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The Labour Studies Program at 911³Ô¹Ï invites you to the next instalment of our webinar series.

A six-year initiative to study the impacts of precarious work on the lives of British Columbians kicks off today, with the announcement of a $2.5 million Partnership Grant awarded by the Social Sciences and Humanities Research Council of Canada.

Employment in the creative industries is a growing sector of labour in Canada. The ability of this sector to deliver stable employment, and the extent of precarious working conditions, matters to creative workers and their communities. This report examines the working conditions of Canadian theatre designers, using interviews with designers currently working professionally in the field. While theatre designers are the focus of this report, the examination of precarious working conditions, and suggestions for improvement, may be relevant to other creative and cultural workers, especially those in non-standard employment relationships.