Creative Equity Toolkit

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Film

Reality Check - Youth Voice Session 3

This is the third session from the four-part program "Reality Check" that was created to increase organisational confidence to embed youth voice in organisations. This session delves deeper into the benefits, challenges, and practicalities of enabling youth voice and youth leadership in organisations.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2025
    Country: UK

  • Author: Artswork

Film

Reality Check: Youth Voice Session 4

This is the final recording from the four-part program "Reality Check" that was created to increase organisational confidence to embed youth voice in organisations. This session spotlights youth leadership, exploring how young people can take the lead in social action and creating change in their localities to build a better future.

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2025
    Country: UK

  • Author: Artswork

Research

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Shifting the Balance

Survey of 200 of Australia’s leading arts and culture organisations measuring cultural and linguistic diversity (CALD) at the leadership level (39% of Australia's population is CALD).

'* Approximately half (51%) of the major cultural organisations had no CALD representation at the leadership level.
* Only 9% of the 1,980 leaders of our major cultural institutions are CALD Australians
* Non-CALD Australians are nine times more likely to occupy cultural leadership roles than CALD Australians'

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2019
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Diversity Arts Australia

Article

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“Theatre Can’t Miss This Moment”: An Interview with Audra McDonald

US theatre legend Audra McDonald speak on theatre, race and colour-blind casting.

'There are so few directors of color...a lot of the trouble would be solved if you had other people of color in the room saying, “Well, this is why you’re getting blowback right now,” or “Just open your mind to this,” or “Why are we not telling more of these people’s—our people’s—stories?” You have no one in the room thinking about that, because they can have the privilege to not have to think about that'.

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  • 24 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: USA

  • Author: Michael Schulman, The New Yorker

Research

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UK film sector failing to tackle systemic discrimination of BAME individuals

Summary article and link to research on the effectiveness of the British Film Industry Diversity Standards, launched in 2016, which require funded productions to meet diversity criteria, by Dr Clive Nwonka, from the London School of Economics and Political Science.

'Britain’s black and ethnic minority population remain excluded from key areas of the industry, with BAME representation still mostly located in secondary roles rather than as lead characters or in key production roles.'

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  • 8 minute
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  • Published: 2020
    Country: UK

  • Author: London School of Economics and Political Science

Toolkit

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Racism it Stops With Me: Workplace Cultural Diversity Tool

Informed by research, consultations and international best practice, this tool supports work to promote cultural diversity and challenge racism in the workplace.

It's designed to be completed by staff members with oversight and/or awareness of organisational planning, policies, recruitment and retention. It contains a self-assessment and ten 'good practice areas' (including: acknowledging First Nations sovereignty, organisational learning, leadership, and hiring)

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  • 60+ minute
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  • Published: 2022
    Country: Australia

  • Author: Australian Human Rights Commission