Business / Arts is thrilled to announce the second intake for their Executive Leadership program.
The launch of the Highly Affected Sectors Credit Availability Program, or HASCAP will provide financial support to businesses that have been hardest hit by the pandemic.
Through HASCAP, the Business Development Bank of Canada (BDC) will work with participating Canadian financial institutions to offer government-guaranteed, low-interest loans of up to $1 million. HASCAP will help businesses with their day-to-day operating costs during the COVID-19 crisis and enable them to invest in their longer-term prosperity.
Interested businesses should contact their primary lender to get more information and to apply.
The Shaunavon Arts Council is helping to celebrate the 40th Anniversary of The Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre. The council works in partnership with the cetnre to tour OSAC visual arts. Here is a Celebration Video in honour of their 40th Anniversary.
OSAC has tentatively scheduled Showcase 2021 for October 15-17 in Regina, however, could be postponed due to health orders that may impact the hosting of the event. Due to current COVID-19 orders OSAC Performing Arts Applications have been postponed until further notice.
We will keep in touch and share information about this and other Showcase information as things change and develop.
The COVID pandemic took a particularly heavy toll on the arts sector in 2020. One in four arts, entertainment and recreation workers lost their job in 2020, compared to 2019. That’s 114,400 artists, technicians, marketing staff, arts administrators and other cultural workers who could no longer earn a living out of their profession. Employment fell from 450,500 in 2019 to 336,100 jobs in 2020. That’s a 25.4% drop.
These statistics are from the Labour Force Survey, Statistics Canada’s monthly survey of employees.