EQUIFLASH [REMINDER - PD FUNDING FOR EQUITY STAGE MANAGERS - CPR & FIRST AID CLASSES]

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PD FUNDING FOR EQUITY STAGE MANAGERS - CPR & FIRST AID CLASSES
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Equity PD funding is available to stage managers who are full members of Equity and who wish to take a first aid or CPR training class from a recognized training provider.

Members must be registered in the stage management discipline and must be in good standing to qualify for a tuition rebate. 

A member's rebate is capped at $40 towards tuition costs. In order to receive a reimbursement, members must remit an original receipt for a first aid or CPR class, along with up-to-date contact information and a current email address. Please photocopy your receipt for your own records. 

First aid or CPR training classes must be supplied by a recognized training provider (see provider list below). 

Receipts should be mailed to:
Canadian Actors' Equity Association
Communications Department
44 Victoria Street, 12th floor
Toronto, ON  M5C 3C4

Please mark "First Aid / CPR rebate" on the outside of your envelope. Rebates may take up to three weeks to process and will be sent by cheque to the member.

Tuition fees are subsidized as part of the Association's professional development funding mandate to support high-quality professional development opportunities for Equity members. Support for this subsidy was an initiative of Equity's Stage Management CPAG (http://www.caea.com/EquityWeb/Regions/Stagemanagement.aspx
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Please contact Communications Director Lynn McQueen (commdir at caea.com, 1-800-387-1856 or 416-867-915 in Toronto), for any additional information.

National providers offer courses in most major cites across Canada. Additional recognized providers, listed by province, are listed below.

Recognized national providers include:
St. John Ambulance http://www.sja.ca
RedCross First Aid http://www.redcross.ca/firstaid
Commissionaires Canada http://www.commissionaires.ca/

Providers in the Atlantic:
CPR, First Aid & Safety Services http://www.cprfass.com/
Lifesaving Society - National Office http://www.lifesavingsociety.ns.ca/

Providers in Quebec:
Santinel http://www.santinel.com/home.html

Providers in Ontario:
Ottawa Paramedic Service 613-580-2424 ext. 28904
Casualty Care http://www.casualtycare.com
F.A.S.T. Rescue Inc. http://www.fast-rescue.com
Emergency Care Instruction Services http://www.ecis.ca

Providers in Manitoba:
Arctic Star Wilderness Medicine http://www.aswm.ca/

Providers in Alberta:
http://www.safety-speaker.com/

Providers in British Columbia:
SHAPE http://www.shape.bc.ca/courses/index.html

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Canadian Actors' Equity Association
44 Victoria Street, 12th floor
Toronto, ON  M5C 3C4
tel: 416-867-9165
fax: 416-867-9246
members only 1-800-387-1856
commdir at caea.com
www.caea.com


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