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In place of our regular members-only Weekly News Memo, the Canadian Professional Disc Jockey Association compiled the below list of resources for our members and all Canadian DJs. This blog post is a variation of the email that all members of our association received yesterday.

If you have suggestions about what else we might include, provided they are relevant on a national level, please let us know.

Don't forget that another Coping with COVID-19 call will be held this Tuesday at 2:30 pm EST. Click here for details or click the image at the bottom of this post. Members of both associations are invited as are all non-members. This call is simply about helping each other through the pandemic.

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The Canadian government introduced the Canada Emergency Response Benefit (CERB) to help workers and businesses this past week. Details appear to indicate that DJs who are self employed and suffering income loss as a result of the social distancing restrictions may qualify, but until the application process is open, we can not be absolutely certain. The Chronicle Herald reports that "Anyone who has made at least $5,000 in the previous 12 months or the previous tax year and who has lost their income for any reason due to COVID-19 is eligible for the CERB." This gives us great confidence that mobile DJs will qualify for the CERB.

The Federal Government has also recently announced 75% wage subsidies to help employers to maintain the employment of their staff. This would apply to DJ companies that employee DJs as employees (not subcontractors). Additional information on the wage subsidy, including federal and GST/HST tax deferrals, business loans and other initiatives for small business, can be found in the March 27, 2020 announcement from the Prime Minister.

For complete and up-to-date Government of Canada information on the current pandemic, head to their Coronavirus disease (COVID-19) information site.

A special mention to the Think Splendid blog as it contains some of the most insightful methods through which to look at the current crisis from the special events world point of view. Leine Stevens, founder and author at Think Splendid, has written 10 extensive blog posts on COVID-19 and the wedding industry. Each post sees her answering questions about how to handle the crisis from all vendor categories. There is a lot to dig through over the posts that have been written, but they all contain valuable advice for approaching the pandemic, as it relates specifically to the world of special events.

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Mobile Beat Las Vegas will continue to offer free replays of all content they streamed for their recent online version of the conference until March 31, 2020. CONNECT with the Mobile Beat Las Vegas seminars.

DJNTV Insiders Area has decided to open up their library of over 100 seminars free for two months. CONNECT with the DJNTV Insiders Area.

Alan Berg recently produced a free webinar seminar titled 10 Proactive Things You Can Do Now To Lean-In. This webinar was produced in response to the current pandemic and a complimentary recording of the webinar is available from his website. CONNECT with "10 Proactive Things You Can Do Now To Lean-in by Alan Berg.

Word of Mouth, a seminar that Dave Ternier recently presented at the DJNTV DJ Conference in Las Vegas, has been published in the members-only area of the CPDJA website. It has become the start of what may become an educational library for association members. CONNECT with Word of Mouth.

AV Shop.ca has compiled a list of general audio and visual training opportunities currently available from manufacturers. CONNECT with the AVShop.ca list.

Two Electro-Voice Canada Wide DJ Calls are scheduled for April 7 and April 14. The first, Performance Ready, will feature CPDJA DJ member and Holistic Nutritionist, Rachael Henderson as she participates in a conversation with us about the unique health challenges that DJs face and how identify simple solutions that you can add to your tool kit right away. Topics will include nutrition, hydration, restoration, movement, community and performance. The second call, Marketing and Branding on Social in 2020, will feature Nick Spinelli from SCE Event Group. Nick has made a huge name for himself through Instagram, YouTube, his performance and the knowledge he has of branding.

*Every effort has been made to ensure the validity of the above information but with new details emerging on a daily basis and with information changing as fast as it is today, the CPDJA makes no warrants or guarantees with regards to the above details.