This grant provides emergency funds for writers mid-project.
Job Location: Canada
The AFC is the lifeline for Canada’s entertainment industry.
You are professionally eligible if you:
- Are working age and have earned the majority of your income from entertainment industry work in 2019
OR
- Are over 65 and have earned the majority of your income from the industry over your working life
If you do not meet these guidelines exactly, we still encourage you to apply. We are aiming to help as many people as possible during this crisis.
Crisis Services Canada (CSC) evolved out of the Canadian Distress Line Network (CDLN) – a national network of existing distress, crisis and suicide prevention line services that has been engaging members since 2002.
Canada specific tracking
Provides support for coping with suicidal thoughts through teaching skills based on Dialectical Behavior Therapy, as well as videos of personal stories.
We came across this post and thought it would be helpful for everyone that had questions as we know we did.
Financial relief and COVID-19 updates for clients.
If you have been laid off from a job where you have been paying into EI, you must apply through Service Canada.
EI will compensate you to a maximum of 55% of your insurable income to a maximum yearly insurable earnings amount is $54,200. This means that you can receive a maximum amount of $573 per week.
You will require a Record of Employment (RoE) from your employer – many are equipped to send this electronically to Service Canada. You DO NOT need to wait for the RoE in order to apply.