Certification Register

This is the register of certification orders issued by the Tribunal. Each certification order covers a sector defined by the Tribunal as suitable for collective bargaining and identifies the artists' association certified to be the exclusive bargaining agent for the sector.

What certification is

In the Act, the term "certification" is used to mean the recognition granted to an artists' association by the Tribunal. Obtaining such certification gives an artists' association the exclusive right to represent self-employed artists in a specific sector with respect to collective bargaining and their relations with producers within federal jurisdiction.

Certification is valid for a period of three years after the date that the Tribunal issues the certificate and is automatically renewed if no application for revocation, or competing application for certification in respect of the same sector, has been received.

What a sector  is

Broadly speaking, a "sector" is composed of independent artists that the applicant is seeking to represent in bargaining with the producers in federal jurisdiction who engage their services.

When to apply for certification

An application for certification must be made within the time periods set out in section 25 of the Act. These time periods are different depending on:

• If no artists' association has been certified for the sector, or
• If another artists' association has already been certified for the sector.

Certification Register

Artists' Association	Certification order	Decision	Last renewal
ACTRA - Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (Performers Guild)	issued June 25, 1996	Decision 15	June 25, 2008
ADC - Associated Designers of Canada	issued January 4, 2002	Decision 37	January 4, 2008
AFM - American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada	issued January 16, 1997	Decision 19	January 16, 2009
	amended December 10, 2007	Decision 52
AFM - American Federation of Musicians of the United States and Canada (Pension)	issued January 16, 1997	Decision 19	January 16, 2009
APASQ - Association des professionnels des arts de la scène du Québec	issued January 4, 2002	Decision 37	January 4, 2008
AQAD - Association québécoise des auteurs dramatiques	issued April 26, 1996	Decision 11	April 26, 2008
AQTIS - Alliance québécoise des techniciens de l'image et du son	issued March 4, 2003	Decision 41	March 4, 2009
	amended October 20, 2003	Decision 46
	amended February 23, 2005	Decision 49
ARRQ - Association des réalisateurs et réalisatrices du Québec	issued December 30, 1997	Decision 24	December 30, 2009
CAEA - Canadian Actors' Equity Association	issued April 25, 1996	Decision 10	April 25, 2008
CAPIC - Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications	issued April 26, 1996	Decision 12	April 26, 2008
	amended October 20, 2003	Decision 46
CARFAC - Canadian Artists' Representation / Le Front des artistes canadiens	issued December 31, 1998	Decision 29	December 31, 2007
	amended December 9, 2003	Decision 47
CMAQ - Conseil des métiers d'art du Québec	issued June 4, 1997	Decision 23	June 26, 2007
	amended June 26, 1998	Decision 26
DGC - Directors Guild of Canada	issued July 16, 2003	Decision 44	July 16, 2009
EAC/ACR - Editors' Association of Canada / Association canadienne des réviseurs	issued November 1, 2002	Decision 39	November 1, 2008
GCFC - Guild of Canadian Film Composers	issued May 23, 2003	Decision 43	May 23, 2009
	amended September 8, 2003	Decision 45
GMMQ - La Guilde des musiciens et musiciennes du Québec	issued January 16, 1997	Decision 20	January 16, 2009
	amended February 17, 2010	LD107*
PGC - Playwrights Guild of Canada	issued December 13, 1996	Decision 18	December 13, 2008
	amended November 7, 2003	LD073*
PWAC - Periodical Writers Association of Canada	issued June 4, 1996	Decision 14	June 4, 2008
RAAV - Le Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec	issued April 15, 1997	Decision 21	April 15, 2009
SARTeC - Société des auteurs de radio, télévision et cinéma	issued January 30, 1996	Decision 04	January 30, 2008
	amended July 28, 2000	LD034*
	amended June 8, 2001	LD049*
SPACQ - Société professionnelle des auteurs et des compositeurs du Québec	issued May 17, 1996	Decision 13	May 17, 2008
	amended May 20, 2003	Decision 42
	amended September 8, 2003	Decision 45
TWUC - The Writers' Union of Canada	issued November 17, 1998	Decision 28	November 17, 2007
UdA - Union des artistes	issued August 29, 1996	Decision 17	December 30, 2009
	amended December 30, 1997	Decision 24
UdA - Union des artistes (Stage Directors)	issued July 24, 1998	Decision 27	July 24, 2007
UNEQ - Union des écrivaines et écrivains québécois	issued February 2, 1996	Decision 05	February 2, 2008
WGC - Writers Guild of Canada	issued June 25, 1996	Decision 16	June 25, 2008

*The “LD” prefix stands for “letter decision,” a decision released by letter to the parties, rather than published on the website. If you are interested in obtaining a copy, please contact the Tribunal Secretariat.