CWC Newsletter
September 2025

A word from the Executive Director

Dear readership,

Fall is upon us; school is back in session and many artistic seasons are being launched. We wish you the best on any of your endeavours at this busy time of year!

Our AGM is rapidly approaching and we look forward to many opportunities to connect in the near future.

Regards,

Grégoire

Grégoire Gagnon, D. Mus., MPA & MBA
Executive Director

2024 Individual Revenue Survey

The 2nd edition of the Individual Revenue Survey (2023 revenues) is closed! Thank you to everyone who participated, and shared the survey within your networks. Your support helped us exceed our goal of reaching over 500 people! Your responses give CWC a better understanding of the economic condition of artists and cultural workers across Canada which helps to better support our advocacy work in strengthening the sector.

Results will be available no later than Winter 2026 and will be sent to all respondents.

AGM

CWC is holding it’s Annual General Meeting on September 24 at 1 pm EDT. Invitations have been sent to members to determine whether they wish to participate in-person, online or not at all. If you are a member and did not respond to the invitation, please contact honorine.muhirwa@cwc-coc.ca.

Sign up to become a member!

Student Work Placement Internships

Current internships

A communication was recently sent out to employers with placements that started in September requesting to schedule a mandatory first report meeting. Email Marwa at marwa.alibakhiet@cwc-coc.ca if you did not receive the email or do not see it in your junk/spam folder.

For all placements that ended in August, please ensure all supporting documents are sent to Nicola at nicola.schneider@cwc-coc.ca to receive the wage subsidy.

Have questions? Join us at our daily information sessions via Google Meet at 1 pm EDT.

Four-year report

CWC is hosting a meeting with Canadian Post-secondary education (PSE) institutions whose students have participated in the Student Work Placement program (SWP). As part of the SWP program, reports, monitoring, and surveys are conducted with participants to gather data and feedback to understand the effectiveness of the placement and the study programs across the country. Using that information, CWC has put together a short presentation about the PSE feedback from students and employers that have taken part in the program.

“Upon reading the entirety of employer feedback and looking at the key-words that appear most often, we can see that there are some items that appear frequently. In this case, communication and various forms of management have been key development opportunities for interns.” (Table #17)

The chart below outlines the geographic spread of internship placements based on employer headquarters (Table #3):

The French meeting will be held on Oct 20, 2025 at 1pm EDT, followed by the English meeting on Oct 21, 2025 at 1pm EDT.

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CHRC's team at your service!

Executive Director
Grégoire Gagnon

Sr. Administration Officer
Honorine Muhirwa

Administrative Officer
Marwa Alibakhiet

Administrative Officer
Kevin Gorchakov

Administrative Officer
Nicola Schneider

Webmaster
Michael Lechasseur

A list of Board members can be found on CWC's web site at www.cwc-coc.ca

Featured Organisation Plus Member

Membership of IATSE 667 - International Cinematographers Guild are involved in all aspects of Film and Television that pertain to the Camera. It is the mandate of local to secure work opportunities with the best conditions and wages for its membership through collective agreements,and to support its members and their families with varying levels of health, dental and group retirement savings benefits. IATSE Local 667 offers an outstanding training program that includes hands-on set experience with Industry professionals.