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DECEMBER 19, 2022 -FORKLIFT 4/5/7 SAFETY TRAINING

INCLUDES THEORETICAL AND PRACTICAL TESTING SEGMENTS

OPEN TO THE FIRST 12 REGISTRANTS

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Please call (905) 941-3461 with any questions or issues with registration. 

Location: Toromont Material Handling 

369 Glover Rd

Stoney Creek, ON 

L8E 6C9

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IATSE Local 709, with the generous support of the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund, is excited to offer a Black Hair Education course.

Date: Wednesday, January 4th & Thursday, January 5th, 2023

Time: 9:00 am – 5:00 pm

Location: Entity Salon, 390 Topsail Rd, St. John’s, NL

This course is being instructed by Mykael Jackman, a leader in the hair industry for 30 years.  He is a Red Seal hairstylist/Barber Certified Teacher with cross-culture experience in various areas of the hair industry, including stylist awards, photo shoots, platform artistry, salon ownership, on set hairstylist, module facilitator for IATSE 873, workshop facilitator, chair Instructor for Durham Hairstylist Academy and mentor and trainer for Skills Ontario Competition participants. Mykael, together with his wife Ursulla and 3 of his 5 children, Star, Israel and Isaiah continue to be passionate and display leadership as hair industry professionals.

This course will help to demystify some of the art in manipulating textured hair for a variety of styling purposes. It is about building knowledge and skills in the areas of product use, braiding techniques and silk-press styling as well as many additional tips and tricks. The students will learn how to identify various curl patterns, which products to utilize, how to perform a number of hair braiding extension techniques, how to utilize the hot-comb and flat iron to achieve the popular silk press results/dread loc formation skills and black hair techniques for styling. 

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.

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Pyrotechnics Safety and Legal Awareness

Presented by Gunsmoke Canada

January 21, 2023

10:00am – 5:00pm ET

ONLINE

This course is the prerequisite for Pyrotechnics Certification in Canada. Special Effects Pyrotechnics are regulated by a division of NRCAN (Natural Resources Canada), ERD (Explosives Regulatory Division). This course allows the successful participant to apply for certification as a Pyrotechnician; the entry level of pyrotechnics certification.  After successfully completing the course, participants will receive an ROT (Record of Training) from Gunsmoke, which can be submitted to the ERD to receive a certificate.

Further information regarding this course can be found here: https://www.nrcan.gc.ca/explosives/fireworks/9889

Normally $240.00, this course is open to all and is being offered at no cost as part of the trainings the IATSE is providing through the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund (CPAWRF). To access this training free of charge, you must register through this link: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2023

Upon successful completion of the course, you will be required to registered with the Explosives Regulatory Division in order to receive your licence, at a cost of $102.00. This amount will be refunded by the CPAWRF by submitting a copy of your license and proof of payment to either Jason Vergnano at jvergnano@iatse.net, or Cindy Jennings at cjennings@iatse.net.

Space is limited! 

** Further registration information may be required by the vendor.

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.

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IATSE Canada, with the generous support of the Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund, is excited to offer The LGBTQ2+ Workplace Inclusion Certificate!

OFFERED FREE OF CHARGE TO MEMBERS AND NON-MEMBERS: Thanks to CPAWRF (Canada Performing Arts Workers Resilience Fund) funding from the Government of Canada, we have paid for 100 spots for the LGBTQ2+ Workplace Inclusion Certificate – an online, take-at-your-own-pace course that is designed to empower workers to become allies to their LGBTQ2+ colleagues. After gaining confidence using the vocabulary associated with LGBTQ2+ identities, participants will learn strategies on how to combat biphobia, homophobia, and transphobia, and create positive change that allows everyone to achieve their full potential at work.

To register: https://tinyurl.com/IACourses2022

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.

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Arkell’s Max Kerman misses live events

Today on CBC The Current, host Matt Galloway talks to Max Kerman, lead singer of the Canadian band Arkells, about why he’s been offering music lessons, and the deep impact of COVID on live events.

“Your concerts are spectacles,” say host Galloway, “you haven’t played a while – what do you miss?” (3:50 into the clip)

“I don’t want to think about it, Matt, I get emotional.” says Kerman, “the rituals on the day are what I miss the most.”

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