FAQs - CCL Online Canada 2023

A 4-month online programme for arts and cultural professionals for 24 participants who want to take a lead on climate change, adapted from the CCL week-long residential course. The programme will:

• Explore the role of culture and creativity in responding to climate change and
  environmental challenges.
• Bring together a range of expert guest speakers to share case studies, research.
  approaches and practical solutions for environmental sustainability in the cultural sector.
• Enable each participant to develop their leadership and ideas;
• Prepare participants to apply their learning and new skills in their own contexts.
• Support ongoing learning and exchange through an alumni network.

A full schedule will be released to participants in advance of the course.

After the course, participants will become members of the CCL Alumni network, which will facilitate ongoing communications and peer to peer exchange online.

All participants are encouraged to undertake some kind of CCL Action legacy project after their participation – the exact shape this takes (e.g. event, project, artistic creation, commission, campaign, written piece, workshop, etc) is up to each individual.

Participants are expected to be available on the following dates and times for
online sessions:

February
27th – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EST
28th – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EST

March
1st – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EST
20th – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EDT
27th – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EDT

April
17th – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EDT
18th – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EDT

May
8th – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EDT
9th – 12.30 to 3.30 pm EDT

During the following 6 months, participants will gain access to the alumni community and resources and will be able to have a 1:1 session with the CSPA team to check in and discuss further ideas.

This CCL Online is open to arts and cultural professionals working in Canada.

The course is for artists and cultural/creative professionals and we welcome applications from all creative disciplines and artforms. We also welcome applicants from organisations that work directly with the cultural sector, such as networks, associations, funding bodies and policymakers.

We are looking for people who:

• Recognise climate change as an urgent challenge, and are passionate and
  driven to enable change.
• Want to have an influence beyond their individual organisation/artistic practice.
• Have a vision for what they’d like to change and can demonstrate potential to make that change.
• Have the desire to advocate for the importance of culture in responding to this issue.
• Are interested in challenging conventional ideas about leadership.

We are working on a further edition of the CCL Online Canada programme and are
hoping to deliver this later in 2023 in French.

“La formation Creative Climate Leadership Online 2023 se déroulera en anglais, y compris les présentations, les discussions en groupe, les exercices, etc. Cependant, il est utile pour notre équipe d’avoir une idée des préférences linguistiques pour la planification des futurs programmes. Si vous *ne voulez pas* vous inscrire pour participer au programme en anglais mais que vous souhaitez être informé des futurs programmes en français (encore à confirmer), veuillez remplir le formulaire de contact suivant.”

If you would like to stay up to date and be notified when further programmes are announced, please sign up to the Julie’s Bicycle newsletter.

The program fee is $750 CAD.

We have a limited number of full and partial scholarships available for those who
articulate financial need.

We are always seeking additional donations from funders and supporters to sponsor
participants. If you are interested in supporting a participant to attend please contact
ccl@juliesbicycle.com or ccl@sustainablepractice.org.

A computer that can run standard online web conferencing meeting software like Zoom, has a working microphone and webcam, and a decent internet connection. If this would pose a challenge for you, there is an opportunity to tell us about anything you might need to support your participation in the Application form.

When running online courses, we never schedule more than 60 mins without a significant break.

You have an opportunity to tell us about any specific access needs as part of the application form.

We are committed to making the course as accessible as possible. If you need
alternative versions of the application form, or any help completing it, please contact the CSPA at ccl@sustainablepractice.org and Julie’s Bicycle at ccl@juliesbicycle.com.

Participants do not need to do any work prior to attending the course.

CCL Canada Online will be facilitated by Julie’s Bicycle and CSPA teams, with guest speakers and facilitators from across Canada. You can find out more about Julie’s Bicycle here, and about the Centre for Sustainable Practice in the Arts here.

English.

La formation Creative Climate Leadership Online 2023 se déroulera en anglais, y compris les présentations, les discussions en groupe, les exercices, etc. Cependant, il est utile pour notre équipe d’avoir une idée des préférences linguistiques pour la planification des futurs programmes. Si vous *ne voulez pas* vous inscrire pour participer au programme en anglais mais que vous souhaitez être informé des futurs programmes en français (encore à confirmer), veuillez remplir le formulaire de contact suivant.

You do not need to be a specific age or have a particular level of experience to attend the CCL Training Course. Before applying you need to consider how the course will enable you to make a greater impact through your work, specifically in relation to climate change and the challenges it poses to culture, leadership and society.

Yes, if your current role significantly involves working with the cultural sector, for example working with networks, funding bodies, policymakers, communications, education and other sectors related to the cultural field; or commissioning of artists/creative work.

You will need to show how your particular experience fits with our criteria when applying, and to evidence your commitment to the cultural/creative sector in the longer term.

Yes. This training course focuses specifically on leadership in the context of climate change, through the lens of culture and creativity. It is specific, but will be explored in relation to broader leadership challenges relevant to the cultural/creative sector.

The CCL Training Course will provide you with knowledge, skills and insights on cultural action on climate change that most organisations are not in a position to provide in- house. The experience will enable you to design and implement solutions to climate action relevant to your organisation, which will support organisational resilience as well as provoke new ways of thinking about what creative engagement with climate change looks like.

Yes, though places are limited and this should be taken into consideration when making
an application.

Yes!

Yes. You can see the questions here: APPLY NOW

A future French-based CCL Online Canada program will run later in the year and more programming will come after that.

JB also runs other CCL programmes around the world with different partners. If you would like to stay up to date with this and other training and professional development opportunities, please sign up to the Julie’s Bicycle newsletter.

If you would like to discuss partnering with Julie’s Bicycle to deliver an edition of CCL in your country, network, or region, please contact ccl@juliesbicycle.com.