NEXT STEPS: Equity | Diversity | Inclusion

WORKSHOP 10: DATA COLLECTION + ANALYSIS

THURSDAY MARCH 9TH 2023: 1PM ET/ 10AM PT / 11AM MT / 12PM CT / 2PM AT

OVERVIEW: In this, the 10th and final workshop in CIMA x BDRB “Next Steps” Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Workshop series, we will explore the role of race-based data collection and its centrality to the BDRB Declaration and Report.

We will explore the importance of responsible collection, analysis, and use of this data in identifying and eliminating systemic and structural racism within companies and organizations in the music and creative industries, and the ways in which the lack of such data perpetuates systemic racism; as well as the steps which can be taken to diminish and ultimately eliminate it.

Participants will learn about the ways in which race-based data can uncover inequity, improve outreach, and access, and inform policy and service provision, grant programs and jury selection processes, and increasing representation of systemically excluded music and creative industries professionals.

Overall, this workshop will equip participants with a starting point in the collection, analysis and use of race-based data in uncovering inequity and increasing representation of systemically excluded music and creative industries professionals.

Summary: In this, the 10th and final workshop in CIMA x BDRB “Next Steps” Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Workshop series, we will explore the role of race-based data collection and its centrality to the BDRB Declaration and Report. The workshop will equip participants with a starting point in the collection, analysis and use of race-based data in uncovering inequity and increasing representation of systemically excluded music and creative industries professionals.

WORKSHOP AUDIENCE: All

Professional Industry Development Workshop Series

CIMA cordially invites its members, signatories of the BDRB Declaration, and the greater Canadian music industry to CIMA “NEXT STEPS”, a FREE equity-focused monthly professional development workshop series.

With the goal of increasing understanding of equity, diversity, inclusion and belonging in the Canadian music industry, this 10-part workshop series will feature professionals from specific sectors of the Canadian music industry paired with DEI specialists to discuss and develop ACTIONABLE solutions and recommendations for staff and leadership of micro, small & large companies and organizations.

Developed, coordinated and facilitated by Breaking Down Racial Barriers, with training components by industry leaders from the KOJO Institute, workshop subjects will be based on the tenets set out in the BDRB Declaration and Report with an expanded lens for Black, Indigenous, API and other marginalized groups.

CIMA strongly encourages that organizations prioritize equity by encouraging staff and leaders to consider these FREE workshops as an important PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT opportunity.

CIMA and BDRB acknowledge the generous support of our partners in making this program possible: The Foundation Assisting Canadian Talent on Recordings (FACTOR), the Government of Canada (through the Canada Music Fund), Ontario Creates, and the Radio Starmaker Fund.

Past Workshops: (watch on demand by signing up for the 10-part series)

WORKSHOP PARTS 1 & 2: FOUNDATIONS IN EQUITY

JULY 7TH AND 14TH 2022

OVERVIEW:This session is targeting all music industry individuals, companies, and industry associations. Workshops 1 & 2 will seek to create a baseline understanding of key tenets, principles and terminology. Topics include but are not limited to: equity, diversity, inclusion, and belonging, anti-Black racism, colonialism, race etc.

WORKSHOP 3: HUMAN RESOURCES: REPRESENTATION & PROCEDURES

AUGUST 11TH 2022

OVERVIEW: This workshop is targeted at solopreneurs, small to large companies and will provide techniques for hiring, diversifying representation in human resource departments and creating procedures for changing culture and creating a more equitable workspace.

AUDIENCE: Small Business Owners | Human Resource Managers / Professional | Business owners - Individuals

Workshop 4 : FAIR TREATMENT & ETHICS

SEPTEMBER 15TH 2022

OVERVIEW: The 4th in the CIMA Next Steps Workshops series focuses on the concept of Ethical and Fair Treatment in the music and creative industries for marginalized groups. The entertainment industry has vocalized its commitment to equity - however, this goal cannot be achieved without changing the culture of unfair and unethical treatment, which, albeit historically prevalent across the entire landscape, has an even more adverse and damaging impact for groups which have been excluded, underrepresented and disadvantaged by systemic racism.

AUDIENCE: Lawyers, Record Labels, Publishers, Small Business Owners, Agents, Music Festivals & Conferences, Marketers, Funding Associations, Media

WORKSHOP 5: ECONOMICS: FUNDING BODIES AND MUSIC ORGANIZATIONS

OCTOBER 13TH 2022

OVERVIEW The 5th in the BDRB x CIMA “Next Steps” Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Workshop series we turn our attention to funding bodies (including grants and bursaries), music and other organizations who provide services and programs to artists, music professionals and organizations within Canada.

In this workshop, we will discuss the factors that impede BIPOC application and successful competition for funding, and specific actions that can be undertaken by organizations to increase BIPOC representation in grant funding bodies and organizations who create programming. We will also discuss thought processes for the creation of programs and tailored activities which increase BIPOC application and funding and assist in bridging the gap in infrastructure for these communities.

WORKSHOP AUDIENCE: Grant funders, music offices & arts councils (municipal, provincial, federal), Music Industry Associations (MIAs), awards shows, conferences and all organizations and service providers interacting with and/or funding music industry members, artists, professionals and organizations

WORKSHOP 6: EVERYTHING ARTIST RELATED

NOVEMBER 17TH 2022:

OVERVIEW: In this, the 6th workshop in the CIMA x BDRB "Next Steps: Equity, Diversity, Inclusion" series, we turn the gaze to Artists. We will discuss practical solutions which the music community can utilize in creating and achieving diversity and inclusion objectives en route to a truly equitable and representative music industry.

Black artists report being pigeonholed into genres such as R&B and hip-hop, while structural barriers mean that Black and ethnically diverse people are underrepresented in senior industry positions. They are paid less on average for their artistic work, hired less frequently (when compared to white Artists), have reduced access to media spaces and exist within a system of Canadian arts and funding institutions which are overwhelmingly white in their governance.

While all artists who identify as Black, Indigenous and People of Colour (BIPOC) face similar barriers, it is of importance to recognize the unique position represented by Black music artists, who, more than any other group, produce a lions share of the intellectual property and cultural creation in this country.

WORKSHOP AUDIENCE: Managers, Booking Agents, Festivals, Promoters, Media (incl: Radio), Journalists, Tech (ie. Lighting, Sound, Mixing Engineers), Film & TV Sync, Publishers, Lawyers, Music Organizations, Independent & Major Labels, Small Business Owners, Digital Service Providers, Music Festivals & Conferences, Marketers, Funding Associations, Media, music industry individuals, companies, industry associations, community organizations and government operating within the music and aligned creative industries.

WORKSHOP #7: THE LIVE SPACE - PROMOTERS, VENUES, CONCERTS, FESTIVALS, AGENTS AND SPONSORSHIP

DECEMBER 8TH 2022

OVERVIEW: In the 7th BDRB x CIMA “Next Steps” Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Workshop series, we delve into equity in all arenas of the live music sector: nightclubs, concerts, festivals, & conferences , booking agents & artist management and tech.

WORKSHOP AUDIENCE: Ad Agencies, Alcohol Brands, Artist Managers, Booking Agents, Music Festivals & Conferences, Unions, Nightclub & Concert & Promoters, Festival Producers, Venue Managers & Owners, Media (incl: Radio), Journalists, Tech (ie. Lighting, Sound, Mixing Engineers), Lawyers, Music Organizations & Associations, Independent & Major Labels, Small Business Owners, Marketers, Funding & Community organizations and government operating within the music and aligned creative industries.

Workshop #8: Music Supervision - Sync, Film, TV and Gaming

January 12, 2023:

OVERVIEW:The 8th in the BDRB x CIMA “Next Steps” Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Workshop series, we look at the creation of equity within the music synchronization sector.

We will explore the lack of representation/hiring of music supervisors of diverse backgrounds and musical genres, the difficulties faced by Black and IPOC professionals attempting to enter the sector, gatekeeping, and the data needed to address equity in the sector.

WORKSHOP AUDIENCE: Lawyers, Music Supervisors, Composers, TV & Film Production Companies, Publishers, Gaming Companies, Music Representation for Sync, Brand Partnerships Agencies, Record Labels, Independent & Major Labels, Funding Bodies & Associations.

SUBJECT AREA EXPERTS: Everton Lewis, Jr. is an industry veteran and the go to music supervisor for the hottest and most dynamic music syncs in the business. Over the past ten years, he’s forged his way as a thought leader and built an extensive rolodex of A List music industry connections. He created his own lane when he founded and launched EH! SIDE Music Supervision - a company solely dedicated to Canadian music syncs.

WORKSHOP 9: MEDIA: Print & Digital Journalists, TV & Broadcast & Radio

February 9th 2023:

OVERVIEW: The 9th in the BDRB x CIMA “Next Steps” Equity, Diversity & Inclusion Workshop series, we explore the equity (and the creation of) in the media sector - from within the spaces that create it, and externally where it is ingested - and how this impacts the music industry in Canada.

We will explore the environments where media is created, delving into representation and decision making power, hiring, access and systems, procedure & policy change and practical solutions for decision makers wishing to create change.

We will discuss how media institutions can impact change, unpacking how the media influences our views on racism and shapes our views of People of Colour in society, the pervasiveness of racism and bias in the media, and how these impact us in the music and creative industries.

Finally, we will discuss the relationship between media and the music industry and how change to media systems can drive the music industry to more equitable outcomes for music industry professionals, artists and companies and how YOU, the independent music industry can make change with respect to media in your spaces.

If you purchase media, advertisers, interact with publicists, or utilize media, this workshop is for you. It is also for music professionals working in the music space and creative industries: print & digital journalists, tv, broadcast and radio who interact with Black, Indigenous and People of Colour media professionals or service rationalized groups in media creation.

About CIMA:

CIMA is a not-for-profit national trade association representing English-language, Canadian-owned and controlled businesses of the domestic, commercial music industry. CIMA represents a diverse membership of small businesses including: record producers, record labels, recording studios, managers, agents, licensors, music video producers and directors, creative content owners, artist-entrepreneurs and other professionals from across the sound recording industry. CIMA represents over 320 Canadian companies and professionals and 6,200 Canadian artists including: A Tribe Called Red, Tanya Tagaq, Serena Ryder, The Trews, Terra Lightfoot, Tegan and Sara, Whitehorse, The Sheepdogs and METRIC.

About Breaking Down Racial Barriers:

Breaking Down Racial Barriers was initiated as a 10-part roundtable series on anti-Black racism in the Canadian music industry, born of the 2020 racial unrest and the industry’s reckoning with the long-standing issue. The BDRB series was initiated, curated and coordinated by entertainment community mainstays Ian Andre Espinet and David “Click” Cox, facilitated by CIMA and supported by ADVANCE, Canada's Black Music Business Collective.

CENTRED in the voices and lived experiences of working Black music professionals from the vast segments of Canadian music & entertainment industry. The findings have been compiled into the CIMA commissioned BDRB Report Volumes 1, and the forthcoming full length, Volume 2. BDRB has conducted roundtables Canada's East Coast in association with ECMA and it's member MIA's. The findings will be compiled in BDRB Report, Volume 3.

On June 2nd 2021, the 1 year anniversary of Blackout Tuesday, over 450 companies within the Canadian music industry gathered in solidarity to sign the BDRB Declaration to End Anti-Black Racism in the Canadian music industry.

BDRB is presently consulting and partnering with organizations and companies throughout Canada's creative industries in achieving their equity goals.

www.BDRB.ca | @bdrbinitiative