Category: Uncategorized

Date: Wednesday March 15

Time: ​9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: Ottawa Marriott, Room TBC

This course serves as an Introduction into Event Technologies covering the fundamentals of an Audio-Visual Professional. We will examine set-up standards, video, audio, and lighting basics as they pertain to AV set up and operation in an event environment.

This course is open to all performing arts workers and is being offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund. To access this training free of charge, you must register through this link: 

English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Space is limited.

Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.

Date: Friday March 10

Time: ​9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: Halifax Convention Centre, Room B3

This course serves as an Introduction into Event Technologies covering the fundamentals of an Audio-Visual Professional. We will examine set-up standards, video, audio, and lighting basics as they pertain to AV set up and operation in an event environment.

This course is open to all performing arts workers and is being offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund. To access this training free of charge, you must register through this link: 

English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Space is limited.

Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.

Course description: By comparing service delivery to a performance, we discuss key elements to making a great stage performance including preparation, getting into costume, having the right mindset, developing rapport, improvising when things don’t go to plan and the importance of the last scene in creating good reviews. The goal is the consistent delivery of a quality service experience to our customers.

This online course will be available on the following dates and times, please only register for one.

International/Encore Online: Delivering World Class Service – March 8, 9:00am – 4:00pm EST

International/Encore Online: Delivering World Class Service – March 14, 8:00am – 3:00pm PST

International/Encore Online: Delivering World Class Service – March 22, 8:00am – 3:00pm PST

International/Encore Online: Delivering World Class Service – March 23, 9:30am – 4:30pm EST

International/Encore Online: Delivering World Class Service – March 29, 9:00am – 4:00pm EST

This course is open to all performing arts workers and is being offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund. To access this training free of charge, you must register through this link: 

English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Space is limited.

Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.

Date: March 5, 2023

Time: 9:00PM – 5:00PM

Location: Yukon Arts Centre, 300 University Drive Whitehorse, Yukon

This day long training course with instructor Rick Boychuk focuses on the safe operation and maintenance of theatrical counterweight rigging systems.

Rick has been in the industry since 1977 and has served as TD, PM and designer (sets, lighting, costume). He is a member of IATSE Local 300 in Saskatoon. Now retired, Rick continues to do rigging system inspections and system design and consultation. He is currently consulting on an upgrade of the rigging in all the Arts and Culture Centres in Newfoundland and Labrador. 

Rick also teaches a Theatre History class at the University of Saskatchewan and is the author of the book  “Nobody Looks Up: The Counterweight Rigging System: 1500 to 1925”. 

This course is open to all performing arts workers and is being offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund. To access this training free of charge, you must register through this link: 

English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Space is limited.

Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.

2-day Smaart Operator Fundamentals training session hosted by GerrAudio Distribution and taught by design and tuning expert, Ian Robertson.

Date: March 6 & 8 2023

Location: Winter Garden Theatre – Toronto, ON.

The 2-day Smaart Operator: Fundamentals class covers the first principals of setting up and configuring a Smaart measurement rig and using Smaart v9 to make basic RTA, Spectrograph, Transfer Function and Impulse Response measurements. Class structure will be a mix of theory and practical application.

Space is limited.

Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.

Date: Friday March 10, 2023

Time: 12:00 pm ET  NOTE** This course will be delivered at 12:00pm Eastern Time

Location: This is a virtual On-line course. Links will be provided to registrants prior to the training.

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English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Space is limited.

Date: Tuesday February 21

Time: ​8:00 am – 4:00 pm

Location: RBC Convention Centre Room E

This course serves as an Introduction into Event Technologies covering the fundamentals of an Audio-Visual Professional. We will examine set-upstandards, video, audio, and lighting basics as they pertain to AV set up and operation in an event environment.

This course is open to all performing arts workers and is being offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund. To access this training free of charge, you must register through this link: 

English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Space is limited.

Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.

Fundamentals of Arena style rigging

Date: February 28^th – March 1^st.

Time: Tuesday February 28^th 0900-1730 / Wednesday March 1^st 0900-1200

Location: South Okanagan Events Center, 853 Eckhardt Ave W, Penticton, BC

This course is intended to train workers in the fundamentals of arena-style rigging.  All workers will receive ground rigging (GR) training, and those who have elected for high rigger (HR) training will also receive practical training in walking the beam and pulling points.  Training will be conducted at a venue they work in. 

To finish off the session, both groups will work together to rig and de-rig points, allowing instructors to check off their required skills.  Once workers have successfully demonstrated basic proficiency in these skills, they will be eligible for probationary status as Ground Rigger and/or High Rigger. This course is open to all performing arts workers and is being offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the CanadaPerforming Arts Workers Resilience Fund. 

To access this training free of charge, you must register through this link: 

English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Space is limited.

Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.

Introduction to Stage and Live Events

Date: Sunday February 19 2023 Time: 9:00 am – 4pm

Location: Conexus Arts Centre; Regina Saskatchewan

Introduction to Stage and Live Events

IATSE Local 295 is offering an introduction to stage and live events course at the Conexus Arts Centre Sunday, February 19th 2023 at 9:00am We are looking to broaden the knowledge of current and new workers by offering introductory raining in 5 disciplines, that you will be rotated through in a group throughout the day. 

Departments we will be exploring are:

Audio/

Lighting

Audio-Visual

Wardrobe-Dressing

General stagehand including basic ground rigging.

All are welcome to apply and we encourage everyone to join us for this experience. You may be an individual who has worked in events before but usually stick to one department and are curious how the others work, you may be in university and are curious of your post opportunities, or possibly just a live event fanatic and have always wanted to push a road case. Whatever may spark your interest!

Register soon as space is limited.

We are a group of professional individuals who are eager to share our knowledge with you. Putting on a show is a team sport and they come together smoothly and safely when we are knowledgeable in each others roles.

Not an IATSE Local 295 member? We look forward to adding you to our call list. Come join the “dark” side, there will be lunch.

English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience

Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.

Date: February 15, 2023

Time: 10:00AM – 5:00PM

Location: Fredericton Playhouse Mainstage, 686 Queen St, Fredericton, NB E3B 1C2

This course is a hands-on professional development course covering elements of the work of stage production, lighting, and audio departments.

This course is open to all performing arts workers and is being offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund. To access this training free of charge, you must register through this link: 

English: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Space is limited.

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Employers: Are you interested in accessing training funding through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund? Contact International Representatives Jason Vergnano jvergnano@iatse.net or Cindy Jennings cjennings@iatse.net to discuss how to apply to receive support for your training initiatives.