Resources

Safety & Harassment:

Good Night Out Vancouver https://www.goodnightoutvancouver.com/aboutgno 

Dandelion Initiative https://dandelioninitiative.ca/ 

Hollaback https://www.ihollaback.org/ 

Making Spaces Safer book https://www.akpress.org/making-spaces-safer-book.html 

 

Anti-Racism & Anti-Oppression: 

Decolonize First / Nahanee Creative https://decolonizeeverything.org/ 

Breaking Down Racial Barriers https://www.bdrb.ca/ 

Advance (Canada’s Black Music Collective) https://www.advancemusic.org/ 

Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com/ 

Seeding Sovereignty https://seedingsovereignty.org/ 

Native Land https://native-land.ca/

 

Trauma Recovery Support:  

BWSS https://www.bwss.org/ 

WAVAW https://www.wavaw.ca/ 

 

Creating a Safety Plan

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/criminal-justice/victims-of-crime/vs-info-for-professionals/training/creating-safety-plan.pdf

https://www2.gov.bc.ca/assets/gov/law-crime-and-justice/criminal-justice/bc-criminal-justice-system/if-victim/publications/help-hope-healing-are-you-experiencing-abuse.pdf

 

Mental Health & Counselling

Unison https://unisonfund.ca/ 

Watari Counselling https://www.watari.ca/ 

Better Help https://www.betterhelp.com/ 

Willow Tree Counselling: http://willowtreecounselling.ca/wp-content/themes/willowtree/reduced-cost-counselling.pdf

Free or low cost counselling options: https://www.heretohelp.bc.ca/q-and-a/where-can-i-find-free-or-low-cost-counselling

 

Substance Misuse & Harm Reduction

http://www.vch.ca/your-care/mental-health-substance-use/substance-use-services 

 

Accessibility 

Radical Access Mapping Project: https://radicalaccessiblecommunities.wordpress.com/ 

Creative Independent Guide  for Co-Creating Access and Inclusion: https://thecreativeindependent.com/guides/a-guide-for-co-creating-access-and-inclusion/ 

How to Organise and Run an Awesome Deaf Accessible Virtual Event:

https://hearmeoutcc.com/deaf-accessible-virtual-events/?fbclid=IwAR17HN4OV8Jtt_m8ieGwE7UTs4SFNxr7k4w5iqz0oDqOEMkUNpjxQ57fiqU 

 

Climate Action

Music Declares Emergency https://musicdeclares.net/ca/en/ 

Less Emissions https://www.less.ca/en-ca/ 

Bullfrog Power https://bullfrogpower.com/

 

Musician’s Resources Page 

Music BC https://musicbc.org/ 

Creative BC https://www.creativebc.com/ 

CIMA https://cimamusic.ca/ 

 

DEI, Workplace Policy Consultants:

Elevate Inclusion Strategies https://elevate-inclusion.com/ 

Bakau Consulting https://www.bakauconsulting.com/ 

Indigenous Corporate Training Inc. https://www.ictinc.ca/blog/some-resources-to-help-you-with-indigenous-protocol 

 

Writing Misconduct Policies (Podcast by Stacey from GNO on Sanctuary Radio):

https://soundcloud.com/bass-c0ast/sanctuary-radio-episode-28-class-is-in-session-with-stacey-marie?in=bass-c0ast/sets/sanctuary-radio-hosted-by-staysee-marie 

 

Making Spaces Safer by Shawna Potter

https://www.akpress.org/making-spaces-safer-book.html 

 

COVID 19 Venue Safety Tips from UMAW:

https://www.unionofmusicians.org/covid-19-venue-safety