Following an inspiring time at the East Coast Music Awards last week in Halifax, the music community continues to gather this week in Toronto for Canadian Music Week. Aligning with the Canadian Mental Health Association Mental Health Week May 7-13th, Unison Benevolent Fund is joining the...
The Unison Board of Directors and staff are deeply saddened to learn of Gord Downie’s passing last night.
Gord Downie was a tireless Canadian music maker, who didn’t let a moment of his time or his voice, go to waste. He never stopped telling us our own stories, championing their value and through...
It’s a challenge nearly everyone committed to a life in the music industry is going to face sooner or later: Burnout. From the young person practicing a new skill to the professional working every angle and event, our passion for our work can push us past the breaking point.
On Friday, November 10th Unison was thrilled to be a part of Indie Week’s Health & Wellness Day with a whole afternoon of panels, workshops and conversations focused on combating addiction and mental illness and staying healthy in the music industry. Greatly expanded from a single hour-long panel in...
We often make the mistake of treating grief as though it’s a straightforward process of moving through clearly defined stages. We’re keen to ‘do grief correctly’, but grief doesn’t obey the rules. Grief is a part of the story of our experiences with our loved one. There is no set timeline in which...
The world is full of songs of loss and love—but few losses are felt in the music community as deeply as those of the artists and friends we’ve lost to addiction and substance use.
Much has been said of the “creative personality” and it’s pre-disposition to addiction, but the physiological,...
