Stage Management Committee
The Stage Management Committee (SM Committee) has been serving Equity members working in stage management since the early '90s. By regularly reaching out to our constituency, we have ensured that Council policy and Equity's various agreements continue to reflect the needs of stage managers working in all disciplines. If we can be of assistance, please let us know.
Councillor Contact Information (by Region)
The SM Committee has created a series of flyers, sized to post on the Equity callboard, citing Councillor contact information from coast-to-coast. Simply print and post!
Stage Manager Apprentice Advisors
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Advisor List
The SM Committee publishes a
list of members within each region who have volunteered to be Apprentice Advisors, whom apprentices may email with questions that they have about Equity, scale agreements or engagement policies or stage management issues in general.
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How to Become an SM Apprentice Advisor
Are you interested in sharing the benefit of your experience working in a professional environment?
Then perhaps consider becoming an Apprentice Advisor (an advisor's role is not to interpret any of Equity's agreements and policies, but to share your experiences working in a professional environment with apprentices).
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Whether you have yet to begin work on your first apprentice credit or you are already well into it, check out the
SM Apprentice Welcome Letter, prepared by the SM Committee, to learn about what to expect in your apprenticeship, and in your relationship with Equity.
Are you eligible to join Equity as a Stage Manager?
Fill out this
form to learn more about eligiblity.
Are you an SM Apprentice looking for an SM Advisor
Contact us here:
smcommittee@caea.com.
Provincial ESA Overtime & Resources
Allowable Working Hours Permits
Equity's agreements and policies require that the Engager must notify a SM regarding any permits related to allowable working hours in a day or week that may affect the artist's working conditions in advance of signing an engagement contract. This information must also be included in a rider affixed to the artist's engagement contract including how ESA overtime is administered by the Engager, any applicable averaging cycle and the timing of payment of ESA overtime to the artist. Members are encouraged to email a Business Representative with any questions about engagement contract riders and ESA arrangements currently in effect.
The SM Committee has created resources for members to assist in the tracking of their work hours, calculating overtime and penalty payments, and calculating Employment Standards overtime across Canada where applicable.
Note: access is restricted to Equity members only. You must login and be a member in good standing in order to access the time sheets.
Read this before using the updated CTA/ITA timesheets below
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CTA/ITA/Stratford Sector 1 Weekly Time Sheet
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CTA/ITA Sector 2 Weekly Time Sheet
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ITA Self-Employment Time Sheet
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Vancouver Opera Weekly Time Sheet
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SMArts is an instructional service organization providing quality training to stage mangers, from early career counselling to high-level mid-career professional development. Annual conferences explore aspects of stage management with an emphasis on sharing experience and knowledge in a comfortable seminar environment.
Equity has been a key SMArts sponsor as part of the Association's professional development mandate since the organization's inception in 1997.
As of March 30, 2020, apprentice stage managers who have not completed training at an accredited college, university or conservatory program now have an additional opportunity to earn an education credit. Stage managers who have completed their first registered apprenticeship may now retroactively apply for an additional credit in recognition of receipt of a certificate of completion from the SMArts - Stage Managing the Arts training program.