Vancouver animation studios growing exponentially

The Vancouver animation industry has never been, well, so animated as it is now, according to Delna Bhesania. The Bardel Entertainment CEO says her three studios in B.C. still need to bring in talent from outside Canada to keep up with demand for projects like Teenage...

“At their core, unions are about power”

A few months ago, Giant Bomb’s Dan Ryckert tweeted about unions. He didn’t get them, why they exist, or what they do. Responses ranged from the appalled to the helpful, but the truth is that Dan’s not alone. With American union membership at an all-time low and...

Let’s talk working conditions

Do you working in VFX, animation or gaming? We want to hear about your working conditions. Unifor Local 2000 is launching a new Meetup group – the Vancouver VFX, Animation and Gaming Meetup – to host regular events where we discuss working conditions in these...

Vice writers unionize

Editorial employees at Vice Media, who unionized with the Writers Guild of America, East last summer, have tentatively agreed on their first union contract. It comes with a big raise. Many editorial staffers at Vice were notoriously poorly paid for many years, even by...