Our Core Values are:
Collaboration – Innovation – Accessibility
Lynne Charbonneau
Chair
Lynne Charbonneau is a lawyer who has practised for over 25 years, first with a Canadian national law firm and then in-house at a global financial institution. Recently, she was appointed as a judge of the World Bank Administrative Tribunal in Washington DC. Locally, she serves on the Board of Directors of BlueShore Financial Credit Union. She is a member of the Futures Task Force of the Law Society of British Columbia and the Dean’s Advisory Committee for the Centre for Business Law at the Peter A. Allard School of Law at the University of British Columbia.
Rob Larson
Motion Picture Worker Representative
Rob Larson works as the Business Agent for the DGC BC and is responsible for the management and administration of the Collective Agreement. He is the chief negotiator of the DGC BC contract. Rob also participates in marketing endeavours through MPPIA to promote BC as a production destination. Rob actively runs the Reel Thanksgiving Challenge in support of the Greater Vancouver Foodbank. He has various Board positions for the Leo Awards, Whistler Film Festival and now sits as the Motion Picture Worker Representative on the Actsafe Board.
Miles Muir
Performing Arts Employer Representative
In the early 1980’s, Miles planned to attend Malaspina College’s tech theatre diploma program and to carry on to the University of Victoria for a degree in theatre – but after a year and a half in Nanaimo, he was hired by the college full time as the Technical Director of the theatre and was able to work on a large fully professional summer theatre festival called “Shakespeare +” in Nanaimo. It was also here that he began to be interested in worker health and safety in the performing arts and how that can fit in to the regulatory world of WorkSafeBC.
Miles moved to Victoria and was able to work at the McPherson Playhouse and Royal Theatres, and became the Production Manager at the Belfry Theatre in Victoria. In Vancouver, Miles has worked on Expo 86 as the Technical Director of one of the theatres in the Canada Pavilion, toured with the Vancouver Chamber Choir, and, as a member of IATSE Local 118 / 168, worked as a stage hand in all the major Vancouver venues. He has also toured internationally with various large Broadway musicals such as “Phantom of the Opera” and “Showboat”.
Miles has been the Technical Director of the three Civic Theatres (Queen Elizabeth Theatre, The Orpheum, and the Vancouver Playhouse), employed by the City of Vancouver for the last 21 years, and has been an active participant in Shape/Actsafe since its inception in 1998.
Dave Wilson
Performing Arts Worker Representative
Dave has been an Actsafe Performing Arts Standing Committee member since early 2018 and a Board member from 2019. He is a member of IATSE Local 118 (Vancouver, stage) and serves on the Local’s Executive Board as a Member-at-Large. His background also includes many years in association management, communications, and educational services through both employment and service with local, provincial, national, and international organizations. He holds a Bachelor of Commerce in human resources management and is a Certified Association Executive – a professional designation awarded by the Canadian Society of Association Executives.
Tracey Wood
Motion Picture Employer Representative
Tracey is a lawyer by training, called to the bar of Ontario in 1993 and the bar of BC in 1998. She has worked in the entertainment and motion picture industries for 23 years and for the past 10 she has been the labour relations representative for the major U.S. studios in Canada. She has been involved with Actsafe since its beginnings and currently is the Employer Representative for Motion Picture.
Ted Violini
Vice-Chair
Ted Violini is co-founder and COO of Theory+Practice, a rapidly growing Vancouver based company at the forefront of cutting edge AI/ML and Data Solutions. Ted and his team are absolutely obsessed with delivering predictable ROI for their client partners.
For over two decades, Ted has been honing his operations management and leadership skills across a wide range of business sectors, including the finance, hospitality, NGO, PPP, and commercial construction industries.
This background has given him extensive experience in HR, contract management, corporate administration, security and compliance, and organizational finance. He has managed mission critical projects with budgets ranging from $100K to $150M. He knows how to generate a return-on-effort by assembling and leading diverse teams to accomplish organizational goals with limited risk.
A highlight of Ted’s career occurred during his role as General Manager at the Dalai Lama Center when he directed the effort of the Dalai Lama’s visit to Vancouver in 2014. Ted is passionate about the science of wellbeing, and has a long experience of being involved with workplace health and safety.
Michael Van Dijk
Treasurer
Actsafe operates through two standing committees;
Performing Arts Standing Committee
BC Alliance for Arts + Culture
Beverly Edgecombe
British Columbia Touring Council
Canadian Actors Equity Association
Jennifer Riedle
Canadian Alliance of Dance Artists
Jessica Wadsworth
Canadian Institute of Theatre Technology
Alex House
Dancer Transition Resource Centre
Megan Andrews
Greater Vancouver Professional Theatre Alliance
Ace Martens
IATSE International
Julia Neville
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees – Local 118
Dave Wilson
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees – Local 168
George Scott
Professional Association of Canadian Theatres
Carey Dodge
Riggit Services Inc.
Matt Lees
The Dance Centre
Chengyan Boon
Underground Circus
Peter Boulanger
Vancouver Civic Theatres
Miles Muir
Vancouver Musicians Association – Local 145
Dusty Kelly
Motion Picture Standing Committee
Alameda Entertainment B.C. (Disney)
Sion Dettra
Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers
Tracey Wood
Association of Canadian Film Craftspeople
Jeff Holloway
British Columbia Council of Film Unions
Paul Klassen
Canadian Media Producers Association – BC Producers Branch
Jason Lee
Contract Services Administration Trust Fund
Matthew Antonucci
Creative BC
Katherine Pavoni
Directors Guild of Canada – British Columbia
Rob Larson
Front Street Pictures
Allen Lewis
IATSE International
Julia Neville
International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees – Local 891
Mitch Davies
International Cinematographers Guild – Local 669
Keith Woods
NBC/Universal
Jeff Egan
Netflix
Jonathan Osland
Paramount Pictures Corporation
Jonas Matz
Sony Pictures
Bram Cole
Teamsters – Local 155
David Holm
Union of British Columbia Performers / ACTRA
Lori Stewart
Vancouver Musicians Association – Local 145
Dusty Kelly
Warner Bros.
TBA
Actsafe has provided the following documents to help our audiences better understand our role, operations, and the industries we serve.
- Wondering what the future holds for Actsafe? Read our 2018 – 2022 Strategic Business Plan for more details.
- 2020’s audit, operations, and reporting are covered in Actsafe’s 2020 Annual Report.
- Have questions about the rules under which we operate? Read our current Bylaws.
- Why not check out Actsafe’s Market Penetration Survey Report, carried out by WorkSafeBC in April 2019.
- Information about Board and Standing Committees from our Board Policies
Annual Reports
Take a look at Actsafe Safety Association’s past performances from our annual reports.
STRATEGIC Business Plans
Read Actsafe Safety Association’s strategic business plans to learn about what our strategic approach and actions are for the coming years.