in opera, theatre, and musical theatre, K and one year working as a Business Representative for local 149 of the Canadian Federation of Musicians. Jennifer is a proud member of Actsafe’s Performing Arts Standing Committee, representing Canadian Actors’ Equity Association since 2017.
20 Lindsay Somers Dr Alina Sotskova Founder | Intimacy Coordinators Canada R. Psych Artistic Director and Founder | Voirelia Alina is a Founder and Artistic Director of Voirelia: Lindsay Somers (she | her | hers) is the founder Dance, Psychology, and Philosophy Hub (voirelia. of Intimacy Coordinators Canada, and Canada’s com). Through her work with Voirelia, Alina creates first-ever Intimacy Coordinator certified through contemporary dance works in collaboration with the professional association - Intimacy Directors other artists and scholars. Within Voirelia, Alina also & Coordinators. Lindsay is currently a mentor to leads community initiatives and curates events those involved in the Apprenticeship program, related to mental health awareness and intersections training future IC’s. Lindsay is at the forefront of the between art, psychology, dance, and philosophy. Alina movement of Intimacy Coordinators on our film sets also holds a PhD in Clinical Psychology and is a Registered Psychologist in in Canada, being Canada’s first to work with HBO and Amazon studios. British Columbia who works with adults, couples, and groups. Her previous Helping to improve the safety of performers while filming scenes involving studies in existential philosophy and her career in psychology continue to intimacy, nudity and/or simulated sex, Lindsay wrote the Closed Set create spaces for intersections between psychology, philosophy, dance, and protocols that are being used on film sets across the country. With over 15 other art forms. While dance is one form of her artistic expression, work in years of on set experience choreographing performers as the lead Medical photography and visual art also shapes Alina’s approach to choreography consultant and owner of Ready Set Medic, Lindsay has been performing and communication through movement. Alina’s goal is to continue to on-camera for 25 years, and is currently an active ACTRA member with collaborate on transdisciplinary, accessible projects with artists that rely on numerous on-screen Actor credits. - IMDB. Lindsay has been awarded multiple forms of media to connect with one another, with the audience, and two Exemplary Citizen Awards by the City of Toronto for her volunteer with the larger community. work within her community and continues her involvement in local and nationwide initiatives.
Eric Stuart, QPM, BA Hons, UKCMA PRESENTER & CROWD SAFETY WORKSHOP FACILITATOR Director | Gentian Events Ltd.
Eric Stuart QPM, BA, UKCMA is the director of Gentian Events. He is a Crowd Safety Manager for events, ranging from summer festivals and concerts through to Edinburgh Hogmanay, but is engaged with crowd management at many complex ‘crowded space’ environments including large shopping centres. He holds a FdA and BA in Crowd Safety Management and is Chairman of the United Kingdom Crowd Management Association (UKCMA). He is the co-author of the 2015 UK Good Practice Guide to Working in Safety Advisory Groups and has recently supported the UK Government Cabinet Office ‘EPC’ in its 2019 rewrite and re-launch. He has supported crowd management operations of 600,000 people in Vancouver, at St Patrick’s Day in Toronto, and the largest Diwali celebrations outside India in Leicester, UK. He was an advisor to the British Government Counter Terrorism ‘Crowded Places Guidance’. He has been involved in Crowd Safety for 17 years and was the planning lead for the Notting Hill Carnival (1.1 million people), New Year’s Eve in London (450,000 people) and the 70-day London 2012 Olympic Torch Relay, viewed by an estimated 14 million people. He delivers Crowd Safety Management training in Europe, the USA, and Canada.
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Scott Spidell Margaret Tebbutt, MA Chair – Theatre Department | MacEwan University Senior Consultant and Trainer, Workplace Mental Health | Senior Con- sultant and Trainer, Workplace Mental Health Scott Spidell has been a professional theatre artist and craftsperson for over thirty-five years. Over that As Senior Consultant to the Canadian Mental Health time, he has worked in almost every aspect of theatre, Association from 2005 – 2013, Margaret managed film and television, such as special effects for TV workplace initiatives such as Mental Health Works commercials, driving and loading tour trucks, writing training, workplace-based integrated health screening scripts for TV shorts, working sound on a Papal tour, and the national Bottom Line Conferences. Prior to a tailor’s apprentice, carpenter, scenographer, video 2005, she held positions as Senior Advisor, Executive designer, camera assistant, lighting designer, props Development for the University of British Columbia master, producer, and stage manager. He is a member of the Canadian Sauder School of Business; Director, Client Service Actor’s Equity Association (CAEA - as an actor and stage manager), Delivery with Western Economic Diversification Canada; and in Canada’s Association of Canadian Television & Radio Artists (ACTRA - television, film, foreign service at embassies abroad. Margaret frequently presents at and commercials), and the Associated Designers of Canada (ADC - set, conferences on strategic approaches to psychological health and safety lights, and video design). in the workplace, as well as delivering workshops to help managers and union leaders develop the knowledge and skills to more effectively deal with mental health issues. She also serves on the Advisory Committee to Gregg Taylor the Canadian Centre for Diversity and Inclusion for its Canadian Certified President of Family Services Employee Assistance Program (FSEAP) Inclusion Professional designation. Vancouver / Regional Director of FSEAP National. Gregg is a Registered Clinical Counsellor, Chartered Natasha Tony Professional in Human Resources (CPHR), and a CEO | Elevate Inclusion Strategies leader in the workplace mental health and wellness field. With a Master’s Degree in Counselling Natasha Tony is a trained mediator and experienced Psychology, his specializations include Mental labour relations specialist who has advanced the Health and Psychological Health & Safety in the discussion on how to build inclusive organizations. Workplace, Wellness programs based on the A graduate of the Labour Relations certificate principles of Workplace Psychological Wellness program at Queen’s University in Kingston, Natasha and Mental Fitness, and evidence-based positive psychology practices has rounded out her education through mediation, that contribute to healthy and effective workplaces. Gregg and his team negotiation and coaching programs oered by the at FSEAP provide services that result in healthy, resilient employees and Justice Institute of British Columbia. Natasha’s positive, productive workplaces. They accomplish this through counselling former career as an extras casting director piqued her interest in diversity. & work-life services provided to employees and their families (Employee Subsequently, she held a labour relations role for almost a decade with Assistance Programs), and by embedding positive workplace programs IATSE (International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees), a union and practices in the workplace. representing members of the film, television, and entertainment arts.
MODERATORS
Will Heller Safety Advisor | Actsafe Safety Association
Hanne Lene Dalgleish Communications Coordinator | Roundhouse Community Arts & Recreation Centre
Brenda Leadlay Executive Director | BC Alliance for Arts + Culture
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Conference Administration
Executive Producer: Don Parman Producer: Amanda Peters Associate Producer / Communications: Jennifer Lane Creative Director: Ella Pritchard Technical Director: Alex House
Industry Training Instructors: Kathy Day Ric Walkington
Actsafe Team: Manu Nellutla Anand Kanna Lisa Wild Maureen Kaake Harnak Lalli Will Heller Jason Hamdan Carolyn Fisher
The 2020 Actsafe Entertainment Safety Conference is the work of many hands and hearts. The organizers would like to thank everyone involved and the organizations for their contributions to the conference. And our many volunteers. We couldn’t have done it without you!
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