Alex Gill, Communications Director for
ACTRA Toronto, confirms that the organization is using initiatives such as a poster campaign to promote culturally-inclusive casting in order to level the playing field.
Actra currently markets Netscape's Merchant system and will unveil the jointly developed CrossCommerce package later this year.
Biestman is vice president, commercial applications for Sunnyville, CA-based
Actra Business Systems, an electronic commerce software company and joint venture between Netscape Communications and GE Information Services.
But its big breakthrough could be
Actra - a mobile office and safety system - which is due to go on sale next year.
Several research projects including
Actra and Actalk have investigated concurrent Smalltalk.
Court is a member of the Canadian union
ACTRA, whose performers were also refusing work in solidarity with U.S.
With about 30 booths on site, with representatives from Cambrian College, The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (
ACTRA), Clairmont Camera, Cooper Equipment Rentals, the Directors Guild of Canada and IATSE International, as well as IATSE Locals 411, 667 and 873, there was plenty to see and do for newcomers to the industry.
Says Ken Pruner of Canada's actors union,
ACTRA, "The expression of interest from U.S.
This book makes Shaw sound like an
ACTRA executive.
In 1982 she received a special award as the "First Lady of Native Broadcasting in Canada," and was twice nominated for
ACTRA awards for best writer and best radio program.