On March 26, 2020 Business/Arts and Global Public Affairs held a webinar with the Hon. Steven Guilbeault, Minister of Canadian Heritage. 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 provided by Business/Arts. Click HERE to subscribe to their newsletters for future updates.

• 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 [email protected]

  For further information, please contact:

  Sean Casey – [email protected]
  Tara Mazurk – [email protected]