Institutional Responses to #MeToo: A Conversation

Theatre administrators, artistic directors, and heads of programs from across Canada have a conversation about how institutional policies and cultures have shifted in the wake of #MeToo. The conversation features Kristian Clarke, Executive Director of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC); Frédéric Dubois, Director of the French Section, National Theatre School; Melanie Dreyer-Lude, Chair of the Department of Drama at the University of Alberta; Weyni Mengesha, Artistic Director of Soulpepper Theatre; Alisa Palmer, Artistic Director of the English Section, National Theatre School; Kathryn Shaw, Artistic Director of Studio 58 at Langara College; and Jacqueline Warwick, Director of the Fountain School of Performing Arts, Dalhousie University. The participants reflect on the challenges of taking stock of the impacts and effects of a cultural movement that is still unfolding and the ways in which #MeToo has changed the relationship between training institutions and the performing arts industry.