PROTECTIVE SPACES WORKSHOPS
October 23, 2025 | Toronto, Ontario
OVERVIEW
You may have heard the term “safer spaces” in relation to the music industry, but what are ‘Protective” Spaces? Protective Spaces are physical establishments, but also teams within the industry that recognize that safety requires ongoing action. Spaces and events that work to protect the people inside them - patrons, artists, and others working in music - don’t happen by accident!
LEARNING OBJECTIVES
- Define important terms related to this conversation
- Explore how to use a Risk Assessment Approach to sexual violence at live events
- Review tools to bring down that level of risk
- Learn important Bystander Intervention skills
TRAINER BIOGRAPHY
| Stacey Forrester (she/her) Stacey Forrester is the education director of Good Night Out Vancouver. Stacey is a former community health nurse with a passion for creating safer, more equitable arts and culture communities. Stacey is the co-founder and Education Director of Good Night Out Vancouver facilitating interactive and engaging workshops about sexual violence prevention and response for the nightlife, hospitality and live music sectors. She is also the Harm Reduction Manager for Bass Coast Music and Arts Festival, a position she has held for 13 years. Stacey was recently nominated for a Live Music Industry Award in the area of Community Impact. |
ABOUT GOOD NIGHT OUT VANCOUVER
Good Night Out Vancouver wants safer nights out for all. As a BC-based Non-Profit society, governed by a board of directors and powered by a team of amazing volunteers, they offer workshops on sexual violence prevention for restaurants, bars, pubs, festivals, art spaces and more. Primary activities are focused on supporting partners to build and improve their own prevention and response capacities. Good Night Out was founded out of an awareness of the links between alcohol consumption and sexual aggression and initiated from community concerns that staff and patrons in the nightlife, music and hospitality sectors could benefit from education around how to recognize, interrupt, and prevent sexual harassment and assault.
ABOUT CANADIAN LIVE MUSIC ASSOCIATION
Canadian Live Music Association is the voice of Canada's vibrant live music industry. CLMA works to entrench live music’s economic, cultural, and social value and to create the conditions for concerts to thrive. Our advocacy efforts focus on policy advancement, funding, public awareness, research, and activities that unite, highlight, and galvanize the work of the live music sector - because a united voice is a strong voice. Among our members are concert promoters, festivals, talent agencies, venues, clubs, arenas, performing arts centres, industry associations, networks, and suppliers.