Tracking Impact
- Redundancies after one year of Covid (Museums Association, UK)
- Research: Ottawa-Gatineau Report: Counting the Cost of COVID-19
- Toronto Fallout Report
- Re:Venues: A Case and Path Forward for Toronto’s Live Music Industry
- Coalition of Hardest Hit Industries
- Effective Bookkeeping Practices
Re-opening Guidelines
- COVID-19 Related Government Relief and Legislation Guide for Canadian Business
- Support of a Safe Reopening of the Canadian Performing Arts Sector (National Arts Centre)
- Reopening, Stage 3: Ontario’s Live Music Venues, Recommendations and Guidance from the Canadian Live Music Association (CLMA)
- NDML Insurance Specialists Coronavirus Re-opening Handbook (UK)
A one stop guide to everything you need to re-open safely, including risk management, health & safety, HR and general guidance. - Guidance for Live Music, Dance and Theatre (AB)
- The Event & Safety Alliance Reopening Guide
- OAAG/AOGA Reopening Framework, Protocols & Resources
Festival and Events
- Safe and Sound: Reopening Checklist for Live Events
- Re:Venues: A Case and Path Forward for Toronto’s Live Music Industry
- The Common Sense Guide to Coronavirus and Events
- Canada Live Music Association Response
Audiences and Programming
- Audience Outlook Monitor (International)
Artist Resources
- Toolkit: Innovation in the Time of COVID: Creative Alternatives to In-Person Arts-Based Activities
- Submit your physically distanced art to Canadian Art
- Survey: I Lost My Gig
- List: Emergency Funding, Advocacy Groups, Online Training, Health and Mental Health, Job/Volunteer Opportunities
- List: Freelance Artist Resources
- National Arts Centre paid online performances application
- Co-Mission: An Artist Relief Compilation (music composition)
- List: Resources for Creatives (world, USA, Canada)
Grants and Funding
- COVID-19 Related Government Relief and Legislation Guide for Canadian Business
- CMF COVID-19 Emergency Support Fund: Phase 2 (live music, recordings)
- SOCAN Emergency Fund
- Department of Canadian Heritage Funding FAQ
- CBC Creative Relief Fund
- Manitoba Music Emergency Relief
- Cultural Artists Plan for Emergencies Fund (Facebook page)
Research
- Re: Venues: A Case and Path Forward for Toronto’s Live Music Industry
- Audience Outlook Monitor (Ontario research, June 15)
- Canada Council for the Arts Survey (Preliminary findings)
- Survey: Creative Manitoba Online Programming Survey
- Survey: I Lost My Gig
- How COVID-19 is Impacting Intentions to Visit Cultural Entities (April 20, 2020)