CWC Newsletter
November 2025

Already November!

A few updates for you…

Post-Secondary Education Meeting

Since 2021, Culture Works Canada has collected data through reports, in-person monitoring, and surveys, to measure the effectiveness of the Student Work Placement program. In October, a meeting was hosted with post-secondary education (PSE) institutions who have had students participate in the program. This meeting was to present a report on the information and insights into the job readiness of their students. Culture Works Canada looks forward to continued discussions with PSEs to better support the future workforce in our sector.

After 1000+ internships across the country, 754 student exit surveys are available for analysis purposes. 96.9% of students expressed being Satisfied and/or Very Satisfied by their placement.

90.3 % of students felt their PSE program prepared them for the market.

93.8% felt that the internship was an opportunity to apply their PSE curriculum.

Download a free copy of the full report.

Student Work Placement Internships

For all placements ended in October, please ensure all supporting documents are sent to Marwa at marwa.alibakhiet@cwc-coc.ca to receive the wage subsidy.

Have questions? Join us at our daily information sessions via Google Meets at 1 pm EDT.

CWC On the Road

Earlier this month, our Executive Director was invited to Montreal to attend an event hosted by Réseau Culture 360. Réseau Culture 360 represents more than 4,500 artists, artisans, writers, arts and cultural organizations throughout the province, and their mission is to coordinate, represent and support the councils for culture to promote the artistic and cultural vitality of Quebec's territories. The focus of the event was to reaffirm their commitment to local culture across Quebec, while calling on candidates for the upcoming municipal election to become more committed with the cultural vitality of their city.

Thank you to Réseau Culture 360 for your hospitality and being a key player that contributes to the full expression of Quebec’s cultural life.

Individual Revenue Survey

Culture Works Canada has gathered numerous responses to the 2024 survey. The first edition collected just over 200 responses; we are pleased to see that the 2024 questionnaire has a 50% higher response rate.

Thank you to all those who participated and/or helped distribute through your networks.

Listings from CultureWorks.ca

Canada's national job board for the whole cultural sector!

Job Postings on CultureWorks.ca

CHRC's team at your service!

Executive Director
Grégoire Gagnon

Sr. Administration Officer
Honorine Muhirwa

Administrative Officer
Marwa Alibakhiet

Administrative Officer
Kevin Gorchakov

Administrative Officer
Nicola Schneider

Webmaster
Michael Lechasseur

A list of Board members can be found on CWC's web site at www.cwc-coc.ca

Featured Organisation Plus Member

Music Publishers Canada is a non-profit membership-based organization, founded in 1949, that ensures the views of music publishers working in Canada are heard. It is our mission to create business opportunities for our members and to promote their interests and those of their song writing partners through advocacy, communication, and education.