The Union des artistes (UDA; literally "Union of Artists") is a

Quebec Quebec ( ; )According to the Canadian government, ''Québec'' (with the acute accent) is the official name in Canadian French and ''Quebec'' (without the accent) is the province's official name in Canadian English is one of the thirtee ...

-based labour organization representing stage, television, radio, and film performers in French-language media in Canada. (The English-language labour organization is the

Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists The Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists (ACTRA) is a Canadian trade union representing performers in English-language media. It has 25,000 members working in film, television, radio, and all other recorded media. The orga ...

.) It represents over 6,900 members and is affiliated with the

International Federation of Actors The International Federation of Actors (french: Federation Internationale des Acteurs, FIA) is a global union federation bringing together trade unions representing actors. History The federation was established in 1952, on the initiative of Briti ...

(FIA). The current president is . The UDA was founded in 1937 by the singer René Bertrand. It has been recognized under Quebec law since 1987 and under federal law since 1992.

Presidents

* 1937–1939: René Bertrand * 1939–1941: Eddy Beaudry * 1941–1954: * 1954–1955: Louis Bélanger * 1955–1957: * 1957–1960:

Jean Duceppe Jean Hotte-Duceppe (1923–1990) was a stage and television actor from Montreal, Quebec. Born on 25 October 1923 to a family of local shopkeepers in working-class Montreal, Jean Duceppe came to the theatre with no formal training and was compl ...

* 1960–1962: * 1962–1966: * 1966–1972:

Jean-Paul Jeannotte Jean-Paul Jeannotte (9 March 1926 – 9 September 2021Huss, ChristopheDécès de Jean-Paul Jeannotte, cofondateur de l’Opéra de Montréal/ref>) was a Canadian operatic tenor, academic teacher, and opera administrator. He founded the Opéra de ...

* 1972–1974: * 1974–1975: * 1975–1980: Robert Rivard * 1980–1983: * 1983–1984: * 1984–1985: Nicole Picard * 1985–1997:

Serge Turgeon Serge Turgeon (12 March 1946 – 18 May 2004) was a Quebec actor and union leader. He was the president of the Union des artistes from 1985 to 1997. In 2001, he was made a Knight of the National Order of Quebec. In 2003, he was made a Mem ...

* 1997–2007:

Pierre Curzi Pierre Curzi (born February 11, 1946 in Montreal, Quebec) is an actor, screenwriter and politician in Quebec. He is a former Member of the National Assembly of Quebec (MNA) for the riding of Borduas in the Montérégie region south of Montreal. ...

* 2007–2013:

Raymond Legault Raymond is a male given name. It was borrowed into English from French (older French spellings were Reimund and Raimund, whereas the modern English and French spellings are identical). It originated as the Germanic ᚱᚨᚷᛁᚾᛗᚢᚾᛞ ( ...

* 2013–present:

External links

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Union des Artistes
at the Encyclopedia of Canadian Theatre 1937 establishments in Canada Actors' trade unions Entertainment industry unions Organizations based in Montreal Trade unions in Canada Trade unions in Quebec {{NorthAm-trade-union-stub