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DCHP-2 (Sep 2016)
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n. — abbreviation, Entertainment
Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists, a union representing performers in English-language media in Canada.
Type: 1. Origin — This is an acronym for a labour union which had existed, under various names, since the early 1940s. Similar groups were established across Canada by province or by type of media. The first such group was the Radio Artists of Toronto Society (RATS), and by 1943, similar groups had been established in Montreal, Winnipeg, and Vancouver. These four organizations joined to become the national Association of Canadian Radio Artists, which eventually evolved to include performers in television and cinema. The current name (Alliance) was established in 1984 and there exist autonomous branches, such as the Union of BC Performers (UBCP, see 2015 quotation). See also ACTRA reference.
ACTRA is most prevalent in Canada according to Chart 1.
See also COD-2, s.v. "ACTRA", ITP Nelson, s.v. "ACTRA".
ACTRA is most prevalent in Canada according to Chart 1.
See also COD-2, s.v. "ACTRA", ITP Nelson, s.v. "ACTRA".
French-language actors are generally not represented by ACTRA, and generally fall under the purview of a Quebec union (AQAA).
Quotations
1953
However, a simple remedy suggests itself there under the September sun. Suppose we just quietly mistake the combination and refer to the organization as ACTRA from here on in? Agreed.
1965
The brief said a survey showed that 59 per cent of the CBC Toronto channel (CBLT) entertainment-type programs were imported from the U.S., compared with 66 per cent on privately owned CFTO. "I'm not anti-American," Comor told reporters after spending 30 minutes in Gordon's Ottawa office. "I just feel pro-Canadian. Our tax dollar pays for the CBC and what does our tax dollar do? It's supporting the American television industry," said the Toronto-based actor-writer. His three children watch so many U.S. TV programs "they think they live in the United States," said Comor. Comor wants an immediate boost to 45 per cent in Canadian content (now at 25-30 per cent in evening entertainment programming). Eventually, Actra wants 80 per cent Canadian content.
1981
Statuettes have been stealthily advancing into the Canadian awards business. The feature film industry has its Genies, formerly the Etrogs (after their creator, sculptor Sorel Etrog). The pop music world has its Junos, named after their perpetrator, Pierre Juneau. ACTRA, the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists, gives away plump little metal ladies called Nellies.
1986
The brief from the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists also calls for financial reorganization to ensure that a greater proportion of revenues goes to the network.
But ACTRA is leery of CTV's spending promises and urges the commission to set specific spending limits for specific types of programming.
1996
The 37-page report is based on a survey of female members of Union des artistes, the equivalent of the Association of Canadian Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA).
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