Business / Arts along with Global Public Affairs held a special webinar with the Honourable Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage to learn what measures the government is taking to assist the art sector. We received an overwhelming response to the webinar and we plan on hosting more in the near future to assist this sector through this unprecedented time.

While the Minister could not answer all of the questions posed, his team provided some resources which may be of help. Please see the below links for more information:

Government of Canada’s COVID-19 Economic Response Plan: https://www.canada.ca/en/department-finance/economic-response-plan.html

Plan d’intervention économique du Canada pour répondre à la COVID-19 : https://www.canada.ca/fr/ministere-finances/plan-intervention-economique.html

Canadian Heritage’s FAQs : https://www.canada.ca/en/canadian-heritage/services/funding/information-covid-19.html

FAQ du Patrimoine canadien: https://www.canada.ca/fr/patrimoine-canadien/services/financement/informations-covid-19.html

Canada Council for the Arts’ FAQs: https://canadacouncil.ca/covid-19-information

FAQ du Conseil des arts du Canada: https://conseildesarts.ca/information-covid-19

Tool for risk-assessment of mass gatherings during the COVID-19 pandemic: https://www.canada.ca/en/public-health/services/diseases/2019-novel-coronavirus-infection/health-professionals/mass-gatherings-risk-assesment.html

Outil pour l’évaluation des risques relativement aux rassemblements de masse pendant la pandémie de COVID-19: https://www.canada.ca/fr/sante-publique/services/maladies/2019-nouveau-coronavirus/professionnels-sante/rassemblement-masse-fonde-risques.html

Venues that may be willing to offer space to governments and health authorities for testing spaces, clinics, etc. If you are interested in adding your venue, please enter your information directly into the spreadsheet:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/19h6p4uWgnL7j7FwXgW8zcb0P-EaJjJDE09c2sL9xVEA/edit?usp=sharing

Document on various metric categories for COVID19 impacts that arts organizations are documenting.
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Qwdu7S-t-DGZCWAs-tq1SErgVITH-jbLM0gYTOD_1bg/edit?usp=sharing
If you have suggestions for new categories to add to the document, please email tmazurk@globalpublic.com

For further information, please contact:

Sean Casey – scasey@globalpublic.com
Tara Mazurk – tmazurk@globalpublic.com