Dancer Transition Resource Centre

Founded in 1985 by former ballerina Joysanne Sidimus,William Littler, "Is there life after dance?", Toronto Star, August 31, 1985Dierdre Kelly, "Av Paul finds there is life after dance", The Globe and Mail, May 11, 1985Jamie Portman, "A dancer's short life: many can't cope after careers end", The Ottawa Citizen, February 1, 1986 the Dancer Transition Resource Centre (DTRC) is a Canadian charity that provides counselling and retraining grants to dancers making career transitions.Susan Walker, The Toronto Star, Entertainment, January 31, 2008, https://www.thestar.com/entertainment/article/298929 In 2006, Joysanne Sidimus was awarded the Governor General's Performing Arts Award for Lifetime Artistic Achievement, in part due to her work establishing the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.Governor General's Performing Arts Awards website entry for Joysanne Sidimus,http://www.ggpaa.ca/en/recipient.html?p_sidimus_j {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110706181941/http://www.ggpaa.ca/en/recipient.html?p_sidimus_j |date=2011-07-06 }}Natasha Gauthier, "Sidimus improved life for dancers stepping into career change", The Ottawa Citizen, November 4, 2006Martin Knelman, "Toronto artists' night to shine/Gala honours our nation's best", The Toronto Star, November 6, 2006 Karen Kain was the founding Board President of the Dancer Transition Resource Centre.The Canadian Encyclopedia, {{cite web |url=http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004210 |title=Kain, Karen |accessdate=2008-01-13 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20070526212110/http://www.thecanadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm?PgNm=TCE&Params=A1ARTA0004210 |archivedate=2007-05-26 }}