CERTIFICATION ORDER
WHEREAS the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec was certified under the Status of the Artist Act by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on April 15, 1997;
AND WHEREAS since April 1, 2013, the Canada Industrial Relations Board is responsible for the administration of Part II of the Status of the Artist Act;
NOW, THEREFORE, the Canada Industrial Relations Board herby confirms that the
REGROUPEMENT DES ARTISTES EN ARTS VISUELS DU QUÉBEC
is certified to represent a sector composed of all professional independent contractors in the field of visual arts in Quebec who are authors of original artistic works of research or expression, either in single copy or a limited number of copies, that are commissioned or distributed by a producer subject to the Status of the Artist Act and expressed in the form of painting, sculpture, engraving, drawing, illustration, photography, textile art, installation, performance art, video art or any other form of expression of the same nature, excluding:
a. independent contractors working in the fields of arts and crafts, film and audio-visual media;
b. commercial photographers and commercial illustrators covered by the certification granted by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal to the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications on April 26, 1996 and in accordance with the terms of the agreement concluded between the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec and the Canadian Association of Photographers and Illustrators in Communications on March 20, 1997;
c. artists covered by the certification granted to the Union des Artistes by the Canadian Artists and Producers Professional Relations Tribunal on August 29, 1996 and in accordance with the terms of the agreement concluded between the Regroupement des artistes en arts visuels du Québec and the Union des Artistes on March 20, 1997;
d. artists who practice the art of set design and costume design for theatrical use.
AND that, for the purposes of section 28(2) of the Status of the Artist Act, the original date of the certification remains April 15, 1997.
ISSUED at Ottawa, Ontario, this 29th day of April 2013.
Elizabeth MacPherson
Chairperson
Order no.: 10401-U