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A CONFERENCE OF CARE
& 
ANNOUNCING OUR NEW PARTNERS!

Balancing Act Presents 

A Conference of Care

Friday November 18, 2022

9am to 6pm

Eastminster Church 
(310 Danforth Ave, Toronto; near Chester TTC Station)


This FREE one-day conference includes artistic and panel presentations as well as restorative sessions of care. The Balancing Act keynote presentation at 1:30 ET will be livestreamed. Your dependents are warmly invited to join for the day. Childcare provided by The Summerhill Club and children's programming by Theatre DirectFor more details around care and access supports, visit the conference website.

The conference will introduce the policy models developed through the pilots of our 2021/2022 Level UP! Strategy Partners, celebrating their work in helping to move the needle towards a culture of care. Inspired by the work of our Level UP! partners, this one-day conference is itself a pilot project that explores the question: How can we create a conference that cares for caregivers?

Closing Reception sponsored by our Community Partner: 
Toronto Alliance for the Performing Arts.


Thank you to the Canada Council for the Arts for their support!

LEARN MORE & REGISTER

WELCOMING 26 NEW 
LEVEL UP! STRATEGY PARTNERS!

We are so pleased to introduce our '22/'23 Strategy Partners for the upcoming season! Representing theatre, dance, and circus, these organizations and collectives will be piloting workplace policies and practices that support caregivers and care needs. 

A warm welcome to these 26 partners joining us from coast to coast to coast!

2b theatre company 
Aanmitaagzi 
Aluna Theatre
Canadian Dance Assembly 
Common Boots/Two Birds Theatre
Curtain Razors
Downstage Performance Society
Femmes de Feu Creations 
Good Women Dance Collective 
Greenhouse Arts Collective
L’eau du bain
Lifting as we Climb
(M)other/Kimberely de Jong 
MT Space 
New Harlem Productions 
Nova Dance 
Oakville Centre for the Performing Arts
Persephone Theatre 
Playwrights Guild of Canada 
Presentation House Theatre
Shakespeare in the Ruff
Stratford Festival
Théâtre français de Toronto 
Théâtre la Seizième 
Tara Cheyenne Performance
Yukon Arts Centre

LEARN MORE ABOUT LEVEL UP! HERE
Natasha Greenblatt and her mother Kate Lushington after performing Apocalypse Play, or Bundle of Joy, a Two Birds Theatre creation presented by Common Boots Theatre. Both companies are new Strategy Partners for Level UP!, exploring the Care Solutions strategy.
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