Union profile

WGC

Writers Guild of Canada. Represents English-language screenwriters: writers, story editors, story consultants and program, continuity, contributing and show writers. SARTEC represents French-language writers in Quebec.

Member: 1 qualifying credits
Application fee: $350
Typical dues: Awaiting confirmation
Operates in: 13 provinces & territories

How to qualify

Member: 1 qualifying credits. One writing contract in the WGC's jurisdiction signed in the past two years with a signatory producer, or a membership incentive.

Requirements

One writing contract in WGC jurisdiction, signed within the past two years with a producer signatory to a WGC agreement (or qualify under a membership incentive)

Application fee: $350 initiation fee plus annual dues: $175 if joining before July 1, $87.50 if joining after. The initiation fee is waived for writers meeting the Guild's diversity criteria and for feature film writers with a feature contract signed with a Canadian producer in the last two years.

Dues: Annual dues $175.

Awaiting confirmation: working dues rate. Check with the union before relying on it.

Contact

Website: www.wgc.ca

Departments WGC represents

Writers
Story Editors
Story Consultants
Program Writers
Continuity Writers
Contributing Writers
Show Writers

Operates in Alberta, British Columbia, Manitoba, New Brunswick, Newfoundland and Labrador, Northwest Territories, Nova Scotia, Nunavut, Ontario, Prince Edward Island, Quebec, Saskatchewan, Yukon.

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