Events > 2021
17 Jun. 2021
Art Metropole Becomes Certified Living Wage Employer
Art Metropole is proud to announce it has become a certified living wage employer.
A living wage is calculated by the The Ontario Living Wage Network to show how much a household — two adults working full time supporting two small children — must earn per hour in order to make ends meet and enjoy modest participation in their civic and cultural community. Since July 2020, all staff at Art Metropole earn at least $22.08 per hour, the living wage calculated for Toronto.
Artists and other cultural workers often face precarious working conditions, lack of job security, and below-average wages. Becoming a certified living wage employer represents Art Metropole’s ongoing commitment to addressing these issues. We urge our peers – other artist-run centres, galleries, museums, and publishers in the arts – to commit to paying living wages within your organizations.
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Art Metropole Staff and Board Members pose via Zoom with the Living Wage Employer Certificate.
- Art Metropole
- 896 College St
- Toronto, Ontario
- M6H 1A4 Canada
- +1 416 703 4400
- Hours:
- Wednesday to Sunday
- 11AM to 6PM
Art Metropole is a non-profit artist-run centre established 1974 as a division of Art-Official Inc. We are grateful for the support of the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, the City of Toronto through the Toronto Arts Council, as well as our donors, members and volunteers.
Your donation assists in the development of contemporary art practices and programs for the general public. Art Metropole is certified by the Ontario Living Wage Network.
- Toronto Arts Council
- Ontario Trillium Foundation
- Canada Council
- Ontario Arts Council
