The growing use of unregulated Artificial Intelligence (AI), including generative AI, in Canada poses a fundamental threat to the stability of the labour market in Ontario. Unregulated AI has the potential to affect every worker in Ontario, including workers in Ontario’s screen-based industry. As AI technology continues to advance, workers…
On April 26, we marked the two-year anniversary of the shameful lockout of ACTRA performers by the Institute of Canadian Agencies (ICA). This unprovoked, unfair and unjust attack on some of the most precarious workers in our economy has cost our members their jobs, their dreams, their hopes, and in…
Picket line protocol for ACTRA Toronto members reporting for work to a set at York University CUPE 3903 Units 1 (teaching assistants), 2 (contract faculty) and 3 (graduate assistants) have been on strike since February 26, 2024. ACTRA Toronto stands in solidarity with CUPE 3903…
Toronto, December 20, 2023 – outACTRAto, ACTRA Toronto’s 2SLGBTQIA+ committee, proudly announces the winner of the fifth Queer Your Stories Short Film Competition. The competition is a partnership with the Inside Out Toronto 2SLGBTQ+ Film Festival, Canada’s largest 2SLGBTQ+ film festival…
ACTRA Toronto congratulates SAG-AFTRA on the ratification of the 2023 TV/Theatrical Contracts Agreement. After a 118-day strike, it’s exciting to witness our sibling union members win a contract that introduces new safeguards for performers and a fairer share in revenues generated from their work. We look…
